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Phi Theta Kappa originated from Kappa Phi Omicron, an honor society established at Stephens College in Missouri, a two-year college for women. As similar honor societies formed in Missouri, the college presidents and students of eight Missouri women's colleges came together in 1918 to create a single honor society—Phi Theta Kappa.
Phi Kappa Theta (ΦΚΘ), commonly known as Phi Kap, is a national social fraternity that has over 35 active chapters and colonies at universities across 21 U.S. states.The fraternity was founded on April 29, 1959, at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, with the agreed-upon merger of two older Catholic fraternities, Phi Kappa and Theta Kappa Phi.
Harry Bailey in the movie It's a Wonderful Life (1946) is greeted at the train station by George and Uncle Billy as “Professor Phi Beta Kappa Harry Bailey,” implying he is a member. Charley Bordelon West in TV show Queen Sugar is a member. [52] This is referenced when she has to correct someone who incorrectly refers to it as a social ...
Beta Kappa (Charter member: Kappa Chi) U.S. House of Representatives member from Virginia [32] James Perkins, Jr. Gamma Phi: First African-American Mayor of Selma, Alabama [38] Edward J. Perkins: Alexandria-Fairfax (VA) Alumni: US Ambassador to Liberia, South Africa, the United Nations, and Australia [39] Kwame Raoul: Theta Zeta
Abram W. Harris, president of Northwestern University and University of Maine, a founder of Phi Kappa Phi and Alpha Delta Tau; Matina Horner, sixth president of Radcliffe College; Freeman A. Hrabowski III, president of University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Leon H. Johnson, president of Montana State University
Kappa Performer of the Dancing Kellys; sister of actor/dancer Gene Kelly [1] Tisha Terrasini Banker: Alpha Beta Actress known for Beware the Batman and Anatomy of Hope [1] Mari Ann Callais: Alpha Beta Speaker, musician, and educator [1] [2] Christine De Lisle: Phi Actress known for Beach Patrol and Thank God It's Friday [1] Mary Harden Looram ...
He is credited with choosing the nine charter members of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity. Founder Brown founded the Delta Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas, on April 9, 1917, and was a teacher at the Kansas Industrial School for Negroes in Topeka, Kansas.
Susan King (Alpha Theta, University of Texas) – Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Abilene, Texas [10] Cindy Hensley McCain (Omicron, USC) – executive director of the World Food Programme , former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture , and wife of 2008 presidential candidate ...