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The Phi Beta Kappa Society (ΦΒΚ) [a] is the oldest academic honor society in the United States. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was founded at the College of William & Mary in Virginia, in December 1776. [ 4 ] Phi Beta Kappa aims to promote and advocate excellence in the liberal arts and sciences, and to induct outstanding students of arts and sciences at ...
Number [a] Chapter Charter date and range Institution Location Status Reference 1: Alpha of Virginia: December 5, 1776 –1780, 1851–1860, 1893: College of William & Mary ...
Emily Sweeney in TV show The Big Bang Theory is revealed as a Phi Beta Kappa member. It is said to have been apparent on her online dating profile viewed by Rajesh Koothrappali. Also, Sheldon Cooper has a frame of Phi Beta Kappa in his office, suggesting that he is a member.
Representatives of Alpha Omega Alpha, the Order of the Coif, Phi Beta Kappa, and Sigma Xi attended its preliminary meeting held on October 2, 1925. When ACHS was officially established on December 30, 1925, its founding members were Alpha Omega Alpha, the Order of the Coif, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi, and Tau Beta Pi. [2]
Its student magazine, The Beta Journal, was established in September 1934. [24] There were 75 clubs in four states by the end of 1935. [24] The Beta Club established a loan program that helped 1,500 members attend college before replacing the program with scholarships. [1] In 1961, the Junior Beta Club was formed for middle school students. [1]
Kappa Beta Phi (ΚΒΦ) is a secret society with at least one surviving chapter, based on Wall Street in New York City, that is made up of high-ranking financial executives. The purpose of the organization today is largely social and honorific.
The Phi Beta Kappa society had a rudimentary initiation and maintained an uncertain level of secrecy. Those secrets were exposed in the mid-1830s by students at Harvard University acting under the patronage of John Quincy Adams. Since the 1840s, Phi Beta Kappa has operated openly as an academic honor society.
In the United States, the oldest academic society, Phi Beta Kappa, was founded as a social and literary fraternity in 1776. Other honor societies were established a century later, including Tau Beta Pi for engineering (1885), Sigma Xi for scientific research (1886), and Phi Kappa Phi for all disciplines (1897).