Richard Davis Receives the Grace A. Banks Memorial Award in Natural Sciences at Chestnut Hill College

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Richard Davis of Drexel Hill is presented with the Grace A. Banks Memorial Award in Natural Sciences by Alice Lintgen, Grace's sister at Convocation on April 25,2010.

PHILADELPHIA, PA (05/13/2010)(readMedia)-- Carol Jean Vale, SSJ, Ph.D, president of Chestnut Hill College, awarded senior Richard Davis, a biology major from Drexel Hill, Pa. with the Grace A. Banks Memorial Award in Natural Sciences at Honors Convocation on April 25, 2010.

The Grace A. Banks Memorial Award in Natural Sciences is named in honor of Grace A. Banks, Ph.D., professor emeritus of chemistry, who was a member of the Chestnut Hill College faculty for almost 30 years. The new award is initiated and funded by Grace's family, friends and faculty colleagues. It is presented to a graduating senior with a GPA of 3.5 or higher. Science students who meet the criteria were invited to submit an essay on a topic identified by the members of the chemistry and biology departments. The essays were judged by the department chairs.

Davis is graduating with a G.P.A of 3.8. at Chestnut Hill College and did his senior research project on elegant toxicology studies utilizing transgenic zebrafish. He is applying to graduate schools and hopes to obtain a Ph.D. with the intent of being a primary investigator in clinical research.

About Chestnut Hill College

Chestnut Hill College, a four-year coed Catholic college in the Ignatian tradition, offers a traditional liberal arts undergraduate program as well as accelerated undergraduate degrees, master's and doctoral programs. The College has been rated by US News & World Report as among the best master's universities in the North, as among the best Northeastern colleges by The Princeton Review, and has been classified as selective by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Since its inception, the College has offered a rigorous curriculum that provides students with a broad background in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. The goal of Chestnut Hill College has been to prepare students for life's challenges by helping them to grow intellectually, spiritually, emotionally, and socially.

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