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Atlanta, GA | Posted: April 29, 2010
April 15th was a wonderful day for the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, with recognition of a number of individuals at the Faculty/Staff Honors Luncheon.
Among those receiving awards were:
Sigma Xi Faculty Best Paper Award
Facundo Fernandez and Julia Kubanek (together with Mark Hay in Biology)
Outstanding Faculty Research Author
Uwe Bunz
Faculty Award for Academic Outreach
Jake Soper
Outstanding Undergraduate Academic Advising: Faculty Advisor
Carrie Shepler
.....and, drum-roll please.....
Class of 1934 Distinguished Professor Award
Charles Liotta
Charlie is the latest member of the School's faculty to receive this award, the most prestigious award made by the Institute to a member of the faculty. Previous recipients include Mostafa El Sayed, Jim Powers and Chuck Eckert (ChBE, adjunct in CHEM). It is a tradition that the recipient of this award make the address to graduates at the summer commencement - so get your tickets to that event soon!
The following were recognized for 25 years of service to the Institute:
Les Gelbaum
Kay Gilstrap
The following were recognized for 10 years of service:
Alexandr Aleksandrov
Andy Bommarius (ChBE, adjunct in CHEM)
Donald Doyle
Helen Daniels
Wendy Harris
Chris Jones (ChBE, adjunct in CHEM)
Thom Orlando
Mary Peek
Kyril Solntsev
Congratulations to everybody on their accomplishments
