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Party-goers pose in front of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity house during the 1922 Greek Swingout weekend, second of the fall social weekends at Washington & Jefferson College

Phi Kappa Psi, also called "Phi Psi," is an American collegiate social fraternity founded at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania on February 19, 1852.[1] There are over a hundred chapters and colonies at accredited four year colleges and universities throughout the United States.[2] More than 112,000 men have been initiated into Phi Kappa Psi since its founding.

The Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity is composed of chapters and alumni associations, the former of which is the scope of this list. Each chapter is chartered to an individual host institution. These host institutions must be accredited four year degree granting colleges and universities in a state, province, territory, or federal district of Canada or the United States. To date, chapter charters have only been granted to groups at U.S. institutions.

When Phi Kappa Psi is extending to an institution that does not currently have a chapter, a probationary group called a "colony" is formed. After criteria are met, that colony receives its charter and becomes a chapter.

A chapter becomes inactive when it relinquishes its charter, or the charter is revoked by the fraternity.

Chapter Naming Convention[edit]

The Phi Psi chapter house at Lafayette College

The chapter naming convention is composed of the top level subnational division of that chapter's host institution, and a Greek letter in alphabetical order from when the charter was originally issued. For example, the first Phi Psi chapter is from Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. The first letter in the Greek alphabet is Alpha. The chapter name is Pennsylvania Alpha. The second chapter was installed at the University of Virginia, so it is the Virginia Alpha chapter. The third chapter was installed at Washington & Lee University, in Virginia, so it is the Virginia Beta chapter. The George Washington University chapter is only one ever chartered in the District of Columbia, so it is the District of Columbia Alpha chapter.

If borders change, the chapter name does not. Virginia Delta was chartered at Bethany College. After the Civil War, Bethany College was in West Virginia, but the chapter remained Virginia Delta.

Chapters are named based on when the charter is granted, not when it is installed. As a result, there have been rare instances when the chapter naming convention may not appear to be consistent with the charter dates. For example, four charters have been granted in Iowa. The second granted was the fourth installed, so Iowa Beta chartered after Iowa Gamma and Iowa Delta.

List of Chapters and Colonies[edit]

  • Italicization of an entire row indicates an inactive chapter or a colony.
  • For an active chapter, Italicization indicates years when inactive.
  • The S column indicates the status of a chapter or colony:
    • a = active
    • c = colony
    • i = inactive
    • s = suspended
# Chapter Name Chartered
 Host Institution S Notes Ref(s)
1 Pennsylvania Alpha 1852–1868,
1873 		Washington & Jefferson a This was the original chapter of Phi Kappa Psi, which was founded at Jefferson College and which moved to Washington & Jefferson when the school merged with Jefferson College to form Washington & Jefferson College. The existing chapter at Washington college, Pennsylvania Delta, was assimilated into Pennsylvania Alpha [3]
2 Virginia Alpha 1853–1861,
1865 		University of Virginia a Established by fraternity founder C. P. T. Moore and chartered December 8, 1853, and by the end of its first year had initiated forty-six men [3][4]
3 Virginia Beta 1855–1861,
1865 		Washington & Lee University a [3]
4 Pennsylvania Beta 1855 Allegheny College a This chapter has operated longer without interruption than any other in the the fraternity [3]
5 Pennsylvania Gamma 1855–1988,
1991 		Bucknell University a [3]
6 Pennsylvania Delta 1855–1864 Washington College i Merged with Pennsylvania Alpha when their host institutions merged [3]
7 Pennsylvania Epsilon 1855 Gettysburg College a Site of Miller Hall, 1882, the first chapter house erected in the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and the first college fraternity house in the state of Pennsylvania [3]
8 Virginia Gamma 1855–1861,
1865–1900 		Hampden–Sydney College i [3]
9 South Carolina Alpha 1857–1872,
1884–1892,
1972–1991 		University of South Carolina i [3]
10 Mississippi Alpha 1857–1861,
1881–1912,
1930 		University of Mississippi a The third fraternity established at the university. University closed during Civil War. Afterward chapter reestablished. Anti-fraternity legislation closed all fraternities on campus in 1912 [3]
11 Virginia Delta 1859–1882 Bethany College, now in West Virginia i In 1880 because of a faculty refusal to punish a student guilty of a vicious assault on a member of the chapter the members voted to leave the college in a body, which was done [3]
12 Tennessee Alpha 1859–1860 LaGrange Synodical College i In 1861 every member of the chapter enlisted in the Confederate Army [3]
13 Pennsylvania Zeta 1859 Dickinson College a [3]
14 Pennsylvania Eta 1860 Franklin and Marshall College a [3]
15 Tennessee Beta 1860–1861,
1867–1879 		Cumberland University i The chapter had a precarious existence during the Civil War returned to a strong, honorable, existence and then faded away [3]
16 Mississippi Beta 1860–1861 Mississippi College i The chapter had been in existence only a few weeks when the Civil War broke out and every member enlisted. Several were killed [3]
17 Ohio Alpha 1861 Ohio Wesleyan University a [3]
18 Illinois Alpha 1864–1870,
1878 		Northwestern University a [3]
19 Indiana Alpha 1865 DePauw University a [3]
20 Kentucky Alpha 1865–1866 Transylvania University i Then named Kentucky University. Faculty opposition forced chapter to disband [3]
21 Illinois Beta 1865–1869,
1880–1886,
1894–1970,
1985–1997 		University of Chicago i Illinois Beta was chartered at a University of Chicago that opened in 1857, but closed in 1886. A new University of Chicago was created in 1890, and Illinois Beta was revived when Phi Kappa Psi chartered there in 1894 [5][3]
22 Ohio Beta 1866–1988,
1991 		Wittenberg University a [6]
23 Iowa Alpha 1867–1876,
1885 		University of Iowa a [3]
24 District of Columbia Alpha 1868–1899,
1991 		The George Washington University a Formerly called Columbian College. In 1899 the entire active membership enlisted in the Spanish-American War [3]
25 Iowa Gamma 1868–1871 Cornell College i [3]
26 New York Alpha 1869–1877,
1886 		Cornell University a [3]
27 Pennsylvania Theta 1869 Lafayette College a [3]
28 Indiana Beta 1869 Indiana University a [7]
29 Missouri Alpha 1869–1876,
1908 		University of Missouri a This chapter was the first fraternity established on this campus and occupies a house built in 1880 [7][8]
30 Tennessee Gamma 1870–1875 University of Nashville i Chapter closed as result of an outbreak of Asiatic Cholera. The university closed as a separate entity in 1909. Previously the medical school became part of Vanderbilt University [7]
31 Indiana Gamma 1870–1901,
1948 		Wabash College a [7]
32 Ohio Gamma 1871–1892 Wooster College i [7]
33 Illinois Gamma 1871–1884 Monmouth College i After four years the college ordered its fraternities to disband, but for ten years thereafter the chapter continued sub rosa [7]
34 Virginia Epsilon 1871–1879 Randolph-Macon College i [7]
35 New York Gamma 1872–1876,
1892–1991 		Columbia University i [7]
36 Wisconsin Alpha 1875–1894,
1897–1939 		University of Wisconsin–Madison i Phi Kappa Psi was the third fraternity to establish a chapter at Madison. It was organized as a protest against the the student life maintained by other campus fraternities [7]
37 Kansas Alpha 1876 University of Kansas a [7]
38 Michigan Alpha 1876–1972,
1983 		University of Michigan a [7]
39 Wisconsin Beta 1875–1877 Racine College i College no longer exists. There was a faculty of 5 and a student body of 50 [7]
40 Pennsylvania Iota 1877–1973,
1978 		University of Pennsylvania a [7]
41 Maryland Alpha 1879–1969,
1975 		Johns Hopkins University a [7]
42 Ohio Delta 1880 Ohio State University a [7]
43 California Alpha 1881–1892 University of the Pacific i First chapter in the fraternity to own and occupy a house in which the members lived. Members transferred to the new Stanford University and became the founders of California Beta [7]
44 New York Delta 1881–1892 Hobart College i The chapter was always small, and with fewer than 100 students in attendance at the college, fraternity prospects were scarce [7]
45 Wisconsin Gamma 1881–1970,
1978 		Beloit College a [7]
46 Iowa Delta 1882–1889 Simpson College i College declined and students scattered. [7]
47 Minnesota Alpha 1883–1888 Carleton College i Most of the members became the founders of Minnesota Beta [7]
48 New York Beta 1884–1995,
2001 		Syracuse University a [7]
49 New York Epsilon 1887–1982 Colgate University i Formerly named Madison University. In the 1980s the university launched an effort to accommodate women on the formerly all-male campus. The university offered an interest-free loan to the chapter to be used for house repaired in exchange for accepting coed members. The house corporation donated the chapter house to Colgate [7]
50 Minnesota Beta 1888 University of Minnesota a [7]
51 Pennsylvania Kappa 1889–1963 Swarthmore College i Renounced national affiliation in 1960s, changed name to "Phi Omicron Psi" and then to simply "Phi Psi". In 2008 this group was one of only two fraternities at the college [7][9][10]
52 West Virginia Alpha 1890 West Virginia University a [7]
53 California Beta 1891 Stanford University a Chapter was established the same year that the university was established [7]
54 New York Zeta 1891–1912 Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn i [7]
55 Nebraska Alpha 1895 University of Nebraska-Lincoln a [7]
56 Massachusetts Alpha 1895–1948 Amherst College i The chapter charter was revoked by the fraternity Executive Council after the chapter broke its promise to the EC in a matter involving membership selection [7]
57 New Hampshire Alpha 1896–1967 Dartmouth College i [7]
58 California Gamma 1899–1972,
1976–1991,
1996–1998,
2010 		University of California, Berkeley a [7][11][12]
59 Indiana Delta 1901 Purdue University a [7]
60 Tennessee Delta 1901 Vanderbilt University s Suspended until August 2011 [7][13]
61 Rhode Island Alpha 1902–1978,
1984 		Brown University a National affiliation was severed in 1978, changed name to simply "Phi Psi". The group reaffiliated in 1984 [7]
62 Texas Alpha 1904 University of Texas at Austin a Charted from the last chapter of the regional fraternity Phi Phi Phi (Tri-Phi), which was founded in 1897 [7] [14]
63 Illinois Delta 1904 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign a [7]
64 Ohio Epsilon 1906 Case Western Reserve University a [7]
65 Pennsylvania Lambda 1912 Pennsylvania State University a [7]
66 Iowa Beta 1913–1999,
2007 		Iowa State University a [7]
67 Colorado Alpha 1914–1994,
1998 		University of Colorado at Boulder a [7][15]
68 Washington Alpha 1914 University of Washington a [7]
69 Oklahoma Alpha 1920–1996,
1999 		University of Oklahoma a [7]
70 Oregon Alpha 1928–1999,
Colony 		University of Oregon c [7][16]
71 California Delta 1927 University of Southern California a [7]
72 Pennsylvania Mu 1927–1934 Carnegie Mellon University i [7]
73 California Epsilon 1931 University of California, Los Angeles a [7]
74 North Carolina Alpha 1934–2001 Duke University i [17][18]
75 Arizona Alpha 1947–1962,
1977 		University of Arizona a Former Phi Kappa Psi Executive Director Ralph "Dud" Daniel was a founding father in 1947 [17]
76 Oregon Beta 1948 Oregon State University a [17]
77 Ohio Zeta 1950–1997,
2009 		Bowling Green State University a [17]
78 Ohio Eta 1950 University of Toledo a The chartering of Ohio Eta initiated the most members at one time in Phi Kappa Psi history, as 150 men were initiated into the fraternity [17]
79 New York Eta 1950–1970,
1984 		University at Buffalo, The State University of New York a The chapter was discontinued after the University dissolved all of Greek Life and came to life again after the University re-instituted Greek Life in 1984 [17]
80 Indiana Epsilon 1953 Valparaiso University a [17]
81 Texas Beta 1953 Texas Tech University a Formerly named Texas Technological College. Chartered from the Centaur Club, which was founded in 1929. One of the original eight national fraternities at the college [17]
82 Michigan Beta 1954 Michigan State University a [17]
83 Connecticut Alpha 1956–1970 Trinity College i [17]
84 Missouri Beta 1960–1976 Westminster College i [17]
85 Florida Alpha 1962–1969,
1987 		Florida State University a [17]
86 Arizona Beta 1962 Arizona State University Suspended 2006. Chapter started by two colonizers from Washington Alpha [17]
87 Alabama Alpha 1964 University of Alabama a [17]
88 California Zeta 1964–1972,
1982–1995 		University of California, Santa Barbara i [17]
89 New Jersey Alpha 1965–1993 Rider University i The chapter ended as a result of hazing and racial insensitivity by a chapter Fraternity Educators, and the chapter's cover-up. The charter was suspended by emergency order of the national fraternity president and Executive Director [17]
90 Nebraska Beta 1965 Creighton University a [17]
91 Rhode Island Beta 1966–1988,
1990–2008 		University of Rhode Island i Expelled from campus in 2008 for four years [17][19]
92 Ohio Theta 1966 Ashland University a [17]
93 California Eta 1966 California Polytechnic State University a [17]
94 Louisiana Alpha 1966 LSU a [17]
95 Florida Beta 1967–1971,
1977–1991 		University of Florida, Gainesville i [17]
96 Oklahoma Beta 1967–1991 Oklahoma State University i [17]
97 Tennessee Epsilon 1967 University of Tennessee a [17]
98 California Theta 1967–1995 California State University, Northridge i Cal Theta was CSUN's first fraternity, founded in 1958 as a local fraternity, Kappa Delta Psi, which then affiliated with Phi Kappa Psi in 1967. The damage done to the CSUN campus by the 1994 Northridge Earthquake had a dramatic effect on lessening the size of subsequent freshmen classes, and as as result, some of the university's fraternities and sororities including Phi Kappa Psi were forced to close [17]
99 New Jersey Beta 1967–1994,
2010 		Monmouth University a Recolonized 02/22/09 [17][11]
100 Texas Gamma 1969–1993,
2002 		Texas State University a [17]
101 Louisiana Beta 1969–1991 University of Louisiana at Lafayette i [17]
102 Minnesota Gamma 1969 Minnesota State University, Mankato a [17]
103 New Mexico Alpha 1969–2006 Eastern New Mexico University i [17]
104 Pennsylvania Nu 1970 Indiana University of Pennsylvania a [17]
105 Ohio Iota 1970–1997 University of Akron i [17]
106 Tennessee Zeta 1970–1985 University of Memphis i [17]
107 Indiana Zeta 1971 Butler University a [17]
108 Ohio Kappa 1971–1978 Kent State University i The chapter was organized by the fraternity staff and came concurrent with a wave of student protest on the campus culminating with the Kent State Massacre [17]
109 Ohio Lambda 1972 Miami University a [17]
110 Alabama Beta 1974–1988,
2005 		Auburn University a [17]
111 Montana Alpha 1975–1983 University of Montana i [17]
112 Virginia Zeta 1976 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University s [17][20]
113 Georgia Alpha 1976 University of Georgia a [17]
114 California Iota 1979–1995,
1998–2000,
2006 		University of California, Davis a [17]
115 Arkansas Alpha 1979–1991 University of Arkansas i [17]
116 Pennsylvania Xi 1984 Edinboro University of Pennsylvania a [17]
117 Illinois Epsilon 1985 Illinois State University a [17]
118 Delaware Alpha 1985–1990 University of Delaware i [17]
119 Pennsylvania Omicron 1985–1992 Lehigh University i [17]
120 Indiana Eta 1987 Indiana State University a [17]
121 New Jersey Gamma 1987–1995,
Colony 		Rutgers University c As of January 4th 2010 Phi Kappa Psi has officially re-colonized at Rutgers [17][16]
122 Pennsylvania Pi 1987–1993 Temple University i [17]
123 Kentucky Beta 1988 University of Kentucky a [17]
124 Texas Delta 1988–1997 Southern Methodist University i [17]
125 Maryland Beta 1988–1996 University of Maryland, Baltimore County i [17]
126 New Jersey Delta 1990 The College of New Jersey a [17]
127 California Kappa 1991 University of California, Irvine a [21]
128 Massachusetts Beta 1991 Brandeis University a [21]
129 North Carolina Beta 1991 East Carolina University a [21]
130 New York Theta 1992 Rochester Institute of Technology a [21]
131 Pennsylvania Rho 1992 York College of Pennsylvania a [21]
132 Louisiana Gamma 1993 Loyola University New Orleans a [21]
133 Illinois Zeta 1993 DePaul University a [21]
134 California Lambda 1996 San Diego State University a [21]
135 Pennsylvania Sigma 1996 University of the Sciences in Philadelphia a [21]
136 Illinois Eta 1999 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville a [21]
137 New Jersey Epsilon 2000 Rowan University a [21]
138 Georgia Beta 2000 Georgia Institute of Technology a (colonized April 12, 1998 and chartered May 20, 2000) [21]
139 Pennsylvania Upsilon 2002 Drexel University a [21]
140 Pennsylvania Tau 2002–2003 Penn State Altoona i [21]
141 Texas Epsilon 2002 Stephen F. Austin State University a [21]
142 Minnesota Delta 2002 University of Minnesota Duluth a [21]
143 Illinois Theta 2003 University of Illinois at Chicago a [21]
144 Pennsylvania Phi 2004 Lycoming College a [21]
145 New York Iota 2004 Binghamton University a [21]
146 New York Kappa 2004 State University of New York at Oneonta a First chapter to charter at GAC (San Diego 2004) [21]
147 Ohio Mu 2005 University of Dayton a [21]
148 Illinois Iota 2007 Northern Illinois University a [21]
149 Maryland Gamma 2007 University of Maryland, College Park a [21]
150 Texas Zeta 2008 Houston Baptist University a [21]
151 Ohio Nu 2008 Ohio University a [21]
152 California Mu 2008 Occidental College a (Founded April 26, 2008) [21]
153 Indiana Theta 2008 Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) a [21]
154 California Nu 2009 University of California, Riverside a Chartered on May 30th 2009
155 Ohio XI 2010 Capital University a [11]
156 California Xi 2010 California State University, Long Beach a [11]
999 Virginia Commonwealth University Colony Colony Virginia Commonwealth University c [16]
999 Muskingum University Colony Colony Muskingum University c [16]
999 University of North Carolina at Charlotte Colony Colony University of North Carolina at Charlotte c [16]

See also[edit]

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ Anson 1991, p. III 83.
  2. ^ Collinsworth 2010, p. 6.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Phi Kapppa Psi 2009, pp. xv.
  4. ^ Campbell 1952, pp. 12, 223.
  5. ^ Van Cleve 1902, p. 200.
  6. ^ Phi Kapppa Psi 1997, pp. ii.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at Phi Kapppa Psi 2009, pp. xvi.
  8. ^ Miller 2009 gives the history of the Missouri Alpha chapter house and the land it occupies.
  9. ^ Swarthmore 2007
  10. ^ Swarthmore 2008
  11. ^ a b c d http://www.phikappapsi.com/News/Action/Index/2010AprilCharterings
  12. ^ http://berkeleyheritage.com/berkeley_landmarks/pkp.html
  13. ^ http://www.vanderbilt.edu/greek_life/pkp.php
  14. ^ Monteleone, Brenton P. (2004), Texas Alpha 100 Years of History, Dallas: Kelly Fish & Tad DeWree, pp. 237
  15. ^ http://www.cuphipsi.com/dynamic/?Action=show_custom_content&pageid=3158
  16. ^ a b c d e http://www.phikappapsi.com/JoinUs/CurrentColonies
  17. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba Phi Kapppa Psi 2009, pp. xvii.
  18. ^ http://communityhousing.duke.edu/greek/resources/history
  19. ^ http://newsblog.projo.com/2009/01/readyuri-phi-ps.html
  20. ^ http://fredericksburg.com/News/apmethods/apstory?urlfeed=WFA/content/AP%20Virginia%20State%20News%20-%20No%20Weather/5f036a0a4c364f61a3544b6e4a2ad25e-3e798ae934774b2181acf955ebb49e0d-entry.xml
  21. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa Phi Kapppa Psi 2009, pp. xviii.

References[edit]

Books[edit]

  • Anson, Jack L.; Marchesani, Robert F. (1991). Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (20th ed.). Indianapolis: Baird's Manual Foundation, Inc. pp. III 82–85. ISBN 0963715909.
  • Van Cleve, Charles L. (1902). Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity From Its Foundation In 1852 To Its Fiftieth Anniversary. Philadelphia: Franklin Printing Company. OCLC 2140880.
  • Campbell, J. Duncan (1952). The Centennial History of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, 1852–1952. Vol. Volume I, 1852–1902. Cleveland: Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. OCLC 3519106. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
  • Gorgas, Harry S. (1952). The Centennial History of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, 1852–1952. Vol. Volume II, 1902–1952. Cleveland: Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity. OCLC 3519106. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
  • Phi Kappa Psi (1997). Grand Catalogue of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity (14th ed.). White Plains, NY: Bernard C. Harris Publishing Company. OCLC 324731269.
  • Phi Kappa Psi (2009). Grand Catalogue of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity (16th ed.). White Plains, NY: Bernard C. Harris Publishing Company.
  • Jones, Ted C.; Collinsworth, Shawn; Trigilio, James R.; Collins, David J., eds. (2002), "More Information--1. Chapter data, 2. Inactive chapter histories", The Manual of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity (Sesquicentenial ed.), Indianapolis: Phi Kappa Psi, pp. 144–166

Periodicals[edit]

  • Collinsworth, Shawn, ed. (2008), "Chapter Directory", The Shield of Phi Kappa Psi, vol. 129, no. 3 (published Fall 2008), pp. 50–51 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |publication-date= (help)

Websites[edit]

  • Mitchell, Martha (1993), "Fraternities", Encyclopedia Brunoniana, Providence RI: Brown University, retrieved 2008-12-08

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