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((Short description|Honor society))
((distinguish|text=[[Kappa Phi]], a sorority))
((Infobox Fraternity
|letters     = ((lang|grc|ΦΚΦ))
|name        = Phi Kappa Phi
|colors=[[Blue]] <span style="color:#00325a;">█</span> and [[Gold (color)|Gold]] <span style="color:#96774d;">█</span> 
|crest       = PKP CIRCLE.png
|image_size  = 160px
|founded     = ((start date and years ago|mf=yes|1897|03|15))
|birthplace  = [[University of Maine]]
|affiliation = [[Association of College Honor Societies|ACHS]] (former), 
[[Honor Society Caucus]] (current)
|type        = [[Honor society]]
|emphasis    = All-discipline 
|mission     = To recognize and promote academic excellence in all fields of higher education and to engage the community of scholars in service to others.
|motto       = ((lang|el|Φιλοσοφία Kρατείτω Φωτῶν))<br />(''Philosophía Krateítõ Phõtôn'')<br />"Let the love of learning rule humanity"
|symbol      = 
|flower      = 
|publication =  [http://www.phikappaphi.org/publications-resources/phi-kappa-phi-forum#.V5vfjyPyu2w ''Phi Kappa Phi Forum'']
|scope       = 
|chapters    = 300+
|members     = 71,000
|lifetime    = 35,000
<!--|factoid     = The oldest and largest all-discipline honor society in the United States-->
|free_label  = 
|free        = 
|address     = 7576 Goodwood Boulevard
|city        = [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]]
|state       = [[Louisiana|LA]]
|ZIP code    = 70806
|country     = United States
|homepage    = ((official website|http://www.phikappaphi.org/|phikappaphi.org))
|footnotes   = 
))
'''The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi''' (or simply '''Phi Kappa Phi''' or '''((lang|grc|ΦΚΦ))''') is an [[honor society]] established in 1897 to recognize and encourage superior scholarship without restriction as to area of study, and to promote the "unity and democracy of [[education]]".<ref name=bairds /><ref name=schriver11>((cite book
  | last = Schriver
  | first = Edward O.
  | title = In Pursuit of Excellence:The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi 1897–1931
  | publisher = Phi Kappa Phi at the University of Maine Press
  | year = 1971
  | location = Orono, Maine
  | page = 11
  | lccn = 75027349))</ref>   It is the fourth academic society in the United States to be organized around recognizing academic excellence,<ref name=bairds2>((cite book |editor1-first=Jack L. |editor1-last=Anson  |editor2-first=Robert F. |editor2-last=Marchenasi  |title=Baird's Manual of American Fraternities |edition=20th |year=1991 |publisher=Baird's Manual Foundation, Inc. |location=Indianapolis, IN |page=I-20 ))  Earlier honor societies were [[Phi Beta Kappa]] for the arts and sciences (1776), [[Tau Beta Pi]] for engineering (1885), and [[Sigma Xi]] for scientific research (1886).</ref> and it is the oldest all-discipline honor society.<ref name="historical">((cite web |url=http://www.achsnatl.org/warren2.asp |title=Historical Information |access-date=2009-03-10 |last= Warren |first=John |publisher= Association of College Honor Societies |year=2000 ))</ref> The society's motto is ((lang|el|Φιλοσοφία Kρατείτω Φωτῶν)) (''Philosophía Krateítõ Phõtôn''), which is translated as "Let the love of learning rule humanity", and its mission is "to recognize and promote academic excellence in all fields of [[higher education]] and to engage the community of scholars in service to others."<ref name=PKPFAQ>((cite web |url=http://www.phikappaphi.org/web/about/FAQ.html |title=Phi Kappa Phi FAQ |access-date=2010-10-03 |publisher=Phi Kappa Phi ))</ref> It is a member of the [[Association of College Honor Societies#Former members|Honor Society Caucus]], which is composed of four honor societies: [[Phi Beta Kappa]], Phi Kappa Phi, [[Sigma Xi]], and [[Omicron Delta Kappa]].<ref>((Cite web|title=Honors Societies - Honors College - Purdue University|url=https://honors.purdue.edu/honors-societies/index.php|access-date=2021-09-06|website=honors.purdue.edu))</ref><ref>((Cite web|title=Honor Society Caucus ((!)) Honor Society|url=https://www.phikappaphi.org/join/why-join/the-phi-kappa-phi-difference|access-date=2021-09-06|website=www.phikappaphi.org))</ref>

==Membership==
Membership is by invitation only, by an established campus chapter, and is restricted to students with integrity and high ethical standards and who are ranked scholastically in the top of their class, regardless of field of study: the top 7.5 percent of second-semester university juniors and the top 10 percent of seniors and graduate students.<ref name=bairds>((cite book |editor1-first=Jack L. |editor1-last=Anson  |editor2-first=Robert F. |editor2-last=Marchenasi  |title=Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities |edition=20th |year=1991 |publisher=Baird's Manual Foundation, Inc. |location=Indianapolis, IN |pages=VI–63–66))</ref><ref>((cite web |title=The Bylaws Of The Honor Society Of Phi Kappa Phi, Inc.  |publisher=The Honor Society Of Phi Kappa Phi, Inc  |date=August 2010  |url=http://www.phikappaphi.org/web/Files/Bylaws.pdf  |access-date=22 September 2011))</ref> Faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction also might be eligible.

Phi Kappa Phi claims to have over 100,000 active members,<ref name=AnnualReport>((cite web |url=http://www.phikappaphi.org/web/Publications/annualreport/pkp_annualreport2009.pdf |title=Phi Kappa Phi 2008–2009 Annual Report |access-date=2010-10-03 |publisher=Phi Kappa Phi ))</ref> to initiate approximately 30,000 new members annually, and to have a total of more than 1 million members since its creation, from over 300 college-based chapters in the [[United States]], [[Puerto Rico]], and the [[Philippines]].<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.phikappaphi.org/web/About/About_Phi_Kappa_Phi.html |title=About Phi Kappa Phi |access-date=2010-10-03 |publisher=Phi Kappa Phi ))</ref>

==History==
[[File:Page1 1.gif|thumb|right|((center|Phi Kappa Phi Banner))]]
[[File:PKP Medal.jpg|thumb|right|Phi Kappa Phi Medallion used for graduation/recognition.]]
[[File:Phi Kappa Phi pin.jpg|thumb|Phi Kappa Phi pin]]
In the late 1800s, there were only two academic societies founded and organized as honor societies, and they were discipline specific &ndash; [[Tau Beta Pi]] and [[Sigma Xi]], which were founded in 1885 and 1886, respectively.  There was also [[Phi Beta Kappa]], a social and literary society that did not originate as an honor society when it was founded in 1776 but would soon become one for the liberal arts and sciences.<ref name=bairds2 /><ref name="historical" />  Although Phi Beta Kappa was not exclusive to one discipline, it did not extend its membership beyond the liberal arts and sciences, hence the establishment of Tau Beta Pi, an honor society for engineering.  Phi Beta Kappa became sufficient as an all-campus honor society for liberal arts colleges, but there was no honor society that could serve as such for the universities encompassing both [[liberal education]] and also technological and professional education, a mission to which the newly burgeoning [[land-grant universities]] of the time were dedicated.<ref>[[Land-grant university]]</ref>  That was to change in 1897 when the first organizational meeting of ''Lambda Sigma Eta'' (later named Phi Kappa Phi), the nation's first all-discipline honor society, was held in Coburn Hall at the [[University of Maine]] under the leadership of undergraduate student [[Marcus L. Urann]].<ref name=S09Forum2>((cite journal |year=2009 |journal=Phi Kappa Phi Forum |issue=Spring |pages=1 ))</ref>  In opposition to what he saw as the separateness and exclusivity promoted by the social fraternities and discipline bound honor societies, Urann wanted to create a society that was defined by inclusiveness and that unified a campus, constituted by "high rank men drawn from all classes and all groups and all societies".<ref name="Schriver 1971 8">((Harvnb|Schriver|1971|p=8))</ref>   Those selected for invitation into the society would be the top ten students of the senior class whose rank did not fall below the 90th percentile for the four years of work at the university.<ref>((Harvnb|Schriver|1971|p=7))</ref>  In all, the society was founded by 10 senior students, two faculty members, and the university president, [[Abram Winegaard Harris]]. Urann graduated in 1897, and leadership of Phi Kappa Phi was assumed by President Harris. A year or so later, the name was changed to the Morrill Society, in honor of the sponsor of [[Morrill Act|the Congressional Act]] which provided for [[land-grant universities]].<ref name=bairds /><ref name=carnegie>((cite web |url=http://education.andrew.cmu.edu/graduateprograms/phikappaphi/History.php |title=History |access-date=2009-03-15 |publisher=Carnegie Mellon University Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512003124/http://education.andrew.cmu.edu/graduateprograms/phikappaphi/History.php |archive-date=2008-05-12 ))</ref>  In 1899, the first woman was initiated into the society, Pearl Clayton Swain.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.umaine.edu/walkingtourwomen/west.htm |title= Walking Tour about UMaine Women -- West Part of Campus |access-date=2009-03-15 |publisher=University of Maine ))</ref>

In 1900, the society became national in scope by action of the presidents of the [[University of Maine]] (the founding chapter), [[University of Tennessee]], and [[Pennsylvania State University]].<ref name=bairds /> There was considerable debate among the three existing chapters regarding the purpose and naming of the society. Pennsylvania State University's President [[George W. Atherton]] cautioned that using Greek letters to label the society would be "too much like aping other organizations", and President Charles W. Dabney of the University of Tennessee did not want to accept institutions that already had a chapter of [[Phi Beta Kappa]].<ref name="Schriver 1971 8"/> Nonetheless, on June 12, 1900, the society changed its name to Phi Kappa Phi, drawing from the initial letters of the Greek words forming its motto<!-- (see article [[WP:LEAD|lede]]) -->.<ref name=bairds /><ref name=S09Forum2 /><ref name=carnegie />  The year 1900 also saw the first national convention of Phi Kappa Phi, which was held in New Haven, Connecticut and attended by delegates representing the three original chapters.  In 1915, Phi Kappa Phi continued to struggle to earn a reputation.  The then Secretary of the organization, L.H. Pammel, pointed out that institutions that were seeking to establish a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa were often hesitant about establishing a chapter of Phi Kappa Phi. To this, the society continued to make its case:
<blockquote>
Phi Beta Kappa, it was repeated time after time, represented the literary side of education such as history, literature, and economics."The Phi Kappa Phi on the other hand stands not only for the democracy of education, making no distinction between different lines of investigation, such as literature, history, science, home economics, agriculture, veterinary medicine, law, but for sound scholarship based on four years of collegiate work."<ref name=schriver11 />
</blockquote>
It would later be asserted that the society's aim is not to replace older societies, but to "help raise the broader educational program initiated by our government when it established the land-grant system, to appreciation of scholarly worth whether the subject matter be strictly academic or of a more vocational type."<ref name="Schriver 1971 36">((Harvnb|Schriver|1971|p=36))</ref>

1915 was the same year the first issue of ''The Phi Kappa Phi Journal'' was published, and also the year the society established an association with the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]] that would last until 1962.<ref>((Harvnb|Schriver|1971|p=13,27,57))</ref> In 1919, Phi Kappa Phi still struggled with securing growth and in the spirit of "the unity and democracy of education" the leadership took the stance that "although certain honor societies like Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi are unwilling to venture out into these technical schools", Phi Kappa Phi should push to become part of those institutions. In 1922, the question of admitting African-Americans into the society was raised openly, and the leadership decided that although the constitution did not debar African-Americans, the society would not "urge the election of colored people" because the "southern institutions would resent it."<ref name="Schriver 1971 23">((Harvnb|Schriver|1971|p=23))</ref> Nonetheless, in 1925 the society as a whole formally took the position that it would not discriminate on color or race.<ref name="Schriver 1971 23"/> Yet it would take until 1976 for Phi Kappa Phi to successfully establish a chapter at a [[Historically black colleges and universities|Historically Black College or University]], when one was established at [[Jackson State University]].<ref>((Harvnb|O'Steen|1985|p=14))</ref>  Also in 1925, Phi Kappa Phi would be instrumental in creating the [[Association of College Honor Societies]] (ACHS), being one of its six charter members.<ref name="historical" />

In 1933, while the [[Philippines]] was still an [[United States|American]] [[colony]], the first chapter outside of the continental [[United States]] was founded at the [[University of the Philippines]].  About this time, president of the society Frank D. Kern stated that "integrity, moral courage, spirited discernment, and concern for human welfare" were equally important for membership in the society.<ref name="Schriver 1971 36"/>

During the two world wars and into the 1960s, Society membership numbers and finances struggled.  In 1963, Chapter 105 was chartered at the oldest and largest university system in the [[United States|American]] [[Territory (administrative division)|territory]] of [[Puerto Rico]], [[Universidad de Puerto Rico]].  By 1969, new member numbers were triple what they were in 1960.<ref>((Harvnb|Schriver|1971|p=62))</ref>  That year, the Phi Kappa Phi Foundation was incorporated to promote academic excellence and achievement by means of scholarships and fellowships.<ref>((Harvnb|Schriver|1971|p=65))</ref> To support first-year graduate work, the society now offers annually through the Foundation 60 Fellowships and 30 Awards of Excellence, on a competitive basis, to graduating students who have been initiated into the society and who have also been nominated by their chapters for the competition.<ref name=bairds />

In a 1969 Special Convention, the motto devised in 1900, "The Love of Learning Rules all Mankind", was changed to "Let the Love of Learning Rule Mankind" due to membership insistence that the former was, in the words of one member, "the most barefaced lie that had ever been cast in bronze."<ref>((Harvnb|Schriver|1971|p=69))</ref>

By 1971, 74 years after its founding, Phi Kappa Phi numbered 120 chapters.  In the next 12 years, that number would double to 239.<ref>((Harvnb|O'Steen|1985|p=57))</ref>

==Mission==
Phi Kappa Phi's mission is "to recognize and promote academic excellence in all fields of higher education and to engage the community of scholars in service to others."<ref name=PKPFAQ />  In honoring "those persons of good character who have excelled in scholarship, in whatever field, it will stimulate others to strive for excellence."<ref name=bairds />  To this end, the society insists that "in order to acquire a chapter ... an institution provide the means and atmosphere conducive to academic excellence."<ref name=bairds /> Furthermore, the society awards more than $1.3 million in national and local [[scholarship]]s annually, as well as grants and graduate [[fellow]]ships.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.phikappaphi.org/Web/Awards/Scholarships_Awards.html |title=Scholarships and Awards |access-date=2010-09-03 |publisher=Phi Kappa Phi))</ref>  According to Baird's Manual of College Fraternities, the aim of these awards "is not to give the recipient something which may encourage complacency, but to challenge the member to continued excellence."<ref name=bairds />

According to the website of the National Association of Fellowships Advisors, "The multidisciplinary nature of Phi Kappa Phi is reflected in its Fellowship and Award of Excellence recipients. Awardees represent a variety of fields including biology, chemistry, engineering, political science, mathematics and psychology. Likewise, the professions they select are equally diverse: law, medicine, business, education, science, or the arts".<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.nafadvisors.org/scholarships.htm |title=Scholarships |access-date=2008-08-19 |publisher=National Association of Fellowships Advisors |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080615205147/http://www.nafadvisors.org/scholarships.htm |archive-date=2008-06-15 ))</ref>  This multidisciplinary nature is represented by the rays of light on the Phi Kappa Phi badge (see "Society Symbols" below).  In addition, Phi Kappa Phi aims to foster community service and leadership through its grants for local and national literacy initiatives, promotion of excellence grants, and training and leadership opportunities available to its membership.

Some chapters of Phi Kappa Phi also sponsor conferences and campus speakers.<ref>See, for example, ((cite news |url=http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/03/12/met_514338.shtml |title=Students' research could help development of hydrogen cars |access-date=2009-03-12 |newspaper=Augusta Chronicle |date=2009-03-12 )); ((cite web |url=http://www.unk.edu/news/releases.aspx?id=44504 |title=Ostracism: The Effects of Being Ignored and Excluded |access-date=2009-03-12 |publisher=University of Nebraska Kearney |date= March 9, 2009))</ref>

== Publications ==
Phi Kappa Phi publishes for its active membership a quarterly journal, ''The Phi Kappa Phi Forum'' and the triannual ''Honor Chord e-zine'', both of which have won awards.<ref>''The Phi Kappa Phi Forum'' and the ''Honor Chord'' e-zine received 2008 APEX Awards for Publication Excellence. See ((cite web |url=http://www.apexawards.com/A2008_Win.List.pdf |title=The Twentieth Annual Awards for Publication Excellence |access-date=2009-03-10 |publisher=Writing that Works |year=2008))</ref>    The society also publishes the ''Monthly Mentions'' newsletter.  Each issue of ''The Phi Kappa Phi Forum'' is devoted to a significant theme and addresses prominent issues of the day from an interdisciplinary perspective. The journal features articles by scholars inside and outside the academic community. In addition to timely articles, each issue of ''The Phi Kappa Phi Forum'' contains selected poetry and reviews of current books and periodical literature.<ref name=bairds />  The ''Honor Chord'' e-zine and ''Phi Kappa Phi Newsletter'' feature professional advice columns and news items of interest to members on both the national and local levels.

Notable people who have contributed to ''The Phi Kappa Phi Forum'' include [[Ronald Reagan]], [[Bob Dole]], [[Edward Kennedy]], [[Jesse Jackson, Sr.]], [[Newt Gingrich]], [[Myrlie Evers-Williams]], [[Michael Dukakis]], [[Tip O'Neill|Thomas "Tip" O'Neill]], [[Annette Kolodny]], [[Warren E. Burger]], [[Ellis Marsalis, Jr.]], and [[Molefi Kete Asante]].<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.phikappaphi.org/web/Publications/PKP_Forum.html |title=PKP Forum |access-date=2010-10-03 |publisher=Phi Kappa Phi |year=2008))</ref>

== Organization and governance ==
Phi Kappa Phi is governed ultimately by the Biennial Convention, supplemented by any interim  &ndash; though rare &ndash; special conventions deemed necessary. Each chapter may send one official delegates to a convention, which is held at a major city in the United States. Between conventions, the business of the society is conducted by the board of directors, composed of 12 people, of whom 11 are elective (president, president-elect, a vice president of development, five directors, two student representatives, and the immediate past president) and one is appointive (executive director of the society). The executive director is in charge of the society's national office.<ref name=bairds />

Each of the 300 active chapters of Phi Kappa Phi elect their own set of chapter officers and is governed by the chapter constitution and by-laws.  Chapters are numbered chronologically based on their date of founding, with the oldest chapter at the University of Maine identified as Chapter 001.

Phi Kappa Phi is a [[501(c)(3)]] organization under the United States Internal Revenue Code.<ref name=AnnualReport /> Its national headquarters is located in [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]].

===Presidents===
((More citations needed section|date=February 2012))
The following served as president of the society since its founding:<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.phikappaphi.org/about/news/news-landing/2014/08/15/2014-2016-board-of-directors-elected#.U_Zka13lrIU|title=2014-2016 Board of Directors Elected))</ref>
((columns-list|
*[[Abram W. Harris]], 1897–1903
*George E. Fellows, 1903–1911
*Edwin Erle Sparks, 1911–1919
*James S. Stevens, 1919–1924
*Louis Hermann Pammel, 1924–1927
*Clifton Roswell Gibbs, 1927–1931
*Aven Nelson, 1931–1935
*Homer LeRoy Shantz, 1935–1939
*[[Rufus B. von KleinSmid]], 1939–1947
*Frank D. Kern, 1947–1951
*Roy M. Swinton, 1951–1956
*Charles A. Davis, 1956–1962
*Alphaeus M. Guhl, 1962–1968
*Kenneth Munford, 1968–1971
*Theodore Zillman, 1971–1972
*Albertine Krohn, 1972–1977
*Albert Fisher, 1977–1980
*John McDow, 1980–1983
*Walter Hohenstein, 1983–1986
*Roger Yoerger, 1986–1989
*Ilona M. Herlinger, 1989–1992
*Lawrence M. Sommers, 1992–1995
*E. Ann Nalley, 1995–1998
*Neil Luebke, 1998–2001
*Wendell Mackenzie, 2001–2004
*Paul J. Ferlazzo, 2004–2007
*Robert Rogow, 2007–2010
*William Bloodworth III, 2010–2012
*Diane G. Smathers, 2012–2014
*Timothy L. Hulsey, 2014–2016
*Gypsy M. Denzine, 2016–2018
*Missy Hopper, 2018-2020
*Dan Sandweiss, 2020-present
))

== Symbols ==
===The Badge===
[[File:PKPcolorseal.gif|thumb|right|((center|The Seal of Phi Kappa Phi))]] The badge, which appears on the key and in the center of the society's seal, is the terrestrial globe with the sun's eight-rayed corona extending behind it. The sun represents the dissemination of truth and knowledge as light.<ref name=bairds /> The eight-rayed sun represents the various branches into which general education at the time was divided, and the arrangement of the rays "stood for the unity and democracy of the various branches of learning"<ref>((Harvnb|Schriver|1971|p=10))</ref>  Encompassing the globe is a band with the Greek letters Phi(Φ) Kappa(K) Phi(Φ), representing the honor society's motto, ((lang|el|Φιλοσοφία Kρατείτω Φωτῶν)) (''Philosophía Krateítõ Phõtôn''). This band represents the bond of fellowship that binds all lovers of learning in a common purpose.<ref name=bairds />

===The seal===
The seal of the society has at its center the badge. This in turn is surrounded by a crenelated line which represents the battlements and walls of [[Troy]] as well as a technological aspect of the ancient Greek culture. In the space between this line and the periphery of the seal appear three stars just above the badge, one for each of the three original chapters. Just below the badge is the phrase "Founded 1897."<ref>((cite web |url=http://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/artsci/about/phikappaphi.html |title=Villanova University's Phi Kappa Phi |access-date=2012-11-26 |publisher=Villanova University Chapter of Phi Kappa Phi |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908061101/http://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/artsci/about/phikappaphi.html |archive-date=2012-09-08 ))</ref>

===The ribbon===
[[File:WebRibbon4.gif|thumb|right|((center|The Ribbon of Phi Kappa Phi))]]  The ribbon of the society portrays the meander pattern common in Greek art, suggesting the enduring values and ideals of learning and community leadership promoted by Phi Kappa Phi.

==Notable members==
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*[[H. Gardner Ackley]], [[economist]] and former United States [[ambassador]] to Italy
*[[Jonathan S. Adelstein]], former commissioner of the [[Federal Communications Commission]]
*[[Doris Twitchell Allen]], psychologist and professor
*[[Stephen Ambrose]], historian and professor
*[[Kwame Anthony Appiah]], philosopher, professor, and awardee of the [[National Humanities Medal]]
*[[Ellis Arnall]], [[List of governors of Georgia|69th governor of Georgia]]
*[[David Baldacci]], novelist
*[[George C. Baldwin]], theoretical and experimental physicist and professor 
*[[James Barksdale]], president and CEO of Netscape Communications Corporation
*[[Kathleen Blanco]], [[List of governors of Louisiana|54th governor of Louisiana]]
*[[William Bolcom]], American composer and pianist and recipient of the [[Pulitzer Prize]], the [[National Medal of Arts]], and a [[Grammy Award]]
*[[John R. Brazil]], president of [[Trinity University (Texas)|Trinity University]]
*[[William Denis Brown, III]], [[Louisiana State Senate|state senator]] from [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], [[Louisiana]] (1968–1976)<ref>((cite news|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thenewsstar/obituary.aspx?pid=156381763#fbLoggedOut|title=William Denis Brown, III|newspaper=[[The News-Star|Monroe News-Star]], March 9, 2012|access-date=July 13, 2013))</ref>
*[[David Brubeck]], jazz musician
*[[Lela E. Buis]], author, poet and painter
*[[Jimmy Carter]], 39th [[president of the United States]]
*[[Turner Catledge]], senior executive of ''[[The New York Times]]''
*[[Hillary Clinton]], 67th [[United States Secretary of State]]
*[[Thad Cochran]], [[United States Senator]]
*[[Mike Davis (politician)|Mike Davis]], [[California State Assemblyman]] (2006–2012), president pro tem, LA Board of Public Works Commission
*[[Lamar Dodd]], artist
*[[David Herbert Donald]], historian and professor
*[[Peter M. Donohue]], president of [[Villanova University]]
*[[Rita Dove]], [[Pulitzer Prize]]–winning poet
*[[Michael Dukakis]], 65th and 67th [[Governor of Massachusetts]]
*[[Bob DuPuy]], former president and chief operating officer of [[Major League Baseball]] 
*[[Doug Engelbart]], [[inventor]] and [[internet pioneer]]
*[[Leslie Erganian]], author and artist
*[[Tim Flakoll]], [[North Dakota State Senator]] and President Pro Tempore of the Senate [[Chairman Council of State Governments MLC]] 
*[[Craig Fleener]], 2013–2014 candidate for Lt. Governor of Alaska, former deputy commissioner [[Alaska Department of Fish & Game]]
*[[Renee Fleming]], American opera singer and [[Grammy Award]] winner
*[[Barbara Forrest]], professor of philosophy in [[Southeastern Louisiana University]]
*[[Henry H. Fowler]], 58th [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]]
*[[Marye Anne Fox]], chancellor of the [[University of California, San Diego]]
*[[Robert Gates]], 22nd [[United States Secretary of Defense]]
*[[Ernest J Gaines]], author, [[MacArthur Foundation]] fellow, and awardee of the [[National Humanities Medal]]
*[[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]], [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States]]
*[[Glenna Goodacre]], sculptor, designer of the [[Vietnam Women's Memorial]]
*[[Al Gore]], 45th [[Vice President of the United States|vice president of the United States]]
*[[John Grisham]], author
*[[Claude Hall]], historian and professor
*[[Nathaniel Edwin Harris]], [[List of governors of Georgia|61st governor of Georgia]]
*[[Bernard A. Harris, Jr.]], first [[African American]] to [[spacewalk]]
*[[Freeman A. Hrabowski III]], president of [[University of Maryland, Baltimore County]]
*[[Milton Stover Eisenhower]], president of three major American [[universities]]
*[[Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa]], [[United States Senator]]
*[[Charles W. Henderson]], American military historian
*[[Marjorie Holt]], [[United States Congresswoman]]
*[[Arlie Honeycutt]], [[Miss North Carolina]] 2012
*[[William Marion Jardine]], [[United States Secretary of Agriculture]] and [[Ambassador]]
*[[Sharon Jordan]], actress
*[[Robert Khayat]], former chancellor of the [[University of Mississippi]]
*[[William Allen Knowlton]], [[Superintendent of the United States Military Academy]]
*[[Tim Kopra]], [[NASA]] [[astronaut]] and former commander of the [[International Space Station]]
*[[Alf Landon]], [[List of governors of Kansas|26th governor of Kansas]] and United States Presidential Nominee
*[[W. Patrick Lang]], author, commentator on the Middle East, Special Forces officer, and intelligence executive
*[[Louis LaPierre]], former professor of ecology
*[[Jose P. Laurel]], 3rd president of the [[Philippines]] and former president of the Phi Kappa Phi chapter at the [[University of the Philippines]]
*[[Wendy Lawrence]], [[NASA]] [[astronaut]]
*[[Loren Legarda]], Senator of the [[Republic of the Philippines]]
*[[Ferdinand Marcos]], 10th president of the [[Philippines]] and [[kleptocrat]]
*[[Ellis Marsalis, Jr.|Ellis Marsalis]], [[jazz]] musician
*[[Ray Mabus]], 75th [[United States Secretary of the Navy]]
*[[James A. McDivitt]], commander of [[Gemini 4]] and [[Apollo 9]]
*[[Robert A. McDonald]], chairman, president, and CEO of [[Procter & Gamble]]
*[[Deborah Norville]], television journalist and member of the board of directors at [[Viacom (2005–present)|Viacom]] Corporation
*[[George Olah]], [[Nobel Prize]]–winning chemist
*[[Rahul Pandit]], condensed matter physicist, [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology|Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate]]
*[[Kathleen Parker]], nationally syndicated columnist for ''[[The Washington Post]]''
*[[Linus Pauling]], [[Nobel Peace Prize]] and [[Nobel Prize]] in Chemistry
*[[Edward Perkins]], former United States [[Ambassador]] and director of the United States [[Diplomatic Corps]]
*[[Russell Peterson]], [[List of governors of Delaware|66th governor of Delaware]]
*[[Fidel V. Ramos]], 12th president of the [[Philippines]]
*[[Harry Reid]], [[United States Senate Majority Leader]]
*[[Peter Rheinstein]], former U.S. [[Food and Drug Administration]] official
*[[Mitt Romney]], 70th [[governor of Massachusetts]]
*[[Carlos P. Romulo]], president of the Fourth Session of [[United Nations General Assembly]]
*[[Christopher Rouse (composer)|Christopher Rouse]], Pulitzer Prize-winning composer
*[[Shlomo Sawilowsky]], rabbi and professor
*[[Alisandra Sanchez]], [[ghostwriter]]
*[[Edward Terry Sanford]], [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States]]
*[[Bernadotte Everly Schmitt]], [[Pulitzer Prize]]–winning historian
*[[Theodore Schultz]], [[Nobel Memorial Prize]]–winning economist
*[[Robert Walter Scott]], [[List of governors of North Carolina|67th governor of North Carolina]]
*[[James Graves Scrugham]], [[List of governors of Nevada|14th governor of Nevada]]
*[[Claude Shannon]], the father of [[information theory]]
*[[Robert L. F. Sikes]], [[United States Congressman]]
*[[Lou Anna Simon]], 20th president of [[Michigan State University]]
*[[Chesterfield Smith]], president of the [[American Bar Association]] during the [[Watergate scandal]].
*[[James Monroe Smith (academic administrator)|James Monroe Smith]], president of [[Louisiana State University]], 1930–1939
*[[Roch C. Smith]], professor emeritus of French and former associate vice chancellor, [[University of North Carolina at Greensboro]]
*[[Theresa Sullivan]], 8th president of the [[University of Virginia]]
*[[William Howard Taft]], 27th [[President of the United States]] and 10th [[Chief Justice of the United States]]
*[[Jim Tressel]], former head football coach at [[Ohio State University]]<!--Wikipedians do not use "The" as part of Ohio State's name; it is considered a marketing gimmick, and routinely deleted.-->
*[[Morris Udall]], [[U.S. Representative]]
*[[Matthew VanDyke]], freedom fighter and prisoner of war (POW) in the [[2011 Libyan civil war|2011 Libyan Civil War]]
*[[Frank Albert Waugh]], pioneer of [[landscape architecture]]
*[[John Noble Wilford]], [[Pulitzer Prize]]–winning journalist
*[[John D. Zeglis]], president of [[AT&T]] and the [[chairman]] and [[chief executive officer]] (CEO) of [[AT&T Wireless]]
*[[Jill Zimmerman]], computer scientist and professor
*[[Julie Cantrell]], editor and best-selling author
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==References==
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((cite book |title=Making Heroes of Scholars: The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi 1971 – 1983|last=O'Steen |first=Neal |year= 1985 |publisher=Phi Kappa Phi |location=Baton Rouge, LA |isbn=0-9614651-0-7 ))

== External links ==
*[http://www.phikappaphi.org Phi Kappa Phi]
*[http://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-kappa-phi.html The Political Graveyard: Phi Kappa Phi Politicians]
*[https://archives.lib.umd.edu/repositories/2/resources/1390 Phi Kappa Phi records University of Maryland Chapter] at the [[University of Maryland Libraries]] 
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