Rice inducts 89 into Phi Beta Kappa

The Rice chapter of Phi Beta Kappa inducted 89 new members at a ceremony May 10.

Election to Phi Beta Kappa recognizes outstanding achievement in the liberal arts and sciences. To be considered, a student must have completed at least 90 semester hours in courses that reflect the pursuit of learning for its own sake, rather than for the development of professional skills.

The Class of 2013 Phi Beta Kappa inductees from Rice are:

Isabella Regina Adamiak

Sachin Allahabadi

Cristina Biotti Barrera

Matthew Wesley Bonem

Patrick Edward Breen

Caroline Katherine Carberry

Christopher Kong Ho Chan

Chung-Jiah Justin Chen

Ran Chen

Gye Won Choi

Fatt Chi (Keith) Chong

Elaine Tung Lin Chung

Steven Michael Cooper

David Edward Couch

Navtej Singh Dhaliwal

Kiara Wyndham Douds

William D. Forson

Aurelia Fu

Gabriela Nicole Garton

Sayyed Omar Gilani

Peter J. Goetschel

Seon Gong

ByoungJun Han

Anna Handelman

Lisa Anne Hendricks

Alexander Sanford Honold

Yuan Yu Michael Huang

Christina M. Hughes

Lyahn Kyung Hwang

Manoj Jagani

Matthew William Johnson

Angad Jolly

Karen Jong

Kirby Catherine Kempe

Ellen Sooyoun Kim

Sandra Kim

Jeffrey Michael Lash

Zechariah Lau

Juhye Monica Lee

Jiwen Li

Frasier Liljestrand

Angela Hao-Ting Lin

Dan-Dan Liu

Ellen M. Liu

Yimin Luo

Farrah Lynn Madanay

Nathan Koon-Hung Martin

Samantha Rose Masaki

Laurie Anne McNamara

Norma Torres Mendoza

Amanda Shea Mills

Drew Moore

Patricia Loren R. Nano

Scott Nauert

Samuel Jared Newman

Julie K. Nguyen

Erin Grace O’Malley

Ben Yu Xuan Ong

Nicole JoAnn Pariseau

Roshni Patel

Mark Houston Plitt

Vijay Rajaram

Priya Darshini Rao

Rahul Rekhi

Mary Celeste Riepe

Tomasz Slawomir Robak

Jessica Lynn Ruiz

Neeraj Salhotra

Jarvis Wayne Sam III

Tapash Jay Sarkar

Kayla Hope Schaefer

Kevin Shen

Richard Song

Alan J. Sosa

Margaret Ann Sulc

Claire Bernice Taylor

Lauren Angelica Theis

Andrew James Tilley

Nicholas Darshan Tolat

Sabrina Shahbaz Toppa

Joseph Anthony Vento

Jenny Xin Wen

Emily Percy Wheeler

Chajin Wu

Susan Siyu Xie

Chengcheng Yang

Kesi Yang

Joseph Yu

Lauren Marie Zook