Don and Cindy Hacherl both did their graduate work at the University of Washington. Don's studies were in the Computer Science & Engineering department. After leaving the UW, Don spent the next two decades at Microsoft where most of his time was spent designing and implementing distributed computing systems. This fellowship was prompted by Don's interest in supporting students who will contribute to the continued success of the software industry in our region.
Year | Awardee |
2007-2008 | Alexi Czeskis |
2008-2009 | Morgan Dixon |
2009-2010 | Adrian Sampson |
2010-2011 | Not awarded |
2011-2012 | Brandon Holt |
2012-2013 | Peter Ney |
2013-2014 | Danyang Zhuo |
2014-2015 | Jiechen Chen |
2015-2016 | Zuoming Shi |
2016-2017 | Eric Zeng |
2017-2018 | Nicholas Nuechterlein |
2018-2019 | Kuikui Liu |
2019-2020 | Xieyang Xu |
2020-2021 | Alisa Liu |
2021-2022 | Lucille Njoo |
2022-2023 | Marian Dietz |
2023-2024 | Nino Migineishvili |
2024-2025 | Kunal Jha |