Exceptional academic or community members are honorarily inducted into Phi Beta Kappa on occasion. The accomplishments and CVs are reviewed by the chapter officers for nomination. Candidates are inducted at the Spring ceremony.
| Year | Honorary Inductee | Department |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Jennifer L. Mnookin | Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| 2023 | Harry Brighouse | Philosophy |
| 2023 | Aaron Bird Bear | Director of Tribal Relations at the University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| 2022 | Diane Gooding | Psychology |
| 2021 | Eric M. Wilcots | Dean of the College of Letters & Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| 2017 | The Honorable Judge Everett Mitchell | Branch 4, Dane County Circuit Court |
| 2016 | Susan Friedman | Center for the Humanities/English, Women’s Studies |
| 2015 | Sissel Schroeder | Anthropology |
| 2014 | Steven Nadler | Philosophy |
| 2013 | Katrina Forest | Bacteriology |