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Phi Beta Kappa<\/a>\u00a0is the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary society for students of the liberal arts and sciences. Membership in Phi Beta Kappa is highly selective, and merit-based.\u00a0 PBK honors the best and brightest liberal Arts and Sciences<\/strong> students from top schools across the United States.\u00a0 PBK membership connects members to a diverse network of high achievers (see some notable PBK members below).\u00a0 PBK also brings a number of other benefits, including opportunities to apply for selective scholarships, and some partnership discounts.<\/p>\n

If you have received an invitation letter, please visit this link to learn more about why you should accept a Phi Beta Kappa invitation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Founded in 1896, Syracuse University has inducted over 4,000\u00a0<\/em>
\nmembers to date.<\/em><\/blockquote>\n

Notable Phi Beta Kappa members include:<\/p>\n

17 U.S. Presidents including:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • John Quincy Adams, Harvard University, 1787<\/li>\n
  • Chester A. Arthur, Union College, 1848<\/li>\n
  • William Howard Taft, Yale University, 1878<\/li>\n
  • Theodore Roosevelt, Harvard University, 1880<\/li>\n
  • George H. W. Bush, Yale University, 1948<\/li>\n
  • William Jefferson Clinton, Georgetown University, 1968<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    38 U.S. Supreme Court Justices, including:<\/strong><\/p>\n

      \n
    • John Marshall (Chief Justice), College of William & Mary, 1780<\/li>\n
    • Salmon P. Chase (Chief Justice), Dartmouth College, 1826<\/li>\n
    • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Harvard University, 1829<\/li>\n
    • William Howard Taft (Chief Justice), Yale University, 1878<\/li>\n
    • Harlan Fiske Stone (Chief Justice), Amherst College, 1894<\/li>\n
    • Felix Frankfurter, City College of New York, 1902<\/li>\n
    • William O. Douglas, Whitman College, 1920<\/li>\n
    • Harry A. Blackmun, Harvard University, 1929<\/li>\n
    • Byron R. White, University of Colorado, 1938<\/li>\n
    • John Paul Stevens, University of Chicago, 1941<\/li>\n
    • William H. Rehnquist (Chief Justice), Stanford University, 1948<\/li>\n
    • Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Cornell University, 1954<\/li>\n
    • Anthony M. Kennedy, Stanford University, 1958<\/li>\n
    • Stephen Breyer, Stanford University, 1959<\/li>\n
    • David H. Souter, Harvard University, 1961<\/li>\n
    • Samuel Alito, Princeton University, 1972<\/li>\n
    • John G. Roberts, Jr. (Chief Justice), Harvard University, 1976<\/li>\n
    • Sonia Sotomayor, Princeton University, 1976<\/li>\n
    • Elena Kagan, Princeton University, 1981<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Other notable members include<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

        \n
      • Eli Whitney, Yale College, 1792<\/li>\n
      • Nathaniel Hawthorne, Bowdoin College, 1825<\/li>\n
      • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Bowdoin College, 1825<\/li>\n
      • John Dewey, Vermont College, 1879<\/li>\n
      • W. E. B. Dubois, Fisk University, 1890<\/li>\n
      • Pearl Buck, Randoph-Macon Woman’s College, 1914<\/li>\n
      • Alfred Kinsey, Bowdoin College, 1916<\/li>\n
      • Grace Hopper, Vassar College, 1928<\/li>\n
      • Nelson Rockefeller, Dartmouth College, 1930<\/li>\n
      • Jonas Salk, City College of New York, 1930<\/li>\n
      • Betty Friedan, Smith College, 1941<\/li>\n
      • Phyllis Schlafly, Washington University, 1943<\/li>\n
      • Henry Kissinger, Harvard University, 1950<\/li>\n
      • Stephen Sondheim, Williams College, 1950<\/li>\n
      • John Updike, Harvard University, 1954<\/li>\n
      • Gloria Steinem, Smith College, 1955<\/li>\n
      • Pat Schroeder, University of Minnesota, 1961<\/li>\n
      • Joseph Lieberman, Yale University, 1964<\/li>\n
      • Angela Davis, Brandeis University, 1965<\/li>\n
      • Richard Blumenthal, Harvard University, 1967<\/li>\n
      • Benazir Bhutto, Radcliffe College, 1973<\/li>\n
      • Glenn Close, College of William & Mary, 1974<\/li>\n
      • Condoleezza Rice, University of Denver, 1974<\/li>\n
      • Ben Bernanke, Harvard University, 1975<\/li>\n
      • Jeff Bezos, Princeton University, 1986<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\"Otto\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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