Valued at $1,000. Awarded annually to undergraduate students in financial need who are entering or proceeding in any degree program within the Faculty of Science.  Established in 2024 by Boguslaw Jan Jarosz. Substantial majority of professional academic career of Boguslaw (nicknamed by his family and close friends Bogus’ [pronounced ‘Bogoush’], and other friends and colleagues Bog, Bo, and Bob) J. Jarosz (MSc Warsaw ‘66, PhD [distinction] Warsaw Tech ’75) was joined with Carleton University Physics Department.  In his long academic career Dr. Jarosz worked for several universities in three countries on three continents.  The preparation for the career started in his native Poland.

While attending Radom’s High School #3 he caught attention of his professors, chiefly Kowalik, Ciszewska, Tyburcy, and Pawlowska among others, who helped him on many fronts and directed him how to study in order to achieve best results.  Their insistence resulted in financial support for him, akin to bursary. Thanks to them he graduated from the school cum laude and was on his way to study Physics at Warsaw University.  While following rather demanding and rigid program of studies he found time to volunteer in a student organization.  In particular, he volunteered for a student DeSA radio organizing at first new programs and next directing the radio activities.  While working there he met his future wife, Janina (MA ’66 Warsaw), whom he married in 1966.  His next years of physics professional development was at Warsaw University of Technology.  While yet an assistant he received four teaching and four research the University Rector awards.  Under guidance of Professor Scislowski he completed there his PhD defending with distinction the PhD thesis at the end of 1974.  Dr. Jarosz PhD degree was formally conferred in 1975.  At the same time he was presented with the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education prize for research achievements.  He started his academic work at the University as adjunct in close collaboration with others, notably Professors Jakubowski and Bogusz.

After few years there he was seconded by Nigerian government to work at Port Harcourt organizing degree programs at universities.  With his family, wife and sons Jarek (BA ’92 Carleton, LLB ’95 Ottawa) and Slawek (BEng ’94 Carleton, MEng ’98 Toronto) they moved to Nigeria.  In the first two years at the University of Port Harcourt he supervised junior academic and technical staff, acting as the Physics Department head in everything but the word.  He worked there for another two universities, one part time. In one of them he was the Senate member chairing there couple committees.  After over six years in Nigeria, Dr. Jarosz with the family decided to move to Canada because of uncertain political and economic conditions in his native country.

On arriving in Ottawa, at the beginning of the 1983 academic year on recommendations of Professors Sundaresan, Wiles, and Zelmer he was employed at Carleton’s Physics Department as a sessional lecturer for a few years.  That was followed by an engagement as an Instructor.  During that period of time, Dr. Jarosz apart from teaching was very much engaged in ultrasound medical research in Professor Clarke laboratory which later became his.

Results of his research were presented at several international professional conferences thanks to financial travel support of Deans of Science, Professors Neelin and Copley.  After a few years of instructorship Dr. Jarosz was transferred to Professorial rank, first as Assistant and then Associate Professor in the Department of Physics. In his lab, a few PhD and MSc medical ultrasound projects were completed. The lab was especially admired amongst undergraduate students with numerous honours and summer NSERC students completing their physics projects. Dr. Jarosz also was a member of many OCIP PhD and MSc advisory and thesis defence committees.  Results of the research were published in several professional journals.  For some of them he served as a Guest Editor or a referee.

Once in the faculty position, he became involved in teaching and administration serving twice as the Associate Chair in the Department.  That involved participating in the work of several Faculty of Science committees. Dr. Jarosz was also a member of advisory board for Institute of Integrated Science run by Professor Kruus with whom he had also common research interest. At the University level, Dr. Jarosz was the President of Carleton University Academic Staff Association and was elected a member of the Senate. He also worked for number of years in the Senate Academic Planning Committee.

In the research activities, he was involved in the running of the Medical Physics Organized Research Unit, which later became Ottawa Medical Physics Institute. For many years Dr. Jarosz was voluntary OMPI seminar organizer and served twice as the Academic Officer of the Institute whose membership was city wide. In his voluntary work he was much involved in the IEEE. For many years he was the Chairmen of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Ottawa Chapter and that involved activities in the IEEE Ottawa Section. For several years he participated in the Society International Conferences occasionally organizing and chairing sessions. His later IEEE activities concentrated in Instrumentation and Measurements Society. He was organizing and chairing sessions of Medical Instrumentation of the Society International Conferences at numerous locations. At two the Society Ottawa International Conferences he was the Organizing Chairman.

Apart from IEEE membership, Dr. Jarosz was also a member of Canadian Association of Physicists and Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists.

In private life Dr. Jarosz has been a classical music lover and avid traveller and hiker.  In early years in Canada, with his wife they toured Maritimes and after his retirement for a month they drove west reaching Victoria, BC and Whitehorse, YT. They travelled also in the neighbouring country, USA, from Main to Florida, to California, to Washington State and all between. They visited countries on all continents, except Antarctica. Dr. Jarosz and his wife hiked Canadian and American Rockies. Most of their hiking activities converged on the neighbouring Adirondacks traversing there numerous challenging trails.  He enjoys close-knit family life with his wife, sons, their wives, Lyane (BA Concordia, PhD McGill ’18) and Joanne (B.Math Carleton, BA Psych. Carleton) and the grandchildren, Adrien, Samuel and Anna.