If you have any questions about our events, please email Linda Willenberg at willenberglinda@gmail.com or call her at 425-641-1606.​​

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May 15

Spring Luncheon with Professor Margaret O'Mara
Seattle Yacht Club, 1807 E. Hamlin St., Seattle, WA 98112

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The featured speaker at this year’s spring luncheon is Professor Margaret O’Mara, the Scott and Dorothy Bullitt Chair of American History at the University of Washington. She is a historian of the modern United States, writing and teaching about the growth of the high-tech economy, the history of American politics, and the connections between the two. She has published two books on the modern technology industry and another book on the modern American presidency. She has also published numerous essays in such media as The New York Times, The Washington Post, Wired, and MIT Technology Review. She teaches courses in the UW’s history department on the tech industry, the history of capitalism, and modern politics. She was the first recipient of the UW’s Distinguished Teaching Award for Innovation and Technology. Professor O'Mara earned her bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University and her master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Pennsylvania. From 1993 to 1997, she served in the Clinton Administration as an economic and social policy aide in the White House and in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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Professor O’Mara’s topic will be American Politics and Big Tech Power: Past, Present, and Future”. She will place the prominent role that American tech leaders and companies are playing in the second Trump era in historical perspective, tracing the evolution of the decades-long relationship between Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C., and the political and economic transformations this relationship has wrought. We hope you can make plans to join us for this timely and engaging presentation.

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The luncheon will take place at the Seattle Yacht Club in their Heritage Room on the lower level. The luncheon starts at 11:45 a.m. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. The cost is $60 per person and guests are welcome. Your menu choices are lemon-herb chicken, vegetarian butternut squash ravioli, or vegan mushroom and vegetable napoleon. Your entrée will be served with rolls and butter and coffee, tea or soda.

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You can register online using PayPal. You can also mail in your menu choice with your check made out to Puget Sound Association of Phi Beta Kappa. Please include the names of your guests and mail your check to the following address:

 

Puget Sound Association of Phi Beta Kappa
P.O. Box 84223
Seattle, WA 98124

 

All reservations and payments need to be received by May 7, 2025.

 

If you have any questions please contact Linda Willenberg at willenberglinda@gmail.com or call her at 425-641-1606.

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May 24​
Free docent tour of the Bellevue Botanical Garden
12001 Main St., Bellevue, WA 98005

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You and your guests are invited to join us for a free docent tour of the   Bellevue Botanical Garden on Saturday, May 24, 2025, at 10:45 a.m.

 

The Bellevue Botanical Garden has 53 acres of cultivated gardens, restored woodlands, and natural wetlands. Docents will guide us through the gardens for 60-90 minutes. After the tour you are welcome to stay and enjoy the gardens or meet for coffee at their coffee shop.

 

At 10:45 a.m. we will meet just inside the entrance gate by the waterfall. The docent tour will begin at 11 a.m. The gardens have well-groomed dirt/gravel paths. Our tour will proceed rain or shine.

 

Free parking is available on the east side of the gardens. Admission to the gardens and the docent tour are free; however, they do appreciate donations. Please view their website for additional information about the gardens, including directions, parking, and making donations.

 

If you plan to attend this event, please email Linda Willenberg at willenberglinda@gmail.com. In your email, please let us know the names of any guests who will be attending the Bellevue Botanical Garden tour with you.​​​​

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Past Events

• 2025 

  • ​January 15: Young Phi Bete: Boba and Board Games on The Ave

  • January 25: Community volunteer event at Food Lifeline

  • January 30: Young Phi Bete: No-host dinner at Rhein House, Capitol Hill

  • February 8: Young Phi Bete: Husky Ice Skating at Kraken Community Center

  • February 10: Framh-Lewis Trio Virtual Live Performance

  • February 23: Young Phi Bete: Weekend Dinner at Alibi Room, Pike  Place Market

  • March 29: Tour of the Northwest African American Museum

• 2024

  • January 27: Young Phi Bete self-guided tour of the UW Biology Greenhouse followed by a no-host lunch at Shultzy’s

  • February 17: Coffee meet-up in West Seattle

  • February 24: Tour of Henry Art Gallery

  • March 9: Olympics-themed event: Gold Medal Rowing – Presentation by Karrin Klotz about her husband rowing in the 1956 and 1960 Olympics

  • March 23: Young Phi Bete event at Oasis Tea Zone with board games

  • April 6: Volunteer community service event at Food Lifeline packaging food for the homeless

  • April 20: Tour of the Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) and coffee

  • May 2: Young Phi Bete event: Burke Museum tour and coffee

  • May 15: Spring Luncheon at Seattle Yacht Club — PBK Secretary and CEO Frederick Lawrence, speaker

  • June 22: Guided tour of Bellevue Botanical Gardens

  • June 22: Young Phi Bete picnic and games at Gas Works Park   

  • August 22: Picnic at Luther Burbank Park on Mercer Island

  • September 14: Tour of UW Biology Greenhouse followed by a no-host luncheon at Shultzy’s Bar and Grill

  • October 3: Young Phi Bete event: Key Connections at Big Time Brewery and Alehouse

  • October 19: Tour of Seattle Aquarium

  • November 20: Fall Luncheon: Jevin West, UW Information School, speaker. Presentation of Pathfinder Awards and recognition of 2024 scholarship winners.

  • November 2: Young Phi Bete Event: Indoor bouldering experience and lunch

  • December 5: PBK 247th anniversary celebration event at Big Time Brewery and Alehouse

  • December 19: Young Phi Bete event: No-host dinner at BaBar at South Lake Union