The Phi Beta Kappa Society

Epsilon of Connecticut

University of Connecticut

** PBK Brochure **

Spring 2008 New Members

Phi Beta Kappa was founded on December 5, 1776 at the College of William and Mary.  Since then, Phi Beta Kappa has evolved to become the nation's leading advocate for the liberal arts and sciences at the undergraduate level.

Phi Beta Kappa elects over 15,000 new members a year from 262 chapters across the United States.  Some famous members of Phi Beta Kappa are Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, President Theodore Roosevelt, Michael Crichton, Jeff Bezos, and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg.

Phi Beta Kappa has over 50 associations - groups made up of Phi Beta Kappa members - in cities across the U.S.  They support the ideals of the Society through academic, social, and community-based programs.