Fictional Members
On the American television show Frasier, (broadcast 1993–2004), the character Niles Crane states he is a member of Phi Beta Kappa in the episode "You Can't Tell a Crook by His Cover."
Ellis Loew, fictional District Attorney in James Ellroy's novels The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, and L.A. Confidential is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and he shows his key several times.
The character Rory Gilmore from Gilmore Girls is referenced as being a member during the episode "Unto the Breach" during a song about her attributes from her grandparents.
In the show Sports Night, fictional character Casey McCall, played by Peter Krause, says he "graduated Phi Beta Kappa."
In the show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation series 2, episode 7 "Caged", character Greg Sanders tells Nick Stokes he graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Stanford University.
In the movie The Thomas Crown Affair the main character Thomas Crown toys with his golden Phi Beta Kappa key he is wearing on a chain. In the movie it is stated that he is an alumnus of Dartmouth College and Harvard Business School.
DC Comics' current Mr. Terrific, Michael Holt, has been mentioned as having a Phi Beta key.
In the musical Bye Bye Birdie, Albert Peterson's long suffering girlfriend Rosie Alvarez, in the song "An English Teacher," expresses longing that she could have been "Mrs. Albert Peterson, Mrs. Phi Beta Kappa Peterson, The English teacher's wife!"
Read more about this topic: List Of Phi Beta Kappa Members By Year Of Admission
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