Omicron Delta Epsilon

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Omicron Delta Epsilon (ODE) is an international honor society in the field of economics. Resulting from the merger of Omicron Delta Gamma and Omicron Chi Epsilon, ODE was founded in 1963 ^[1]. Its board of trustees includes well-known economists such as Robert Lucas, Kenneth Arrow, and Robert Solow. ODE is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies; the ACHS indicates that Omicron Delta Epsilon has 88,000 members. ODE currently has 578 active chapters worldwide ^[2]. New members consist of undergraduate and graduate students, as well as college and university faculty; the academic achievement required to obtain membership for students can be raised by individual chapters.It publishes a journal entitled The American Economist twice each year.

[edit] References

1. ^ Omicron Delta Epsilon Honor Society- Economics - An ACHS Member Society
2. ^ Omicron Delta Epsilon - The International Economics Honor Society

• Omicron Delta Epsilon--The International Economics Honor Society (2007) -- Official Site. Retrieved November 21, 2007.
• Association of College Honor Societies: Omicron Delta Epsilon (2006). Retrieved February 2, 2006.

[edit] External links

• Omicron Delta Epsilon--The International Economics Honor Society – Official site.
• Information on "The American Economist" – includes abstracts of previously published articles.