Given annually to juniors majoring in chemistry. The department designates these awardees on the basis of their scholastic excellence and promise of success. Dr. Watters received his B.S. degree in chemistry from the University of Utah in 1897, was a well-known inventor, and was a biographer of his close friend, Albert Einstein. The award consists of a cash stipend from a fund established by Dr. and Mrs. Watters.
Award Winners from Previous Years
1970 – J. Cordell Bott, Robert Bridges, Ning Chang, Roger Clough, Marlowe Goble, Allen C. Johnson, Ronald Larkin, Thomas McKean, Scott Moesinger, Allen Oshita, Douglas Thompson, Steve Vredenburg, Kurt Wilson
1971 – Scott Moesinger, Ronald Larkin
1972 – George H. Cannon, Robyn J. Goodfellow, Lawrence R. McGee, Scott G. Moesinger, Herbert J. Ungricht, Lane J. Wallace, Janice H. Johnson, Allen K. Oshita, Gordon L. Rich, C. LeRoy Anderson, David G. Lind, Forrest H. Fuller, Patricia Sato1973 – Janice H. Johnson, Allen K. Oshita, Don L. Reese, Forrest H. Fuller, Ren N. Imai, Jeffrey M. Labrum, David S. Moore, David H. Okubo, Patricia Sato, Douglas C. Bankhead, Carla J. Bergstrom, Gregg E. Marshall, James D. Hodge, Leslie D. Robinson
1974 – Russell Brown, Frank Ellis, Karen Griffing, Gregg Marshall, Alan Muraki, James Hodge, Jon Davis, Joseph Madsen, Gary Moss, Leslie Robinson, Walter Garff, Karen Harris, Laurence Lauro, Michael Thompson
1975 – Max J. Crouch, Joe R. Madsen, Gary L. Moss, Robert V . Newman, Leslie D. Robinson, Karen E. Harris, Lawrence W. Lauro, Dale G. Renlund, John F. Sims, Stephen P . Sutherland, Craig E. V anuitert, Ronald K. Jex, Robert G. Madsen, Michael R. Matheson, Diane Merrill, Giuliana Songster
1976 – Karen E. Bradshaw, Victoria L. Evans, Guiliana S. Songster, William E. Jack, Diane Merrill, David R. Wilson, Stephen A. Lowder, Jack A. Schleich, Jr.
1977 – Gus J. Colovos, Jon F. Davis, Jeannette Gering, Diane Merrill, Mark S. Solum, Keith A. Voegele, Paul N. Weiss, William M. Clark, Gordon C. Collet, Kirk B. Nielsen, Tracy D. Price, Jay R. Whimpey
1978 – Jon F. Davis, Jeannette R. Gering, Gothard C. Grey, Richard J. Sperry, Robert R. Bennett, Colleen M. Brophy, Perry B. Hacking, Richard E. Peterson II
1979 – Marianna K. Chiu, Perry B. Hacking, Kyle R. Terry, Roland Wong, John K. Burgers, Douglas B. McAllister, Kim A. Rook, Barbara A. Solomon, John B. Steinberg, Steven A. Stone, James D. Clark, Judith Keddington
1980 – Neil Bott, Marwan Saab, John Steinberg, Alec Wodtke, David Clark, Brad Cromar, Judith Keddington, Sandra Mueller, Cherie Sutherland, Karen Tentelman
1981 – Brad Cromar, Sandra Mueller, Cherie Sutherland, Karen Trentelman, Steven A. Bigler, Robert S. Fowler, March Rich Lewis, Michael Francis Kelleher, Raymond R. Price, Steven D. Prodnuk, Steven K. Miller
1982 – Robert R. Bennett, Russell W. Devereaux, Elizabeth D. Evans, Ingrid Fritsch, James D. Hepworth, Michael F. Kelleher, Sandra L. Mueller, Mark W. Pulsipher, Duc D. Tran, Karen A. Trentelman
1983 – David A. Clark, Elizabeth D. Evans, Ingrid Fritsch, Emery J. Johnston, Michael F. Kelleher, Mark W. Pulsipher, David J. Stremler, Duc Duy Tran
1984 – Mark A. Flinner, Ingrid Fritsch
1985 – Mark J. Edlund, Darren C. Jacobsen
1986 – Thuy Thanh Dang, Mark J. Edlund, Milton S. Jackson, Stewart Loh, John R. Mathis, Jr., Lori Nixon, David W. Stevens
1987 – Dane J. Dickson, Mark J. Edlund, Eric P . Kelson, Cheng Tu
1988 – Maria Curelaru, Ricky Jensen, Dan Laheru, Jeffrey Nelson, Leland Pack, Cheryl Robson
1989 – Troy Andreasen, Hamid Arabshahi, Curtis Coulam, Kevin Crellin, Angelo Kandas, Gordon Smith, Christopher Willoughby, Patrick Zimmerman
1990 – Hamid Arabshahi, Kevin Crellin, Dane Dickson, Evette Rasisky, Darryl Spencer, Miriam
Sweeney1991 – George W. Brown, Keith D. Jensen, Shannon Lloyd, Patrick H. Zimmerman, Darryl D. Spencer
1992 – Jason Bagley, B. Ryan Brady, Alan D. Evans, Shane D. Gagon, Keith D. Jensen, Michael R. Martineau, Connie Smith, Gordon L. Smith
1993 – Sidney P . Elmer, Y ueheng Jiang, Michael R. Martineau, Clara T. Michael, Victoria L. Morrison, Daniel J. Parker
1994 – Allen Gabriel, Laura L. Hammitt, Christian M. Pariseau, Aaron D.L. Wright
1995 – Jacob R. Ashcraft, Victor J. Cee, Brandon A. Hull, Ninel Z. Litovsky, Christian M. Pariseau, Roya V akili, Ryan M. V anWagoner, Xun Wang, Douglas B. Weibel
1996 – Joshua B. Cook, Richard B. Evans, Jennifer Hansen, Heidi R, V ollmer
1997 – Daniel Bodrero, Sidney Elmer, Abby Bird, Carolyn Mannis, Maryann Miles
1998 – Jeremy May, Jon Miller, Matthew Morrell, Rustin Ross
1999 – Nathan Hulse, Julianna Taylor, Vitaly Kushner
2000 – Garth Garrison, Derrick Holt, Anna Mulgrew, Jake V eigel
2001 – Brett Gourley, Neil Huefner, Matthew M. Miller, Anna Mulgrew, Chris Sjostrom, David W. Small
2002 – Gretchen Domek, Hung Nguyen, Adam Smith, Todd Gruber, Shawn Olsen
2003 – Erin Allen, Michele Bullough, Nathan Davis, Nathan Faulkner, John Gibby, Shawn Olsen
2004 – Eric Cannon, Patrick Hullett, Shannon Tew, Amy Heaton, Philip Jankovich, Judy Vu
2005 – Carol A. Bills, Bryce Peterson, Kara Stowers, Tom Engar, Anna Sprague, Judy Vu
2006 – Cody Farrner, Joseph Marchese, Jessica Pauley, Charles Harmon, William McKean, Jessica Procter, Matthew Weinstock
2007 – Safia Ahmed, Jamie Doi, Adrienne Carey, Sevann Helo, Nathan Walton
2008 – Safia Ahmed, Wesley Gaschler, Nitasha Newbold, Kevin Chung, Kristen Lilja, Erick Westbroek
2009 – Joseph Labrum, Trevor Feagin, Noah Kastelowitz, Kristen Lilija, Karisa Snow, Shane V erhoef
2010 – Andrew Bullock, Harrison Jones, Benjamin Y onkee, David Hamilton, Kaitlin Schaefer, Jenna Whippen
2011 – Ian Glenn-Maxwell Anthony, Kara Marie Arnold, Jordan Hill, Harrison Jones, Joseph Peterson, Nirmal Shah
2012 – Brandon Bacon, Alexander Burckle, Scott Brewster, James Mack, Annika Pecchia-Bekkum
2013 – Amanda Bischoff, Natascha Knowlton, Trevor Erickson, Timothy Luger
2014 – Taylor Duffin, Christina Hughes, McKenna Oney, William Gleich, Mark O-Dair, Chad Service
2015 – Scott Eldredge, Jonathan Greenhalgh, Nathan Odendahl, Quang Tran
2016 – Amanda Bischoff, Philippe David, Sang Oh, Sean Strain, Zane Blank, Isaac Moldowin, Nelson Shivel, William Tang, Wyatt Zagorec-Marks2017 – Parley Bates, Jacob Knight, Gabriel McDonald, Taylor Gremperline, Wenyuan Li, Christopher Stringham, Ben Tresco
2018 – Stephanie Aswad, Jackson Geary, Ryan Johnson, Min Htet (Jimmy) Kyaw, Chase Zagorec-Marks
2019 – Erika Feten, Austin Mineer
2022 – Maxwell Austin, Lillee Casselman, Evan Cutler, Victoria Medvedeva, Alison Wang, Rachel Whipple, Pierce Wratten
2023 – Jamie Covington, Hana Fauver, AJ Giles, Rose Godfrey, Uziel Gonzalez, Alyssa Harpring, James Lawton, Bhakta Rahhika, Maran Sardoni, Nancy Sohlberg
2024 – Georgia Brach, Victoria Chiou, AJ Andrew Giles, Kevin Liebetrau, Abigail Mason, Mary Alice Parker, Maddox Riewald, Farah Sadat
2025 – Ella Bleak, Henry Boutelle, Deevya Garal, Calvin Kern ,Alex Knorpp, Kaylee Meyers, Farah Sadat