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
2024 Casa della Cultura Italiana, represented by Drs. Valentina Cecchi and Claudio Carpano
* Please note that the honorary members held the listed positions when inducted. Names of companies and names of positions may have changed.