Phi Beta Kappa

Knox College's chapter of Phi Beta Kappa (PBK) was chartered in 1916, the first at an undergraduate liberal arts college in Illinois. Knox's Delta chapter is also the fourth-oldest chapter in Illinois.

Out of more than 3,000 colleges and universities in the U.S., fewer than 300 have PBK chapters.

Membership
Membership is based on academic achievement. Most inductees are seniors; a limited number of especially outstanding students may be elected at the end of their junior year.

Elected as Seniors in 2012

• Jacquelyn Kate Barrett
• Hannah Christy Benning
• Emily Ann Berarducci
• Amanda Marie Bigham
• Rachel Amelia Clark
• Elizabeth Ann Cockrell
• Anna Cynthia Dvorak
• Zoe Anna Foote
• Kathryn Rose Frank
• Emily Morgan Gingold
• Cassandra R. Harrell
• Margaret Mercedes Hayertz
• Zackary Michel Herbst
• Lindsey Paige Hill
• Michael John Kaminski, Jr.
• Patrick Thomas Kirschenheiter
• Benjamin Delon Lee
• Samuel Mason Lewis
• Ya-Lin Lu
• Kelsey Anne Martinez
• Erin Margaret McKinstry
• Shaunak Ramesh Mulani
• Robert Andrew Niemyer
• Eleanor Kay Ognacevic
• Julia Dunham Ohman
• Diana Raluca Oprinca
• Alexandra Michele L. Rauland
• Maya Kay Sharma
• Julia Leota Sievert
• Emma Marie Swanson
• Raja Timihiri
• Benjamin Charles Wetherbee

Elected as Juniors in 2012

• Sienna Rae Cittadino
• John Salvatore Cusimano
• Elizabeth Karina Drake
• Katherine Elizabeth Miller

Previous Inductees -- Elected as Juniors in 2011

• Naomi Elizabeth Akagi
• Stephanie Grace Lashway
• Lauren Mae Smith

Knox College Faculty and Staff Members of PBK

• Katherine A. Adelsberger
• Mary Vlastnik Armon '85
• Tom Axtell
• Lawrence Breitborde
• Nancy Eberhardt
• Lance Factor
• Brenda Fineberg
• Lori Haslem
• Kevin Hastings '76
• Robert Hellenga
• Helen Hoyt
• Karen Kampwirth '86
• Andrew Leahy
• Nicole Whittaker Malley '98
• Andrew Mehl
• Thomas Moses
• Duane Oldfield
• M. Sean Riedel
• William Ripperger '60
• Michael A. Schneider
• Charles E. Schulz '72
• Kelly Shaw
• Megan Scott '96
• George F. Steckley
• Ross Vander Meulen