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LAS Recent Graduate Award Recipients

2007 | 2004 | 2003 | 2001 | 2000

2007

Margaret E. Kosal
PhD '01, Chemistry

It didn't take long for Margaret Kosal to emerge as one of the nation's leading young experts on chemical and biological defense. She has even spoken to the chiefs of the New York City Fire Department on terrorism and has become an authority on how emerging technologies, such as nanotechnology, might be used for both terrorism and counterterrorism. Read more about Margaret Kosal.

2004

Scott Eggener
BS '94, Biology

Scott Eggener has demonstrated a unique ability to combine competence with compassion. He has talents in many areas-from surgery and patient relations to cancer research and academic writing. He has taken these skills and resources to some of the neediest areas in the world, helping to organize four medical missions, with an eye on many more. Read more Scott Eggener.

2003

Chapin Rose
AB '97, Political Science, JD Law

Chapin Rose is the second youngest member of the Illinois House of Representatives. Six years after graduating with a degree in political science from LAS and three years out of U of I College of Law, he is rewriting death penalty laws and helping rebuild the Republican Party of Illinois as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives. Read more about Chapin Rose.

2001

Penny Panayiota Deligiannis
AB '87, AM '92 Speech Communication

Ms. Deligiannis began working in overseas missions by joining a Greek Orthodox Mission Teaching Team in her hometown.Since then, she has been director of Diaconia Agapes and Action By Churches Together, an ecumenical network affiliated with the World Council of Churches. Currently, Ms. Deligiannis oversees 87 people and a budget of nine million dollars while assisting refugees from NATO's air war in the Balkans and ethnic Albanian Kosovars fleeing into Albania. Read more Penny Deligiannis.

2000

Steven Kulm
AB '92, Political Science

Steven Kulm has a passion for politics that has already won him an elected township position and the gratitude of his community for such projects as the local social service fund he organized that aids youth, seniors, the disabled, and the economically disadvantaged. Read more about Steven Klum.