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.

2011 Student Inductees

• Anita Nicole Ahuja
• Naomi Elizabeth Akagi*
• Claire Elizabeth Anderson
• Ashley Marie Antenore
• Chloe Hope Bohm
• Samantha Belen Claypool
• Danielle Jacqueline Daly
• Jeremiah Eugene Doebert
• Kathleen Marie Feeney Easley*
• John Frederick Reinhardt Eisemann
• Effrat Libby Fayer
• Carl Raymond Hammer
• Helen Marguerite Hapner
• Samantha Renee Heimstreet
• Sara Michelle Huff
• Christopher Ryan Johnson
• Kathleen Mary Kellett
• Claire Elizabeth Knowlton
• Stephanie Grace Lashway*
• Jacquelyn Elizabeth Mares
• Anthony Samuel Martone
• Sasha Ariel Murphy
• Kathryn Christine Nellett
• Tanya Marie Novotnak
• Damilola Kehinde Olotu
• Shruti Sunil Patel
• Kaytlin Jeanette Renfro
• Helen Avery Schnoes
• Marnie Catherine Shure
• Adam Al Sirgany
• Lauren Mae Smith*
• Molly Anne Stein
• Kelly Elizabeth Wiggen

* Elected as juniors

Previous Inductees (as juniors in 2010)

• Ashley Marie Antenore
• Sara Francesca DeMaria
• Kaytlin Jeanette Renfro

Knox College Faculty and Staff Members of PBK

• Martha Abrams '08
• Katherine A. Adelsberger
• Mary Vlastnik Armon '85
• Tom Axtell
• Lawrence Breitborde
• Nancy Eberhardt
• Lance Factor
• W. G. Fiedorow
• Brenda Fineberg
• Lori Haslem
• Kevin Hastings '76
• Robert Hellenga
• Karen Kampwirth '86
• Andrew Leahy
• Nicole Whittaker Malley '98
• Elizabeth Marzoni '04
• Andrew Mehl
• Lori Hillier Montgomery '91
• Thomas Moses
• Harry Neumiller, Jr. '51
• 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