Honorary Members

Mu Chapter of Phi Beta Delta

1987 Billy Wireman – President, Queens College

1988 Michael Almond – H.M. Parker, Poe, Thompson, Bernstein Gage & Preston

1989 Jack Perry – Director, Dean Rusk International Studies Program, Davidson College

1990 Eckart Goette – Honorary German Consul

1995 Richard Vinroot – Mayor of the City of Charlotte

1996 Ingeborg Hegenbart – Vice President, South Trust Bank

1997 Wayne Cooper – President, Arcon Manufacturing, Inc. & Honorary Mexican Consul

1998 Peggie Wesp – Director, Charlotte Sister Cities Program

1999 Cynthia Aziz – Immigration Attorney

2000 Millie Cox – Director, Charlotte Country Day International Programs and Honorary French Consul

2001 Inez Olshausen – Principal of Smith Academy

2002 Angeles Ortega – Executive Director, Latin American Coalition, Inc.

2003 Libby Phillips – Charlotte Host Family Program Coordinator

2004 James Murchison – Independence High School International Business Program

2005 International House

2006 Ki Hyun Chun – President of Charlotte Asian American Chamber of Commerce

2007 Alan Gordon – Immigration Attorney

2008 Michael Dulin, MD – Healthcare Provider, Carolinas Medical Center

2009 Tom Gabbard – Chief Executive Officer, Blumenthal Performing Arts Center

2010 Ellen Dubin – Director, Carolina Refugee – Resettlement Agency, Inc.

2011 Kurt Waldthausen – German Language and Culture Foundation, Honorary German Consul

2012 Mike Hawley – International Corporate Law

2013 World Affairs Council of Charlotte

2014 Carolina International School

2015 Marian Beane – Mu Chapter Founder and Chapter Coordinator (1987-2014)

2016 Dale Smith – Chair, Department of Global Studies, UNC Charlotte

2017 Latin American Chamber of Commerce of Charlotte

2018 Jennifer Watson Roberts – Mayor of the City of Charlotte

2019 Michelle Menard – President and Chief Operating Office of Choice Translating

2022 Alexis Gordon – International Business Manager and Chief of Protocol, Mackenzie Smart – Founder of the UNC Charlotte SDG club

2023 David Lynn – Principal, South Academy of International Languages

* Please note that the honorary members held the listed positions when inducted. Names of companies and names of positions may have changed.