Blue Key Honor Society
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| Blue Key Honor Society | |
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| Founded | November 27, 1924 University of Florida |
| Type | Honor society |
| Affiliation | Independent |
| Status | Active |
| Scope | National |
| Chapters | 39 active |
| Headquarters | 101 College Drive, Station 61 Livingston, Alabama 35470 United States |
| Website | www |
Blue Key Honor Society is an American national honor society for college upperclassmen. Blue Key has over 50 chartered collegiate chapters within the United States.
History
[edit]Blue Key Honor Society was founded as Blue Key National Honor Fraternity at the University of Florida on November 27, 1924. The UF chapter separated from the national Blue Key organization during the 1930s[1] and has been known since as Florida Blue Key. The oldest extant chapter of Blue Key is located at Emory and Henry College and was founded in 1925.[2][3]
In 2003, the organization's name was officially changed to Blue Key Honor Society.
Chapters
[edit]Blue Key has over 50 chartered collegiate chapters within the United States.[4]
Notable members
[edit]- Ted Howard, deputy general secretary for FIFA's CONCACAF
- Athena McNinch, model who was Miss Universe Guam 2018,
- Horace Elmo Nichols, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia
- George Schollenberger, sports coach inducted into the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame
- Lowell C. Smith, president of Nichols College
- Hugh Wilson, director, writer and actor
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "History - Florida Blue Key".
- ^ "What is Blue Key Honor Society? - Blue Key Honor Society".
- ^ "Honor Societies - Student Life - Emory & Henry".
- ^ Robson, John, ed. (1963). Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (17th ed.). Menasha, Wisconsin: The Collegiate Press, George Banta Company, Inc. pp. 653-654.
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