Randolph announces 2021 Phi Beta Kappa inductees

Seven members of the Class of 2021 have been inducted into the Randolph College chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honor society.

The society also held a special induction for Anne Revis Grosvenor ’38.

The inductees were:

Lindsey Leeann Davis
Amber Nicole Grace Garrett
Anne Revis Grosvenor
Rebecca Cierra Jones
Evan M. Pausic
Agnes Reyes Merced
Latesha Thornhill
Evelyn Victoria Tomaszewski

In 1916, the College, then named Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, received the first Phi Beta Kappa charter granted to an independent woman’s college in the South, and the Delta Chapter of Virginia was officially installed the following year.

Founded on December 5, 1776, The Phi Beta Kappa Society is the nation’s most prestigious academic honor society. It has chapters at 286 colleges and universities in the United States, 50 alumni associations, and more than half a million members worldwide. Noteworthy members include 17 U.S. presidents, 39 justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, and more than 130 Nobel Laureates. The mission of The Phi Beta Kappa Society is to champion education in the liberal arts and sciences, foster freedom of thought, and recognize academic excellence.