Robert W. Parry Teaching Award in Chemistry was established in 1990 by Dr. Rodney H. and Carolyn H. Brady to recognize outstanding teaching in the Department of Chemistry. Bob Parry remains an extraordinary example for our current faculty members to follow. He was a brilliant scholar and researcher, a national leader in professional service, and, of course, an excellent teacher. Dr. Rodney H. and Carolyn H. Brady are great friends of the Department of Chemistry. Rodney Brady Family Foundation continues to be generous in supporting excellence in teaching and honoring Bob Parry with yearly contributions.

Matt Sigman, Distinguished Professor and Department Chair, said: Andrew received this well-deserved award for his excellence in teaching organic chemistry at both the graduate and undergraduate level as well as his inspired effort to recruit and train undergraduate researchers.

Past recipients of the Robert W. Parry Teaching Award:

1990 – W. H. Breckenridge    1991 – Michael D. Morse    1992 – Frederick G. West    1993 – David M. Grant

1994 – Wesley G. Bentrude    1995 – William W. Epstein    1996 – Jack Simons    1997 – Ronald O. Ragsdale

1998 – Edward M. Eyring    1999 – Thomas P. Beebe. Jr    2000 – Peter J. Stang    2001 – Thomas G. Richmond

2002 – Cynthia J. Burrows    2003 – Richard D. Ernst    2004 – Gary E. Keck   2005 – Peter A. Beal

2006 – Charles A. Wight    2007 – Gregory S. Owens   2008 – Joel M. Harris    2009 – Matthew S. Sigman

2010 – Jerry A. Driscoll    2011 – Peter B. Armentrout    2012 – Jon D. Rainier    2013 – Holly L. Sebahar

2014 – John C. Conboy    2015 – Scott L. Anderson    2016 – Jennifer Shumaker-Parry    2017 – Ryan E. Looper

2018 – Ilya Zharoz    2019 – Ryan P. Steele    2020 – Jeff Statler    2021 – Michael Grunwald

2022 – Henry White    2023 – Shelly Minteer