Chapter Information

The President and Vice President are elected annually. The Secretary-Treasurer is elected for a three-year term.

Resident Members Eta of Minnesota Chapter
Name	Electing Chapter	Year
Helen Baumgartner	Smith College	1953
Joshua Brown	Carleton College	1998
Marcia J. Bunge	St. Olaf College	1976
Betsy Byers	St. Olaf College	2002
Eric Carlson	University of California, Los Angeles	1976
Denis Crnkovic	Franklin and Marshall College	1974
Thomas Emmert	St. Olaf College	1967
Siri C. Erickson	Carelton College	1998
Mary Everett	Florida State University	1944
Barbara Fister	University of Kentucky	1976
William K. Freiert	Gustavus Adolphus College, Honorary	2011
Rebecca T. Fremo	Virginia Polytechnic Institute	1991
Robert Gardner	Oberlin College	1966
Julie Gilbert	Gustavus Adolphus College	1999
Yurie Hong	University of California, Los Angeles	1999
Douglas L. Huff	Gustavus Adolphus College, Honoary	2014
Anna J. Hulseberg	Northwestern University	1992
Michael Hvidsten	St. Olaf College	1981
Robert Irvin	University of California, Riverside	1972
Elizabeth Jenner	University of California, Berkeley	1995
Darrell Jodock	St. Olaf College	1962
Byron Nordstrom	Lawrence College	1965
Garrett Paul	Wabash College	1971
Jessie Petricka	Carleton College	2001
Ranae Peterson	University of South Dakota	1956
Alisa Rosenthal	Beloit College	1993
Don Scheese	Temple University	1976
Barbara Simpson	Washington State University	1964
Jeffrey Stocco	Hamline University	1975
Michelle (Anderson) Twait	Gustavus Adolphus College	1998
Mary Westby	University of North Carolina	2004
Sarah Wolter	Gustavus Adolphus College	2002
Linnea Wren	Radcliffe College	1970

Activities

Visiting Scholars
- 2015
  - Dr. Phillip J. Deloria, Carroll Smith-Rosenberg Collegiate Professor, with a joint appointment in the departments of History and American Culture at the University of Michigan, on "American Indians in the American Popular Imagination." Thursday April 23, 2015
- 2012
  - Dr. William Schweiker, Edward L. Ryerson Distinguished Service Professor of Theological Ethics at the University of Chicago, on “Ethics in a Time of Many Moralities.” Thursday, March 8, 2012, 7:00 pm, Wallenberg Auditorium.
Chapter Meetings
- Meetings are monthly or bimonthly based on business to discuss. Members are notified of meetings via the Phi Beta Kappa email list. Please contact Elizabeth Jenner (ejenner@gustavus.edu) or Anna Hulseberg (ahulsebe@gustavus.edu) if you are not receiving emails.
Spring Initiation
- 2019
  - 32 students elected to membership
- 2015
  - 35 students elected to membership
- 2014
  - Dr. Douglas L. Huff elected to honorary membership
- 2011
  - Dr. William K. Freiert elected to honorary membership
Speakers
- Eta Talk
  - 2013
    - Dr. Doug Huff will be presenting on "The Crucible and Aristotelian Moral Authority" The talk will take place on March 20th at 7:00 in Confer 128. There will be a reception to follow in the Phi Beta Kappa room in Vickner Hall. Please plan on attending.
- Dr. Alex Jassen on the Dead Sea Scrolls, March 2011
Book Award to Outstanding Seniors at St. Peter High School
- 2019 Book Award Recipients
  - Noah Gassman , Isabel Panciera, Kayley Ronnkvist
- 2018 Book Award Recipients
  - Josie Carlson, Eleanor Grinnell, Nora Leonard, Antonia Weiss
- 2014 Book Award Recipients
  
  Carolyn Conlon, Maggie Dimock, Caleb Ebeling, Alys Ferragamo, Natalie Weelborg
- 2013 Book Award Recipients
  
  Arik Lokensgard, Kierstin Karlsrud, Wes Gillette
- 2012 Book Award Recipients
  
  Andrea Garcia, Maddi Baskfield, Ashley Welp, Rachel Hoehn
- 2011 Book Award Recipients
  
  Toni Langr, Maggie Morrow, Elizabeth Springer
- 2010 Book Award Recipients
  
  Aaron Smith, Mindy Malecek, Susanna Holstrom
- 2009 Book Award Recipients
  
  Christian Behrends, Hannah Karlsrud, Robb Hawkinson, Emily Paul
- 2008 Book Award Recipients
  
  Eydie Kramer, Timothy Niederriter, Anna Zelenz
- 2007 Book Award Recipients
  
  Benjamin Bryant, Cassie Cummiskey, Sarah Walker
- 2006 Book Award Recipients
  
  Amanda Davis, Sarah Hvidsten, Robert Niederriter