Jackson Heights Student Makes Phi Beta Kappa

Jaol J. Mendonsa of Jackson Heights has been elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa at Trinity College.

Phi Beta Kappa, founded in 1776, is an honor society dedicated to humane scholarship. Members are elected from among those students who have achieved highest general scholastic standing. On the basis of its charter, the chapter stipulates that persons elected to membership shall be men and women of honor, probity and learning. Election to Phi Beta Kappa is widely regarded as a mark of highest distinction. The Trinity Chapter, known as Beta of Connecticut, was chartered by the Yale Chapter, the Alpha of Connecticut, on June 16, 1845, and is the eighth oldest chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in the United States.