Education

Undergraduate

Awards Spring 2000

The Department of Chemistry Congratulates the Spring, 2000 Undergraduate Scholarship and Award Receipients

THE AVERILL SCHOLARSIHP
The $750.00 scholarship goes to an outstanding sophomore chemistry major. This year's recipients are Daryl Firewicz and Jonathon Perrin.

THE VALSPAR AWARD
The Valspar Co. of Pittsburgh presents the Valspar Award to 2 outstanding chemistry majors. The award consists of a summer internship at Valspar and a $2,000 scholarship for use during the student's junior or senior year of study here at the University of Pittsburgh. Mr. Tom Mallen of Valspar will present this year's awards. This year's recipients are Bethany Engel and Edward Senor.

THE LUBRIZOL SCHOLARSHIP
The Lubrizol Company presents a $1,000 dollar scholarship to two junior chemistry majors who have demonstrated outstanding academic performance, leadership and involvement in the undergraduate program. This year we honor Kyle Bittinger and David Manger.

THE TEPLITZ MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
The Teplitz Scholarship presented in honor of Abraham and Anna Teplitz-Horowitz is given to three junior chemistry majors who have demonstrated academic excellence and involvement within our undergraduate program. This $1,000 scholarship goes to Catherine Faler, Brian Jacobs and James Lindner.

RITA R. and DAVID A. ROSSI SCHOLARSHIP
In honor of his parents, David A. Rossi presents a $1000.00 tuition scholarship to a non-preprofessional junior Chemist major who has demonstrated academic excellence. This year's recipient is Adebunmi Adeyiya.

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTS AWARD
A certificate of achievement, student membership in the American Institute of Chemists, and a subscription to the publication The Chemist go to a Senior who, on the basis of a demonstrated record of leadership and scholastic achievement, has shown the potential for advancement of the chemical profession. This years awardee is Jean Grabowski.

MERCK AWARDS
Merck and Company presents to the Senior preprofessional chemistry majors with the most outstanding records, a personal imprinted copy of the Merck Index which gives detailed information on over 10,000 chemicals, drugs and biologicals. This award goes to Cheryl Clay and Christopher Taormina.

RICHARD F. ZARILLA AWARDS
This years recipients of the Richard F. Zarilla award are Raymond Houston and Maria Orton.

COLLEGE AWARD
The College Award is presented by the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh to an outstanding Senior chemistry major. This award includes a certificate of achievement, $300 in cash, the placement of the recipient's name on a plaque in the lobby of the Chevron Science Center, and $100 given to the Chemistry Library to purchase a book in honor of the awardee. James Cain is this year's recipient.

MARY LOUISE THEODORE SCHOLARSHIP
This $250 award is presented by Michael Theodore memory of his deceased wife, a noted analytical chemist and educator. It is given to four senior chemistry majors who have excelled academically, been involved in our undergraduate program and hope to pursue careers in chemistry. Presented by Mr. Theodore this year's recipients are Sophia Getchell, Robbyn Berenda, Peter Chambers, Rebecca Botham-Senkowicz, and Greg Vaslowski.

PHILLIPS MEDAL
The Phillips Medal and a $100 award, the Department's highest award, honors Francis Clifford Phillips, the first chairman of the Department. It is presented anually to the Senior Chemistry major with the most outstanding record. This year's honoree is Yvonne Mitchell.