Professional success, Leighton once said, can be attained through “study, the love of learning, and high standards of personal performance at all times, in all things, and in all ways.” He celebrated his 100th birthday on October 22, 2012.
Bethanie Deeney Murguia, a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Rochester, is a children’s book author and illustrator. Her most recent book is Zoe Gets Ready (Scholastic, 2012).
“Phi Beta Kappa, for nearly 250 years . . . has represented and advocated both the merit and the pleasure of liberal learning as its own reward, while honoring those who demonstrate success in that learning. It should be a proud claim of any member.” By Christine Noah After forty-eight years on the faculty of Davidson College—not to […]
Emmanuel Ohuabunwa, a neuroscience major from Johns Hopkins University, graduated in May with a remarkable 3.98 GPA and is furthering his studies at the Yale University School of Medicine this fall.
UC Berkeley’s new Dean of the School of Social Welfare has devoted the past thirty years to ending men’s violence against women and children. And he is proud to have always included his Phi Beta Kappa membership among his credentials…
A family legacy, an extraordinary journey ─ our members often share with us their memories of Phi Beta Kappa and what it means to them. MelaDee’s ΦBK membership helped her get a job she loves. Do you have a story to share? Write to news@pbk.org
“If I could communicate well, I could fight with words rather than with my fists.” —James Ragan By Melissa Immel When James Ragan was young, he frequently found himself engaged in […]
“The condition of our survival in any but the meagerest existence is our willingness to accommodate ourselves to the conflicting interests of others, to learn to live in a social world.” […]
In his years as an undergraduate at Villanova University, John Giordano took every opportunity to diversify his education and discover his passions.
Dave Revsine is the lead studio host for Big Ten Network, a national cable network that covers Big Ten Conference athletics. His bestselling book The Opening Kickoff: The Tumultuous Birth of a Football Nation was released in July by Lyons Press.
Michael Lomax, CEO and President of the United Negro College Fund, talks about ΦBK and the founding of the Delta of Georgia Chapter at Morehouse College.
Award-winning actress Kerry Washington (ΦBK, George Washington University, 1998) returned to her alma mater in May to deliver the commencement address and receive an honorary doctoral degree at a ceremony held on the National Mall.
