Kappa Delta Pi Laureate Chapter
• The Laureate Chapter is composed of men and women who have made distinguished contributions to education.
• Membership in the Laureate Chapter is limited to 60 living persons.
• If, at the end of each biennium, there is a vacancy in the Laureate Chapter, chapters and members may submit nominations to members of the Laureate Chapter.
• Each member of the Laureate Chapter shall be asked to rank the nominees in accordance with standards furnished by the Executive Council.
• The Executive Council may elect Laureate members from among these rankings.
• Laureates serve as journal guest editors, contribute learned articles, and speak at regional meetings and Convocation. One member serves as the Laureate Counselor on the Executive Council each biennium.
• Officers and employees of the Society are ineligible for nomination until one biennium has elapsed following their term of office or last day of employment.

History
The Honorary Laureate Chapter was established in February 1924 to honor men and women who had made outstanding contributions to the development of professional education. Dr. John Dewey was the first nominee. Since 1924, 293 eminent educators have been named to Kappa Delta Pi’s Laureate Chapter. Albert Einstein, Margaret Mead, Eleanor Roosevelt, Jean Piaget, and George Washington Carver were all Laureates in earlier times. Current members include respected educators such as John Goodlad, Maxine Greene, William Ayers, Henry Giroux, Jonathan Kozol, and Nel Noddings.