Salisbury, Aug. 1—T.E. Conrad Jr. of 711 North Fulton street, son of Engineer T.E. Conrad of the Asheville division of the Southern Railway, today received from Alexander Williams, secretary of the American Chemical Society, a check for $1,000 as first prize in an essay contest which included all colleges in the United States. When young Conrad wrote the essay this spring he was a freshman in Rutherford college. The subject handled was “An Outstanding contribution of Chemistry to Human Welfare,” and he wrote the essay in three hours while on class, not having previously known what the subject would be. Last year Mr. Conrad won first prize for North Carolina in a similar contest among high school students.
Mr. Conrad recently married and has gone to work for an insurance company, but heartened by the reception of the prize he has decided to return to school in the fall and prosecute his studies in chemistry. The money for this and five other prizes on similar subjects was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Francis P. Garvan of New York.
From page 4 of The Concord Daily Tribune, Monday, August 3, 1925
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