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Lambda Chapter Omicron Delta Epsilon

(the international honor society in economics)

Membership in ODE requires an overall GPA of 3.0 and economics GPA of 3.3. A student must have senior standing and at least 15 credit hours of economics course work. Invitations to join and information about the initiation banquet are sent to qualifying students each spring semester.

The Society was founded at the University of Wisconsin and Harvard University in 1915 and has remained an active organization at the national level. ODE's activities include the publication of its official journal, The American Economist, and the regular sponsoring of panel discussions at national and regional professional meetings. The Society also sponsors the Irving Fisher and Frank W. Taussig competitions, grants awarded annually for economic scholarship by graduate and/or undergraduate students.

Among the stated objectives of ODE are "recognition of scholastic achievement in economics...and the establishment of closer academic and social ties between students and faculty." These are the principal functions we envision for the ODE chapter at the University of Richmond, although students interested in participating in the Society's national activities are strongly encouraged and would be assisted by the faculty sponsor in doing so.

Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Robert C. Dolan