Burcham and Gumble Family Scholarship

This scholarship was made possible by Dr. Christopher Burcham, who earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Illinois in 1992. He went on to earn his doctorate in chemical engineering from Princeton University in 1998. He is a senior engineering advisor at Eli Lilly and Company. His career in process development is at the interface between formulated products and active ingredients. He established this scholarship to help make education more affordable.

Awarded to juniors in good academic standing from the State of Illinois (outside of Cook, DuPage, and Will counties).

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