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| | Alpha of Florida - Phi Beta Kappa (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | Phi Beta Kappa was founded on December 5, 1776, at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. |
 | | It was the first society to have a Greek letter name, and in its initial period at William and Mary it introduced the essential characteristics of such societies—an oath of secrecy, a badge, mottoes in Latin and Greek, a code of laws, an elaborate form of initiation, a seal, and a special handclasp. |
 | | The Florida State University chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha of Florida, was established in 1935, and was the first chapter authorized in the State. |
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