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McCoy Award Symposium

About the McCoy Award

Each year, the Herbert Newby McCoy Award is presented to recognize the most outstanding achievements in research by CCE graduate students. The Herbert Newby McCoy Award was established in 1965 by Mrs. Ethel Terry McCoy in honor of her husband, a distinguished Purdue alumnus. A native of Indiana, Herbert Newby McCoy studied chemistry at Purdue University where he received a B.S. degree in 1892 and a M.S. degree in 1893. His Ph.D. was earned at the University of Chicago in 1898. He died in 1945 in Los Angeles, California.

The McCoy Symposium is held in June on the Thursday before commencement.

Past Recipients

List of Past Awardees

Symposium Schedule 

Introduction and awards presentation made by Dennis Dougherty, the CCE Chair.

CCE Teaching Assistantship Award:

  • The CCE Teaching Assistant award is presented to the best teaching assistants in the division.

Undergraduate Awards:

  • The Renuka D. Sharma Prize. This prize recognizes a sophomore student who has achieved an outstanding performance during their freshman year.
  • The Merck Index Award. This award recognizes outstanding Chemistry majors in their junior or senior year. 
  • The Richard P. Schuster Memorial Prize. This award is presented to a Chemistry or Chemical Engineering major in their junior or senior year who has shown outstanding academic promise. 

McCoy Awardee(s) Seminar presentation(s)