Phi Bete
Americannoun
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a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
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Phi Beta Kappa.
Example Sentences
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The daughter of Computer Pioneer John von Neumann, Mrs. Whitman was a junior Phi Bete who graduated summa cum laude from Radcliffe and won a Ph.D. in economics from Columbia.
From Time Magazine Archive
There he set pass-catching records that stood for more than 20 years, made All-Ivy and Phi Bete and spurned a Philadelphia Eagles offer in order to go to graduate business school.
From Time Magazine Archive
If the Phi Bete does not leap ahead, does the campus politician?
From Time Magazine Archive
A Phi Bete graduate of Occidental College in Los Angeles, he was a Mormon missionary for three years.
From Time Magazine Archive
I know perfectly well that some fellows can go out for a bunch of activities and make Phi Bete, too; but they're sharks and I'm not.
From The Plastic Age by Marks, Percy
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