Phi Beta Kappa love

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An honorary society, founded in 1776, of college students and graduates whose members are chosen on the basis of high academic standing.
  • noun A member of this society.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From the initials of the society's motto in Greek philosophiā biou kubernētēs, philosophy the guide of life : philosophiā, philosophy + biou : genitive of bios, life + kubernētēs, guide.]

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Examples

  • I should state for the record that A) I grew up poor, raised by a single mother, B) the only fraternity I've ever been a member of is Phi Beta Kappa, which is an honors fraternity, not a social one, and C) I'm obviously not even a woman, nevertheless a militant feminist.

    Boom Goes the Dynamite: Scattered Veronica Mars Thoughts Abigail Nussbaum 2006

  • Stanley Temko was a 1940 graduate of Columbia University, where he was elected to the Phi Beta Kappa honor society.

    Stanley L. Temko, Covington and Burling law firm partner, dies at 91 2011

  • He never talked about himself, even though he had accomplished more than most: a scholarship to Princeton at age 16, Phi Beta Kappa, Law Review at Columbia Law School, parachuting behind enemy lines into Nazi-occupied France and Norway in the bitter winter of 1944-1945 to organize the Resistance, blowing up Nazi troop trains.

    Carl Colby: The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby Carl Colby 2011

  • He never talked about himself, even though he had accomplished more than most: a scholarship to Princeton at age 16, Phi Beta Kappa, Law Review at Columbia Law School, parachuting behind enemy lines into Nazi-occupied France and Norway in the bitter winter of 1944-1945 to organize the Resistance, blowing up Nazi troop trains.

    Carl Colby: The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby Carl Colby 2011

  • He never talked about himself, even though he had accomplished more than most: a scholarship to Princeton at age 16, Phi Beta Kappa, Law Review at Columbia Law School, parachuting behind enemy lines into Nazi-occupied France and Norway in the bitter winter of 1944-1945 to organize the Resistance, blowing up Nazi troop trains.

    Carl Colby: The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby Carl Colby 2011

  • He never talked about himself, even though he had accomplished more than most: a scholarship to Princeton at age 16, Phi Beta Kappa, Law Review at Columbia Law School, parachuting behind enemy lines into Nazi-occupied France and Norway in the bitter winter of 1944-1945 to organize the Resistance, blowing up Nazi troop trains.

    Carl Colby: The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby Carl Colby 2011

  • Now, the Mets are hoping the same sharp, analytical mind that made Capuano a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Duke will help him keep his career alive in Flushing.

    Capuano's Smart, but Not Too Smart Brian Costa 2011

  • He never talked about himself, even though he had accomplished more than most: a scholarship to Princeton at age 16, Phi Beta Kappa, Law Review at Columbia Law School, parachuting behind enemy lines into Nazi-occupied France and Norway in the bitter winter of 1944-1945 to organize the Resistance, blowing up Nazi troop trains.

    Carl Colby: The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby Carl Colby 2011

  • Her dissertation research, with funding support from NASA, NSF and Phi Beta Kappa, examined the impacts of fire and vegetation recovery on streamflow dynamics in California shrublands using a combination of remote sensing and distributed hydrological modeling.

    Contributor: Christine E. McMichael 2010

  • Student Organizational Leadership More than 100 student organizations: scholastic and honorary (Phi Beta Kappa and Alpha Chi honor society chapters), government, special interest and departmental.

    Response: Southwestern University 2010

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