Phi Beta Delta Society
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The Phi Beta Delta is an international honor society
.Founded at California State University, Long Beach
in 1986. As the first honor society dedicated to recognize scholarly achievement in international education, giving scholarships to deserving students and enhancing knowledge about various cultures around the world .
It was established as a national organization with 38 chartered chapters in 1987, and has grown to become an international organization with over 168 chapters.
The motto of the society is "Scientia Mutua Mundi" (World's Shared Knowledge).
Phi Beta Delta(ΦΒΔ)stands for philomatheia,biotremmonia,diapheren—"Love of knowledge, valuing of human life; and achieving excellence".
Dr. Richard Deming from California State University, Fullerton serves as the current international president of the Society, 2011-2012
Dr. Edward K. Khiwa, 2010-2011
Dr. Judy Smhra, 2009-2010
Dr. Monica Freeman,2007-2008
Dr. Gene Eggar, 2006-2007
Dr. Michael Smithee, 2005 - 2006
Dr. India Dennis,2004 - 2005
Dr. Paul J. Rich, 2003 - 2004
Dr. David E. R. Gay, 2002 - 2003
Dr. James Fletcher, 2001 - 2002
Dr. Jack Merchant, 2000-2001
Dr. Art King, 1999 - 2000
Dr. Barbara Hartung, 1998 - 1999
Dr. Yvonne Captain, 1997-1998
Dr. Earl Ellington, 1996-1997
Dr. Thomas Knutson, 1995 - 1996
Dr. Paul Parrish, 1994-1995
Dr. Mark "Gene" Meadows, 1993-1994
Dr. Richard Downie, 1987 - 1988
Dr. John Greisberger, 1988 - 1989
Dr. Gary Cretser, 1989 - 1990
Dr. Judy Reinhartz, 1990 - 1991
Dr. Gregory Trzebiatowski, 1991 - 1992
Dr. Karen Boatman, 1992 - 1993
Past International President: Edward K. Khiwa, Ph.D.
International President-Elect: Joy Stevenson, Ph.D.
Senior International Vice President: Lay Tuan Tan.
Senior International Vice President-Elect: Catherine Turrill, Ph.D.
Past Senior International Vice President: Ms. Marcy R. L. Glover.
Regional Vice President, Northeast Region: Prof. Norma George.
Regional Vice President, Midwest Region: Angelika Kraemer, Ph.D.
Regional Vice President, Southwest Region: Tim Huff.
Regional Vice President, Southeast Region: Ms. Marcy R. L. Glover.
Regional Vice President, West Region: Paul Amaya.
irector of Development: Professor Patricia Rickett.
Director of Awards: Gary A. Cretser, Ph.D..
Director of Membership: Guillermo de los Reyes, Ph.D.
Director of Publications: Michael Smithee, Ph.D.
Accountant: Mr. Brian D. Davis, CPA.
Historian/Archivist: Judith A. Smrha, Ph.D.
Executive Director & CEO: Rueyling Chuang, Ph.D.
. The contact information for current headquarters is: Phi Beta Delta Headquarters, AD 148 & 150, California State University, San Bernardino. 5500 University Parkway, San Bernardino, CA 92407. The current executive director for Phi Beta Delta is Dr. Rueyling Chuang. Dr. Yvonne Captain was the executive director for Phi Beta Delta from 2004-2011. Currently Dr. Captain serves as the regent of PBD. Its headquarters was housed at the famous address at at 1527 New Hampshire Avenue, lies in a historic district in WashingtBold texton DC. The previous offices was located in Dupont Circle, Washington DC. and houses the offices of Phi Beta Delta and Policy Studies Organization. This site is also the former home of the son of James A. Garfield, the twentieth President of the United States. Dr. Harry Garfield was the President of Williams College from 1908 to 1934 and a member of President Woodrow Wilson
s Kitchen cabinet. The house continues to be a center for international focus. It was rented out in 1920, to Carter Glass, who became Secretary of the Treasury under Wilson and then Senator from Virginia, and who is regarded as a founder of the Federal Reserve System. Garfield also rented the house to the Ecuador Embassy and later to the British Embassy's air attache.
Proceedings
52 Weekly Thoughts
Daily Maxims
HQ Happenings
Honor society
In the United States, an honor society is a rank organization that recognizes excellence among peers. Numerous societies recognize various fields and circumstances. The Order of the Arrow, for example, is the national honor society of the Boy Scouts of America...
.Founded at California State University, Long Beach
California State University, Long Beach
California State University, Long Beach is the second largest campus of the California State University system and the third largest university in the state of California by enrollment...
in 1986. As the first honor society dedicated to recognize scholarly achievement in international education, giving scholarships to deserving students and enhancing knowledge about various cultures around the world .
It was established as a national organization with 38 chartered chapters in 1987, and has grown to become an international organization with over 168 chapters.
The motto of the society is "Scientia Mutua Mundi" (World's Shared Knowledge).
Phi Beta Delta(ΦΒΔ)stands for philomatheia,biotremmonia,diapheren—"Love of knowledge, valuing of human life; and achieving excellence".
Membership
Nominated students, faculty, and/or staff are invited to become members based on the scholastic achievement (grade point averages) of student members, classes taken or taught, international activities undertaken, and international travel, work or study experience. Members are also committed to international education.Lists of International Presidents
International President-Elect: Dr. Joy Stevenson, 2012-2013Dr. Richard Deming from California State University, Fullerton serves as the current international president of the Society, 2011-2012
Dr. Edward K. Khiwa, 2010-2011
Dr. Judy Smhra, 2009-2010
Dr. Monica Freeman,2007-2008
Dr. Gene Eggar, 2006-2007
Dr. Michael Smithee, 2005 - 2006
Dr. India Dennis,2004 - 2005
Dr. Paul J. Rich, 2003 - 2004
Dr. David E. R. Gay, 2002 - 2003
Dr. James Fletcher, 2001 - 2002
Dr. Jack Merchant, 2000-2001
Dr. Art King, 1999 - 2000
Dr. Barbara Hartung, 1998 - 1999
Dr. Yvonne Captain, 1997-1998
Dr. Earl Ellington, 1996-1997
Dr. Thomas Knutson, 1995 - 1996
Dr. Paul Parrish, 1994-1995
Dr. Mark "Gene" Meadows, 1993-1994
Dr. Richard Downie, 1987 - 1988
Dr. John Greisberger, 1988 - 1989
Dr. Gary Cretser, 1989 - 1990
Dr. Judy Reinhartz, 1990 - 1991
Dr. Gregory Trzebiatowski, 1991 - 1992
Dr. Karen Boatman, 1992 - 1993
Board Members
International President: Richard L. Deming, Ph.D.Past International President: Edward K. Khiwa, Ph.D.
International President-Elect: Joy Stevenson, Ph.D.
Senior International Vice President: Lay Tuan Tan.
Senior International Vice President-Elect: Catherine Turrill, Ph.D.
Past Senior International Vice President: Ms. Marcy R. L. Glover.
Regional Vice President, Northeast Region: Prof. Norma George.
Regional Vice President, Midwest Region: Angelika Kraemer, Ph.D.
Regional Vice President, Southwest Region: Tim Huff.
Regional Vice President, Southeast Region: Ms. Marcy R. L. Glover.
Regional Vice President, West Region: Paul Amaya.
irector of Development: Professor Patricia Rickett.
Director of Awards: Gary A. Cretser, Ph.D..
Director of Membership: Guillermo de los Reyes, Ph.D.
Director of Publications: Michael Smithee, Ph.D.
Accountant: Mr. Brian D. Davis, CPA.
Historian/Archivist: Judith A. Smrha, Ph.D.
Executive Director & CEO: Rueyling Chuang, Ph.D.
Phi Beta Delta Executive Offices
Phi Beta Delta Honor Society's current headquarters are housed at California State University, San BernardinoCalifornia State University, San Bernardino
California State University, San Bernardino, also known as Cal State San Bernardino or CSUSB is a public research university and one of the twenty three general campuses of the California State University system. The main campus sits on in the suburban University District of , United States, with...
. The contact information for current headquarters is: Phi Beta Delta Headquarters, AD 148 & 150, California State University, San Bernardino. 5500 University Parkway, San Bernardino, CA 92407. The current executive director for Phi Beta Delta is Dr. Rueyling Chuang. Dr. Yvonne Captain was the executive director for Phi Beta Delta from 2004-2011. Currently Dr. Captain serves as the regent of PBD. Its headquarters was housed at the famous address at at 1527 New Hampshire Avenue, lies in a historic district in WashingtBold texton DC. The previous offices was located in Dupont Circle, Washington DC. and houses the offices of Phi Beta Delta and Policy Studies Organization. This site is also the former home of the son of James A. Garfield, the twentieth President of the United States. Dr. Harry Garfield was the President of Williams College from 1908 to 1934 and a member of President Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913...
s Kitchen cabinet. The house continues to be a center for international focus. It was rented out in 1920, to Carter Glass, who became Secretary of the Treasury under Wilson and then Senator from Virginia, and who is regarded as a founder of the Federal Reserve System. Garfield also rented the house to the Ecuador Embassy and later to the British Embassy's air attache.
Chapters
The organization has chapters in over 168 campuses world wide.Publication
The MedallionProceedings
52 Weekly Thoughts
Daily Maxims
HQ Happenings
Honorary Members (partial list)
- Dr. Carole Artigiani,U.S
- Ba Amadou, Ambassador, Embassy of Senagal (Senegal)
- Horace G. Dawson, U.S Ambassador (U.S.)
- Saskia Eijssen, SU / International Student & Scholar Services (Denmark)
- Ahmad El Shiref, Central Missouri State University / Peace Studies, (U.S.)
- Leonel FernándezLeonel FernándezLeonel Antonio Fernández Reyna is a Dominican lawyer, academic, and the current President of the Dominican Republic since 2004. He held the same office from 1996 to 2000...
, President Dominican Republic,(Dominican Republic) - Margarita Cedeño de FernándezMargarita Cedeño de FernándezMargarita Cedeño de Fernández is the present First Lady of the Dominican Republic. She is the wife of President Leonel Fernández. As First Lady, she and her staff coordinate social policies for her husband's administration, generating programs of health and education for children, young people,...
, First Lady Dominican Republic, (Dominican Republic) - Oliver Franklin St. Clair, President International House, (U.S)
- Harriet Mayor FulbrightHarriet Mayor FulbrightHarriet Anna Mayor Fulbright is the widow of United States Senator J. William Fulbright and the former Executive Director of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities under President Bill Clinton. She currently serves as President of the J...
, former Executive Director of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities and President of the J. William and Harriet Fulbright CenterJ. William and Harriet Fulbright CenterThe J. William & Harriet Fulbright Center is a non-profit, non-governmental organization based in Washington, D.C., whose mission is to "...foster peace and justice through collaboration." The center is not related to the Fulbright Scholarship Program, aside from the Fulbright Name. The center was...
. - J. William FulbrightJ. William FulbrightJames William Fulbright was a United States Senator representing Arkansas from 1945 to 1975.Fulbright was a Southern Democrat and a staunch multilateralist who supported the creation of the United Nations and the longest serving chairman in the history of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee...
, U.S Senator and founder of international exchange program, Fulbright ProgramFulbright ProgramThe Fulbright Program, including the Fulbright-Hays Program, is a program of competitive, merit-based grants for international educational exchange for students, scholars, teachers, professionals, scientists and artists, founded by United States Senator J. William Fulbright in 1946. Under the...
(U.S.) - Mahamoud Adam Bechir, Ambassador Embassy of Chad (Chad)