Phi Beta Kappa Organization founded on December 5, 1776, at the College of William and Mary. Information on chapters, advocacy programs, news, publications, awards and scholarships. The Nations Oldest and Most Widely Known Academic Honor Society Five students at the College of William and Mary founded Phi Beta Kappa in 1776, during the American Revolution. For over two and a quarter centuries, the Society has embraced the principles of freedom of inquiry and liberty of thought and expression. Laptops have replaced quill pens, but these ideas, symbolized on Phi Beta Kappas distinctive gold key, still lay the foundations of personal freedom, scientific inquiry, liberty of conscience and creative endeavor.Phi Beta Kappa celebrates and advocates excellence in the liberal arts and sciences. Its campus chapters invite for induction the most outstanding arts and sciences students at America’s leading colleges and universities. The Society sponsors activities to advance these studies the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences — in higher education and in society at large.

Address: 1606 New Hampshire Ave NW Washington DC 20009 US
Telephone: 202 265 3808
Fax: 202 986 1601
Website: http://www.pbk.org/