Phi Beta Kappa Inducts 70 into Society

The Duke University Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa has initiated 70 undergraduates and recent graduates into the national scholastic honorary fraternity that fosters excellence in the liberal arts and sciences. Members must be in the top 8 percent to 10 percent of their classes and are elected by Phi Beta Kappa faculty members.

Duke English professor and poet James W. Applewhite read a selection of his poems at the Dec. 7 ceremony.

Phi Beta Kappa officers at Duke for 1999-2000 are classical studies professor Peter H. Burian, president; classical studies professor Mary T. Boatwright, vice president; English professor Kenny J. Williams, past president; chemistry professor Donald B. Chesnut, member-at-large; and electrical and computer engineering assistant professor Rhett T. George Jr., secretary-treasurer.

Fall initiates were:

ARIZONA Roberto Joseue_as Gonzalez, a senior literature major from Tucson.

CALIFORNIA Yenting Chen, a senior biology major, from Irvine.

CONNECTICUT ‚ Todd Miller Greenfield, a 1999 graduate in sociology, from Norwich; and Joanna Hillary Sattin, a 1999 graduate in psychology, from West Hartford.

DELAWARE ‚ Michael Thomas Manuel, a 1999 graduate in mathematics, from Wilmington.

FLORIDA Keshini Parbhu, a senior biology major from Tallahassee.

GEORGIA Kenneth Carl Collins Jr., a 1999 graduate in economics, of Smyrna; Katherine Leigh Fiori, a senior psychology major from Martinez; R. Chadwick Holmes, a senior geology and computer science major from Alpharetta; Erika Lynn Johanson, a 1999 graduate in Russian, of Atlanta; Bryan R. Looper, a senior computer science and mathematics major, from Roswell; and Daniel Robert Silver, a senior civil engineering and economics major from Alpharetta.

ILLINOIS Allison P. Kuehn, a 1999 graduate in public policy studies from Champaign; and Dipak Pravin Shah, a 1999 graduate in biomedical engineering from Plainfield.

INDIANA ‚ Vani J. Sabesan, a 1999 graduate in biology and religion, of Indianapolis.

KENTUCKY ‚ Kamran Sajadi, a senior mathematics major from Lexington.

MARYLAND Ashish G. Desai, a senior biomedical engineering and electrical engineering major from Ellicott City; Stephanie Anne Holler, a 1999 graduate in biology from Oakland; Lauren Kathleen MacWilliams, a senior civil engineering and economics major from Adelphi; Michael Robert Marchick, a senior chemistry major from Rockville; and Christopher Warren Seymour, a senior biology major from Glenwood.

MASSACHUSETTS ‚ Brooke D. Barton, a 1999 graduate in economics and political science from Hopkinton; Stefanie Leigh Berman, a senior public policy studies major from Lexington; Rachel Aliza Polimeni, a 1999 graduate in economics, of Somerville; and Jane Anne Slater, a 1999 graduate in mechanical engineering from North Andover.

MICHIGAN Alexandra Leigh Winokur, a 1999 graduate in art and French from Bloomfield.

MISSOURI ‚ James S. Adelman, a 1999 graduate in biology, of Frontenac; and Emily Ashworth Trueblood, a senior in Program II, an individualized degree program, of Cape Girardeau.

MINNESOTA Nicole Leigh Fetter, a junior chemistry major from Woodbury; and David John Gerlach, a 1999 graduate in English from Burnsville.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Lisa J. Kalik, a 1999 graduate in psychology from Manchester.

NEW JERSEY ‚ Jennifer Marie Albright, a 1999 graduate in English and religion from Cherry Hill; Marissa Nicole Cafarella, a senior psychology major from Ramsey; Benjamin Adam Cohen, a 1999 graduate in biomedical engineering from Manalapan; Juliette C. Faughnan, a 1999 graduate in psychology and Spanish, of Princeton Junction; Adam Michael Jones, a 1999 graduate in economics, of Morristown; and Lauren Marisa Rothenberg, a 1999 graduate in public policy studies and English, of Princeton Junction.

NEW YORK ‚ Rod Nathaniel Feuer, a 1999 graduate in economics, of New York City; Eric J. Forman, a senior mathematics major from Staten Island; Michael P. Glotzbecker, a senior biology and history major from Gansevoort; Marcy R. Levy, a 1999 graduate in history, of Great Neck; Amit Kantilal Shah, a senior economics major from Poughkeepsie; and Kerri Beth Willa, a senior biology major from Setauket.

NORTH CAROLINA Omar Ibrahim Abdel-Wahab, a senior biology major, of Durham; Clare Counihan, a 1999 graduate in English, of Morganton; Sarah Elizabeth Dean, a senior mathematics and physics major from Charlotte; Catalina Jane Hooper, a 1999 graduate in biology and psychology from Smyrna; Daniel Crocker Lowrie, a senior electrical engineering and economics major from Chapel Hill; Kara Silber Medoff, a senior English major from Greensboro; Erika Jade Moore, a 1999 graduate in economics and public policy studies, of Statesville; Beau Madison Mount, a 1999 graduate in English, of Franklin; David J. Pizzo, a 1999 graduate in history, of Bahama; and Andrea Johnette Smith, a 1999 graduate in cultural anthropology and English, of New Bern.

OHIO ‚ Alex Anthony Apotsos, a 1999 graduate in civil engineering, of Lakeside, and Linda Cloud Chyi , a senior comparative area studies major from Akron.

PENNSYLVANIA ‚ Brian David Horvath, a senior biology major from Pittsburgh; Aaron Yosef Lessen, a senior biology major from Dresher; Dana Michele Rhule, a senior psychology major from State College; Susan Elizabeth Tosh, a senior psychology major from Beaver; and Damien Paul Vassallo, a senior religion and political science major from Easton.

SOUTH CAROLINA Kristin E. Kendrick, a senior biomedical and mechanical engineering major from Spartanburg; and Azeem M. Shaikh, a senior mathematics major from Columbia.

TENNESSEE ‚ Benjamin Michael Epps, a senior visual arts and drama major from Jackson.

TEXAS ‚ Stephen Andrew Katz, a 1999 graduate in English from Austin; Rupinder Kaur Legha, a junior history major from Houston; and Karl Joseph Weinmeister, a 1999 graduate in computer science and economics, of Austin.

VIRGINIA ‚ Lydia Cabell Boyd, a 1999 graduate of cultural anthropology, of Alexandria; Lindsey Sharp, a 1999 graduate in biology, of Hampton; and Daniel C. Swanson, a 1999 graduate in history, of Charlottesville.

WISCONSIN ‚ Christopher Keppel Kepler, a senior majoring in biological anthropology and anatomy and chemistry, from Madison.