Graduate Richard Haasch, Ph.D. was chosen to receive the 2004 Hamilton High School Distinguished Alumnus Award that will be presented at the school’s June 12 graduation ceremonies. A 1978 graduate, Haasch is an electron spectroscopist in the Center for Microanalysis Materials at the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign where he teaches and assists those conducting research.
After high school, Haasch majored in general sciences, earning a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Marquette University in 1982. He earned his doctorate as an analytical chemist in 1989 from the University of Minnesota.