Author: Andrea Gissing, Joshua Carson, Myra Palmero
Twelve students were inducted into Middlebury College's chapter of Phi Beta Kappa Saturday, Nov. 1, at a ceremony held in the Redfield Proctor Room.
Professor of History and President of the Middlebury Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa Don Wyatt gave the welcoming address to the 80 audience members, consisting of a diverse group of parents, siblings and extended family members of the inductees, College faculty as well as the inductees. President John McCardell followed with the introduction of the new members of Phi Beta Kappa and the presentation of the historical Phi Beta Kappa Keys.
"Induction requires exceptional and broad academic achievement, mainly as reflected in fabulous grades on one's transcript," said Wyatt. "The students who become Phi Beta Kappans are - to a person - intellectually driven and committed to high personal achievement." This year's inductees, elected to the chapter after three years of study at Middlebury College were Ryan Abernathey '04, Paul Armstrong '04, Claire Bourne '04, Lila Buckley '04, Dimiter Kenarov '04.5, Pascale LaFountain '04.5, Mary Montgomery '04, Emily Peterman '04, Kaelin Rasmussen '04, D. Hunter Smith '04, Richard Chesley Thurber III '04 and Kyle Viani '04.
Wyatt continued by saying, "Induction also thrusts certain lifelong obligations upon the inductee - not the least of which is continued intellectual leadership, regardless of what career one pursues after graduation."
MiddBrief Phi Beta Kappa Inducts Twelve
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