Eastern Student Wins 2009 Chemistry Achievement Award

Written by Este Yarmosh

                        Chemistry Professor Charles Wynn with Benjamin Gramlich     

Willimantic, Conn. - Benjamin Gramlich, a sophomore Biochemistry major from Cutler, ME, has been named the recipient of the 2009 CRC (Chemical Rubber Company) Press Chemistry Achievement Award.   The award is sponsored by the Chemical Rubber Company Press; it includes a commemorative scroll and a copy of the "CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics."   Charles Wynn, professor of chemistry at Eastern, announced the award, and said, "Winners of this award are chosen on the basis of outstanding academic achievement in chemistry.  Benjamin Gramlich clearly deserves the award because he had the highest test score average in general chemistry this year."

Gramlich will transfer to the University of Connecticut, where he will pursue a degree in pharmacy.