Thirty-five juniors were elected to the Rhode Island Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Kappa Feb. 12, Chapter Administrator Mary Jo Foley wrote in an email to The Herald. Founded at the College of William and Mary in 1776, Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest academic honor society in the United States, and becoming a member is generally considered one of the most prestigious undergraduate awards. The Brown chapter — founded in 1830 — is the seventh-oldest of the 270 chapters in existence. The members of the class of 2014 who were inducted include:
Vivianne Lynne Andersen
Aparna Bansal, a Herald senior editor
Lena Mariel Barsky
Bryn Boyce Bliska
Trevor Sheldon Covey
Reva Dhingra
Ryan Samad Din
Wesley Michael Durand
Nathaniel Benson Edwards
Amelia Carmen Friedman
Michael Robert Galant
Michael Modesto Gale
Zoe Lawson Henry, a former Herald copy editor
Kelvin Charles P. Jackson
Garret Michael Johnson, former Herald opinions editor
Kamna Kathuria
Austin Carter Lillywhite
Nicholas Alexander Lourie
Ryan Roberts McKeown
Lan Mei
Lorenzo Moretti
Kuleen Nimkar
Patrick Liam O’Neill
Elijah John Petzold
Devon May Reynolds
J Young Seol
Alan Shan
Zal Kotval Shroff
Carmen Marie Sobczak
Jonathan Michael Storch
Daniel Egan Tatar
Sophie Eugenie Van Horne
Nathaniel Thomas Wardwell
Katherine Brenda Xiong
Clifton Guo C. Yeo
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