Students Inducted to Phi Beta Kappa

The Knox College chapter of Phi Beta Kappa formally inducted 34 graduating seniors at a ceremony on campus during Commencement Weekend. Chartered in 1916, Knox's chapter of Phi Beta Kappa is the fourth-oldest in Illinois and the first one established at a liberal arts college in the state.

Members were inducted by chapter president Katherine Adelsberger, associate professor of environmental studies and Douglas and Maria Bayer Endowed Chair in Earth Science, and Helen Hoyt, assistant professor of chemistry. George Steckley, Robert M. & Katherine Arnold Seeley Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History, gave a talk on the history of Phi Beta Kappa.

Class of 2015 (* elected as Juniors)

Martina Bergstrom
Camille Jean Brown
Jenna Nicole Butler
Celinda Kimberly Davis *
Mary Elizabeth Diprete
Adrienne Rosemarie Ernst *
Allison Rose Fry *
Hadley Marie Gephart
Noah Enoch Gleason-Hart
Bridget Anne Golembiewski *
Rebecca Coughlin Gonshak
Michael B. Graf
Erik Joseph Gustafson
Tag William Royce Hartman-Simkins
Rebecca Jo Harwell
Kaitlin Elizabeth Hutchcroft
Mina Kemmisaki
Benjamin Tyler King
Samantha Robin Kopelman
Bruce Halolye Kovanen
Yun Lin
Samantha Rae Lizak
Emily Edythe Lucek
Benjamin David Wasil Lyon
Iliana Cristaline Molina
Oluwagbemiga Abiodun Ojo
Anh Quoc Phan
Emma Kathleen Robillard
Aleksandra Elizabeth Schriber
Erin Kathryn Smith
Marc Anthony Spehlmann
Michael Joseph Supej
Andrew Leslie Whitehill
Erica Lynne Witzig

Class of 2016 (elected as juniors, to be formally inducted in 2016)

Sophia Dunn Croll
Miranda Eve James
Julie Claire Wertheimer

Above, professor Katherine Adelsberger, president of the Knox College chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, shows the century-old membership register to inductee Yun Lin '16; inductee Oluwagbemiga Abiodun Ojo '16 signs the register; inductee Noah Gleason-Hart looks through prior years in the register. Top of page, professor George Steckley describes the history of Phi Beta Kappa.