"This past year, I was a visiting scholar for the Phi Beta Kappa Society and went to small liberal arts colleges in the United States, and not only gave public lectures about science, but also research lectures, and then also spoke with women about the importance of bringing their intellectual force, which is formidable, to the scientific arena in the future."

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Smerconish is a 1984 Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Lehigh University where he majored in government and journalism.

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At her Phi Beta Kappa induction, there were separate ceremonies for men and women.

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In 1963 he graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Yale with degrees in engineering and economics.

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