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Mortar Board is an American national honor society for college seniors. It was established in 1918 in Syracuse, New York through the merger of four local women's organizations from four institutions. It started admitting men in 1975. Some of its notable members follow.




Academics


Shauna Adix, educator and college administrator
Judith Bronstein, ecologist, academic, and evolutionary biologist
Vera Burridge Baits, member of the board of regents for the University of Michigan
Marian Oldfather Boner, first director of the Texas State Law Library and sat on the editorial board of the Texas Law Review
Margaret Cuninggim, university professor and administrator
Eleanor Hadley, academic and economist with the United States Department of State and Central Intelligence Agency
Cora Barbara Hennel, professor of mathematics at Indiana University
Martin C. Jischke, president of Purdue University
Emma May Laney, English professor at Agnes Scott College
Frances Lucas, president of Millsaps College
Naomi Meara, psychologist, researcher and academic
Duane Nellis, president of Ohio University, Texas Tech University, and the University of Idaho
Margaret Ellen Newell, professor of history at Ohio State University
Mary Beth Norton, professor emeritus of American History at the Department of History at Cornell University
Louise Pound, folklorist, linguist, and college professor at the University of Nebraska
Stephen Silvia, professor at American University's School of International Service
Adele Hagner Stamp, first dean of women at the University of Maryland
Tara Welch, professor of classics at the University of Kansas
Agnes E. Wells, dean of women and professor of mathematics and astronomy at Indiana University
Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran, president of Kalamazoo College




Art and entertainment


Scribner Ames, artist
LeVar Burton (National Citation Recipient, 2004), actor, director, television host, and listeracy advocate
Leon Harris (Ohio University, 1982), Emmy Award winning news anchor
Allison Kreiger, model and Miss Florida 2006
Rue McClannahan (University of Tulsa, 1955), actress
Lucky Meisenheimer, actor
Erin Moriarty, television news reporter and correspondent
Fred Rogers (National Citation Recipient, 1997), host of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Mary Wickes, actress




Law


Sandra Day O'Connor, former U.S. Supreme Court associate justice




Literature and journalism


Maya Angelou, poet
Rita Dove (Miami University, 1973), United States Poet Laureate and author
Beverly Deepe Keever, journalist, Vietnam War correspondent, and author
Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda, Poet Laureate of Virginia
Jane Tunstall Lingo, pioneering journalist
Bruce Littlefield, author and lifestyle expert
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, novelist
Janice Woods Windle, novelist




Politics


Anne Gorsuch Burford, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and Colorado House of Representatives
Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the United States
Barbara Franklin, United States Secretary of Commerce
John Glenn (Ohio State University, 2001), astronaut and United States Senate
Rudy Giuliani, 107th mayor of New York City
Ann-Eve Mansfeld Johnson, assistant chairman of the Republican National Committee
Maurine Neuberger, United States Senate
Condoleezza Rice (University of Denver, 1973), former U.S. Secretary of State
Alan Simpson (University of Wyoming, 1997), United States Senate, Wyoming House of Representatives, and co-chair of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform




Religion


Pamela Pauly Chinnis, first woman to serve as president of the House of Deputies of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America




Science, medicine, and technology


Betty Clements, member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) during World War II, became the first woman neurology resident at the Mayo Clinic, and co-founded the Barrow Neurological Institute
Rita R. Colwell (Purdue University, 1955), microbiologist and former director of the National Science Foundation
Lillian Moller Gilbreth, psychologist and industrial engineer
John Glenn (Ohio State University, 2001), NASA astronaut and United States Senate
Marlene Hazle, computer science at RAND Corporation and Mitre Corporation
Anita Hopper, molecular geneticist who is a professor at the Ohio State University
Jonny Kim (University of San Diego, 2011), flight surgeon, Naval aviator, physician, and NASA astronaut.
Edith Wilson Miles, biochemist
David Isaac Murray, computer scientist and product designer
Irene C. Peden, electrical engineer
Judith Resnik (Carnegie Mellon University, 1977), NASA Challenger space shuttle astronaut
Sally Ride, physicist and first female NASA astronaut
Wendee M. Wechsberg, biobehavioral social science researcher and director of RTI International




Sports


Drew Brees (Purdue University, 2000), former professional football player with the New Orleans Saints and San Diego Chargers
George Hoey, professional football player in the National Football League
Moton Hopkins, gridiron football player
Aron Ralston (Carnegie Mellon University, 1996), mountaineer and author
Katie Smith (Ohio State University, 1995), Olympic gold medalist, college and professional basketball player and coach




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