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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., September 19, 2019—Thirty-one members of the Williams College Class of 2020 have been elected into Phi Beta Kappa, the national honor society. Membership signifies top academic success at institutions of higher learning across the country.
Based on cumulative grade point average at the end of their junior year, the top five percent of students in a given class are selected for Phi Beta Kappa membership.
The following students, listed with name, hometown, and major(s), are this year’s Phi Beta Kappa members:
Alex Benjamin Bank, Princeton, N.J., mathematics
Catherine O’Hora Banner, New York, N.Y., economics
Amanda Su-Jin Chen, Pittsford, N.Y., economics and psychology
Drew Nathaniel Cohen, Newton Highlands, Mass., chemistry
Michael Joseph Curran, Germantown, Tenn., chemistry and mathematics
Nicholas Cassara Goldrosen, Brooklyn, N.Y., mathematics and political science
Janelle Christine Gowgiel, Sisters, Ore., biology
Emma Elizabeth Hine, Chicago, Ill., Chinese and computer science
Brooke Eva Horowitch, Bethesda, Md., chemistry
Anhui Huang, Nanjing, China, philosophy
Minwoo Kang, Seoul, Korea, computer science and physics
Louisa Ann Kania, Cambridge, Mass., English
Calla Kim Khilnani, New York, N.Y., biology and Spanish
Ariel Koltun-Fromm, Haverford, Penn., mathematics
Jonathan Jeehune Lee, Severn, Md., chemistry
Katherine Margaret Mahoney, Charlotte, Vt., chemistry
Catherine Louise May, Dalton, Mass., political science
Joseph Thomas Moore, Stroudsburg, Penn., comparative literature
Grace Elizabeth Murray, Lawrence Township, N.J., computer science and psychology
Summiya Najam, Islamabad, Pakistan, economics
Matthew Cole Newman, Morristown, N.J., biology and computer science
Louisa Carolyn Nyhus, Waterville, Maine, computer science and Spanish
Jake Robert Rinaldi, Cheshire, Conn., Chinese and political science
John Griggs Romans, West Saint Paul, Minn., theatre
Whitney Brooke Sandford, Sudbury, Mass., psychology
Hannah Marjorie Tager, Brooklyn, N.Y., history and Spanish
Mariam Ughrelidze, Tbilisi, Georgia, physics
Fred Zehua Wang, Arcadia, Calif., political science
Xiwei Yang, Nanjing, China, art and mathematics
Teresa W. Yu, Chandler, Ariz., economics and mathematics
Alan Ye Zhang, Durham, N.C., biology and psychology
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Founded in 1793, Williams College is the second-oldest institution of higher learning in Massachusetts. The college’s 2,000 students are taught by a faculty noted for the quality of their teaching and research, and the achievement of academic goals includes active participation of students with faculty in their research. Students’ educational experience is enriched by the residential campus environment in Williamstown, Mass., which provides a host of opportunities for interaction with one another and with faculty beyond the classroom. Admission decisions on U.S. applicants are made regardless of a student’s financial ability, and the college provides grants and other assistance to meet the demonstrated needs of all who are admitted.
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Published September 19, 2019
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