Edmund D. and Sara J. Heerdt Scholarship

Raised in Arthur, Illinois, Dr. Edmund “Ed” Heerdt earned his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Illinois in 1965. He went on to earn a doctorate from the University of Minnesota in 1969. A 30-year employee of Shell Oil, he retired in 1998. Born in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Sara Heerdt is a graduate of Marquette University’s School of Dental Hygiene. The two met in Minneapolis while Ed was in graduate school. Heerdt is a former judge for the Undergraduate Research Symposium.

Awarded to chemical engineering students entering their junior year. 

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