Donald B. Keyes Scholarship

This scholarship honors Donald Keyes, who led the chemical engineering program at the University of Illinois from 1926 to 1945. He is known for developing the first successful commercial method for producing absolute alcohol, which is still used today. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of New Hampshire and his doctorate from the University of California. He worked in industry prior to joining the faculty at Illinois. Later, he served in the federal government before returning to the industry, becoming a vice president at Heyden Chemical Corporation.

Awarded to chemical engineering students with a good academic record and potential for a successful career in the chemical engineering industry.

Past Recipients:

2023-2024 Luke Brann
2021-2022 Kwanghyun Kim 
2020-2021 Jacob Milo 
2019-2020 Vikram Mubayi 
2018-2019 Andrew Gugulski 
2017-2018 Kevin Wade 
2016-2017 Ethan Dukovic 
2012-2013 Alaina Fuller