The 2025 PBK inductees. Congratulations!
Welcome to the Beta of New Hampshire chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, founded in 1952. Our members include UNH, UNH Manchester and the UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law faculty, staff, and administrators as well as students elected during their junior or senior year. Phi Beta Kappa is a national honor society that recognizes outstanding achievement in the liberal arts and sciences and fosters a community dedicated to the pursuit of intellectual inquiry and integrity.
Who Joins ΦBK?
Do you recognize the names of these ΦBK members? Add your name to the list!
Sonia Sotomayor, Condoleeza Rice, Bill Clinton, George Bush, David Souter, Rita Dove, Marv Levy, Peyton Manning, Glenn Close, Paul Robeson, Helen Keller, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Daniel Webster, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Alexander Graham Bell and Theodore Roosevelt.
Click here to see a more detailed list of notable ΦBK members.
Announcements
Phi Beta Kappa in History!
Professor Elizabeth Carter of the UNH Political Science Department recently shared this photo of her great-grandmother Rose, proudly wearing her Phi Beta Kappa pin, which she earned at the University of Iowa in 1905. According to Carter, Grandma Rose, born Clara Rosa Wilson, was born to George Washington Wilson, a Civil War soldier from the North (Michigan) who moved to Rome, Georgia to help rebuild the South. He became an Episcopalian priest. Her father died on her second birthday, and she was sent up to New York with her sister Marie, where they grew up in an Episcopal orphanage. Marie later became a nun and died of either the Spanish flu or TB after the first World War. Somehow, with a bit of luck and a lot of hard work, Rose escaped that all too common fate and ended up at The University of Iowa. She graduated 3rd in her graduating class at a time when not many women went to college. She became a teacher at Osage High School and later moved to Walla Walla, Washington where she taught at St. Paul's. “Her time in Walla Walla and her esteem of Whitman College is a big part of the reason I ended up there for my undergraduate degree. Grandma Rose’s commitment to education has had an immeasurable impact on her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren,” writes Carter. For more, see https://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1905/di1905-09-21.pdf
Former Professor of French and Phi Beta Kappa president, Henry M. Smith passes away at 85
Professor of French and Phi Beta Kappa president, Henry M. Smith has passed away at 89. Read his obituary here
Flourishing the World Podcast
Professor Mark Bonica, Phi Beta Kappa Treasurer, recently created the podcast, "Flourishing in the World", a podcast exploring human flourishing and living a worthy life through a wide range of scholarly and experiential lenses.
Recent News
Monday, June 09, 2025Rising senior was one of 20 recipients nationwideJesus La Paz ’26 became the first UNH student to ever receive the Beinecke Scholarship, a prestigious award given to 20 students nationwide each year that provides support for graduate education in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. UNH applied to become a participating institution for the Beinecke Scholarship last year, making La Paz the first ever UNH nominee, as well (participating...
