Robert D. Irsay Award

The Irsay Award was established by Professor Edward E. Smissman in memory of one of his former graduate students, Robert D. Irsay, who died in 1970. The award was presented each year to the outstanding pharmacy graduating senior who had excelled in medicinal chemistry coursework during their studies. Click here for a photograph of the award plaque. The following students are recipients of this award:

1971   Deanna K. Beal
1972   Larry T. Balentine
1973   Henry Edwards
1974   Roger Dreiling
1975   Diane Tarr
1976   David Merryfield
1977   Daniel L. Flynn

Edward E. Smissman Award

In 1975, another of Professor Smissman’s former students, Dr. Norman A. Dahle, died and his friends suggested that an award be created to honor an outstanding graduate student in medicinal chemistry. It was decided to create a new graduate award by combining the memorial funds for Robert D. Irsay and Norman A. Dahle. Thus, the Irsay-Dahle Award was established and the first presentation was made in 1979. Click here for details.

Professor Smissman, who died in 1974, was a popular undergraduate instructor and it was thus decided to rename the award for undergraduate excellence in his memory. The students so honored are listed below:

1978   Catherine Brungardt
1979   Brian Andrews
1980   Patricia Gripka
1981   Patricia A. Howard
1982   Michael M. Meier
1983   Scott McGraw
1984   Tamara K. D. Flaming
1985   Jeanine Van Leeuwen-Pflaum
1986   Kimberly Crawford
1987   Lynda Kieffer
1988   Jeffrey J. Schultz
1989   Maneesh J. Nerurkar & Melissa A. Scott
1990   Susan Rylander
1991   Deborah Ann Abbott
1992   Peter N. Rizk
1993   Bee Ping Teoh
1994   Jamie S. Clowers
1995   Jeremy C. Holt
1996   Brenda C. Griffith
1997   William J. Bartlett
1998   Brynn Elaina McNeil
1999   Tuba Buyuktimkin
2000   Brooke Pointer-King & Kelly Schupp
2001   Aazam Golchi
2002   Victoria Ke
2003   Tamra Arnold
2004   Ashley Albright
2005   Sarah Hinrichsen
2006   Jeanette D. Ploetz
2007   Marc E. Wilson
2008   Noor Newman