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Beta of Mississippi Chapter
University of Mississippi

The Society's distinctive emblem,  a golden key, is widely recognized  as a symbol of academic achievement. It should be worn only by members.  Resident Members Foundation Members Student Members in Course by year of election: 2001 2002 2003 2004 Officers and Committees

 

Resident Members : members of Phi Beta Kappa who hold faculty or staff positions at the University of Mississippi.

Phi Beta Kappa chapters are granted to the Phi Beta Kappa members of the faculty and staff of the sheltering institution. These members, called active or resident members of the chapter, are responsible for conducting chapter business.

Charles Brower  - Croft Institute, Law Luanne Buchanan  - Modern Languages Stanley Chapman - Clinical Pharmacy Michael Danahy - Modern Languages Donald Dyer - Modern Languages Maurice Eftink - Chemistry & Biochemistry Robbie Ethridge - Anthropology, Southern Studies Benjamin Fisher - English Ann Fisher-Wirth - English David Galef - English Kees Gispen - History Richard Gordon - Electrical Engineering Susan Grayzel - History Carroll Hightower - Modern Languages Marjorie Holland - Biology Joshua Howard - History, International Studies Donald Kartiganer - English Colby Kullman - English

Daniell Mattern - Chemistry & Biochemistry Kathryn McKee - English, Southern Studies Matthew Murray - Sociology & Anthropology Gary Myers - Law Daniel O'Sullivan - Modern Languages Ted Ownby - History, Southern Studies Ronald Schroeder - English Warren Steel - Music Maribeth Stolzenburg - Physics & Astronomy Joseph Ward - History Jay Watson - English Peter Wirth - English  ---  Emeritus Faculty : Aaron Condon - Law Maeburn Huneycutt - Biology Robert Moysey - Classics Charles Noyes - English John Pilkington - English

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Foundation Members : elected for their significant scholarly contributions and to help organize the Chapter.  These members were inducted at the Chapter Installation Ceremony on April 6, 2001.

Arthur C. Guyton (deceased) - physician; Emeritus Professor and Chair of the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Mississippi Medical Center; author of Textbook of Medical Physiology, a widely used standard medical text; developer of a computer model of the human body which led to important discoveries about the nature of blood pressure and the role of the kidneys in blood pressure; undergraduate alumnus of the University of Mississippi. Josephine Haxton (Ellen Douglas) - author and novelist writing as Ellen Douglas; winner of the Houghton-Mifflin Fellowship Award in 1962 for A Family’s Affairs; nominated for the National Book Award in 1973 for Apostles of Light; Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Literature Award recipient in 1979 and 1982; received the Hillsdale Award for Fiction in 1989 from the Fellowship of Southern Writers in recognition of her entire body of work; former Writer-in-Residence at the University of Mississippi; undergraduate alumna of the University of Mississippi. Robert C. Khayat - fifteenth Chancellor of the University of Mississippi; Professor, University of Mississippi School of Law; received the Distinguished American Award from the National Football Foundation and the National Football League Career Achievement Award; currently leading the revitalization of the University of Mississippi through increased student enrollment, campus enhancement projects, new educational programs, expanded research funding, and greatly increased endowment from private donors; alumnus of the University of Mississippi. Robert P. Moses - developer of The Algebra Project, a program to help minority students learn the fundamentals of mathematics; co-author, with Charles E. Cobb, Jr., of  Radical Equations - Organizing Math Literacy in America's Schools; civil rights movement organizer; former Field Secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee; helped organize the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; undergraduate alumnus of Hamilton College. William F. Winter - former Governor of the State of Mississippi; fought for and won an education reform program for the state; proponent of equal opportunity for all races and of better relations between the races; served on President Clinton’s Advisory Board of the President's Initiative on Race; Jamie Whitten Professor of Law and Government at the University of Mississippi School of Law (Fall 1989);  alumnus of the University of Mississippi.

 
Alumni/ae Members :  graduates of the University elected for their significant contributions since graduation
D. Ronald Musgrove - former Governor of the State of Mississippi; strong an effective advocate for high quality, public education at all levels; secured scholarship funds for Mississippe teachers; quadrupled the number of Master Teachers in the State; signed the education reform bill that would ensure proven educational programs were funded first in the State's budgeting process.  Inducted on April 2, 2004.

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Members in Course : all members of the chapter elected as undergraduate or graduate students.

Election to membership in Phi Beta Kappa is an honor conferred upon fewer than ten percent of each graduating class. Students do not apply for membership but are elected by the chapter, after a review of the academic records of each eligible candidate.  Election is based upon good character and a distinguished record of scholarly performance in courses that demonstrate a broad exposure to the liberal arts, i.e., the fine arts, humanities, languages, mathematics, natural sciences, and social sciences, as well as substantial work in areas outside the major.

Spring 2001 (The First Class of Initiates) Initiated April 6, 2001

Debra Anne Arrington - French Gene Leflore Bidwell - Biochemistry Benjamin Gilbert Bryant - History William Francis Campbell - Biological Science Benjamin Cameron Chisman - Mathematics James Houston Collins - Political Science W. Bradley Creel - Biochemistry Dennis Michael Duncan - Classics Andrea Leigh Dunn - Mathematics Amanda Carole Elkin - Psychology Emily Suzanne Garner - Biological Science Amanda Grey Griffin - Biological Science Amanda Nicole Guth - Psychology Steve Anthony Hamric - Physics Candice Carol Hargett - Political Science Jennifer Rose Hayes - Political Science Virginia Hart Hazard - English Rachel Anne Hutchins - Biochemistry Clayton Anderson James - History Melva Tonisha James - Chemistry Lee Ann Jarrett - Psychology Henry Parker Johnson - Biological Science Stephanie Dante Jones - Biological Science Jong Taek Kim - Biological Science Dana Floy Knowles - Political Science Christopher Kazumi Lamont - International Studies Joshua Paul Lindsey - English Amanda Lynn Margolis - English

Elise Kathleen Meador - International Studies Caroline Merrill Meng - Political Science Margaret M. Milam - English Douglas Wayne Miller - Biological Science Jessica Larkin Mitchell - English Keyana Renee Mitchell - Biological Science Micah Todd Monaghan - Biochemistry Jeannie Shannon Mood - Journalism, Psychology Monica Rene Morrison - Political Science Mary Ann Pillow Moss - English Carrie Leigh Murrah - English Margaret Cope Povall - Political Science Jeremy Wayne Powell - English Sara Anna Powers - English Charmaine A. Ramlogan - Biological Science Courtney Kathleen Riddell - International Studies Ernest Donald Ross - Psychology Brockton Jolly Sansing - Biological Science Nathan Lee Shefveland - Biochemisrty Margaret Elizabeth Shelton - History Emily Melissa Sindelar - International Studies Jacob Mason Spencer - Classics Holly Elizabeth Storms - English Eleanor Kathryn Vernon - Philosophy Armin Hans Wahl - Mathematics Clarence Webster - International Studies Michael Vinson Williams - History Nikita Shenay Wilson - Biological Science

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Spring 2002 (The Second Class of Initiates) Initiated April 5, 2002

Kelly Caldwell Allison - English Robert Michael Angelo - Physics Austin McNees Barrett - Biological Science Sarah Marie Beasley - Journalism William Bacon Bell - Biological Science Kathryn Luise Bock - International Studies /Spanish Brent Hayes Bonds - English / Classics Jon Francis Carmer, Jr. - History Laura Ann Caruso - Classics Alicia Lynn Cole - Mathematics Mary Claire Crowson - Biochemistry Jay Ramesh Desai - Biological Science /Physics /Psychology Andrew Christopher Dickey - Physics Angela Carol Faulkner - Biological Science Gerry Bowen Green - Biological Science Lydia Elaine Hailman - Journalism /International Studies /French Elizabeth Gabrielle Hardin - Psychology Shay Alan Hitchcock - International Studies /Political Science Elizabeth Hope Hoffman - English Stuart M. Irby, Jr. - English Cynthia Lee Jones - Psychology /Biological Science Zhanna Amirbiyevna Kouchkhova - English /Political Science Callie Lee Lowrey - English Joseph Zebulon Maharrey - Geology James Julius McCarthy - English

Martha Ann McCarthy - Liberal Arts Ryan P McClelland - English Mary Elizabeth McGehee - Biochemistry /Psychology Holly Catherine McLaurin - Biological Science Tamika Renee Montgomery - English /Political Science Megan Earline Norris - English /International Studies Katherine Anne O’Brien - Political Science Allison Blake Parrott - English Melanie Brooke Paulson - Political Science Meta Smithson Poole - Psychology James Robert Rigby - Physics Heather McEwen Roberson - English Joanna Cecile Rochester - Mathematics John Stafford Rouse - Political Science Stewart Watkins Rutledge - Physics Sara Andrea Schiro - Psychology / English Heather Dawn Smith - Biochemistry /Biological Science Joanna ZhangLiWei Stead - Computer Science Elizabeth Whitney Sutliff - Biological Science Richard Andrew Taylor - Physics Derrick Heath Tesseneer - Biological Science Christopher Scott Thompson - Journalism /Southern Studies  Charles Roderic Wells, II - Classics Jonathan Robert Werne - Philosophy

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Spring 2003 (The Third Class of Initiates) Initiated April 4, 2003

Alinda Guynes Allen - Biological Science Lewis Conrad Anderson, IV - Political Science Michael Nelson Bailey - Political Science, Accountancy Mary Anastasia Ballas - Biological Science David Albritton Black - Classics, Mathematics Elizabeth Allene Blakey - International Studies Benjamin Thomas Boatright - Biochemistry, Biological Science William Wilson Boone - Biological Science Megan Thomas Brown - Biological Science Charles Hays Burchfield* - Political Science, Journalism Andy Kyle Canion* - Biological Science Matthew Calvin Carlisle - Biochemistry, Mathematics Laura Marie Congleton - International Studies, Spanish Timothy Matthew Conkin* - International Studies Emily Maxwell Cooke - Music, English Carla Neel Crosby - Political Science, English Karen Melissa Damico* - Biochemistry, Psychology Ryan Lessman Davis - Mathematics Jacob Alan Dickerson - Political Science, History Christopher John Douglas* - Biochemistry, Mathematics Leanne Elizabeth Drummond - English Allison Rene Ellzey* - Biological Science, Spanish Jennifer Diane Ellzey* - Biological Science, Spanish Laurie Lea Evans - Biological Science Jessica Frances Fiechtl - Biochemistry Thomas Joel Rutherford Fyke* - International Studies Gordon Lee Gent - International Studies, Spanish Elizabeth Lauren Glenn - English Blake Crawford Gore - English, Political Science Chrystal Michelle Griffis - Biochemistry Hollie Susanne Hall  -  Catherine Bentley Harris - Psychology Madeline Jean Holbert* - English Melissa Ann Huling - Psychology

Travis Brunson Jones - Biochemistry Roy Bradley Kellum, Jr. - Mathematics John Ashley Kimble - Philosophy Olena Olexandrivna Koltko - International Studies Mary Mills Lane - Mathematics Charles Allen Laney - Mathematics Lori Beth Magee - English, Business Studies Mary Ellen Maples - English Jeffrey Barrett McCrary - Biological Science Tyler Eckert McLellan - Journalism Justin Rives Nicholas - History, Anthropology Sophie Rowan Nord* - Liberal Arts Chinwendu Chioma Onwubiko - Biological Science Katherine Corwin Patterson - Political Science Jacob Lawrence Patton - International Studies Laura Kathryn Piazza* - Biological Science William Dorsey Pieschel - Mathematics Elizabeth Anne Price - International Studies, French Amelia Arwen Purser - Biological Science Meredith Ashley Rhodes - English Shane Julia Richardson* - English, International Studies Amy Rebecca Roebuck - English, Political Science Warren Shane Scara - Journalism, English Lesley Davina Schwalenberg - Psychology, French James Byron Shipp - Biological Science Robert William Sindelar - Chemistry Kathryn Marie Smith* - English Anna C. Cabell Splaingard - Linguistics, English Keith Shands Studdard* - Mathematics Thomas Michael Taff - History Ryan Christopher Tomlinson* - Forensic Chemistry Paul Bowie Watkins, Jr. - Psychology Luke David Wilson - Journalism         * those elected as juniors are indicated with an asterisk

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Spring 2004 (The Fourth Class of Initiates) Inducted on April 2, 2004

Jarold Lee Apple - International Studies Andrew Travis Balthrop - International Studies Alan Stuart Bean - Political Science William Michael Beasley - History Paul Pacific Blake - International Studies Amanda Ashlee Brown - English, Southern Studies Tasheitha Vontre Butler* - Biochemistry Alexandra Leigh Clark* - History Camille Leight Comer - English, Journalism Stephen Andrew Compton* - English Megan Diane French - Psychology Ashley Michelle Fry* - Biology Richard Wyn Gehrett -  Spanish Courtney Janos Geraci - International Studies Joshua Adam Gray - Mathematics Katharine Blakeney Hammond - Biochemistry, Classics Brent Montague Hardin - Biology Carey Beth Hayes - Biology Edward Olge Hearn* - Psychology Douglas William Hendrick - Philosophy Summer Anne Hill - Journalism Robert Desha Hines - Biochemistry Mary Clift Hitt - English Nathan Morley Holt - Mathematics Jason Michael Hopkins - Spanish Stacy Lynn James - English Melissa Sue Johnston - Biology, Chemistry Murray Elbery Keel - Biology Stephanie Nan Kemper - Political Science Jordan Elizabeth Lancaster* - Math, English, Philosophy Dustin Paul Leblanc*  - Biology Lucas James Marshall* - Forensic Chemistry

Emily Mckenzie Mathis* - Psychology Matthew David McChesney - Physics, Mathematics Robert Corey McCulloch - Psychology, Sociology Brittany Gail McDonald - French Wilson Douglas Minor - English Meghan Hennessey Nadeau - Biochemistry, Biology Jessica Marie Nesbitt - Journalism, Political Science Shakirat Omolara Oyetunji - Biochemistry,                                   Medical Technology Corey Leigh Palmer - Political Science Elizabeth Cavett Parsons* - Mathematics, Psychology Carter Anne Payne - Biology Chad Alan Pilcher - Economics Rebecca Carlton Posey* - International Studies George Hasting Robertson - Biology Laura Elizabeth Rogers - Psychology John Matthew Rutherford - Chemistry, Mathematics Rebecca Helen Smith - Biochemistry Taylor Franklin Smith - Psychology Jeremy Wayne Stewart - Psychology, Political Science Matthew David Storey - Political Science Morgan Elizabeth Stuart - English Mary Linley Swaney - Biology, French Audra Leigh Tew - Biology Aaron Lee Thompson - English, Spanish Amanda Nicole Thompson - Psychology Ryan Shelton Wally - Biology Mary Helene Warner - Art History Joseph Harland Webster - Political Science Jana Leigh Wright - Biology Amy Michelle Youngblood - Biology           * those elected as juniors are indicated with an asterisk

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Chapter Officers  2004-2005  (terms expire April 8, 2005)

President:   Donald Dyer, Professor of Modern Languages
Vice President:  Luanne Buchanan, Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish
Secretary-Treasurer:  Maribeth Stolzenburg, Research Assistant Professor of Physics & Astronomy
Historian:  Kees Gispen, Professor of History

Additional Executive Committee Members:   Daniel O'Sullivan, Robbie Ethridge, Ben Fisher
 

Chapter Committees  2004-2005  (terms expire at Spring Business meeting)

 
Committee on Members in Course:
                    Kees Gispen and Luanne Buchanan  (terms expire in 2005)
                    Jay Watson and Ted Ownby (terms expire in 2006)
                    Dan O'Sullivan and Richard Gordon (terms expire in 2007)
                    Maribeth Stolzenburg (ex officio)

Committe on Alumni/ae and Honorary Members:
                 Warren Steel  (term expires in 2005)
                 Caroll Hightower (term expires in 2006)
                 Ben Fisher (term expires in 2007)

Auditing Committee: Warren Steel, Jay Watson, Katie McKee

Visiting Scholar Committee:

Luanne Buchanan, Maribeth Stolzenburg, Donald Dyer, Robbie Ethridge

Duties of Chapter Officers and Standing Committees

See the excerpt  taken from "The Phi Beta Kappa Society Manual for Chapter Officers."

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