Emerson Award and Lap Chan Scholarship

Each year the faculty members of the Department of Chemistry select an outstanding chemistry major who has completed his or her junior year to receive the Emerson Award, in recognition of his or her solid academic performance. The award is named for the late Professor George Emerson, a member of the faculty from 1965-1969.

Attached to the Emerson Award is the Lap Chan Scholarship, made possible by Dr. Lap S. Chan, who graduated from the chemistry program in 1980, and who generously endowed a scholarship fund for deserving undergraduate majors. The scholarship is credited to the recipient’s tuition account at the Office of the Bursar.