Diagnosed with autism at age five, Jory Fleming (ΦBK, University of South Carolina) struggled in classrooms designed to favor neurotypical brains. He would eventually become a Rhodes Scholar.
One of Phi Beta Kappa’s newest members from Washington College, Teresa Draves, represents excellence in the classroom and in her sport.
Through all his work at tech companies, Englebardt (ΦΒΚ, University of Colorado) has explored an interest in the intersection between content, consciousness, and exponential technologies.
Most recognized for her New York Times bestselling novel, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, Sánchez’s Crying in the Bathroom: A Memoir is forthcoming in July.
Graduating ΦBK from Earlham College in 2013, Conor Hall’s degree in political science and government has propelled him into Colorado’s outdoor recreation industry with additional missions of saving the environment and promoting sustainable and healthy living.
Autobiography of Carson McCullers: A Memoir by Jenn Shapland (Tin House) is the 2021 recipient of Phi Beta Kappa’s Christian Gauss Award.
“Knowledge has always been my North Star, and it’s been what’s made my path through life possible.” — Lucille Lang Day (ΦBK, UC Berkeley)
Trivest Partners COO Todd Jerles (ΦBK, Indiana University Bloomington) has certainly proved that a liberal arts and sciences degree is more relevant in the business world than one may initially think.
The Sirens of Mars: Searching for Life on Another World by Sarah Stewart Johnson is the recipient of the 2021 Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science.
If not for the pandemic, Tienda would have traveled to Hofstra University in person, but on February 7 and 8, her virtual visit via Zoom was a success for students and faculty alike.
Betty White married Allen Ludden (ΦBK, University of Texas) in 1963. They remained married till his death in 1981, but Ludden’s legacy is much more than his love story with a beloved star.
Alexis Lenderman-Black (ΦΒΚ, Western Michigan University) and her husband Justin Black are the authors of Redefining Normal: How Two Foster Kids Beat The Odds and Discovered Healing, Happiness, and Love, the true story of how they found each other and broke the generational cycle of trauma.
