The family of Paul H. Stelson established a fellowship in his memory to assist aspiring physicists in completing their education and continuing interactions in physics between UT and ORNL. Stelson received his BS and MS degrees from Purdue University and a PhD, at age 23, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After working at MIT, he joined the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 1953 as a nuclear physicist. He became director of the ORNL High Voltage Laboratory in 1963 and associate director of the Physics Division in 1971. In 1973 he was appointed director of the Physics Division. During his tenure as director, the Holifield Heavy Ion Research Facility was funded, built, and became operational. In 1983 he returned to full-time research. He received the Jesse W. Beams Award from the Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society in 1986 and was a fellow of the American Physical Society. He served as an adjunct professor in the Physics Department from 1967 until his death in 1992.