Phi Delta Medical Fraternity (ΦΔ) was a North American professional fraternity from 1901 to 1918.[1] This medical fraternity was established at Long Island Hospital Medical College and merged with Kappa Psi in 1918.[2]
History
Phi Delta Medical Fraternity was established in 1901 at the Long Island Hospital Medical College in Long Island, New York.[3][1] This was called the Alpha Alpha chapter. The fraternity created a constitution and by-laws.[3] It was overseen by a Grand Chapter.[3]
Phi Delta held triennial conventions in Chicago or New York City.[3] Its publication was called Black and Gold.[3][1]
Phi Delta merged with the medical and pharmaceutical fraternity Kappa Psi on January 26, 1918.[2] Before the merger, the fraternity had initiated 1,371 members.[1]
Symbols
The fraternity's badge was a monogram featuring the Greek letter Φ over the letter Δ, with the chapter letters in the ring of the letter Φ.[1][3] Its colors were black and gold.[1]
The Phi Delta flag was a black pennant with a red Geneva cross in the center; the fraternity's letters are on either side of the cross in gold.[3]
Chapters
Following is a list of the chapters of Phi Delta.[1][3][4] Inactive chapters and institutions are indicated in italics.
^Alpha Alpha chapter merged with the Beta Upsilon chapter of Kappa Psi after the national merger of the two fraternities. When the fraternity split into two groups in 1924, it became Phi Delta chapter of Theta Kappa Psi.
^Baird's 20th notes this school as a name change to what is now LIU, with the chapter listed as the predating establishment of the school by several decades. This appears to have been an error in Baird's (p. II-98). On another page (p. VIII-42) in the text describing Phi Delta the school is listed as Long Island Hospital Medical College, a small school that was linked on another WP page to a hospital that closed in 2012. The school, however, had a long history by then and became a unit of SUNY.
^Chapter became the Omega chapter of Phi Rho Sigma fraternity.
^Wisconsin College of Physicians & Surgeons was purchased by Marquette University in 1913. The chapter became inactive when the college ceased operations.
^Chapter went defunct when University Medical School closed in 1910.
^Although dormant, this chapter appears to have become the Beta Zeta chapter of Theta Kappa Psi, purhaps for the purposes of alumni affiliation.
^The chapter went defunct when the school closed in 1907.
^Chapter went defunct when the Sioux City School of Medicine closed in 1909. It was absorbed by Kappa Psi during a national chapter merger but became the Beta Pi chapter of Theta Kappa Psi when that fraternity split into two groups in 1925.
^There are several similarly named medical schools in Canada. This seems the likely successor school.
^This chapter went defunct when Dearborn Medical College closed.
^Alpha Nu chapter' merged with Alpha Pi chapter when the Chicago College of Medicine and Surgery was purchased by Loyola University in 1917. Alpha Nu chapter reformed as the Beta Rho (first) chapter of Kappa Psi following a national merger of the two fraternities.
^Alpha Pi chapter merged into the Beta Rho (first) chapter of Kappa Psi following a national merger of the two fraternities.
