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Blue Hen Chemist Number 36

August 2009
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C. Frank Shaw III Undergraduate Inorganic Research Fellowship

BHC36image.tifProf. C. Frank Shaw III (BS66) has produced a number of firsts during his stellar career. He was your Editor’s first undergraduate research student. He produced the first UD award-winning performance in the modern era of the Intercollegiate Student Chemist Conventions (1st place, Inorganic Division, Gettysburg College, 1966). His generosity enabled us to initiate the first undergraduate sub-disciplinary Award in our Department in 1992 (the C. Frank Shaw III Undergraduate Award in Inorganic Chemistry).

Now, thanks to his latest major gift to the Department, we will be able to initiate the endowed C. Frank Shaw III Undergraduate Inorganic Research Fellowship this

coming fall. The $500 Award will be presented to an undergraduate CHEM/BIOC major who demonstrates exceptional aptitude and promise for research in the area of inorganic chemistry. The primary intent of the Fellowship is directed at providing financial support for a junior CHEM/BIOC major engaged in full-time research in inorganic chemistry during the winter (usually) or summer session. Awards to senior, sophomore, or freshmen students are not precluded, should the situation warrant them. Selection of the recipients will be made by the members of the INOR Division.

Frank’s career path has taken him from his doctorate at Northwestern University to faculty positions at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Eastern Kentucky University, and, currently, Illinois State University. While his positions have changed, his support of his alma mater has never wavered. For this, we are most grateful.