The Collegian
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April 30, 2016
Man and Woman of the Year
Awarded annually by Omicron Delta Kappa to the students who, by their own record and in the opinion of most of their fellow students and the faculty, have contributed significanly to the College during their college career.
Nominees
Joscelyn Seaton
Amy Rumbaugh
Grace Leuenberger
Karolina Lagerquist
Elijah Coryell
Dane Mossgrove
Dan Rzewnicki
Emily Rothbard
Nominees
Evan Avery
Benjamin Marasco
Spring academic awards Bechtell Award Christopher Parry Philip Carpenter, Sr. Math Award Emma Cinatl Elinor Caruthers French Prize Paul Sundman and Benjamin Leavitt Allen Crombie Prize Jessica Sayre Dawes Prof. Engineering Award Philip Graybill and Neil Brant J.P. Hassler Award Jonathan Nelson
Ross Foster Scholarship Fund Taylor Drummond Institute of Management Accts Spencer Strimbu and Amy Inouye Janicki Award Rachel Schmidt Kappa Delta Pi Award Shelby Davenport Kemikos Award Jonathan Hoyt Franklin Ketler Math Award Kimberly Schlabach Frederick Kring Leadership Award Jordan Coiro
KRILEY A chemistry major, Kriley graduated from Grove City College in 1988. He earned his doctorate in chemistry from Purdue University in 1993. His Ph.D. thesis was entitled “Organometallic Chemistry of Mononuclear Tungsten Aryloxide Compounds.” Over the 20 years that Kriley has been with Grove City College, he has taught such courses as General Chemistry, Techniques in Chemistry Laboratory Instruction, Biochemistry, Molecular Symmetry and Group Theory and Crystal Structure Analysis. “I would be hard pressed to think of another faculty member who has served the College in such varied capacities as Dr. Kriley,” said Dr. Timothy C. Homan, Chair of the Chemis-
Andrew S. Korim Family Heritage Endowment Connor Murphy and Jordan Coiro Phi Alpha Theta History Prize Benjamin Leavitt and Eleanor Gray Hilda Adam Kring Award Kira Hellweg Jonathan B. Ladd Award Kelsey Patton Lambda Epsilon Delta Award Emily Marcellus and Alaina Marr
try Department. “He has faithfully taught his courses, directed undergraduate research students, taken students to national chemistry meetings, led and taught international courses and provided outreach to the community. I am pleased he has been recognized with this award.” His areas of expertise include inorganic and organometallic chemistry, water chemistry and cancer research. In the classroom, he is admired for his dedication to the work of student researchers. “He extends opportunities to a lot of students and puts in a lot of work to help them succeed,” said senior Daniel Rzewnicki. “He encourages students to pursue their own projects, which is not something you would get at another school and is something that has really helped to
Richard Leo Scholarship Drew Hoselton
PICPA Excellance in Acct Award Danielle Dennis
Syd McCormick Memorial Award Anna Cessar
Senior Biology Award Caitlin Goncz
David McKillop Scholarship Drew Cypher Thelma Baltz Morrow Award Ruth Finley, Sarah Prosser and Alicia Pollard Music Education Award Sabrina Huston and Ann Polka Edward and Sara Naegele Award Emily Tharnish and Erin McLaughlin
set some of our Grove City students apart when moving on to graduate school.” As a professor of chemistry, Kriley is a member of the American Chemical Society and Omicron Delta Kappa, Kemikos, Grove City’s local honorary chemical fraternity, and Phi Lambda Upsilon National Chemical Honorary. Kriley also serves as the faculty coordinator for the Freshman Chemistry Show that takes place every year at the College. Additionally, although he never played rugby, Kriley has been the College’s rugby advisor and coach for the past 19 years. In his free time, Kriley loves to travel and has been to five continents and 31 different countries. He is an avid musician and enjoys playing the piano, organ, accordion, mandolin, violin and guitar. He also sings in
Dr. John T. Shaw Memorial Matthew Genzink Shockey Graduate Scholarship Award Laura Smith Permelia Baldwin Shoemaker Graham Allen Robert H. Sisler Memorial Award Madeline Lussenhop James D. Thorne Education Award Emily Yoder
the local community choir. He and his dog, Tungsten, like to spend time outside together in the garden. Kriley has published articles and research on local fracking, cancer research and the synthesis and characterization of metal phosphines. The Professor of the Year was initiated in 2000 by the Omicron Delta Kappa campus leadership honorary and is sponsored by the Grove City College Alumni Association. Past winners include: Dr. Constance Nichols ’93 (2014), Dr. Paul Kemeny (2013), Dr. Erik Anderson (2012), Dr. Mark Graham (2011), Betsy (Boak ’77) Craig (2010), Dr. Eric Potter (2009), Dr. David Jones (2008), Larry Fleming (2007), Dr. Ralph Carlson ’62 (2006), Dr. James Bibza (2005), Richard Leo (2004), Dr. James Dixon (2003), Dr. Timothy Homan (2002), Dr. John Sparks