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    The Sphinx Head Society is the oldest senior honor society at Cornell University. Sphinx Head recognizes Cornell senior men and women who have demonstrated...
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    the head of a human, the body of a lion, and the wings of an eagle. In Greek tradition, the sphinx is a treacherous and merciless being with the head of...
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    The Great Sphinx of Giza is a limestone statue of a reclining sphinx, a mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion. Facing directly...
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  • Look up sphinx in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A sphinx is a mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion. Sphinx or Sphynx may...
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  • He was a member of Alpha Sigma Phi and an honorary member of the Sphinx Head Society. The concept of "duty-free shopping"— offering high-end concessions...
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    Sphinx Head Society during his senior year, ultimately graduating with a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations in 1987. Prior to receiving the head coach...
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  • A member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity, Coors was elected to the Sphinx Head Society during his final year at Cornell. He also received his MBA from the...
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    was a member of Psi Upsilon and was selected for membership in the Sphinx Head Society. He went on to play professional football for six seasons with the...
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    While at Cornell, Duryea was elected into the Sphinx Head Society, Cornell's oldest senior honor society. He majored in English, and in his senior year...
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    built as the meeting place of the Sphinx Head Society, a Cornell University secret society formed in 1890. The society had discussed building a meeting...
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  • goaltender. During his last year at Cornell, Schaap was elected to the Sphinx Head Society. After graduating in 1955, he received a Grantland Rice fellowship...
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  • of Cornell University, where he was a member of the Sphinx Head Society and the Kappa Alpha Society. He became an accomplished chemist who worked in prominent...
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    National Bank in his native Chillicothe, Ohio. He was elected to the Sphinx Head Society during his senior year. Ed Cook Archived 13 December 2013 at the...
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  • siblings. He played college football at Cornell and was a member of the Sphinx Head Society and Delta Upsilon. Payne was originally drafted by the Jacksonville...
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  • Following is a list of Sphinx Head members. Sphinx Head is the oldest senior honor society at Cornell University. Victor L. Butterfield (1927): eleventh...
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  • graduated from Cornell University in 1916 and was a member of the Sphinx Head Society. In 1973, he was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame. In...
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    acting in productions of Shakespeare. He was also elected to the Sphinx Head Society and joined the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. After graduating in 1927...
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    fraternity. He was also elected to Cornell's oldest senior honor society, the Sphinx Head Society. He was a member of the New York Young Republican Club. Pierce...
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  • graduated from Cornell University in 1957 and was elected to the Sphinx Head Society. He went on to earn his MBA from Cornell in 1959. He served as Chairman...
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    University faculty List of Quill and Dagger members Notable alumni of the Sphinx Head Society "2009–10 Factbook" (PDF). Cornell University. Archived from the original...
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    Cornell University in 1911 and was elected for membership in the Sphinx Head Society. Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference...
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  • attended Cornell University and was selected for membership in the Sphinx Head Society before his 1950 graduation with a bachelor's in economics. He then...
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  • School of Biomedical Engineering. Meinig was also a member of the Sphinx Head Society. Meinigs give $25 million Meinigs give $50 million Cornell Daily...
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  • School(Windsor, Ct) Pelicans and college football at Cornell University. During his senior year at Cornell, Larson was elected to the Sphinx Head Society. v t e...
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  • Syracuse Nationals and Tri-Cities Blackhawks. He was elected into the Sphinx Head Society during his senior year at Cornell University. Source "Ed Peterson"...
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  • University, taught there from 1902 to 1906, and was a member of the Sphinx Head Society. He was president of the American Institute of Architects from 1941...
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  • He was a 1919 graduate of Cornell University and a member of the Sphinx Head Society. He competed for the United States in the 1920 Summer Olympics held...
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  • was business manager of The Cornell Daily Sun, was elected to the Sphinx Head Society, and graduated in 1934. He briefly attended Harvard Business School...
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    University. He was a member of Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity and the Sphinx Head Society. In 1965, he completed his Doctor of Science in chemical engineering...
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  • graduated from Cornell University in 1909 and was a member of the Sphinx Head Society. He died in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States at age 87. "Charles...
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