George “Ted” Riegel IV, a 2012 graduate of Wilton High School, has been named to the Fall 2014 Dean’s List at Lafayette College in Easton, Pa for the fifth consecutive semester with a 4.0 GPA.

Ted was also named an EXCEL Scholar, reserved for those who have achieved distinction in their academic program. As part of that program, he conducted research last summer with William H. Miles, Ph.D. in the Organic Chemistry department, investigating the effects of phenyl substituents on shielding of a trifluoromethyl group in its shielding region. This type of research is vital for the field of drug metabolism in the pharmaceutical industry.

He was elected to the Lafayette Leadership Institute, an honor bestowed on the top 100 freshmen and sophomores at the college. He is president of Quest in the Department of Intercultural Development, the public relations chair of the Lafayette Freethinkers Association, which promotes scientific thought and analytical reasoning, and is a Safe Zone peer mentor.

Ted is also a teaching assistant in the chemistry department and was an ATTIC professional lecture transcriptionist for the organic chemistry department.

He is majoring in chemistry and hopes to eventually earn his doctorate in the field.