ChBE Department Awards Charles W. Pierce Distinguished Alumni Award to Professor Raymond A. Adomaitis

At a special seminar on Wednesday, October 15th, Armour College of Engineering Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering awarded the Charles W. Pierce Distinguished Alumni Award to Professor Raymond A. Adomaitis, who received both his BS (1984) and PhD (1988) degrees from IIT. He is currently Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at University of Maryland.

The Charles W. Pierce Distinguished Alumni Award is presented annually to alumni who have brought recognition to the department through their outstanding contributions to the advancement of the chemical and/or biological engineering professions, and to alumni who have shown exceptional dedication to the department through the generous donation of their time, effort and/or financial resources. The award was renamed in 2007 in honor of the legacy of Charles W. Pierce, the department’s first graduate and first-known African-American chemical engineer.