Who Belongs to Phi Beta Kappa?

 

 

Seventeen U.S. Presidents and seven of the nine current U.S. Supreme Court Justices.  But famous or not, all have in common the pursuit of excellence.  Here are some members whose names you may know:

 

Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com

 

Glenn Close, actor

 

Eileen Collins, space shuttle commander

 

Francis Ford Coppola, film director

 

Michael Crichton, author

 

Rita Dove, former U.S. poet laureate

 

John Hope Franklin, historian

 

Henry Louis Gates, Jr., cultural critic

 

Brian Greene, physicist

 

Peyton Manning, NFL quarterback

 

Stephen Sondheim, composer and lyricist

 

Gloria Steinem, co-founder of Ms. Magazine

 

John Updike, novelist and critic

 

Notable Members