Phi Beta Kappa - Wooster Members

Phi Beta Kappa Prize Winners:

	Mihika Chatterjee is a senior economics major from Calcutta, India. She was selected to receive the Legal-Humanitarian Internship from the Lilly House her sophomore year, through which she worked for attorneys specializing in litigation for HIV/AIDS victims. Her I.S., "Catastrophic Illness, Household-Resource Allocation and National Savings in Tanzania: Beyond the "Increased Mortality- Decreased Productivity" Argument, explores how low-income households cope with a serious illness like AIDS and the penultimate effect of any change in household behavior on economic growth. While at Wooster, Mihika enjoyed serving as a Resident Director, Admissions Intern and member of the Wooster Volunteer Network, among other leadership positions and extra-curricular actvities. Upon graduation, she will be working as a Research Assistant for MIT's Poverty Action Lab and hopes to continue her academic exploration in the filed of health economics.
	Nicholas Weida is a self-designed Economic History major from Lancaster, Pa. While at the College of Wooster he participated in a variety of activities. He was awarded a Medical Humanitarian Internship from the Lilly Foundation to study in the Himalayas in India. He has participated in the Wooster Volunteer Network as the Housing Coordinator for his First through Junior years and then the chair for his Senior year and has served as a hearing councilor on the College’s Judicial Board for 3 years. Nick also started a Service Dog program house to train service dogs on campus. Most recently he served as a member of the Presidential Transition/Inauguration committee to help transition the new president to campus. In his Senior year he also received a grant through the Center for Creativity and Innovation (CCI) and the Copeland Foundation to conduct research in Tanzania relating to his Senior Independent study concerning health insurance in rural Tanzania. Next year Nick will pursue a degree in medicine at Boston University Medical School.

Class of 2008, Inducted as Juniors

Kyle Brainard
Amy Braun
Mihika Chatterjee
Benjamin Downs
Sarah Engdahl
John Gamble
Sarah Haserodt*
Emma Heath*
Julia Hendrickson
Jacqueline Hunter
Jeffrey Kaatz
Denise Koessler
Kirsten Larson
Hannah LeGris
Lucy Mallett*
Eryn McGowan
Kelly Patton
Benjamin Strecker
Melanie Walsh
Nicholas Weida
Erin Wright

Class of 2007, Inducted as Seniors

Alexander Balloon
Elizabeth Bennett
Mark Bergen
Eva Bernard
Arianne Beros
Marta Beyer**
Stewart Campbell
Mollie Cardina
Britton Eichenauer
Kathryn Gabriele
Eileen Galligan
Mara Glatzel
Elizabeth Habat**
Elizabeth Kerr**
Kimberly Klatka
Miranda Leickly
Brittany Lustic**
Nicholas Monin
David Montgomery
Tyler Moore
Andrew Nicol
Caitlin Oliver-Olsen
Katherine Patton**
Stephen Poprocki
Severin Pouly
Ashley Quisenberry*
Christopher Redding
James Rohal
Derek Schook
Steven Schott
Lauren Schreur
Amy Smith
Tina Swartzendruber**
Sara Taggart**
Erin Toohey**
Gillian Trownson
Michael von Ansbach-Young
Kathryn Wieferich

* indicates a student who was elected but not inducted

** indicates a student who was elected (but not inducted) as a Junior

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