2008–09 PROJECT SEED COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS

Abstract

THE ACS COMMITTEE on Project SEED has announced the winners of its 2008–09 college scholarships. Each recipient receives a one-year nonrenewable scholarship of $5,000 to help cover tuition and fees during his or her freshman year of college. For the 2008–09 academic year, the committee awarded 28 college scholarships totaling $140,000. ALFRED & ISABEL BADER SCHOLARS Alfred L. Bader is one of the founders of Aldrich Chemical, now Sigma-Aldrich. The Baders have supported Project SEED for many years and contributed to the initiation of the Summer II SEED program, which allows students to return for a second summer of more intensive research. Kirsten Bazemore graduated from Bertie High School, in Windsor, N.C., and worked at Duke University under the supervision of Alvin L. Crumbliss. Her research was titled “Characterizations of Second Coordination Shell Host-Guest Interactions by Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry.” Bazemore attends the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Marissa Burke graduat...