The Phi Beta Kappa Society
Haverford College Zeta Chapter - Established 1898
Founded in 1776, Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest undergraduate academic honors society in the United States. Haverford College's chapter, a private organization founded in 1898, is one of 262 chapters located at some of the most widely-respected institutions of higher learning in the country. Current national membership now exceeds 600,000 men and women, and the Phi Beta Kappa Society works nationally to promote scholarship and academic excellence.
Each April a selection committee composed of Haverford faculty, administrators, and alumni members of the Phi Beta Kappa Society elects a number of graduating seniors to the Society; the number of students chosen typically does not exceed 10 percent of the graduating class, and in no case does it exceed 15 percent. The committee also elects a small number of juniors, ordinarily no more than 3, every year. Election is based almost entirely on the basis of a student's academic record. The selection committee examines the transcripts of the approximately 40 seniors and 10 juniors with the highest cumulative grade point averages in their respective classes, and in so doing, it seeks to identify those who have exhibited depth and breadth of academic interest. It is the hope that this qualitative analysis of student records will ensure that election represents not just the attainment of strong grades but, more importantly, originality, creativity, and a sense of excitement about the life of the mind.
Current officers of the Zeta Chapter, Haverford College: President, Saleha Jilani (Swarthmore, Epsilon Pennsylvania Chapter,'87); Vice President, Rob Manning (Yale, Alpha Connecticut Chapter, '89); Treasurer, Howard Sacks, '78; Secretary, Phil Bean (Union, Alpha New York Chapter, '86). Presidents Emeriti: Paul Smith, '50 and Stanton Miller, '77.
Members Elected from the Class of 2008
*Elected as Juniors in 2007
Elana R. Bloomfield*
Lauren Burch
Byron Drury
Philip Edmundson
Stephanie Fineman
Carly Giffin
Rebecca A. Harris*
Emily Hinchcliff
Brian Johnson
Sebastian Lara
Emma Lo
Isaac Lutze
Yurika Morita
Janine G. Morton*
Peter O'Malley
Anna Pellecchia
Elliot Rabinowitz
Evan Rodriguez
Daniel Sacks
Hernan Sanchez Casalongue
Katrina Schwartz
Rachel Sennett
David Snead
Matthew Stetz
Daniel Studenmund
Jordan Thompson
Samuel Vidal
Jane Weber
Alexander Wein
Aaron Wile
Charlotte Yasinski
Rebecca Zeldin
Members of the Class of 2009 Inducted as Juniors
Daniel Arnstein
Zhao Fang
Xiaoyi Huang
Margaret Morrison
Members Elected from the Class of 2007
*Elected as Juniors in 2006
Brandon J. Auerbach*
Katharine L. Baratz
Leigh R. Browning
David H. Burkhardt
Joshua M. Carp
Rebecca F. Davis
Brittany P. Ebendorf
Julia E. Erdosy
John E. Fechter
Benjamin E. Feldman*
Lesley Fleischman
Sara K. Greenberg
Stephen B. Hagenbuch
Sarah M. Hartman
Hans J. Herzl-Betz
Amy W. Indyke
Joshua A. Kass
Helen I. Kinsman
Stephen W. Lewellis
Rebeccah S. Lijek
Mark G. Maienschein-Cline
Zachary L. McCormick
Anne E. McManus
Emma J. McDowell
Kaitlyn M. Peterson
Jonathan C. Pober
Lisa E. Summergrad
Nina Salinger
Brianna M. Taylor
Alden K. Walker*
Oliver M. Wunsch
Members Elected from the Class of 2006
*Elected as Juniors in 2005
Mary K. Anderson
Laura M. Bender
Alexandra C. Burger
Laura E. Byrne*
Elizabeth C. Caris
Jane A. Carlen
Laura Chaddock
Emma I. Chubb
Lindsey A. Dolich
Lauren A. Donaldson
Laura J. Gavinski
Scott M. Gordon
Michael D. Kassler-Taub
Emily M. Katz
Emily R. Kline
Benjamin K. Koski
Sarah J. Kurnick
Ross B. Lerner*
Rachel S. Lieberman
Jessica J. McDonald
Katherine M. Miller
Richard A. Musci
Brian R. Richichi
Stephanie R. Rudolph
Grant N. Scott
Alexandra M. Shookhoff
Melanie H. Smith*
Boyce M. Upholt
Nathan C. Vogel
Brendan E. Wattenberg
James R. Weissinger
Members Elected from the Class of 2005
*Elected as Juniors in 2004
Frank Albino
David Alff
Emerson Avery
Robert Banks
Laura Brown
Andrew Cantino
James Chappel
Julien Colvin
Caitlin Coslett
Allison Davis
Nate Favini
Kate Gentry
Brook Henkel
Erica Knight
Susannah Locke*
Dave Langlieb
Andrew Maier
Chris Migliaccio
Kevin Monahan
Su-Lyn Poon
Bridget Pratt*
Matt Rosen
Niloufer Siddiqui
Erica Smith
Nick Travers
Veronika Trufanova
Brian Walker
Keith Weissglass
Marisa Wilairat*
Elizabeth Young