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Congratulations to our Spring 2026 InitiatesKatherine AgamaiteIqra AhmadAsma AkramErin Althouse
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Congratulations to our Spring 2025 InitiatesHeather AcunaSophie Adams-SmithRebecca AltmanCaroline AndersonAnna ArnsbergerJenna AshtarRachel BartzGrishma BaruahSamantha BeirneEmma BeyerOlivia BlackshireBenjamin BoatengJacob BoleCarolyn BonafedeVeronica BondiEmily BoytMia BridgesRussell BurnsCyrus ButlerCaroline ButtemereCaroline CallahanErin CampbellConnor CassidyIngrid ChangXinyu ChenCaroline ChongEmma ConkleMorgan Cook-SatherMegan CressyMichael CulkinRyan CvikSafiyah DandashiZoe DavisSarah DevendorfAvah DickinsonMitchell DohertyAllison DolanAva EchardAlexandra EspinoSam FidlerGreta Frederick HarteisAaron GardosAlex GendreauLiang GengMichael GodekRebekah GreshamSarah GreshamLouise GriffinJeffrey GuMengyang HeBrooke HemingwayFiona HodgesJustin HorowitzClaire HurstaAbdallah HusseinMatthew HwangSanjoli JainSarah JohnsonKritika JothishankarAdam JuttDaniel KalishKatherine KimDiana KimKate KlimentAbena KonaduJackson KubinMadeline KysilkoEmma LankfordAndrew LeeEmily LessardJulia LevyJize LiFangzhi LiJosephine LinJiexi LinKieran LoftisSarah LongChristina LuckettIan MacDonaldConnor MartinCourtney MaynardGillian McCollumAgavni MehrabiAlexandra MendelsohnAndrew MeyerWhitney MorganSeth NelsonRiley NeubauerLayne O'ConnellHayley O'HarrahIsabela Ortiz CasoJemimah Ozed-WilliamsTanvi PadoleJohn PendergrassAlex PhanMarshall RoachOwen RoyserAnya RuzickaHannah RyanConnie RyuKathleen SalmonLogan SchnitziusSihan ShenRyan ShonkSophia SicklerZoe SimonYigit SimsekMichaela SiroisKiley SmithAlaina SmithKlara SmithAnastasia SoutsosCalder SprinkleLiam StakerMarco StettlerQiyuan SuAbigail SwanbergAllison SwindellLynleigh ThompsonBenjamin ToyrylaLynn TrottNatalie TubiaHannah TuinmanNivedha VaidyAlison VanDewarkStephen VasiljevicCharlotte VisconsiNatalie VishCrystal WangMeredith WarsenLeah WeissEmma WilkieChloe WrightDuohan XuZherui ZhangJunkai ZhaoYiyi ZhengRachel Zheng |
Congratulations to our Spring 2024 InitiatesOrhan Acikgoz
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Congratulations to our Fall 2023 InitiatesDylan Abrokwa-JassorJessica HornerAnnabel RichterCollin AbsherJosephine HouskaMadeleine RubinMiranda BateAashni JainAmelia SeaburySarah BengtsonChloe KindermanSkyler SeetsJustin BergAdrianne KinseyRose ShaferJulia BowersKatherine KivimakiKavi ShahMatthew ChenWilliam KobosMalvika ShrimaliAnna ClaybornSage KregenowJacob StechmannLinna CuiAleksandr KuzmenchukAnna StevensAbigail DavisSarah LageAaron TavelNicole EubanksAashni ManroaAbigail TaylorLin FangHarper McCallAlison TrahanTerence FlanneryLeo MurphyElizabeth UprightMegan FleehartyJoshua MutterperlSkyler WalkerCaleb FulfordAlexandra ParkXingyu WangGwendolyn GalleherJohanna PellegrinoCecilia WeaverRobert GourdieThu PhamAmy WeitzmanMujia HeCeleste PhillipsJonathan WilkinsSa'nia HeckstallDaniel PosthumusSarah WozniakGinny HelmandollarMaya ReddyKevin WuAndrew HoffmanAlyson ReynoldsWoojin YoonSihan Zhou |
Congratulations to our Spring 2023 InitiatesLucy Clark Abell
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Congratulations to our Fall 2022 InitiatesPaul Conrad Anderson
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Congratulations to our Spring 2022 InitiatesIsabel Rose AgostinoClaire Alice HoganJulia Xinchen QiaoYunhong BaoSidonie RoseAlexis Abigail ReeceRussell Carter BeisswangerJarvis HuaGeorgiana Schaeffer ReeceAndrés E. Bencomo-MagañaTaiana Jalia JamesLaura Alice Jennifer ReitzeBenjamin Clark BowlesAlexandra Elizabeth JohnsonTyler SchroederCaroline Mae BrickleyJared Wesley JonesVasiliki E ShinasSofia Camryn BrownSaloni KapilaMark Joel SmithGordon CrouseKathryn Grace KowalskiDaniel Redmand SpeerMattie Zebidel DiarraBoyang LiKirsten Mary SweigartCaileigh Britt DintinoAbby Reiko MatusekCharles Jiaming WangClara Alice FinleyMolly Grace McCarthy FloodThomas WangSeth Aaron GnesinLauren Nicole MillerAnnemarie Carlan WolfMatthew Thomas GraysonSophia Christina MorakisMatthew Garrison WrightLauren Alexandra GrobSamantha Grace MurphyLexie WuGrace Noel HelmickJoshua N. Maddox OttenJacob YangAustin Alexander HillebrandtThomas Joseph PlantTiffany ZhengYuchen Zhou |
Congratulations to our Fall 2021 InitiatesAnnika Marie Allen
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Congratulations to our Spring 2021 InitiatesJacob Allen Adams
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Congratulations to our Spring 2020 InitiatesMaggie Elaine Aschmeyer
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Congratulations to our Fall 2019 InitiatesDavid W Allen
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Remarks from Olivia Vande Woude, student respondent, on December 5, 2019
Remarks from Dr. Jacqueline McLendon, banquet keynote speaker, on December 5, 2019
Congratulations to our Spring 2019 InitiatesCaroline Patterson Abbott
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Congratulations to our Fall 2018 InitiatesArianna Tara Afsari
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Congratulations to our Spring 2018 InitiatesKelvin Abrokwa-Johnson
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Congratulations to our Fall 2017 InitiatesElena Claire Amparo
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When Prof. Cate-Arries told me I'd been given the privilege of addressing my peers, our professors, and our families at this ceremony, I immediately started thinking through ways to start this talk. My mind latched onto the classic Groucho Marx quote, “I don't want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member.”
This certainly isn't true for any of us here today because of the great honor it is to be accepted into the Phi Beta Kappa Society, especially considering that we are the foundational chapter. We are joining the ranks of 17 US Presidents, 40 Supreme Court Justices, 136 Nobel Laureates, and countless other individuals who share our love for the liberal arts.
The liberal arts were originally confined to seven subjects in the Middle Ages because the Book of Proverbs in the Bible says that there were seven pillars in wisdom’s house. These subjects were grammar, logic, rhetoric, arithmetic, geometry, music and astronomy, with grammar, rhetoric and logic forming the trivium and arithmetic, geometry, music and astronomy comprising the quadrivium. Since the inception of the liberal arts, the disciplines have diversified from these seven into the many fields of study we see today. Here at William & Mary, our liberal arts education extends to 60 majors, including self-designed majors. Of the 50 of us being initiated today, we represent 45 of those majors.
Phi Beta Kappa is an acronym for Philosophia Biou Kybernētēs, which means “Love of learning (or wisdom) is the guide of life.” We have each chosen our niche within the liberal arts because it’s what gives us joy and a desire to delve deeper into the subject. It’s our joy in learning about our subjects that has led us to them. I’m happiest freezing to death in a tiny Spanish archive deciphering 16th century handwriting while another of us studies the foreign aid and arms sales to Latin American and another the neuroplasticity in frog model organisms.
However, we must remember that wisdom’s house has seven pillars, or in William & Mary’s case 60, and to quote another great man, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” Each of our disciplines has an intrinsic value and the potential to have a positive effect on others. No one subject can claim to be superior or self-sufficient from the others. Rather, the liberal arts are best wielded as arts, not one single art. And I know that interdisciplinarity has been harped on us since day one of orientation, but it’s because the message is true. We can only reach our full potential when we work together to critically examine concepts and issues from multiple disciplines and perspectives.
And like every generation before us, going back to the original 5 PBK founders and beyond, we are facing difficult issues today in our country. Many are difficult to talk about, but we can bring to bear the tools afforded to us by our education in the liberal arts to look for solutions—rather than letting these issues divide and destroy us.
Progress can be slow, but that should not stop us from pushing through, from talking to each other, and from using our education and empathy towards each other as fellow human beings to find solutions. Use your training in the liberal arts to help push where you see stagnation, lend a helping hand when you see someone struggling, and show kindness where you see hatred. Because if we do stand together as 7 or 60 or however many pillars of the house of the liberal arts, united in our love of learning, there is no obstacle that we cannot overcome.
Alexandra Wingate, ‘18, Address to Initiates for PBK, December 8, 2017
Congratulations to our Spring 2017 InitiatesJacob Renwick Alter
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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FALL 2016 INITIATES
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Layla Abi-Falah Matthew Adan Jessica Armstrong Kayla Armstrong Joshua Aurand Eliot Bacon Courtney Blackington Samantha Braver Brandon Buncher Yuming Cao Nathaniel Clemens Esther Chen Jack Daus John Donahue Shihao Du Karen Ficenec Katarina Fleckenstein |
Christine Gao Lindsay Gould Melissa Guidry Hayley Hahn Lauren Hall-Mozingo John Hoagland Jessica Joyce Michael Kopreski Polly Lauer Thomas Le James Leach John Marken Marissa Messner Nathan Owen Natalee Price Jasmine Ragoowansi Rachel Rapp |
Matthew Ribar Daniel Rosenberg Morgan Sehdev Liam Shaw Gabrielle Smith Barclay Sparrow Sara Taylor Cody Turner Diya Uthappa Emily Wasek Colin Weinshenker Alexander Williams Xinzi Zhang Wenqing Zhao Joshua Zimmt
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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SPRING 2016 INITIATES
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Julianne Abruzzo Alexander Frey |
Claire Gillespie Carter Lyon Theo Majka, '69 Alyssa Melchers |
Timothy Nixon Erin O’Brien |
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FALL 2015 INITIATES
| Matthew Abel Isaac Alty Ashley Bruce Curtis Commander, Jr Eamonn deLacy Samuel Girdzis Andrew Halleran Wade Hodson Olivia Jebb John Loughton Kareem Obey Daniel Perkes Erin Roberts Julia Seeley-Hall Caroline Stone Rachel Waymack |
Eileen Ablondi Mary Andino Shannon Callinan Emma Craige Kristin Edwards Caper Gooden Emily Harmon Margaret Horning John Kean Zhiyao Lu Joanna Odenthal Anderson Richardson Jacob Robins Jillian Sequeira John Stuart April Wilson |
Catherine Acio Haley Bauser Beatrice Chessman Jakob Deel Karl Adryan Flores Ryan Goss Duenya Hassan Constance Hull Nathan Keithline Kelly Martins Janice Park Kristin Ritchey George Rudebusch Molly Smith Sarah Volz Kimberly Zamuda |
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SPRING 2015 INITIATES
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Gold A. Adkins Miranda P. Axworthy Matthew N. Baker Julia F. Baum Clare K. Boczon Amanda G. Borden Lauren J. Boulay Mary E. Case Sarah L. Caspari Christian F. Chamberlayne Elizabeth B. Dabbs Isabel J. Docampo Courtney J. Duckworth Samuel E. Dunham Marika P. Emanuel Diana J. Floegel |
Sophie C. Goewey Allison M. Grady Peter Hansen Christopher R. Haufe Tyler A. Jones Maerna C. Kauffman Elizabeth M. Kerver Stephanie L. Kolb Hitoshi G. Koshiya Kaitlin A. Kressin Fei-Pi Lin Allyson M. Mateja Zachary A. McDonnell Rachael A. Muscatello Lirsen S. Myrtaj Aaron B. Ng |
Emily T. O'Gorman Alice E. Perrin Spencer H. Pigg William M. Plews-Ogan Sarah B. Rabin Kelsey E. Renoll Emma M. Rodvien Greta L. Schneider Rachel M. Sillcox Sara V. Suarez Kyle J. Titlow Alana E. Toabe Robert B. Torrence Mary Frances V. Walsh Timothy W. Wright |
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FALL 2014 INITIATES
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Jacob Ryan Abrams Tyler Brendan Bembenek William Frederick Bergan James Christopher Bieron Elisabeth Suzanne Bloxam Joanna Dorothy Borman Megan Marie Brew Christopher Alan Buchholz Jacob Donald Daniels Daniel Michael Duane John James Edgar Nicole Kristen Fitchett Rebecca Carlson Fulp-Eickstaedt Madeline Harrison Grimm Michael Thomas Hibshman |
Michelle Hoon-Starr Rachel Jordan Hyneman Lauren Theresa Jean Taylor Kate Lain Maren Kimi Leibowitz Catherine Faye Mahoney Johnathan Charles Maza Matthew Lee Mendonca Carly Ellen O'Connell Julia Joyce O'Connell Joseph Carl Palame Naomi Jennifer Parr Jackson Jon Peterson Samuel Jacob Pressler Laura Elizabeth Pugh |
Benjamin Kirby Raliski Alison Curran Roberts Tanner Michael Russo Edmund Yam Saw Taylor Kathleen Schwabe Anuraag Sensharma Ellen Catherine Shaffrey Carolyn Ann Shira Morgan Grace Silvers David Andrew Specht Matthew James Stephens John Edward Stuart Stephanie Nicole Till Hannah Knox Tucker Catherine Frances Wise Leila Sophie Zadeh |
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SPRING 2014 INITIATES
| Colleen Marie Betti | Rachel Doty Heideman | Blakely Elizabeth Mulder |
| Aslyn Amber Blohm | Robert Preston Heinlein | Samantha Logan O'Neal |
| Catherine Alyssa Brahe | Patrick David Jenkins | Alana Frances Ogata |
| Michelle Lauren Camp | Maryam Ismail Kanna | Eleanor Anne Pace |
| Daniel Court Casey | Dilara Kiran | Grace Amelia Perkins |
| Taylor Anne Charest | Jeffrey Standish Knox | Amy Natanya Schaffman |
| Gannon Patrick Connor | Matthew Scott Litovitz | Meha Semwal |
| Jake Arthur Douglas | Gabriel Francis Manion | William Haig Smith |
| Wesley Vaughan Dunnavant | Hannah Elizabeth Mayhew | Meagan Quianna Smith |
| Taylor Nicole Feenstra | Elisabeth Cole McConnell | Rachel Charlotte Taverner |
| Katherine Anne Fleming | Kathryn Lynn McLane | Ryan Russell Warsing |
| Geoffrey Thomas Geberth | Anne Caitlin Mennen | Danielle Morgan Weber |
| Phillip James Goodling | Catherine Irene Mitchell | Ethan Sanders Winter |
| Alexandra Rose Hartley | Bryan Starrett Monroe | Deborah L. Wood |
| Dana Elizabeth Hayes | Christina Susanne Moore | Alexandra Hyejoo Yoon |
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FALL 2013 INITIATES
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Michael Thomas Aiken |
Elisa Rauch Ballschneider |
John Stewart Banks |
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Ling Anne Beisecker |
Meredith Celeste Boulos |
Gregory John Callaghan |
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Stephen Philip Cameron |
Joseph Gallagher Corliss |
Robin Kincaid Crigler |
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Crosby Diana Enright |
Rachel Elizabeth Faith |
Ashley Paige Fidler |
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Sarah Jane Gault |
Kristin Regina Giordano |
April Michelle Hardy |
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Wendy Alice Herbst |
Anna Katherine Hochgraf |
Taylor Marie Hodge |
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James Robert Janopaul-Naylor |
Samuel Clifford Kennedy |
Patrick Lee Keyser |
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Dylan Raphael Kolhoff |
Lani Marie Kroese |
Rachel Kathryn Lienesch |
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Yvonne Yang Mack |
Jaclyn Rose McKenna |
Molly Ingle Michie |
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Timothy William Milbourne |
John Patrick Mulhall |
Samantha Leigh Payne |
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Elizabeth Froom Pelletier |
Kevin McCormick Place |
Stephen Michael Prifti |
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Ashleigh Kemp Ramos |
Gregory Paul Ranzini |
Katherine Robinson |
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Ethan Royce Roday |
Mohima Sanyal |
Sarah Schuessler |
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Margaret Jones Schwenzfeier |
Sarah Price Summers |
Corinne Michelle Tucker |
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Rebecca Kameamakama Turner |
Elana Kahn Urbach |
Natalie Zhen Wong |
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Owen Thomas Yancey |
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SPRING 2013 INITIATES
| Katherine Marie Arcement | Fiona Agnes Balestrieri | Holly Nicole Blackburn |
| Jacquelyn Marie Blakes-Hedges | Hannah Hawks Boes | Taylor Michelle Broome |
| Christine Alexandra Camp | Kimberly Ellen Chaney | Alexander George Chartrain |
| Alex James Chinn | Vivian Khershed Cooper | Elizabeth Payne DeBusk |
| Jonathan Vincent Ettinger | Brett Charles Evans | Michelle Lynne Gillespie |
| Jesse David Gumz | Johanna Elise Hribal | Ryan Peter Jiorle |
| Katherine Emily Kaugars | Jeffrey James Kuchan | David Scott Laws |
| Jonathan David Lehman | Jennifer Nicole Maudru | Taylor Kelly Nelms |
| David Renich Newbrander | Allison Lee Oldham | Bruce William Pfirrman |
| Jennifer Melissa Saunders | Lia Rose Servidio | Giedre Stankeviciute |
| Rachel Isadore Steinberg | Anna Kristina Swanson | Mariel Sporn Tavakoli |
| Henry Joseph Ware | Keith Henry Webb | Joanna Kathleen Weeks |
| Katherine Louisa Esteves Wessman | Morgan Rebecca Whittaker | Kyra Alexandra Zemanick |
| Lichenyang Zhou |
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2012 WINTER INITIATES
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Allison Geraldine Baer |
Megan Kristine Bentley |
Thomas Donald Bettge |
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Matthew Stephen Blum |
Katherine Lynn Brown |
Laura Michelle Crespo |
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Julia Helene Crowley |
Madeleine Rose DeSimone |
Laura Rose Faircloth |
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Jonathan Robert Fischer |
Gregory Daniel Ginsburg |
Jennifer Theresa Giuffrida |
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Daria Alexandrovna Godunova |
Kayla Lovejoy Grant |
Kiah Hardcastle |
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Elizabeth Iris Hennemuth |
David John Hill |
Angela Marie Ives |
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Susan Morgan Johns |
Patrick Krauss King |
Aleina Anne Nicholas Kreider |
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Emily Lynn Loney |
Ani-Rae Lovell |
Lynn Holden MacPherson |
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Dennis Paul Martin |
Rachel Lynn McGuire |
Kayla Michelle Miller |
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Corbin Earl Muetterties |
Jessica Rose Murray |
Arielle An Pak |
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Emily Hannah Pehrsson |
Charlotte Burch Platner |
Brian Anthony Rabe |
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Jane Katherine Rabinovitz |
Kiara Symone Savage |
Heidi Marie Scanlon |
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Michael William Schilling |
Lindsay Michelle Schleifer |
Margaret Carson Scott |
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William Dana Shimer |
Rose Kathryn St. Clair |
Wesley James Stukenbroeker |
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Seth Joseph Theuerkauf |
Amelia Joan Tyler |
Michael Matthew Wagner |
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Jennifer Leigh Ware |
Joel Thomas White |
Gregory Scott Yellen |
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR 2012 SPRING INITIATES
| Fasil Alemante | Katelyn Ann Durkin | Margaret Allen Morris |
| Ann Katherine Allen | Ryan James Endorf | Taylor Nicole Mullaney |
| August Christian Anderson | Charles MacRoibie Fliss | Kathleen Printiss Murphy |
| Eva Louise Baker | Brianna Nicole Frentzko | Gabrielle Regina Names |
| Catherine Elizabeth Barth | Maya Lynn Gueron | Jaclyn Dean Penbleton |
| Ryan Joseph Blackwell | Samuel Emerson Harvey | Charles Franklin Phillips IV |
| Andrew James Bouland | Tracy Harwood Jenkins | Kevin Thomas Quinlan |
| Devin Callison Braun | Catherine Shin Hye Kang | Luke Phillip Reding |
| Grace Marie Brennan | Peter McFerron Klicker | Rebekah Celicia Rochte |
| Kacie Lynn Burke | Elena Aleksandrovna Lepekhina | Sarah Ellison Salino |
| Evan Martin Callaway | Brian Thomas Mammarella | Aaron Tyler Savella |
| Kevin James Carey | Cody Blake McClelland | Jacqueline Marie Stykes |
| Mary Elizabeth Cottrell | Shannon Elizabeth Michel | Yuezhu Sun |
| William Lawrence Czaplyski | Jennifer Leigh Mills | Rachel Elizabeth Wallace |
| Robin Lynn Downing | Meagan Kathleen Monahan | Daniel Clarke Yates |
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FALL 2011 INITIATES
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Robert Dudley Abbott Nicholas Jacob Bell Emily Allison Brown Michael Joseph Cammarata Sean Christopher Carey Bridget Marie Carr Victoria Chung Alyssa Anne Combs Ariel Jozef Cukierman Emily Jo Eklund Amy Katherine Filipek Diana Elena Gal Carly Nicole Guinn Alexander Gvakharia |
Lindsay Jordan Hundley Stephen John Hurley Taylor Elizabeth Hurst Conley Robert Jones Jesse Taylor Jordan Ksenija Kapetanivoc Rebecca Lynn Koenig Jacob Evan Lassin Adam Jared Lerner Emily Marie Matson Molly Jean McDonough Christine Angela McLean Katherine Marie Milberger Mira Elena Peralta Nair |
Hannah Rose Naughton Eileen Katherine Nenninger Lindsey Crandol Nicolai Peggy Joyce Prather Leksa Viktoria Pravdic Alice Grace Proia Nicholas Albert Schmedding Andrew Magdy Sidhom Matthew Salvatore Sparacino Alena Miriam Stern Austin Michael Strange Kenay Magdalene Sudler Jasmine Monique Turner Tyler Rad Williamson |
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SPRING 2011 INITIATES
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Andrew Thomas Allen Edward Wagner Innace |
Chelsea Ellen Jenkins Rachel Margaret Jones Mark Pieter Nauta |
David James Reed Courtney Arielle Roberts Julianne Elizabeth Sicklesteel Ellen Hutchins Speers Clare Eileen Stankwitz Lauren Elizabeth Summers Margaret Vimont Summers Jennifer Anne Thorne Samanthe Elizabeth Tiver Emily Anne VanDerhoff Sandra Dianne Wetzel Dian Yang Ingrid Lauren Heiberg Teresa Elizabeth Ingraham |
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FALL 2010 INITIATES
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Elizabeth Pylant Bransford Allen |
Emily Christine Cunningham Justin de Benedictis-Kessner Brittany Lynn Fulton Cameron Wells Glenn Mark Thomas Guerci Ingrid Lauren Heiberg Ashley Marie Hoover Teresa Elizabeth Ingraham Ashley Elizabeth Ingram John James Kelly Robert Frederick Lambert Brittany Barker Lewis Monica Joy LoBue Kendall Margaret Mayer |
Samuel David McVane Allison Jane Mickel Irene Rebecca Morrison-Moncure Michelle Rungamirai Munyikwa Taylor Kaye Porter Eric David Robinson Peyton Wells Rose Michael Ambrose Smith Olivia Jane Walch Nicholas Parker Wamsley Ronald James Wilcox Vincent James Yannello Julia Lynn Zamecnik |
At each induction, one Initiate is selected to deliver a response on behalf of the students.
The Winter 2010 address was delivered by Brittany Lynn Fulton, Class of 2011
PBK Response for the Initiates
There are many things that I love about the College of William & Mary. One of the best discoveries I’ve made in my three and a half years here happened a little over a year ago. On a beautiful fall day last year I discovered…the Colonial Williamsburg cider mug. What could be better for a college student than an $11 mug that comes with free refills of delicious apple cider for a whole year? Cider runs quickly replaced coffee dates with all my friends and I have spent many an afternoon strolling down Duke of Gloucester to the Raleigh tavern with my mug in hand.
Up until a few weeks ago the Raleigh Tavern was just a place with a bakeshop that could feed my cider addiction. Now the location has taken on a new meaning for me—for it was on December 5, 1776 that Phi Beta Kappa was founded in the Raleigh Tavern. The five students who founded this society demonstrated incredible foresight in forming an organization based on the values of personal freedom, scientific inquiry, liberty of conscience, and creative endeavor. Today we are bestowed with the honor and responsibility of upholding these values as we are initiated into one of the oldest and most prestigious honor societies in the nation. This is not an occasion we should take lightly.
Fortunately over the past three years the liberal arts educations we’ve received have given us the tools necessary to defend the traits Phi Beta Kappa holds dear. As Barbara M. White, the former president of Mills College put it, “The basic purpose of a liberal arts education is to liberate the human being to exercise his or her potential to the fullest.” As undergraduates at the College of William & Mary we have been given and taken advantage of so many opportunities which have shaped the young women and men we’ve become. For me a liberal arts education has allowed me to major in both Psychology and Hispanic Studies while taking classes like Symbolic Logic for fun. It has meant studying abroad twice, spending summers interning at embassies or researching museums, and growing as a leader. Many of my fellow initiates have had similar experiences during their time here.
However, these opportunities just scratch the surface of the significance of a liberal arts education. I asked my fellow initiates the question, “What does a liberal arts education mean to you.” The thoughtful responses I received serve as testimonies to the impact the liberal arts have had on us during our undergraduate career. To fellow initiate Allison Mickel, “a liberal arts education provides training in a really unique kind of critical thought…Your brain learns to contort itself, you work your way through intellectual frustrations, you figure out how to assess with a critical eye, but in a way that ultimately breeds tolerance and appreciation for diversity and dissimilarity.” For Elena Carey, the liberal arts make her think of a passage from I Am Charlotte Simmons by Tom Wolfe where they are defined as the art of persuasion. Elena loves having a liberal arts education because it’s not just about giving students the tools to succeed but also making them question the reasons for their actions and the implications of these actions or inactions in society at large. Megan Behm similarly felt that “a liberal arts education is the first step to becoming valuable citizens and people…It prevents narrow mindedness and singularity of opinion, traits that can only hinder our development as a people.”
Based on these responses it is clear that each one of us have benefited from the liberal arts educations we’ve received and are equipped with the tools we will need to succeed. We have honed our critical thinking skills and learned how to problem solve by integrating knowledge from multiple disciplines. We have developed our leadership abilities and opened our minds to new ideas. Most importantly, we have discovered our passions (academic or otherwise) and created visions of brighter futures we plan to work toward. As we prepare to leave the College, whether we go on to become doctors or lawyers, engineers or authors, social workers or scientists, we need to use these visions to overcome the obstacles that await us in the “real world” and to be prepared to defend the liberal arts in each of our respective fields. Today’s world is becoming increasingly specialized and with our acceptance of our election to Phi Beta Kappa we accept the responsibility of showing everyone we encounter the advantages of a well rounded liberal arts education. We also accept the challenge to continuously strive for excellence and to incorporate Phi Beta Kappa’s motto, “Love of learning is the guide of life” into our lives.
Over the next several weeks as we prepare for final exams and the holidays I encourage everyone to go grab coffee from the Daily Grind, or better yet cider from the Raleigh Tavern and take a few moments to reflect on both the accomplishments that brought us here today and the challenges presented to us with this honor. On behalf of the Fall 2010 initiates-in-course I wish to thank all those professors, parents, peers and mentors who helped shape us into the scholars we’ve become. May we never stop learning from and questioning the world around us. Thank you.
2010 (Spring) Alpha Chapter Initiates
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Dina Tarek Abdel-Fattah |
Brian Patrick Doyle |
Pamela Rachel Kennedy |
2009 (Fall) Alpha Chapter Initiates
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Kira Christine Allmann |
Emily Catherine Fuhrman |
Andrew Scott Morris |
2009 (Spring) Alpha Chapter Initiates
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Kristen M. Berberich |
Meghan M. Ingrisano |
Shannon E. Reed |
2008 (Fall) Alpha Chapter Initiates
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William Fisher Ames |
Lindsay Gail Gibson |
Sean Roe O'Mealia |
2008 (Spring) Alpha Chapter Initiates
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Nathaniel Scott Amos |
Allyson Aileen Garcia Joshua Andrew Garstka Amanda Elizabeth Guthrie Gretchen Lynn Hannes Jordan Patterson Howell Kendall Madison Howes Terence Edward Imbery Jennifer Anne Kramer Paul Franklin Kuenker Jaime Nicole Latcham Lindsay Verfaillie Macdonald Diana Michelle Morelen Rosalind Freda O'Brien Amy Marie Pastva |
Kimberley Joy Peck Angela Christine Perkey Cynthia Sophie Phillips Austin Lee Pryor Mary Jeanette Ramsey Janelle Ann Richardson John Sedlock Saur Matthew James Sutton Kathryn Lee Swanson Jed Daniel Talvacchia Michelle Berneice Thibault Todd William Weaver Katherine Davila Willson Jennifer Lynn Wilson |
2007 (Fall) Alpha Chapter Initiates
| Christopher A. Adams Blair S. Ashley Julie C. Barnes Beth A. Block Barbara A. Blythe Kristin A. Boos Rebecca S. Cohn Adrianne M. Colton Kristin K. Corcoran Kelly M. Creed Amy L. Dapper Charlene A. Deming Oliver C. Ehlinger Sadie L. Gardner |
Connie M. Gibbons Sarah E. Gowen John C. Hawley Zachary D. Hayden Jennifer A. Hoover Andrew E. Hughes Younes Jabbara Judd W. Kennedy Jerillyn S. Kent You Suk Kim Sarah E. Klotz Jessica L. Lamont Olivia R. Lucas |
Lauren N. Merrill Sarah E. Morra Martha C. Morris Susannah L. Myers Ilina V. Nikolova Christina M. Papageorge Ashwin Rastogi Victoria D. Ryan Evan A. Saltzman Stephen A. Schworer Maegen C. Smith Sarah H. Vogelsong Michael R. Woolslayer Andrew S. Zahn |
2007 (Spring) Alpha Chapter Initiates
| John David Adams James Robert Adler Erin Rebecca Alpert John Frederick Bell Janelle Elisabeth Billig Cortney Marie Breitschwerdt Timothy Justin Brown Kenneth Michael Bumbaco Michael Edward Crandol Erin Ambler Crowder Naomi Karena Dreyer Ethan Clark Forrest Mary Catherine French Lindsay Marine Fullerton |
Nicole Marie Funderburk Laura Kristin Grandy Deana Helen Hadley Emily Gagan Howard Steven Edward Kane Lucia Christine Lykke Justin Gregory Manweiler Elizabeth Ann McDaniel Erin Julia McInerney Celeste Irene McNamara Megan Rose McQuiddy Emily Marie Metz Mary Catherine Ogburn Matthew Paul Julius Oreska |
Erica Michelle Parker Andrew McIntyre Reeves Colleen Marie Schneider Ryan Michael Scofield Christopher William Seibert Matthew Robert Sherrill Alexandra Sledd Natalie Marie Stinton Susan Elizabeth Thornton Meredith Margaret von Roedern Erin Elizabeth Walker Erin Haley Ward David Christopher Williard Katherine Soleil Woodley |
2006 (Fall) Alpha Chapter Initiates
| Keith Christopher Bechtol Leah Christine Cheek Camielle Leigh Compton Kenneth William DeFontes, III Erin Elizabeth Fenlon Megan Ann Fikse Ryan Lee Ford Leah Rens Giles Natalia Ivanovna Golub Maria Kathleen Happel Alaina Christine Harmon Abraham Daniel Bergsagel Isgur Cynthia Elizabeth Johnson |
Alyson Lucas Kepple |
Katherine Elizabeth Perkins |
2006 (Spring) Alpha Chapter Initiates
| Benjamin David Atkins Joseph Vincent Bertini Kevin Thomas Bowman Lindsey Anne Boyle Laura Jane Buchanan Mary Katherine Burgess William Eric Bylund Paul Evan Charpentier Stephanie Marie Corrigan Shannon Eileen Daily Jennifer Marie DeCuir Ross Jordan Feller Derrick Patrick Fellows Kevin Michael Flanagan Carrie Emma Fox |
Justin Matthew Fowler Thomas Arthur Garnett Ann Caitlin Hagan Jan Marie Hagedorn Adriana Lucia Harvey James Morris Hipolit Kelly Reneé Jones Susanna Danielle Klosko Emily Renee Kowalski Sarah Marie McHale Caitlin Helene Melchior Jessica Leigh Miller Ryan Richard Purcell Philip Randolph Roane |
Alison Gail Rosner |
2005 (Fall) Alpha Chapter Initiates
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Jonathan Peter Adams, Jr. |
Sarah Elizabeth Kolbe |
David Emile Vatcher Rose Katherine Reid Ross-Kinzie Renee Elizabeth Seibel Jacob William Shier Kelly Anne Singleton Paul Anthony Smith Brian Christopher Spencer Melissa Margaret Sprachman Emily Nicole Strauss Jason David Swartwood Mary Galt Teeter Julia Elisabeth Tony Maxwell Benjamin Uphaus Matthew Ralph Wester |
2005 (Spring) Alpha Chapter Initiates
| Amanda L. Belles Erin M. Buckley James W. Burke Jennifer L. Caffrey Stephen F. Cardente Leslie E. Cochrane Alessandra C. Davidson David D. Delong Jennifer L. Dixson Jason M. Franasiak Patricia R. Goodwin Brendan P. Hodkinson John R. Hott Tate M. Keenan |
You Lee Kim Robyn L. Kondrad Kevin A. Kotkowski Owen McDonough Lisa M. McGinnis Graham T. Nessler Diane M. O’Hara Katherine L. Penick Selina P. Spinos Heidi L. Pennington Marshall B. Popkin Bonnie M. Queen Sarah E. Reeder |
Leanne E. Reidenbach Ariana E. Reilly Christopher B. Renjilian Christine M. Simpson Charlene V. Smith Tracy A. Snow Jessica C. Stirpe Kathleen A. St. John Kelly A. Sullivan Pamela M. Taylor Melanie N. Vejdani Rebeccas D. Velarde Hao Wang Emily L. Whitmore |
2004 (Fall) Alpha Chapter Initiates
| Wesley D. Allen Emily C. Altadonna Katharine M. Andres Michael J. Brennan Joseph M. Carneiro Patrick W. Comstock Heather A. Debby Megan E. Dellinger Megan Edwards Ryan M. Fame Maria T. Fashing Katherine I. Fisher Adam M. Forte Caitlin M. Freeman |
Carl B. Giller |
Justin M. McIntosh Jacqueline H. Nalle Christina B. Newland Lynda M. Nguyen Stephanie L. Oakes Emerson L. Odango Kristin A. Pederson Sarah E. Smith Damian G. Stephen Peter J. Taylor Dimitar M. Vlassarev Daniel M. Weinberger Claire S. Wimbush |
2004 (Spring) Alpha Chapter Initiates
| Andrew H. Brown Mark Glenn Cathey Julie Teresa Cella Lisa Renee Chastant Judy Po Ki Che Peyton A. Cooke Ian F Cornell Andrea Hollis Everett Meredith J. Faulkner Melanie Forehand Jennifer Ann Foy Elizabeth Anne Gallow Valerie Sawyer Gaskins John Adrian Gibney |
Robert B. Keeton Joseph Matthew Kiser Allen Robert Laben Gregory Licausi Rebecca Joy Luhrs Jennifer Lynn Maul Jason Kyle Molitoris Nathan Everett Mueller Michael-John Pierce Mary Donnelly Reedy Gillian W. Reierson Briana Marie Riemer Matthew J. Roosevelt Melanie Beth Schrage |
Elizabeth Viscardi Shooltz Steven Scott Silvonek Amy Katherine Smith Eric James Spitzer Jeb Andrew Stenhouse Lena Oak Suk Meghann Cathleen Thomas Christine Susanne Wahle Mariele Kathryn Wardian Lauren Michal Weaver Eric Stephen Wechtler Cristin Grace Welle Margaret Elizabeth Whitford Alisa Wiskin |
2003 (Fall) Alpha Chapter Initiates
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Stephanie Miller Anderson Mirth Tucker Hoyt |
Scott Bradley Ickes Scott Douglas Phelps |
Anne Stuart Roberts Jacob Harrison Rooksby Olivia Erin Schroeder Catherine Rose Shirvell John Asher Spruill Sarah Marguerite Stamps Garth Lewis Swanson Elizabeth Dell Thompson Elizabeth Corbin Titrington Julie Lynn Wagerle Meghan Marie Williamson Allison Jeanne Wortche Allison Leigh Yoder |
2003 (Spring) Academic Year Alpha Chapter Initiates
| Susan Paige Antaramian Allison Noelle Ashby Anna Kristina Beard Wendy Cara Begleiter Melanie Louise Biscoe Jennifer Ann Brown Kate Margaret Cerasale Alanna Hollis Chesney Evan Anthony Cordulack Sara Catherine Covington Frank Edward Curtis Brent Robert Degeorge John Hamilton Doyle Matthew Joseph Duggan |
Nicola A Fedorka Megan Elizabeth Ferguson John Michael Fout Kristina Michelle Frogale Paul Martin Gilbert Barry Glenn Hansford Kari Megan Hill Elizabeth Ann Holland Jeffrey Scott Iwig Tyler Quentin Kirk Matthew Frank Klinger Philip Edward Kray Anne Elizabeth Larmore Katharine Claire Madigan |
Daniel Perry Mallon Sandra Elizabeth Moore Megan Catherine Moran Matthew A Morgan Stephen Michael Ng Christen Mary Raymond Paul Joseph Ring Thomas McKay Schmidt Valerie Dees Schuster Jason Timothy Sharples Rebecca Justine Skreslet Tabor Elisabeth Skreslet William Paschall Tatum III Megan Conover Williams |
2002 (Fall) Academic Year Alpha Chapter Initiates
| Meghan Ree Ablott Frances Herndon Ames Houtan Bastani Jessica Robbin Blaemire Edith Villette Bowers William Edward Brenzovich, Jr. James Francis Cahoon Erin Elizabeth Caro Hanley Shucherng Chiang Mary Colleen Claypool Sarah Catherine Cornetto Megan Heather Davis Megan Marie Faller |
Katherine Hamilton Galbraith Katherine Emilie Garypie Michael Robert Glaser Sarah Ann Hastedt Krista Lee Hessler Christy Lynne Hoffman Rebecca Marion Kallem Jason Christopher Keagy Jennifer Marie Keister Marianna Kepka Zachary Adam Kohutek Elizabeth Anastasia Korona Bethany Christa Lobo |
Scott Edward Lyle Andrew H. S. Mazzaschi |
2002 (Spring) Academic Year Alpha Chapter Initiates
| Joy Elizabeth Allen Carrie Anne Andrews Jessyca Nicole Arthur Sean Patrick Barry Peter Frederick Bodnar Kimberly Jane Briggs Philip Anthony Clark Monica Lynn Davis Elizabeth Rachele Dominguez Maureen O. Feldbaum Daniel Randolph Fine Chrystie Michelle Flournoy Allison Gray Fraser |
Anne Taylor Gepford Paul L. E. Grieco Elizabeth Jane Grimm Joshua David Hall Martin Leigh Harrison Kelly Lynn Hedrick Justin Winfield Hoagland Diana Michelle Kelly Christelle Marie Klovers Suzanne Michelle LaVere Sohini Majumdar Christopher Earl Mayes Alyssa Nicole Meyers Scott Christopher O'Brien |
Jill Miller Osborne Jennifer Primeggia Sarah Anne Ralston Kristen Anne Reynolds Channing Amelia Rich Phoebe Katherine Richbourg Emily Kent Robinson Rebecca Ellen Ronquest Jessica Naida Singerman Alice Wesley Tanner Daniel Vaca, III Charles Weaver Wilmoth Joo Ohk Yi Jason Andrew Zacchetti |
2001 (Fall) Academic Year Alpha Chapter Initiates
| Cihan Akcay Sarp Akcay Richard Allen Anderson Clarke Whitmore Boehling Kelley Marie Boyer Stephen Douglas Bunch Saskia Natascha Campbell Corinn Melissa Chivington-Buck Kathryn Elizabeth Colyer Catherine Anne DeRoever Katie Marie Erdeljon Sarah Elizabeth Feightner William Thomas Funk |
Fiona Ruth Grooms John Hunton Henkel Nicole Marie Humenick Annaka Michell Lorincz Joy Elizabeth Martin Erin Nicole Matney Jeremy Wilson McLean Ann Marie Mikowski Kathryn Elizabeth Miller Christopher Matthew Mooney Lauren Elise Nelson Margaret Ohlson Newland Christopher John Nordberg Karen Virginia Novack |
Matthew Adam Pasek Mikhaela Anne Payden-Travers Aubrey Elizabeth Poe Lauren Jean Schantz Haley Dawn Showman Emilie Catherine Snell-Rood Bethany Suzanne Mentele Tindall Jessica Mary Trojak Sara Rue Wilson Colleen Marie Wrenn Mary Fraser Wunnenberg Briana Lynn Yacavone Daniel Hupil Yi |
2001 (Spring) Alpha Chapter Initiates
| Michelle Lynne Bolesta Leticia Junqueira Braga Amy Christine Cadge Andrea Elizabeth Calabretta Jason Robert Cornelius Kenneth Joseph Davis Susan Gray Eakin Daniel Carl Ehlke Eleanor Laflin Eyster Ali Farshidi Mark Alois Fashing Julie Elizabeth Griffiths Kathryn Ann Guy Medina Haeri |
Emily Rebekah Huber Hilary Carnley Hultman Bethany Alice Keener Meisa Silvaine Khoshbin Andrew Frederic Kuntz John Adams Laury, Jr. Czer Anthoney Enriquez Lim Jesse Michael Lindenberger-Schutz Robert Bittinger Lineweaver David Jay Lipson Kimberly Kristen Lynn Megan Anne Mcdermott Laurie Lenore Randolph William Andrew Sasser |
Megan Leah Schaffer Brendan Tomlin Sibre Stephanie Lynn Simon Manish Singla Stephanie Arwen Souders Jennifer Lauren Stickley Jamie Elizabeth Thompson Rebecca Pearl Waltenberger Joshua James Waterfall Emily Jane Wengert Maegan Weaver Wood Jessica Anne Wrobleski Rochelle Raineri Zuck |
2000 (Fall) Alpha Chapter Initiates
| Susan Nicole Bacon Bethany B Barone Aj Allen Bostian Jason Thomas Ciejka Anne Sophie Coleman Jessica L Cordes Amanda Elizabeth Creekman Kevin J Croke Mariana Teresa Cruz Karen Lee Dause Mary Kathleen Delaney Laura Jean DeLong Laura Suzanne Fisher |
Melissa Faith Game Kathlyn Brett Golladay |
Kevin Christopher Knott Patrick Thomas Lewis |
2000 (Spring) Alpha Chapter Initiates
| Jennifer Lynne Attrep Charles Jackson Blair Sheila Diane Bojarski Anne Marie Boro Cristina Lynn Brownlee John Jared Christophel Carrie Wood Cobb Jane Corinne Cooley Helen Katherine Craig Kimberly Joanne Espinel Brian Thomas Farrell Kathryn Mcquilkin Flinn Kathryn Elaine Freidinger` |
Jenny Lynn Frierdich Amy Rebecca Napier |
Kathleen Elizabeth New Christopher Justin Reames Deborah Mary Remchuk Kristin Y Roberts Elizabeth Avery Royal Jennifer Philippa Saks Tracy Ann Stankiewicz Benjamin Lee Studebaker Benjamin Andrew Suhr Cecily Kennedy Vanderspurt Jennifer Catherine Wasson Kimberly Adele Wilson Samantha Zyontz |
1999 (Fall) Alpha Chapter Initiates
| Joseph Clinton Carnahan Stephen Randolph Collins Meaghan Marah Costello Serena Lara Marie Dovey Erin Beth Drifmeyer Robert Christopher Feinglass Shannon Rebecca Garvey Julie Marie Gehl Jennifer Ashley Giles Laura Kathleen Grattan Adam Patrick Gurson Sarah Elizabeth Hansen |
Kristina Marie Hoke Timothy Michael Hudson |
Todd Michael Porter Alexandra Elizabeth Purdy |
1999 (Spring) Alpha Chapter Initiates
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Kristen M. Berberich |
Meghan M. Ingrisano |
Shannon E. Reed |
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SPRING 1973 INITIATES
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Laura Alsleben Judith Auping Jane Badinelli Margaret Bradt Jenny Frazier Brickhouse Kathryn Brineman Catherine Chandler Cheryl Eheman Deborah Ehrhart Karen Gallucci |
Nancy Gerber David Gilbertson Paul Guyton Janet Keefer Hollis Lark Janes Kandice Kahl Sheldon Karasik Judy Klein Catherine Lambert Stacey Mills |
Roberta Morrissette Nancy Fisher Perkins Lucie Rivoire Michael Sheehan David Shields Jean Stallings Marsha Taylor Deborah Tussey Adrienne Weinberger Christine Wulfken |
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FALL 1972 INITIATES
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Ruth Blevins Charles Brown Karen Buckley Lynda Butler Sharon Deardorff Carol Diehl Catherine Dillon Philip Eastham Margaret Echlin Debra Geoghegan Daniel Gepford John Gibney |
Steven Glessner Marian Haase William Hammond Hazel Heddings Mary Jacobsen Mary Jeter Robert Jones Charles Kennedy Douglas Kerr Robert Korty Edward May Carolyn Martin Shawn Moore |
John Pagan David Peterson Vanda Reynolds Christopher schreck Anne Scott Alison Smith Frank Smith Lark Smith Elizabeth Thiele John Vile Katherine winfree Jean Zettler |