Fifty-three members of the Williams College Class of 2007, who demonstrated intellectual initiative and completed extensive research for senior thesis, won membership in Sigma Xi, the international scientific honor society, at the college's June Commencement.
Sigma XI was founded in 1886 as a research society for science and engineering. Its aims are to improve the interaction between science, technology, and society and to celebrate scientific research among the various disciplines.
The 53 Williams seniors join the nearly 75,000 Sigma Xi members in over 500 chapters affiliated with colleges, universities, industrial research centers, and government laboratories.
This year's Sigma Xi inductees and their majors and hometowns are:
Astronomy
Megan A. Bruck, Tempe, Ariz.
Biology
Elizabeth G. Atkinson, Washington, D.C.
Ian A. Buchanan, Montego Bay, Jamaica
Alden F. Conner, Atherton, Calif.
Merritt P. Edllind, Wyndmoor, Penn.
Julie-Erika M. Haydu, Guilford, Conn.
Sara E. Jablonski, Orchard Park, N.Y.
Tomoki Kurihara, Tokyo, Japan
Margaret W. Lowenstein, Vestal, N.Y.
Jared R. Mayers, Bellevue, Wash.
Auyon Mukhaji, Prairie Village, Kan.
Anne O'Sullivan, Greenwich, Conn.
Elizabeth G. Preston, Syracuse, N.Y.
Devin S. Yagel, Midlothian, Va.
Chemistry
Aashish N. Adhikari, Kathmandu, Nepal
Jessica M. Chung, Honolulu, Hawaii
Williams H. Parsons, Signal Mountain, Tenn.
Andrew P. Platt,, Lake Oswego, Ore.
Daniel L. M. Suess, Spokane, Wash.
Computer Science
Alexandra E. Constantin, Ploiesti, Romania
Michael J. Gnozzio, Flanders, N.J.
Paul N. Stansifer, Melbourne Beach, Fla.
Geosciences
Rebecca L. Lawrence, Wausau, Wis.
Elizabeth L. Pierce, Wilmington, Del.
Kate C. Scheider, Skaneateles, N.Y.
Ashley A. Sewell, St. Louis, Mo.
Samuel E. Tuttle, Concord, N.H.
Mathematics
Katherine A. Baldiga, Hopkinton, Mass.
Colin D. Carroll, West Hartford, Conn.
Shea D. Chen, Taipei, Taiwan
Diana J. Davis, Englewood, Fla.
Jennifer E. James, Hancock, Mass.
Thomas E. Kindred, Columbus, Ohio
Ross D. Kravitz, Philadelphia, Pa.
Kathryn A. Lindsey, Amherst, Mass.
Myron Minn-Thu-Aye, Tai Po, Hong Kong
Brian Z. Simanek, Pittsburgh, Penn.
Physics
Brian J. Munroe, Carlsbad, Calif.
Toby E. Schneider, Woodbridge, Conn.
Arjun Sharma, Kathmandu, Nepal
Jared H. Strait, Williamstown, Mass.
Daniel M. Sussman, Houlton, Maine
Psychology
Priyanka Bangard, Kolkata, India
Courtney A. Bearns, Warrenton, Va.
Sarah E. Chuzi, McLean, Va.
Hannah E. Foote, Hartland, Vt.
Emily D. Gladden, Princeton, N.J.
Joanna Korman, Moreland Hills, Ohio
Magali H. Rowan, Newton, Mass.
Gregory B. Walker, Vancouver, Canada
Lauren L. Williamson, Yorktown, Va.
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