Academic Honors
The Rhodes Scholarship is awarded to only a few students in the United States each year. It provides for study at Oxford University. A total of nine Rhodes Scholars have been chosen from Wabash in its history, of which five have been Betas from Tau Chapter.
James I. Osborne 1906
Claude A. Pifer 1907
Norman M. Littell 1921
Byron K. Trippet 1930
Robert F. Ashman 1960
The Fulbright Scholarship is awarded to approximately 1,600 students annually to study, conduct research, teach, or exercise their talents abroad. The program was founded by United States Senator J. William Fulbright in 1946 and is considered to be one of the most widely recognized and prestigious scholarships in the world. Five Tau Betas have received this honor since 1997.
Jared J. Sonnicksen 2001
Benjamin C. Finley 2015
Austin D. T. Dukes 2017
Marcus C. P. Hoekstra 2018
Ian M. Finley 2019
Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest undergraduate honors organization in the United States. The Society has pursued its mission of fostering and recognizing excellence in the liberal arts and sciences since its founding at the College of William & Mary in 1776.
Tau Chapter has been fortunate to have an unusually high number of its members to be so honored. The James Insley Osborne & Wylie J. Daniels Phi Beta Kappa silver punch bowl lists all Tau Chapter members who were inducted into Phi Beta Kappa from 1862 until 1965. The inscription on the punch bowl speaks of Osborne and Daniels as follows: "Devoted members of Tau Chapter throughout their lives. Both were elected to Phi Beta Kappa as juniors and as a fitting memorial to them there is engraved hereon a record of all Tau Chapter members who by their scholarship earned Phi Beta Kappa honors at Wabash."
John E. Cleland 1862*
Henry Z. McLain 1867*
Matthias L. Haines 1871*
Edward Daniels 1875*
John S. McLain 1877*
Jesse A. Greene 1889*
Arthur A. McCain 1889*
Hiram H. Ruston 1895*
Frank H. Ristine 1905
John J. Coss 1906
James I. Osborne 1906
Claude A. Pifer 1907
Charles M. Davis 1908
Thomas K. Davis 1909
Wylie J. Daniels 1910
Herman C. Wolff 1910
Joseph J. Daniels 1911
Richard M. Bosson 1912
Robert N. Bosson 1912
Ezra V. Hahn 1916
Edward J. Bennett 1914
Robert W. Parsons 1914
John C. Farber 1915
Gilbert D. Jay 1915
George H. Pfau 1915
Leland Rowe 1915
Frank W. Clippinger 1916
Joseph J. Littell 1918
Charles D. LaFollette 1920
Charles E. Piety 1920
John F. Connell 1921
Harold E. Perkins 1922
Ivan L. Wiles 1922
William A. Nyland 1930
Byron K. Trippet 1930
Samuel K. McCain 1931
Kenneth L. Warren 1931
John M. Kitchen 1933
Raymond E. Kostanzer 1933
William Robison 1933
Robert W. Frank, Jr. 1934
Robert W. Fulton 1935
Robert C. Elliott 1936
Richard B. Hudson 1936
Andre F. Rhoads 1936
Warren W. Shearer 1936
Richard G. Bigler 1936
Robert S. Taylor 1936
Robert L. McVie 1937
Martin J. Morrison 1937
Roland B. Wynne 1937
Walter L. Fertig 1938
John B. Koffend 1938
Donald L. Custis 1939
Franklin G. Davidson 1941
Paul E. Fertig 1941
Richard O. Ristine 1941
Richard U. Byerrum 1942
Richard M. Freeman 1943
Robert L. Barta 1943
Robert V. Ormes 1943
Robert V. Hannaford 1950
Thomas A. Mahoney 1950
Charles W. Goering 1951
Thomas A. Klingaman 1951
Robert E. Hay 1952
Robert W. Miller 1953
James W. Ray 1953
Jack L. Engledow 1953
Richard S. Ellis 1956
Richard B. Hickman 1956
Frank M. Rasmussen 1956
Hubert D. Lance 1957
George Seidensticker 1957
James J. Goubeaux 1958
Michael J. Phillips 1959
Robert F. Ashman 1960
Anton Dimitroff 1960
Lee B. Jones 1960
Fredrick C. Scott 1960
Douglas F. Burns 1961
David J. Behling, Jr. 1961
Charles F. Cleland 1961
John B. Bacon 1962
George M. Ball 1962
Timothy D. Steele 1963
Rolf R. Amsler 1963
Mark R. Braford, Jr. 1964
William B. Kristan, Jr. 1964
Dexter D. Snyder 1964
Joseph F. Hoffman, Jr. 1965
John M. Labavitch 1965
Harold L. Nicol 1965
Robert A. MacCallum 1965
Robert P. Witherspoon 1965
Robert A. Smith 1966
Harry J. VanDolah 1966
Robert A. Trimmer 1966
James M. Gallagher 1968
Joseph C. Shank 1969
Martin E. Newcomb 1969
Stephen G. Rogers 1969
Kenneth R. Huff 1970
Gary R. Hanson 1971
Bruce A. Guebard 1973
William H. Ledbetter 1975
W.M. Miller-McLemore 1975
Michael C. Minick 1975
Mark A. Briel 1976
J. Thomas Trent, Jr. 1976
Bruce D. Williams 1976
Robert W. Brandt 1977
Thomas C. Keeler 1977
David A. Lautz 1977
Ryamond E. LaDriere II 1978
Edward P. Fox 1979
John J. Marshall 1979
Joel W. Rice 1979
Robert A. Perrone 1980
Gustavo E. Galante 1981
Michael J. Lewinski 1982
John P. Miller 1982
Keith E. Rockey 1982
Brett L. Thurman 1982
Jon C. Finley 1983
Gene R. Flick 1983
Cleve J. Francoeur, Jr. 1983
Michael T. Sweeney 1983
Thomas A. Jensen 1984
James A. Davlin V 1985
Thomas W. Koenig 1985
Todd R. Rowland 1985
Thomas A. d'Ambrosio 1985
B. Lane Hasler 1986
Chad W. Schultheis 1987
Todd D. Bailey 1988
Joseph E. Turk, Jr. 1989
Kurt T. Vogel 1989
Andrew R. Hecker 1990
Rodney J. Kratz 1993
James W. Martin 1993
Johnathan P. Turk 1993
Paul D. Cornwell 1995
Keith R. Eberly 1999
Jeremiah C. Bird 2000
Jared J. Sonnicksen 2001
Andrew P. Smithka 2003
Kevin P. Nolan 2004
Ross B. Dillard 2007
Robert C. Brandt 2008
Kyle D. McClammer 2008
Andrew L. Rodenbarger 2008
Sean N. Clerget 2009
James B. Horrey 2009
Collin P. Smith 2009
Michael G. Wartman 2009
Daniel L. King 2010
Jacob A. German 2011
Brandon J. Tritle 2011
Scott E. Campbell 2014
Austin D. T. Dukes 2017
Isaac R. Empson 2017
Kyle M. Stucker 2017
Daniel M. Thompson 2017
Cody D. Cochran 2018
Michael E. K. Lumpkin 2018
Ian M. Finley 2019
Matthew J. Hodges 2019
Cole A. Payne 2019
Jacob L. Chrisman 2020
Nathan W. Gray 2020
Patrick A. Kelly 2021
Cameron C. Martin 2021
Pete T. Trotter 2021
John M. Clutter 2022
Thomas M. Gastineau 2023
Brayden Z. Lentz 2023
*- A few members were
inducted as alumni.