Phi Beta Kappa

Members

PBK member Teddy Roosevelt (Harvard University) and John Muir - Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for your children and your children's children.

Kerry Washington, PBK George Washington University - "You see the transformation that the arts have on young people. It changes lives for the better. That's where my engagement is."

George H.W. Bush, PBK Yale - "Think about every problem, every challenge, we face. The solution to each starts with education"

Mark Twain, PBK, University of Missouri - Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.

Sonia Sotomayor, PBK Princeton - "Until we get equality in education, we won't have an equal society."

Nathaniel Hawthorne, PBK, Bowdoin College - Every individual has a place to fill in the world, and is important, in some respect, whether he choses to be so or not.

Ta-Nehisi Coates, PBK Foundation Member Oregon State University - "The best part of writing is really to educate yourself. I don't want to be anybody's exper. I came to learn."

Anthony Kennedy, PBK Stanford - The Constitution doesn't belong to a bunch of judges and lawyers. It belongs to you.

The membership of the chapter includes:

Charter Members: the Phi Beta Kappa members of the faculty to whom the charter was granted
Resident Members: members of Phi Beta Kappa who are members of the faculty or staff of Western Michigan University
Members in Course: all members of the chapter elected as undergraduates or as graduate students
Alumni/ae Members: graduates of Western Michigan University elected in recognition of scholarly achievement after graduation (listed with Members in Course)
Honorary Members: non-graduates of Western Michigan University chosen on the same basis as alumni members (listed with Resident Members)

College of Arts and Sciences

The Phi Beta Kappa Society