Seniors Melissa Gregg and Catherine Weyers Receive Outstanding Pre-Med Student Award
Published: April 13, 2021
Scholarship Honors Dr. Maxwell by Awarding Outstanding Pre-Med Students
Senior pre-med students Melissa Gregg and Catherine Weyers received the Maxwell award at the eighteenth annual Richard W. Maxwell Memorial Lecture. The lecture, given for those interested in the field of medicine, was presented by guest lecturer and GC class of 1980 alumni Dr. Christopher Hook. Dr. Hook's lecture offered a brief history of medical and bioethics.
Both Melissa Gregg and Catherine Weyers have been accepted to A. T. Still University - Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kirksville, MO. Both were accepted to A.T. Still University as juniors through the Still Scholars Early Acceptance Program, which was a great feat as most Pre-Med students don't receive acceptance until mid way through their senior year.
Both are Chemistry/Biology double majors. Gregg, who hails from Williamston, Michigan, will be graduating Cum Laude, and has yet to decide upon a specialty. Weyers, a Canton, Illinois native, will be graduating with the Honors Program and Magna Cum Laude, and plans to pursue rural family medicine.
The Richard W. Maxwell Memorial Award Fund was established to encourage academic excellence and pursuit of careers in the profession of medicine. An award is given annually to a senior pre-medical student of Greenville College. The dean and faculty select the recipient based on academic excellence and need.
Dr. Richard Wesley Maxwell, a 1932 graduate of Greenville College, received the Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1980 for his outstanding accomplishments in the field of medicine. Dr. Maxwell graduated in medicine from the University of Chicago in 1936 and then interned in St. Louis at the old City Hospital No. 1. After completing his residency in Internal Medicine, he was made Superintendent and Medical Director of the old St. Louis Contagious Hospital. In 1940 he was given a fellowship in Gastroenterology at Washington University School of Medicine, and later and Instructorship. In 1946, the American Board of Internal Medicine certified him in internal medicine. Dr. Maxwell served on the staff of Barnes Hospital for over 40 years and in 1984 became professor emeritus. He was also on the staff of St. Luke's Hospital.
The Maxwell Award Fund was established in 1992 by Dorothea Andrews Maxwell in memory of her husband Richard W. Maxwell. On March 25, 2003 Mrs. Maxwell passed away in Palos Park, IL. The family of Dr. and Mrs. Maxwell continue to support this award.
