Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Beta Kappa / Phi Betta Kappa Alumni, Charter Members, Community Members, Professor Emeriti, & Foundation Members

Phi Betta Kappa Alumni, Charter Members, Community Members, Professor Emeriti, & Foundation Members

  • NameTitle
    Patricia Alley, Delta of Oregon
    (Willamette University, 2003 Alumna Member)
    Associate Director, Office for Faculty Research and Resources
    Nikolas Nguyen Caoile, Delta of Oregon
    (Willamette University, 2013 Alumnus Member)
    Music Director, Salem Chamber Orchestra
    James Cuno, Delta of Oregon
    (Willamette University, 2000 Alumnus Member)
    President and Director, Getty Museum
    Philip S. Hanni, Delta of Oregon
    (Willamette University, 2003 Honorary Member)
    Willamette University Chaplain (deceased)
    Linda Heuser, Delta of Oregon
    (Willamette University, 2006 Alumna Member)
    Professor of Sociology, Willamette University
    James Bruce Hicks, Delta of Oregon
    (Willamette University, 2002 Alumnus Member)
    President and CEO, Hedral Therapeutics
    Ryan F. Holznagel, Delta of Oregon
    (Willamette University, 2005 Alumnus Member)
    Senior Editor, Google, Inc.
    Susan M. Leeson, Delta of Oregon
    (Willamette University, 1998 Alumna Member)
    Oregon Supreme Court Justice (retired) and former Professor of Politics, Willamette University
    Jonathan Mayes, Delta of Oregon
    (Willamette University, 2019 Honorary Member)
    Senior Vice President of External Affairs and Chief Diversity Officer for Albertsons Companies
    Joan McNamara, Delta of Oregon
    (Willamette University, 2007 Alumna Member)
    Civic Volunteer and Lifetime Trustee
    Erin M. McNicholas, Delta of Oregon
    (Willamette University, 2014 Alumna Member)
    Associate Professor of Mathematics
    Dale T. Mortensen, Delta of Oregon
    (Willamette University, 2011 Alumnus Member)
    Professor of Economics, Northwestern University; 2011 Nobel Prize in Economics
    Harry Mosher, Delta of Oregon
    (Willamette University, 1998 Alumnus Member)
    Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, Stanford University (deceased)
    Angela M. Smith, Delta of Oregon
    (Willamette University, 2006 Alumna Member)
    Roger Mudd Professor of Ethics, Washington and Lee University
    Sally Cooney Underwood, Delta of Oregon
    (Willamette University, 2004 Alumna Member, inducted posthumously)
    Civic Volunteer and Educator
    Janice Rose Wilson, Delta of Oregon
    (Willamette University, 1999 Alumna Member)
    Judge, Oregon State Circuit Court
    Eric Yandell, Delta of Oregon
    (Willamette University, 2003 Alumnus Member)
    Attorney-at-Law (deceased)
    Linda Marie Zaerr, Delta of Oregon
    (Willamette University, 2002 Alumna Member)
    Professor of English, Boise State University
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    David M. Altman, Beta of Illinois
    (University of Chicago)
    Professor of Physics
    Chris Andresen, Beta of Colorado
    (Colorado College)
    Associate Director of International Education
    Laura I. Appleman, Delta of Pennsylvania
    (University of Pennsylvania)
    Van Winkle Melton Professor of Law
    Robert Chenault, Beta of Illinois
    (University of Chicago)
    Professor of History and Classics
    Keith C. Cunningham-Parmeter, Alpha of Oregon
    (University of Oregon)
    Professor of Law
    Caroline L. Davidson, Beta of New Jersey
    (Princeton University)
    Professor of Law
    Jeffrey C. Dobbins, Alpha Iota of Massachusetts
    (Harvard University)
    Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Professor of Law
    Andrew P. Duncan, Beta of Vermont
    (Middlebury College)
    Professor of Chemistry
    Leslie K. Dunlap, Beta of Minnesota
    (Carleton College)
    Continuing Professor of History
    Meredyth Goldberg Edelson, Epsilon of Minnesota
    (Macalester College)
    Professor of Psychology
    Ellen M. Eisenberg, Beta of Minnesota
    (Carleton College)
    Dwight & Margaret Lear Professor of American History
    Greg B. Felker, Epsilon of Massachusetts
    (Boston University)
    Associate Professor of Asian and International Studies
    Steven K. Green, Delta of Texas
    (Texas Christian University)
    Fred H. Paulus Professor of Law, Director of the Center for Religion, Law, and Democracy
    Randall E. Havas, Alpha of California
    (University of California, Berkeley)
    Professor of Philosophy
    Briana Lindh, Beta of Oregon
    (Reed College)
    Continuing Instructor of Biology
    Carol Long, Gamma of California
    (Pomona College)
    Provost and Senior Vice President
    Erin M. McNicholas, Delta of Oregon
    (Willamette University, 2014 Alumna Member)
    Professor of Mathematics
    Melissa E. Marks, Beta of Iowa
    (Grinnell College)
    Associate Professor of Biology
    Melissa Buis Michaux, Omicron of Massachusetts
    (Boston College)
    Professor of Politics, Policy, Law and Ethics
    Scott Nadelson, Alpha of North Carolina
    (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
    Professor of English, Hallie Ford Chair in Writing
    James A. R. Nafziger, Alpha of Wisconsin
    (University of Wisconsin)
    Thomas B. Stoel Professor of Law, Director of International Law Programs
    Terrance O'Reilly, Gamma of Massachusetts
    (Williams College)
    Associate Professor of Law
    Wendy Peteren Boring, Delta of Oregon
    (Willamette University, 2021 Alumna Member)
    Associate Professor of History
    Ian Porter, Delta of Oregon
    (Willamette University)
    Assistant Director of Financial Aid
    Christine Shanaberger, Theta of Pennsylvania
    (Franklin & Marshall College)
    Assistant Provost of Academic Planning and Accreditation
    Doreen Simonsen, Alpha of Oregon
    (University of Oregon)
    Humanities and Fine Arts Librarian, Hatfield Library
    Nathan Sivers Boyce, Delta of Indiana
    (Earlham College)
    Associate Professor of Economics
    Courtney Stevens, Beta of Oregon
    (Reed College)
    Professor of Psychology
    Abigail Susik, Delta of New York
    (Barnard College)
    Associate Professor of Art History
    Stephen E. Thorsett, Beta of Minnesota
    (Carleton College)
    President, Willamette University
    Ivan Welty, Delta of New York
    (Columbia University)
    Professor of Philosophy
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    Stephen H. Archer, Alpha of Minnesota
    (University of Minnesota)
    Professor Emeritus of Economics and Finance, Atkinson Graduate School of Management
    Suresht Renjen Bald, Delta of Oregon
    (Willamette University, 2006 Honorary Member)
    Professor Emerita of Politics
    Claudia Burton, Zeta of Ohio
    (Oberlin College)
    Professor Emerita of Law
    Virginia Bothun (deceased), Alpha of Washington
    (University of Washington)
    Professor Emerita of English
    Frances H. Chapple, Delta of Oregon
    (Willamette University, 2005 Honorary Member)
    Professor Emerita of Chemistry
    Gaetano DeLeonibus, Nu of New York
    (Hunter College, CUNY)
    Professor Emeritus of French
    William E. Duvall, Delta of Oregon
    (Willamette University, 2016 Honorary Member)
    Professor Emeritus of History
    Virginia W. Furtwangler, Delta of Oregon
    (Willamette University, 2000 Honorary Member)
    Professor Emerita of English
    David E. Goodney, Delta of Oregon
    (Willamette University, 2014 Honorary Member)
    Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
    R. Samuel Hall, Beta of Michigan
    (Albion College)
    Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
    Jim Hand (deceased), Alpha of Alabama
    (University of Alabama)
    Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies and Archaeology
    Linda S. Heuser, Delta of Oregon
    (Willamette University, 2006 Alumna Member)
    Professor Emerita of Sociology
    Norman J. Hudak (deceased), Alpha of Indiana
    (DePauw University)
    Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
    Roger P. Hull, Delta of Oregon
    (Willamette University, 2010 Honorary Member)
    Professor Emeritus of Art History
    Susan R. Kephard, Eta of Ohio
    (Ohio Wesleyan University)
    Professor Emerita of Biology
    Helen L. Mazur-Hart, Zeta of California
    (Mills College)
    Professor Emerita of Legal Writing
    George S. McCowen (deceased), Beta of Tennessee
    (University of the South)
    Professor Emeritus of History
    David W. McCreery, Delta of Oregon
    (Willamette University, 2016 Honorary Member)
    Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies and Archaeology
    Lane C. McGaughy, Delta of Oregon
    (Willamette University, 2012 Honorary Member)
    George H. Atkinson Professor Emeritus of Ethical Studies; Senior Research Fellow, Center for Ancient Studies and Archaeology
    Gretchen Flesher Moon, Alpha of Oregon
    (University of Oregon)
    Professor Emerita of English
    Pamela A. Moro, Alpha of California
    (University of California, Berkeley)
    Professor Emerita of Anthropology
    Kenneth S. Nolley, Delta of Oregon
    (Willamette University, 2014 Honorary Member)
    Professor Emeritus of English
    Genevieve B. Orr, Beta of Iowa
    (Grinnell College)
    Professor Emerita of Computer Science
    Sharon L. Rose, Delta of Oregon
    (Willamette University, 2013 Honorary Member)
    Professor Emerita of Biology
    Daniel P. Santos, Delta of Oregon
    (Willamette University, 2005 Honorary Member)
    Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Administration Emeritus, College of Law
    Todd P. Silverstein, Mu of Massachusetts
    (Brandeis University)
    Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
    Symeon C. Symeonides, Delta of Oregon
    (Willamette University, 2007 Honorary Member)
    Alex L. Parks Distinguished Professor of Law and Dean Emeritus, College of Law
    Grant O. Thorsett, Gamma of Washington
    (Washington State University)
    Professor Emeritus of Biology
    Valerie Vollmar, Alpha of Oregon
    (University of Oregon)
    Professor Emerita of Law
    Charles I. Wallace, Delta of Oregon
    (Willamette University, 2012 Honorary Member)
    Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies
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    Wallace P. Carson, Delta of Oregon
    (Willamette University, 1998 Foundation Member)
    Chief Justice, Oregon Supreme Court (retired)
    Maribeth Collins, Delta of Oregon
    (Willamette University, 1998 Foundation Member)
    Philanthropist and Lifetime Trustee, Willamette University (deceased)
    Lawrence D. Cress, Delta of Oregon
    (Willamette University, 1998 Foundation Member)
    Dean, College of Arts & Sciences and Dwight & Margaret Lear Professor of American History (deceased)
    Dorothy Garlinghouse, Delta of Oregon
    (Willamette University, 1998 Foundation Member)
    Educator and Civic Activist (deceased)
    Jerry E. Hudson, Delta of Oregon
    (Willamette University, 1998 Foundation Member)
    President Emeritus, Willamette University
    Loren Winterscheid, Delta of Oregon
    (Willamette University, 1998 Foundation Member)
    Professor Emeritus and Assistant to the Dean, School of Medicine, University of Washington (deceased)