2011 Academic Awards
Presented Wednesday, April 27, 2011
The Ignacio Ocasio Freshman Chemistry Achievement Award
Highest Achievement in Freshman Chemistry
Deanna Pennewitt
Iota Sigma Pi / Frank Hovorka Prize
Woman Chemistry Major with the Highest Average after Three Semesters
Alyssa Harker
Olin Freeman Tower Prize
Excellence in Physical Chemistry (BA)
Michael Bibler
Carl F. Prutton Prize
Scholarship in Chemistry
Sarah Woldemariam
W. R. Veazey Prize
Excellence in Physical Chemistry (BS)
Jacob Miller
Analytical Chemistry Award
Outstanding Analytical Chemistry
Andrew Chomas
Hippolyte Gruener Award
Student Merit in Chemistry
Kelsey Cornelius
Charles F. Mabery Prize
Best Thesis in Undergraduate Chemistry Research
Anna Owensby
Merck Index Award
Outstanding Chemistry Student
Lauren Dehan
Hypercube Scholar Award
Sarah Woldemariam
Inorganic Chemistry Award
Excellence in Inorganic Chemistry
Travis Krew
Dumitru and Gheorghe D. Mateescu Student Citizenship Award
Undergraduate Student Recipient
Kara Wahlgren
Dumitru and Gheorghe D. Mateescu Student Citizenship Award
Graduate Student Recipient
Brian Werry
Graduate Teaching Award
Chi-Hung Chuang
Graduate Dean's Instructional Excellence Award
Alden Voelker
Tennyson Doane
Outstanding Presentation
Sushabhan Sadhukhan
ACS Cleveland Meeting-in-Miniature – Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, OH "A Modular Isotopomer Synthesis of γ-Hydroxybutyrate (GHB) Reveals Catabolism via Alpha Oxidation" March 16, 2011
Outstanding Chemistry Alumna
Pauline Yen Ho
Pauline Yen Ho was presented the 2011 Outstanding Alumna Award on Wednesday, 27 April. She received her B.A. in Chemistry from Case Western Reserve University, Flora Stone Mather College in 1969. She received her M.B.A. degree with distinction in 1972 at Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management. Pauline Yen Ho was Vice-President of Strategic Marketing, Pharmaceuticals Group (Asia-Pacific, Japan, Latin America) with Johnson & Johnson from 2003-2010. She retired in April 2010 after 41 years of professional life of which 37 were with Johnson & Johnson.