List of Phi Beta Kappa members

This is a list of notable members of the Phi Beta Kappa who have Wikipedia biographies.

Notable members elected as undergraduates

Name YearCollege or university 1778College of William & Mary1779College of William & Mary1780College of William & Mary 1780College of William & Mary1781Yale College1782Harvard University1787Harvard University1792Yale College1792Yale College1798Harvard University1799Yale College1801Dartmouth College1804Yale College1809Dartmouth College1810Yale College 1814Harvard University1814Dartmouth College1819Union College1819Dartmouth College1824Bowdoin College1825Bowdoin College1826Dartmouth College1828Yale College1828Harvard University1829Harvard University1831Yale College1831Union College1833Dartmouth College1836Dartmouth College1837Yale College1848Union College1848Amherst College1848Yale College1852Bowdoin College1852Harvard University1853 Bowdoin College1853Yale College 1856Yale College 1856Yale College 1856Williams College 1860Lafayette College1861Harvard University1864Brown University1866Dartmouth College1872Harvard University1872Harvard University1874Yale College1876Harvard University1877Case Western Reserve University1877Bowdoin College1878Yale College1879Amherst College1879University of Vermont1880Harvard University1881Brown UniversityFrancis W. Shepardson1883Brown University1886Harvard University1888Yale University1889City College of New York1889Columbia College1890Williams College1892Radcliffe College1892Williams College1893Harvard University1893Brown University1894Randolph-Macon College1894Amherst College1895University of Pennsylvania1895Brown University1895Harvard University1896Mount Holyoke College1897Brown University1898Harvard University1899Middlebury College1901Johns Hopkins University1902City College of New York1903Hamilton College1903 Amherst College1904Vanderbilt University1905Cornell University1907University of Michigan1907Dartmouth College1907University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill1908Yale University1908Vassar College1908Princeton University1908Harvard University1909Bowdoin College1909Bowdoin College1909Harvard University1909Princeton University1910Yale University1913Bowdoin College1913Smith College1913Smith College1914Randolph-Macon Woman's College1914Harvard University1914Dartmouth College1914University of California, Berkeley1915Yale University1915Yale University1915Amherst College1916Bowdoin College1916Harvard University 1917Columbia University1917Yale University1917College of William & Mary1918 Harvard University1919Rutgers University1920University of Wisconsin-Madison1920Whitman College1920DePauw University1920DePauw University1922New York University1923Harvard University1923University of Chicago1924University of Nebraska1924Miami University1925Harvard UniversityCassidy, David C. (2005). J. Robert Oppenheimer and the American Century. New York: Pi Press. ISBN 978-0-13-147996-8. OCLC 56503198, pp. 75–76, 88–89.1926Johns Hopkins University1926Fordham University1927Goucher College1927Ohio State University1927University of Washington1928Smith College1928Swarthmore College1928Vassar College1928University of Virginia1928Harvard University1929Harvard University1929Harvard University1929DePauw University1929Vassar College1929Swarthmore College1929Washington & Lee University1930University of Richmond1930Dartmouth College1930City College of New YorkWylly Folk St. John1930University of Georgia1931University of Oklahoma1931Davidson College1931University of Alabama1932University of ChicagoEugene O'Neill Jr.1932Yale University1932Yale University1932Harvard University (as Paul Wetstein)1933Dartmouth College1933Johns Hopkins University1934Case Western Reserve University1934Harvard University1935Williams College1935Harvard University1935Brown University1936New York University1936Bates College1936University of California Berkeley1936University of Texas1937Yale University1937University of Colorado1938Harvard University1939New York University1939University of Nebraska1939University of Iowa1940Northwestern University1940University of Minnesota1940New York University1940Mount Holyoke College1940University of Texas1941Kenyon College1941New York University1941Fisk University1941Yale University1941University of Chicago1942Smith College1942Roanoke College1942Mills College1943Kalamazoo College1943Yale University1943Washington University in St. Louis1945Tufts University1947Stanford University1947University of Illinois1947New York University1947Harvard University1948University of Chicago1948Yale University1948Columbia University1948Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn1948Stanford University1948Mount Holyoke College1949Washington University in St. Louis1949Reed College1949University of Alabama1950Harvard University1950Coe College1951Reed College1951Radcliffe College1951University of Chicago1951University of Pennsylvania1952 Harvard University1952Williams College1952Williams College1952University of North Carolina1953Yale University1953New York University1953Harvard University1953Haverford College 1953Dartmouth College1953Bowdoin College1954Cornell University1954Syracuse University1954Cornell University1954Denison University1954Swarthmore College1954Barnard College1954Harvard University1954Cornell University1955Harvard University1955Princeton University1955Duke University1956Carnegie Mellon University1956Smith College1957Haverford College1958Duke University1958Stanford University1958Pomona College1958Princeton University1958University of Southern California1958Virginia Tech1959Stanford University1959Hofstra University1959Amherst College1959University of Florida1959Columbia University1959Cornell University1959Yale University1960Harvard University1960Harvard University 1960Harvard University 1960Rice University1960Williams College1960Williams College1961New York University1961Wellesley College1961University of Minnesota1961Harvard University1962Vanderbilt University1962University of South Dakota1962Colorado College1962Dartmouth College1962University of Minnesota1962University of Hawaii1962Augustana College1963Yale University1963Columbia University1963Morehouse College1963University of Pennsylvania1963Stanford University1964University of Redlands1964Harvard University1964Harvard University1964Yale University1965Brandeis University1965Yale University1965Harvard University1965Johns Hopkins University1965Princeton University1965University of North Carolina1966Harvard University1966Duke University1966Massachusetts Institute of Technology1966Smith College1966Purdue University1967Harvard University1967Brown University1967Yale University1968Georgetown University1968Harvard University1968Swarthmore College1968Dartmouth College1972Boston University1969Barnard College1969University of Illinois1969University of Michigan1969City College of New York1969University of Vermont1970University of Rochester1970Swarthmore College1970University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa1970University of Chicago1970Duke University1971Rutgers University1971Boston University1971University of North Carolina1971Harvard University1971Georgetown University1971Harvard University1972Radcliffe College1972Princeton University1972University of California Berkeley1972Bates College1973Radcliffe College1973University of Texas1973Harvard University1973Miami University1973Vanderbilt University 1973 Reed College1973University of Texas1973University of California Berkeley1973Lake Forest College1973Massachusetts Institute of Technology1974College of William & Mary1974Brandeis University1974University of California, Los Angeles1974University of Denver1975Harvard University1975St. Lawrence University1975Harvard University1975Harvard University1975University of Denver1975Swarthmore College1976University of California, Los Angeles1976Bowdoin College1976Harvard University1976Johns Hopkins University1976Harvard University1976Princeton University 1977George Washington University 1977DePauw University1977University of Notre Dame1978Tulane University1978Hunter College1978Southern Methodist University1978Georgetown University1979Barnard College1979University of Texas at Austin1979University of Santa Clara1980University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill1984Amherst College1980University of California, Berkeley1981University of Washington1981College of William & Mary1981Harvard University1981Princeton University1981Boston University1981Princeton University1981Cornell UniversityJill Zimmerman1981Purdue University1982Columbia University1982Georgetown University1982Amherst College1982Princeton University1982Middlebury College1983University of Vermont1983Princeton University1983Columbia University1983Dartmouth College1983University of Rhode Island1984 Harvard University 1984Columbia University1985 Stanford University1985Haverford College1985Stanford University1985University of Oregon1985Yale University1986Yale University1986Princeton UniversitySabine Hyland1986Cornell University1986Stanford University1987University of California, Berkeley1987Brandeis University1988Georgetown University1988Princeton University1989Trinity Washington University1989Millsaps College1990University of Kentucky1990Harvard University1991Harvard University1991Bowdoin College1991Princeton University1991Gettysburg College1991Kansas State University1991University of Florida1992Rhodes College1992Duke University1992University of Oklahoma1993Princeton University1993University of New Mexico1993Georgetown University1993Georgetown University1993Brown University1993Fisk University1994 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill1994Rhodes College1994 University of Michigan1994Stony Brook University1994Harvard University1995Texas Christian University1996Hampden-Sydney College1996Reed College1996University of California, Santa Cruz1996Middlebury College1997Grinnell College1997University of California, Berkeley1997University of Miami1997University of Tennessee1997Harvard UniversityRo Khanna1998University of Chicago 1998George Washington University 1998Hope College1999University of California, Los Angeles2000Stanford University2000Claremont McKenna College2000Stanford University 2001University of California, Berkeley 2002Stanford University2004Harvard University2004University of California, Los Angeles2006Harvard University2007Harvard University2007Harvard University2009Yale University2010Columbia University2010Yale University2011University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill2016Columbia University2020Harvard University

Notable honorary members

NameDateChapter of inductionRutherford B. Hayes1880Kenyon CollegeMark Twain1902University of MissouriBooker T. Washington1904Harvard UniversityCalvin Coolidge1921Amherst CollegeFranklin D. Roosevelt1929Harvard UniversityHelen Keller1933Radcliffe CollegeHarry S. Truman1933Honorary memberMarcus Eli Ravage1933University of MissouriEleanor Roosevelt1942Radcliffe CollegeJohn Hope Franklin1953Fisk University1958Fisk UniversityR. Buckminster Fuller1967Harvard UniversityAnne Sexton1968Harvard UniversityJimmy Carter1991Kansas State UniversityFred Rogers1995Carnegie Mellon UniversityMary Oliver2003Harvard UniversitySandra Day O'Connor2008College of William and MaryDavid Johnston2013Harvard UniversityBarbara Bush2016University of HoustonRosalynn Carter2016Mercer UniversityTa-Nehisi Coates2016Oregon State UniversityWilla Cather2023University of Nebraska

Fictional members

Ellis Loew, fictional district attorney in James Ellroy's novels The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, and L.A. Confidential, is a member. He shows his key several times. Thomas Crown, title character of the movie The Thomas Crown Affair, toys with his golden Phi Beta Kappa key which he is wearing on a chain. It is stated that he is an alumnus of Dartmouth College. Richard Sumner, the main character of the movie Desk Set (1957), is mentioned as a member when Bunny Watson (Katharine Hepburn) reels off Sumner's character's accomplishments and says that he's a graduate of M.I.T. with a Ph.D. in Science and a Phi Beta Kappa, although he doesn't wear his key.