UT Tyler’s Top Business Students Join Honor Society

April 27, 2004

The University of Texas at Tyler College of Business and Technology inducted 32 undergraduate and graduate students into the Beta Gamma Sigma national business honor society on April 18.

Businessmen Billy Hibbs Sr., chairman of Hibbs-Halmark Companies, and John Robbins, president of Robbins Petroleum, were inducted as honorary members for their contributions to the business community.

BGS inductee Mattie A. Wortham was presented a scholarship for $1,000. The BGS Board of Governors annually provides a scholarship to a student member from each chapter that achieves a high acceptance rate and qualifies to be recognized as an Exemplary Chapter.

Dr. Marilyn Young, BGS president, presented each inductee with the BGS lapel pin, which signifies honor, wisdom and earnestness.

Juniors inducted were Jerrie Kay Albritton, Michael David Brewer, Kristin Lynn Mathis, Mitchell Elaine Whitley, Regina Fern Winkles and A. Emily York.

Senior inductees were Wendy Marie Baehne, Barbara A. Brown, Rachel Marie Burden, Michele Rose Castro, Matt Hicks, Jamie Lynn Splawn, Michael Adam Thomas, Melissa Washburn, Scarlet Irene Worthen and Mattie Ann Wortham.

Graduate students inducted were Ruby Brewer, Angela Dianne Clark, Gary Denton Ford, David Marshall Hayes, Der-Kai Duke Hung, Kathryn Whitaker Kapka, Dave Nash, Deepak Naik, Mark D. Neely, Manda Mills Richardson, Scott A. Salvage, Susan Kruse Saxenmeyer, David Simmons, Elizabeth Ann Taylor, Amanda W. Wood and Kevin Lee Yandell.

Membership in Beta Gamma Sigma is the highest national recognition a student can receive in an undergraduate or master’s program in business or management accredited by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business. To be eligible for membership, a student must rank in the upper 8 percent of the junior class, upper 10 percent of the senior class or upper 20 percent of the graduating master’s class.