Phi Beta Kappa

Stephanie Cheuvront recently graduated from Butler University, in Indianapolis, Ind., with a Bachelor of Arts with high honors in history and classical studies, and a minor in religious studies. She was recognized among the top 100 students at the school and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, the academic honor society. The daughter of Catonsville residents Steve and Bea Cheuvront, Cheuvront has been accepted into a master's program in museum studies at George Washington University.

Douglas Radcliff-Umstead, a Baltimore native who was professor of Romance languages and literatures at Kent State University, was killed March 22 in the crash of a USAir jet taking off from La Guardia Airport in New York.A memorial service for Dr. Radcliff-Umstead, who was 52, was held Monday on the campus in Kent, Ohio.He was a graduate of Baltimore City College and, in 1960, of Johns Hopkins University, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.He earned his doctorate in 1964 at the University of California at Berkeley.

Academic, activity and leadership awards were presented to members of the Class of 1999 at the annual Senior Investiture and Honors Convocation at Western Maryland College, held in May before commencement.Local honorees included student award winners and those inducted into Phi Beta Kappa and the following honor societies and organizations: Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities; Omicron Delta Kappa, a national honor society recognizing leadership qualities; and the Trumpeters, a local honor society honoring students dedicated to service.

On July 2, 2006, S. BONSAL (Bonnie) WHITE, JR.; beloved husband of Constance O'Neil White; fond father of William, Louise, Lawrence, Stephen and Ellen. Born May 21, 1922, to Louise Dawson White and Stephen Bonsal White. Mr. White attended the Gilman School and Princeton University, where he was Phi Beta Kappa and a member of the Ivy Club. Former managing partner of Alex Brown, he was in addition the President of the Baltimore Cemetery Company. Services will be private. Please honor Bonnie's memory by donating to his favorite charities, the Penikese Island School, PO Box 161, 565 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543 or the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.

Academic, activity and leadership awards were presented to members of the Class of 2000, faculty and alumni April 30 at the annual Senior Investiture and Honors Convocation at Western Maryland College. Local honorees included foreign languages professor Thomas Deveny of Westminster, who received the Ira G. Zepp Distinguished Teaching Award for his inspired classroom work and dedication to his students. He started teaching at WMC in 1978 after earning a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

When I read the headline for the lead article in today's Baltimore Sun, I had to keep looking at it again and again. The headline read "Opposing votes limn difference in race" (Sept. 7). I tried substituting various letters in the word "limn" to see if I could come up with a word that made sense to me. I could not. When I saw that the word was repeated in the headline on page 13, I finally went to the computer and did a spell check. It checked out but I then had to run it through two thesauri to come up with definitions of this word, which would more commonly be used in a production of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.

Yawar Raza and Catherine Turner , both of Laurel, were named to the dean's list for the winter quarter at Rochester Institute of Technology, in Rochester, N.Y. Raza is a third-year student in the B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences, while Turner, a second-years student, is in the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences. Alexandra Durso and Jacqueline Sams, both of Laurel, were among the 300 James Madison University students who embarked on 30 spring break trips around the country and world.

Kaiser Haider, a University of Baltimore student, recently won a $1,000 award from the Mid-Atlantic Treasury Management Association for his essay "The Effect of the Banking Crisis on Corporate Cash Management." Mr. Haider, a native of Bangladesh, is a Merrick School of Business finance major.*Four Goucher College seniors have been elected to the college's Phi Beta Kappa Chapter: Lois Elliott, Nora Gause, Barbara Karczeski and Rebecca Kline.*Sara Klein, daughter of Dr. Howard and Debbie Klein of Baltimore, has been named a Max Stern Scholar at Yeshiva University in New York City.

Mildred Virginia Arnold, a retired Latin teacher, died of heart failure Saturday at St. Joseph Medical Center. The Homeland resident was 85. Born in Baltimore, Miss Arnold was raised on Springdale Avenue and graduated from Forest Park High School in 1934. She earned a degree from Goucher College and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She taught at city public schools, beginning her career at Lafayette Elementary School at Park Avenue and Hoffman Street. She later taught at Robert E. Lee Junior High (School 49)

WESTMINSTER - Kathryn Hildebran, of Westminster Nursing and Convalescent Center, recently was honored on her 50th anniversary of joining the Western Maryland College faculty.The professor of modern languages emerita was presented a proclamation and an official college chair by WMC president Robert Chambers.Hildebran came to WMC in 1940 as associate professor and chair of modern languages. She has master's and Ph.D degrees from the University of Chicago.She served as an officer in several professional organizations, including the Modern Language Association, the American Association of Teachers of French, the Alliance Francaise of Baltimore and the National Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations.