New Pi Kappa Lambda Chapter Installed at Reinhardt College

Participating in the induction were:  front row, from left: Dr. George Lucktenberg, Dr. Paula Thomas-Lee, Dr. Dennis McIntre, Susan Naylor, Dr. Marilee David; back row from left:  Jayme Dodd, Jennifer Laminack, Ina Bales, Anna Ragan, Lindsey Bradley, Miriam Smith, Daniel Quintanilla, Elizabeth Gibson, Elizabeth Perren, Amber Loggins and Hannah Aschmann

The Eulene Holmes Murray Department of Music at Reinhardt College installed Kappa Zeta Chapter of Pi Kappa Lambda music honor society Sunday, February 15, 2009, at 7:30 p.m. The ceremony was held in the Recital Hall of the Falany Performing Arts Center. Dr. Brian Nedvin of Shorter College, Associate Regent of Pi Kappa Lambda, installed the new chapter, and Dr. Paula Thomas-Lee, Faculty Advisor to the new Chapter, presided over the ceremonies. The following students were inducted into the organization: Hannah Aschmann, Ina Bales, Lindsay Bradley, Jayme Dodd, Elizabeth Gibson, Jennifer Laminack, Amber Loggins, Elizabeth Perren, Daniel Quintanilla, Anna Ragan, Miriam Smith. Faculty members inducted included Dr. Dennis McIntire, Dr. David Gregory, and Ms. Susan Naylor. Faculty members inducted by transfer of membership included Drs. Marilee David (Zeta Chapter, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign); Tamara Watson Harper (Gamma Psi Chapter, Boston Conservatory of Music); George Lucktenberg (Zeta Chapter, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign); and Paula Thomas-Lee (Gamma Tau Chapter, Baylor University).

Dr. Brian Nedvin, Associate Regent of PKL, right) presents the Pi Kappa Lambda chapter charter (Kappa Zeta) to Dr. Paula Thomas-Lee, Reinhardt chapter Advisor.

HISTORICAL SKETCH

In 1916, the Alumni Association of the School of Music at Northwestern University appointed a committee to consider the feasibility of installing an honor society in the field of music to provide recognition of student academic achievement. As a result, Pi Kappa Lambda was granted a charter by the State of Illinois in 1918. The first member was Peter Christian Lutkin, Dean of the School of Music at Northwestern University. His initials in their Greek equivalents were selected for the name of the Society: Pi Kappa Lambda. Key number one of the Society was issued to Dean Lutkin. The organization has continued to expand since that time. Election to membership in Pi Kappa Lambda indicates superior attainment in music combined with the personal qualifications of someone who is an outstanding exponent of the art. Pi Kappa Lambda is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies.