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April 26, 2001

Contact: Paul Francuch (312) 996-3457; francuch@uic.edu

UIC NAMES PHI BETA KAPPAS

The University of Illinois at Chicago's Iota of Illinois chapter of Phi Beta Kappa initiated 52 new members on April 16. The guest speaker was Richard Franke, a Yale Phi Beta Kappa graduate, now the retired chairman and CEO of John Nuveen & Co., Inc.

Among the new UIC Phi Beta Kappa members are:

Arlington Heights-Sally Klasen; Tanvi Shah
Berwyn-Candes Jeanne Clifford
Burbank, Calif.-Vinit Varu
Chicago-Revital Avikasis-Frydman; Junaid Mansuri; Urrooj Rehman; Louis Robles; Benjamin Stull; Nathaniel Tarnor; Margarita Tinajero
Downers Grove-Lawton Moy
Franklin Park-George Nijmeh
Galesburg -Shruti Mehta
Glen Ellyn -James Ha
Glenview -Cherie Ryoo
Hillside -Reema Kapur Litchfield-Jason Weller
Lombard -Shuchi Patel
Naperville -Victor Chen; Shimoni Kadakia; Rajeev Kalsi; Jeffrey Meier
Northbrook-Alin Abraham; Elizabeth Kaiser; Seth Tatel
Norwood Park-Vishal Kamani
Oak Brook -Pooja Jain; Sridevi Jampala
Orland Park -Monica Oberoi
Palos Park-Salil Ginde
Park Ridge -Brenda Peters; Rudyard Sadleir
Peoria-Sandeep Bhatia; Shailender Bhatia
Rockford-Renuka Malik
Rock Island -Radhika Gorantla
Schaumburg-Vidhya Viswanathan
Skokie-Abraham Groner; Ruben Koshy; Mohammed Nasiruddin
Wayne-Ninad Shah
Worth-Saadi El-Abaza

Members were selected from among the top three percent of UIC students who were within 30 credit hours of graduation or who had graduated after the spring 2000 semester. Selection was based on grade point average of at least 4.75 on a 5.0 scale and depth and breadth of course work.

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Iota of Illinois Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at UIC. Founded in 1776, Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest academic honor society in the United States.

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