Senior Marsden Award

The Marsden Awards are made possible by Sullivan Marsden who is Professor Emeritus of Petroleum Engineering at Stanford University. Professor Marsden is interested in promoting quality research at the undergraduate level. He has endowed two prizes for outstanding research in chemistry at Hillsdale College.

This year’s senior award for outstanding research goes to Zachary Kohley a senior chemistry major from Muskegon, MI. Zachary's research with Dr. Woodbridge focused on Experimental and Ab initio Study of the Adsorption of Liquid H2O onto the ZnO, CuO, and FeO Surfaces. Zachary is currently in the Ph.D. program at the University of Texas A&M Cyclotron Institute.

Junior Marsden Award

This year’s junior award for outstanding research goes to...

American Institute of Chemists Award

The American Institute of Chemists Award honors an outstanding senior chemistry major. The candidate is nominated by the chemistry faculty “in recognition of a demonstrated record of ability, leadership, and professional promise”.

This year’s award goes to Scott Kallgren.

American Chemical Society Organic Chemistry Award

The purpose of the American Chemical Society's "Organic Chemistry Award" is to honor outstanding achievement in Organic Chemistry by a Chemistry major at each academic institution. The candidate is nominated by the chemistry faculty in recognition of the student's achievement in the classroom, laboratory and in chemical research. It is sponsored by the Polymer Education Committee and the American Chemical Society.

This year’s award goes to Scott Keenan.

CRC Freshman Chemistry Achievement Award

The CRC Freshman Chemistry Achievement Award is given to a top student in the freshman chemistry program. The award consists of the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics with a commemorative scroll mounted on the inside front cover. There were three winners this year: Amanda Darling, Walter Pettus.