HEBRON – The Hebron Academy community celebrated the 75th anniversary of its Cum Laude Society chapter on May 2. Fifteen students were honored at the ceremony, which included the induction of 11 new members and an address by guest speaker Elaine Tuttle Hansen, president of Bates College.

Hansen referred to the values that Bates College and Hebron Academy share, including the concept of “learning for learning’s sake.” She referenced works by the Catholic scholar and philosopher John Henry Cardinal Newman and mathematician, logician and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead, and their philosophy of the need for and value of education.

Inducted this year were Timothy B. Curtis ’03 of Raymond; Kevin P. DeSorbo ’03 of Raymond; Danielle M. Gagne ’03 of Poland; Sarah H. Longley ’03 of Norway; Sara D. Marquis ’03 of Mechanic Falls; Rachel L. Sukeforth ’03 of Litchfield; Carolyn A. Curtis ’04 of Hebron; Laura E. Fleck ’04 of Auburn; A. James Quinlan ’04 of St. John’s, Newfoundland; Laura E. Sheffield ’04 of Brigham City, Utah; and Jason E. Staats ’04 of Knoxville, Tenn.

The new members join four seniors inducted last year: Leland E. Barker Jr. of Buckfield; Meghan K. Gillis of Whycocomagh, Nova Scotia; Nathan S. Harmon of Gray; and Shayna C. Magur of Poland.

Modeled after Phi Beta Kappa, the Cum Laude Society was founded in 1906 to recognize academic achievement in secondary schools. Cum Laude now consists of nearly 350 chapters, primarily in independent schools in the United States. Membership in the Cum Laude Society is Hebron Academy’s highest academic honor.

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