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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 ...
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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 ...
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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.
Phi Delta Kappa formed from the merger of three organizations—Pi Kappa Mu, Phi Delta Kappa, and Nu Rho Beta. [1] Pi Kappa Mu was established at Indiana University on January 24, 1906, and added chapters at Stanford University and the University of Iowa by 1910. [1] [2] Phi Delta Kappa was formed on March 13, 1908, at Columbia University and ...
Lambda Kappa (see Lambda Kappa-Beta) 1905 –1979 Case Institute of Technology: Cleveland: OH: Merged [fd] [fe] Lambda Kappa-Beta (see Beta and Lambda Kappa) September 5, 1979: Case Western Reserve University: Cleveland: OH: Active [6] [ff] Lambda Rho: 1868 –1875, 1895–1965 University of Chicago: Chicago: IL: Inactive [fg] Lambda Sigma ...
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.