POTSDAM, NY – Christopher Netzband of Cleveland, N.Y., a junior at Clarkson University majoring in chemistry, received the following awards at the University Recognition Day ceremony during the spring semester:

The Gamma Sigma Epsilon George L. Jones Jr. Award: The award is sponsored by the chemical fraternity Gamma Sigma Epsilon and consists of the name being engraved on the plaque awarded to an outstanding Sophomore Chemistry major and displayed in the Department of Chemistry & Biomolecular Science.

Egon Matijevic ´ Endowed Chemistry Scholarship : The award was established in 1988 in honor of Dr. Egon Matijevic´, Clarkson’s Distinguished University Professor, for his enormous contribution to the scientific community around the globe and for his exemplary service to the Department of Chemistry, the Center for Advanced Materials Processing, and the entire University. The award recognizes an outstanding undergraduate student majoring in chemistry with a scholarship, which is renewable up to four years during the student’s undergraduate study at Clarkson.

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