The Hamlet of Armonk is located in the Town of North Castle in the eastern section of Westchester County, New York. The Town of North Castle comprises approximately 26.5 square miles and is situated at the narrow waist of Westchester County.
On October 23, 1906, George Kelley proposed that the organization be known by the Greek letters Alpha Phi Alpha, and Robert Ogle proposed the colors black and old gold. The divisive issue of whether the terms club or fraternity should be used was still debated.
in 1988 the united chapters of phi beta kappa officially changed its name to the phi beta kappa society recalling the name under which the organization had been established in 1776he founders of phi beta kappa declared that the society was formed for congeniality and to promote good fellowship with friendship as its basis and benevolence and literature as its pillars like the older latin letter fraternities the phi beta kappa was a secret society