BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – Jeremy Henle, an Illinois Wesleyan University senior from Hanover Park, Ill., has been named the 2011 Collegiate Scholar of the Year by the Illinois Heartland Section of the American Chemical Society (ACS). He will be honored at the annual ACS banquet in Peoria, at a banquet on March 3.
The award is presented to those who actively use chemistry in a positive way. Henle has been engaged in research of sickle cell disease with Assistant Professor of Chemistry Brian Brennan. “Throughout Jeremy’s academic career, he has excelled both in the classroom and in the research laboratory. He is passionate and dedicated to science and truly deserving of this prestigious award,” said Brennan.