CRAWFORDSVILLE, IN — Division I (The Sciences) has announced the following awards given at a recent Student Honors, Awards, and Prizes Chapel held at the College.
The awards and their recipients are:
• Norman E. Treves Science Award: Christopher Weitzel
Established by Dr. Norman E. Treves, a 1915 Wabash graduate, the Treves award is given to a senior concentrating in Division I (biology, chemistry, mathematics and physics) who has shown the greatest progress academically and as an individual during his junior year.
• Ernest G. Carscallen Prize in Biology: Jeremy Grogg, Kristopher Gunn, and Jeremy Herrmann
The Ernest Carscallen Prize was created by Professor and Mrs. George C. Carscallen in memory of their son. The cash prize is awarded to an outstanding biology major in the senior class.
• Eliot Churchill Williams Undergraduate Prize in Biology: Wesley Ket
The Williams Prize is in memory of Professor Williams who served the College and the Biology Department from 1948 to 1983. It is awarded to an undergraduate student who is majoring in biology.
• American Institute of Chemists Award: Christopher Long
The American Institute of Chemists Foundation sponsors the award which goes to a senior chemistry major in recognition of the studentÕs academic ability, leadership, and professional promise.
• Edgar C. Britton Memorial Award in Chemistry: Jared P. Smit and Christopher S. Weitzel
The Edgar C. Britton Memorial Award in Chemistry is a cash prize presented to a senior chemistry major selected by the faculty for his promise in graduate study. It was established in memory of Edgar C. Britton, who attended Wabash as a member of the Class of 1915.
• Howell Chemistry Award: Damon R. Carl, Gentry C. Dodd, Erik Felix, and Isaiah C. Sumner
The Howell Chemistry Award, established in 1948 by former students of Dr. L.B. Howell and his wife, the scholarship is awarded to an upperclass chemistry major.
• George E. Carscallen Prize in Mathematics: Nigel W. Nunoo
The George E. Carscallen Prize was named in memory of Professor Carscallen, who taught mathematics at Wabash nearly 40 years, the cash prize is awarded to an outstanding mathematics major in the senior class.
• J. Crawford Polley Prize in Mathematical Writing: Nicholas A. Roersma
The Polley Prize honors J. Crawford Polley, who was professor of mathematics at Wabash from 1920 to 1958. It is awarded to the student for meritorious work in mathematical writing and problem solving.
• Harold Q Fuller Prize in Physics: Maroof H. Khan
The Fuller Prize in Physics was established in 1979 by Harold Q Fuller, a 1928 Wabash graduate, the award goes to the junior physics major who is judged by the physics department faculty to be most worthy.
The Student Honors, Awards, and Prizes Chapel is held every year at Wabash to honor students with awards and prizes for their outstanding work they have demonstrated throughout their college years.