Gary Fenstamaker of Belcamp is Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa

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CHESTERTOWN, MD (02/20/2013)(readMedia)-- Washington College is pleased to announce that Gary Fenstamaker '13 of Belcamp, MD was recently inducted into the Theta of Maryland Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa sheltered at Washington College.

Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest and largest academic honor society, was founded on December 5, 1776, by five students at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, VA. For more than 200 years, the Phi Beta Kappa Society has pursued its mission of fostering and recognizing excellence in the liberal arts and sciences. The Society's distinctive emblem, a golden key, is widely recognized as a symbol of academic achievement. The pointing finger and three stars on the key symbolize the ambition of scholars and the three distinguishing principles of Phi Beta Kappa: learning, morality and friendship.

Fenstamaker is majoring in art and art history and computer science and minoring in mathematics. Gary is the president of the Photography Club, vice president of WAC Broadcasting, a member of the Kappa Sigma fraternity and photography editor of The Elm and The Collegian. A graduate of Aberdeen High School, Fenstamaker is a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, the Douglass Cater Society of Junior Fellows and has made the Dean's List every semester during his time at the College.

Founded in 1782 under the patronage of George Washington, Washington College is a private, independent college of liberal arts and sciences located in colonial Chestertown on Maryland's Eastern Shore.