List of Phi Chi chapters

Phi Chi, one of the oldest medical fraternities in the world, was established on March 5, 1905.[1] It was formed by the merger of two professional medical fraternities with the same name.[1] Phi Chi Society (Phi Chi East) was founded on March 31, 1889, at the University of Vermont.[1] Phi Chi Medical Fraternity (Phi Chi South) was founded on October 26, 1894, at the Louisville Medical College.[1] These two organizations did not know they shared a similar name when they were founded.

On March 5, 1905, in Burlington, Vermont, Phi Chi Society and Phi Chi Medical Fraternity, Inc., were consolidated taking the name Phi Chi Medical Fraternity, Inc.[1] Phi Chi East had five active chapters at the time of the merger.[1] Phi Chi South had eighteen active chapters at the time of the merger.[1] Phi Chi also merged with the Pi Mu Honor Society on October 7, 1922, acquiring a new chapter and absorbing six chapters.[1]

Chapters

When the Phi Chi Society and Phi Chi Medical Fraternity combined in 1905, it was decided that when the names of any two chapters conflicted, the chapter with precedence would retain its single-letter name and the chapter with the later chapter date would duplicate its name. The result was retaining the Alpha chapter (1889) at the University of Vermont as named, and renaming the former Alpha chapter of Louisville (1894) as Alpha Alpha chapter, and so forth.

Following is a list of chapters.[2][3][1][4][5] Active chapters are indicated in bold. Inactive chapters are in italics.

Chapter Charter date and range Institution Location Status References
Alpha March 31, 1889 – 1967 University of Vermont College of Medicine Burlington, Vermont Inactive [a]
Alpha Alpha October 26, 1894 – 1908 Louisville Medical College Louisville, Kentucky Inactive [b][c]
Beta Beta (see Pi Sigma) November 15, 1895 –1913 Baltimore Medical College, University of Maryland Baltimore, Maryland Consolidated [a][d]
Beta First (see Gamma) December 12, 1896 – 1909 Kentucky School of Medicine Louisville, Kentucky Consolidated, Reissued [b][e]
Gamma First (see Gamma Epsilon) December 19, 1896 – 1907 University of Louisville Louisville, Kentucky Consolidated, Reissued [b][f]
Delta First February 26, 1897 – 1908 Hospital College of Medicine Louisville, Kentucky Reissued [b][g]
Epsilon First (see Gamma Epsilon) March 24, 1899 – 1907 Kentucky University Medical Department Lexington, Kentucky Consolidated, Reissued [b][f]
Theta March 24, 1899 – 1913 University College of Medicine Richmond, Virginia Consolidated [b][h]
Gamma Gamma March 13, 1900 – June 30, 1921 Bowdoin Medical College (Medical College of Maine) Brunswick, Maine Inactive [a][i]
Delta Delta (see Beta Delta) March 22, 1902 – 1915 University College of Physicians and Surgeons Baltimore, Maryland Consolidated [a][j]
Eta Second February 21, 1902 – 1913 Medical College of Virginia Richmond, Virginia Consolidated [b][h]
Kappa February 21, 1902 – 1971 Georgetown University School of Medicine Washington, D.C. Inactive [b]
Omicron December 20, 1902 Tulane University of Louisiana School of Medicine New Orleans, Louisiana Active [b]
Theta Theta (see Pi Sigma) February 16, 1903 – 1907 Maryland Medical College Baltimore, Maryland Consolidated [a][k]
Mu February 28, 1903 – 1975 Purdue University School of Medicine Indianapolis, Indiana Consolidated [b] [l]
Nu (see Iota) March 5, 1903 – June 1, 1913 Birmingham Medical College Tuscaloosa, Alabama Consolidated [b][m]
Zeta April 29, 1903 University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, Texas Active [b]
Chi December 9, 1903 Sidney Kimmel Medical College Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Active [b]
Iota February 10, 1904 – 19xx ?; December 29, 1921 – 1963 University of Alabama School of Medicine Birmingham, Alabama Inactive [b]
Phi February 17, 1904 – 1978 George Washington University Medical School Washington, D.C. Inactive [b]
Lambda March 1, 1905 – June 1, 1911 University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Inactive [b][n]
Pi March 1, 1905 – 1976 Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Nashville, Tennessee Inactive [b][o]
Rho March 1, 1905 – 1944 Rush Medical College Chicago, Illinois Inactive [p]
Sigma (see Upsilon) March 1, 1905 – 1973 Emory University School of Medicine Atlanta, Georgia Inactive [b][q]
Sigma Theta March 1, 1905 – 1965 University of North Carolina School of Medicine Chapel Hill, North Carolina Inactive
Tau (see Sigma Kappa) March 1, 1905 – June 1, 1924 Medical College of the State of South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina Reestablished [r]
Psi March 1, 1905 University of Michigan Medical School Ann Arbor, Michigan Active
Upsilon (see Sigma) February 8, 1906 – 1917 Atlanta School of Medicine Atlanta, Georgia Consolidated [s]
Alpha Theta February 8, 1906 – 1941 Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio Inactive [t]
Sigma Mu Chi February 8, 1906 – June 1, 1910 Chattanooga Medical College Chattanooga, Tennessee Inactive [u]
Gamma Epsilon (see Gamma and Epsilon) 1907 – 1909 University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky Inactive [f]
Pi Sigma (see Beta Delta) January 1, 1907 – 1915 University of Maryland College Park, Maryland Consolidated [v]
Xi First January 1, 1907 – December 10, 1919 Texas Christian University Fort Worth, Texas Moved [w]
Phi Sigma January 1, 1907 – 1973; 1985–1989 Stritch School of Medicine Chicago, Illinois Inactive
Chi Theta (see Upsilon Pi) January 1, 1907 – October 1, 1917 Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Consolidated [x]
Alpha Delta 1908–1909 Louisville and Hospital College Louisville, Kentucky Inactive [y]
Kappa Psi (see Phi Rho) January 2, 1908 – 1911 College of Physicians & Surgeons St. Louis, Missouri Consolidated [z]
Upsilon Pi January 2, 1908 – 1969 University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Inactive
Pi Delta Phi First December 31, 1908 – Fall 1911 University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California Moved [aa]
Phi Beta (see Upsilon Iota) December 31, 1909 – 1916 University of Illinois Chicago, Illinois Consolidated [ab]
Psi Rho Sigma (see Kappa Rho) December 31, 1909 – 1913 Northwestern University School of Medicine Chicago, Illinois Reestablished [ac]
Iota Pi (see Delta Phi) December 31, 1909 – June 1, 1920 University of Southern California School of Medicine Los Angeles, California Reestablished [ad]
Kappa Delta December 31, 1910 – 1967 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland Inactive [ae]
Alpha Mu (see Mu) December 31, 1910 – 1917 Indiana University School of Medicine Bloomington, Indiana Consolidated [af]
Theta Upsilon December 31, 1910 – 1971 Temple University School of Medicine Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Inactive
Phi Rho (see Kappa Psi and Kappa Upsilon) December 31, 1910 –2014 Saint Louis University School of Medicine Saint Louis, Missouri Inactive [ag]
Pi Delta Phi Second August 1911 – 1967 University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California Inactive [aa]
Theta Eta October 1913–1977 Medical College of Virginia School of Medicine Richmond, Virginia Inactive [h][ah]
Sigma Upsilon December 30, 1911 – 1937 Stanford University School of Medicine San Francisco, California Inactive [ai]
Gamma Second December 30, 1913 –1962 Ohio State University College of Medicine Columbus, Ohio Inactive [aj]
Delta Second December 30, 1913 – 1957 Tufts University School of Medicine Boston, Massachusetts Inactive [ak]
Beta Second January 1, 1914 – 19xx ?; December 29, 1921 –1931 University of Oregon Medical School Portland, Oregon Inactive
Epsilon Second December 30, 1914 – 19xx ?; December 29, 1921 – 1942 Wayne State University School of Medicine Detroit, Michigan Inactive [al]
Alpha Beta December 30, 1914 University of Tennessee Health Science Center Memphis, Tennessee Active [am][an]
Lambda Rho December 30, 1914 – 19xx ?; December 29, 1921 – 1968 University of Arkansas College of Medicine Little Rock, Arkansas Inactive
Kappa Upsilon (see Phi Rho) December 30, 1914 – 1954 University of Kansas Medical Center Lawrence, Kansas Consolidated [ao]
Beta Delta 1915 – 1950 University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Medicine Baltimore, Maryland Inactive [ap]
Chi Upsilon December 30, 1916 Creighton University School of Medicine Omaha, Nebraska Active
Upsilon Nu December 30, 1916 University of Nebraska Medical School Omaha, Nebraska Active [aq]
Upsilon Zeta January 24, 1918 – 1971 University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Cincinnati, Ohio Inactive
Upsilon Iota (see Phi Beta) April 18, 1918– 1952 University of Illinois School of Medicine Chicago, Illinois Inactive [ab]
Xi Second December 10, 1919 – 192x ? Baylor College of Medicine Dallas, Texas Reissused, Reestablished [w]
Kappa Rho (see Psi Rho Sigma) April 10, 1920 – 1971 Northwestern University Medical School Chicago, Illinois Inactive [ar]
Delta Pi May 14, 1920 – 1945 University of Utah School of Medicine Salt Lake City, Utah Inactive
Kappa Chi May 22, 1920 – 1974; 1981 University of Minnesota Medical School Minneapolis, Minnesota Active
Upsilon Sigma October 20, 1920 – 1958 Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons New York, New York Inactive [as]
Epsilon Chi January 22, 1921 – 19xx ? Marquette University Milwaukee, Wisconsin Inactive
Rho Delta November 15, 1921 – 1956 Cornell University Medical School New York, New York Inactive
Beta Chi December 29, 1921 – 1937 University of Colorado School of Medicine Denver, Colorado Inactive [at]
Tau Beta December 29, 1921 – 1974 University of Wisconsin Medical School Madison, Wisconsin Inactive [au]
Xi Third December 29, 1921– 1971 University of Texas Southwestern Medical School Dallas, Texas Inactive
Sigma Delta December 29, 1921 – 1942 University of South Dakota School of Medicine Vermillion, South Dakota Inactive [av]
Eta Upsilon December 29, 1921 – 1935 Harvard Medical School Boston, Massachusetts Inactive [aw]
Beta Upsilon December 29, 1921 – 1958 Boston University School of Medicine Boston, Massachusetts Inactive [ax]
Epsilon Delta February 25, 1922 – 1939 Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, Missouri Inactive
Beta Mu May 15, 1922 – 1944 McGill University Faculty of Medicine Montreal, Canada Inactive
Pi Mu October 14, 1922 – 1972 University of Virginia School of Medicine Charlottesville, Virginia Inactive [ay]
Omicron Kappa November 25, 1922 – 1960 University of Oklahoma College of Medicine Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Inactive
Gamma Sigma December 2, 1922 – 1943 Yale School of Medicine New Haven, Connecticut Inactive
Tau Omicron December 12, 1922 – 1969 University of Toronto Medical School Toronto, Ontario, Canada Inactive
Mu Gamma December 29, 1923 – 1951 University of Iowa College of Medicine Iowa City, Iowa Inactive
Theta Pi 1926–1976 University of Mississippi School of Medicine Jackson, Mississippi Inactive
Sigma Kappa (see Tau) June 2, 1927 Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina Inactive [az]
Nu Sigma 1928–2009 Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Inactive
Delta Phi (see Iota Pi) 1929–1970 University of Southern California School of Medicine Los Angeles, California Inactive [ba]
Theta Beta Pi 1929–1944 Syracuse University College of Medicine Syracuse, New York Inactive
Delta Kappa Upsilon 1929–1940 University of Kansas Medical Center Kansas City, Kansas Inactive
Delta Upsilon 1930–1978 Duke University School of Medicine Durham, North Carolina Inactive
Alpha Phi Sigma 1931–1978 Medical College of Georgia Augusta, Georgia Inactive
Alpha Sigma 1932–1975 Louisiana State University Medical Center New Orleans, Louisiana Inactive
Gamma Chi 1933–1966 West Virginia University School of Medicine Morgantown, West Virginia Inactive
Omega Upsilon Phi 1934–1973 University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Buffalo, New York Inactive [bb]
Tau Kappa 1935–1969 Wake Forest School of Medicine Winston-Salem, North Carolina Inactive
Alpha Mu 1938–1960 The State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn Brooklyn, New York Inactive [bc]
Xi Chi (see Xi Second) 1943–1975 Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Texas Inactive
Phi Alpha 1948–1978 New York Medical College Valhalla, New York Inactive [bd]
Phi Alpha Gamma 1948–1964 Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Inactive [be]
Epsilon Kappa February 26, 1948 University of Washington School of Medicine Seattle, Washington Active
Epsilon Beta 1952–1967 University of California Medical School Los Angeles, California Inactive
Beta Alpha 1953–1974 University of Miami School of Medicine Miami, Florida Inactive
Mu Sigma 1955–1967 University of Missouri School of Medicine Columbia, Missouri Inactive
Omega 1960–1968 University of Mexico Mexico City, Mexico Inactive
Upsilon Beta Second 1962–1972 University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine San Juan, Puerto Rico Inactive
Phi Sigma Gamma 1963–1967 University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine Los Angeles, California Inactive
Upsilon Tau 1970–1973 University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio San Antonio, Texas Inactive
Upsilon Alpha 1981–1985 University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson, Arizona Inactive
Sigma Chi Mu October 19, 2001 American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles Active
Sigma Tau Chi 2002–2010 St. Christopher College of Medicine Luton, England Inactive
Iota Mu 2007 St. George's University Grenada West Indies Active
Mu Alpha 2011 Medical University of the Americas Charlestown, Nevis Active
Sigma Omega 2013 St. Martinus University Faculty of Medicine Willemstad, Curaçao Active
Mu Delta 2014 Avalon University School of Medicine Willemstad, Curaçao Active
Rho Epsilon Omega October 22, 2015 Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Georgia Campus Suwanee, Georgia Active
Alpha Tau June 18, 2016 Saint James School of Medicine St. Vincent Arnos Vale, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Active
Delta Kappa June 12, 2018 Saint James School of Medicine Anguilla Anguilla Active

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Chapter was originally part of the Phi Chi Society (Phi Chi East).
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Chapter was originally part of Phi Chi Medical Fraternity (Phi Chi South).
  3. ^ Alpha Alpha incorporates Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Epsilon of Phi Chi Southern.
  4. ^ Merged with Pi Sigma chapter.
  5. ^ Merged with Gamma chapter when the University of Louisville absorbed the medical school.
  6. ^ a b c Gamma and Epsilon consolidated to form Gamma Epsilon when Louisville and Kentucky combined their medical schools.
  7. ^ Chapter closed when the college combined with Louisville Medical College.
  8. ^ a b c Theta and Eta consolidated to form Theta Eta chapter when their two institution merged.
  9. ^ Chapter went inactive when the medical college closed.
  10. ^ Merged with Beta Delta chapter.
  11. ^ Merged with Pi Sigma chapter.
  12. ^ Chapter was originally chartered at Indiana University.
  13. ^ Merged with Iota chapter when the medical college became a post-grad department of the University of Alabama in 1913.
  14. ^ Chapter was instituted on February 10, 1905, and was chartered in March. It surrendered its charter in June 1911.
  15. ^ Chapter was instituted on February 21, 1905, and was chartered in March. It merged with the Lambda chapter of Pi Mu Honor Society with the national merger of the two organizations in 1922.
  16. ^ Chapter went defunct when college operations were suspended during World War II.
  17. ^ Chapter was chartered at the College of Physicians & Surgeons, Atlanta. It merged with "Upsilon in 1913 when the college merged with the Atlanta School of Medicine. In 1917, the Atlanta School of Medicine merged with the Emory University School of Medicine.
  18. ^ Chapter was forced to close because of anti-fraternity policies on campus. It was revived as Sigma Kappa.
  19. ^ Consolidated with the Sigma chapter when the school of medicine merged with the College of Physicians & Surgeons.
  20. ^ Chapter was instituted on October 3, 1906
  21. ^ Chapter closed when the medical college closed.
  22. ^ Chapter consolidated with Beta Delta chapter.
  23. ^ a b The Xi chapter's charter was transferred from Texas Christian to Baylor.
  24. ^ Chapter consolidated with Upsilon Pi chapter when U Penn absorbed Medico-Chirurgical.
  25. ^ Chapter closed when the University of Louisville absorbed the college.
  26. ^ Consolidated with 'Psi Rho chapter.
  27. ^ a b Chapter moved from UCLA to UC Berkeley.
  28. ^ a b Phi Beta became the Upsilon Iota chapter.
  29. ^ Chapter was re-established as Kappa Rho in 1920.
  30. ^ Chapter closed when the medical school closed. It was revived as Delta Phi in 1928.
  31. ^ Chapter was instituted on February 26, 1910 and was chartered in December. It absorbed the Mu chapter of the Pi Mu Honor Society with the national merger of the two organizations in 1922.
  32. ^ Chapter consolidated with Mu chapter when their school reorganized.
  33. ^ Chapter absorbed Κappa Psi chapter in 1911 and Kappa Upsilon chapter in 1962.
  34. ^ Absorbed the Beta Gamma chapter of Pi Mu Honor Society with the national merger of the two organizations in 1922.
  35. ^ Chapter was instituted on October 12, 1911, and was chartered in December.
  36. ^ Chapter was instituted on November 15, 1913, and was chartered in December.
  37. ^ Chapter formed from Phi Theta Chi (local), established on October 2, 1902. It became a chapter of Phi Chi on September 24, 1913 and was chartered in December.
  38. ^ Chapter was instituted on February 8, 1914, and was chartered in December at the Detroit College of Medicine and Surgery, which became Wayne State.
  39. ^ Absorbed the Kappa chapter of Pi Mu Honor Society with the national merger of the two organizations in 1922.
  40. ^ Chapter was instituted on April 4, 1914 and was chartered in December.
  41. ^ Consolidated with Psi Rho chapter.
  42. ^ Chapter formed from the merger of Beta, Delta, and Theta of Pi Chi Eastern and Phi Chi and Pi Sigma of Phi Chi Southern.
  43. ^ Chapter was instituted on November 1, 1916, and was chartered in December.
  44. ^ Chapter re-established the defunct Psi Rho Sigma chapter.
  45. ^ Absorbed the Nu chapter of the Pi Mu Honor Society with the national merger of the two organizations in 1922.
  46. ^ Chapter was instituted on April 8, 1921 and chartered in December.
  47. ^ Chapter was instituted on June 6, 1921, and was chartered in December.
  48. ^ Chapter was instituted on November 9, 1921, and was chartered in December.
  49. ^ Chapter was instituted on November 17, 1921 and was chartered in December.
  50. ^ This chapter re-established the Beta chapter of Phi Alpha Gamma fraternity which was originally chartered in 1896 but had gone inactive before the merger of the two fraternities.
  51. ^ Originated as the Alpha chapter of Pi Mu Honor Society in 1892, joining Phi Chi with the national merger of the two organizations in 1922.
  52. ^ This chapter was revived Tau chapter, which had been at the campus before the school's merger as a unit of the University of South Carolina.
  53. ^ Re-established the defunct Iota Pi chapter.
  54. ^ Chapter formed from Alpha of Omega Upsilon Phi fraternity, established in 1894.
  55. ^ Chapter was chartered at the Long Island College of Medicine which became The State University of New York Health Science Center in Brooklyn.
  56. ^ This was originally the Alpha chapter of Phi Alpha Gamma and was established in 1894.
  57. ^ This was originally the Gamma chapter of Phi Alpha Gamma fraternity and was established in 1897.

References

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