Each year the chapter selects as recipient of a special award one person for outstanding achievement in the program of liberal arts based on the academic record through the end of the sophomore year. This prize is named in honor of Samuel Nathaniel Bogorad, a longtime friend and affiliate of this chapter. Sam Bogorad was elected to Phi Beta Kappa at Brown University in 1939. He came to Burlington as a new member of the faculty at UVM in 1946. He served eight years as chair of the English department and he held the Corse Professorship in English Language and Literature until his retirement in 1982, and he remained an active member of the university family until his death in December 1993. For years, Sam claimed for himself the privilege of bestowing Phi Beta Kappa keys on new initiates, thus being the first to congratulate them on the distinction they had achieved.

Recipients of the Bogorad Award:

December 1996, Aaron Van Stephenson, major in Romance Languages, initiated to Phi Beta Kappa December 1997.

December 1997, Richard Gary Spaulding, Jr., double major in Latin and Political Science, initiated to Phi Beta Kappa December 1998.

December 1998, Stephanie Suzanne Spaulding, double major in Greek and Latin, initiated to Phi Beta Kappa December 1999
AND Nathan Michael McGinn, major in Mathematics

December 1999, Andrew Ralph Wargo, major in Biology, initiated to Phi Beta Kappa May 2001

December 2000, Randolph Townsend Grant, double major in Psychology and Economics

December 2001, Andrew Thomas Siebengartner, double major in Greek and Latin, initiated to Phi Beta Kappa May 2003

December 2002, Laura Edwards Mattison, major in Religion, initiated to Phi Beta Kappa December 2003

December 2003, Stephanie Lynn Waite, major in Communication Sciences, initiated to Phi Beta Kappa December 2004

December 2004, Benjamin Baird Eldredge, double major in Latin and Italian Studies
AND Michael John Gillen, major in Chemistry

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