Phi Delta (medical)

This article is about the medical fraternity. For the sorority, see Defunct North American collegiate sororities § Phi Delta (ΦΔ). For the service sorority, see Phi Delta (service).

American medical fraternity)

Phi Delta

The badge of Phi Delta, versioned for Alpha Pi chapter at Loyola of Chicago

Founded| 1901
Long Island Hospital Medical College
Long Island, New York
Type| Professional
Emphasis| Medical
Scope| International
Colors|  Black and  Gold
Publication| Black and Gold
Chapters| 16
Members| 1,371 lifetime
Merged w/| Kappa Psi
January 26, 1918

Phi Delta Medical Fraternity (ΦΔ) was an American professional fraternity from 1901 to 1918.[1] This national medical fraternity was established at Long Island Hospital Medical College and merged with Kappa Psi in 1918.[2]

## History[edit]

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]

In 1902, the Alpha Beta chapter opened at Ohio State University and the Alpha Gamma chapter at Albany College of Pharmacy at Union University in New York.[1] Phi Delta became international in 1904 with the addition of Alpha Iota chapter at the University of Toronto in Canada.[1] In total, sixteen chapters of Phi Delta formed between 1901 and 1912.[1] Each chapter rented a chapter house.[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[edit]

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[edit]

Following is a list of the chapters of Phi Delta.[1][3][4] Inactive chapters and institutions are indicated in italics.

Chapter  | Chartered date and range  | Institution  | Location  | Status  | References

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Alpha Alpha | 1901 – January 26, 1918  | Long Island College Hospital Medical School | Long Island, New York | Merged  | [a][b]
Alpha Beta | 1902–1913  | Ohio State University | Columbus, Ohio | Withdrew (ΦΡΣ)  | [c]
Alpha Gamma | 1902 – January 26, 1918  | Albany College of Pharmacy, Union University | Albany, New York | Merged  |
Alpha Delta | 1903 – January 26, 1918  | Wisconsin College of Physicians & Surgeons | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Merged  | [5][6][d]
Alpha Epsilon | 1903–1910  | University Medical College | Kansas City, Kansas | Inactive  | [e]
Alpha Zeta | 1903 – January 26, 1918  | Washington University in St. Louis | St. Louis, Missouri | Merged  | [f]
Alpha Eta | 1903–1907  | Michigan College of Medicine & Surgery | Detroit, Michigan | Inactive  | [7][g]
Alpha Theta | 1904–1909  | Sioux City Medical College | Sioux City, Iowa | Inactive  | [8][h]
Alpha Iota | 1904–1910  | Toronto Medical College | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Inactive  | [i]
Alpha Kappa | 1904–1911  | Columbia University | New York City, New York | Inactive  |
Alpha Lambda | 1904–1908  | Dearborn Medical College | Dearborn, Michigan | Inactive  | [j]
Alpha Mu | 1904 – January 26, 1918  | University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Merged  |
Alpha Nu | 1905–1917  | Chicago College of Medicine and Surgery | Chicago, Illinois | Consolidated  | [k]
Alpha Xi | 1905 – January 26, 1918  | Saint Louis University | St. Louis, Missouri | Merged  |
Alpha Omicron | 1906 – January 26, 1918  | University of Illinois  |  | Merged  |
Alpha Pi | 1912 – January 26, 1918  | Loyola University Chicago | Chicago, Illinois | Merged  | [l]

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ 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.
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ Chapter became the Omega chapter of Phi Rho Sigma fraternity.
4. ^ Wisconsin College of Physicians & Surgeons was purchased by Marquette University in 1913. The chapter became inactive when the college ceased operations.
5. ^ Chapter went defunct when University Medical School closed in 1910.
6. ^ Although dormant, this chapter appears to have become the Beta Zeta chapter of Theta Kappa Psi, purhaps for the purposes of alumni affiliation.
7. ^ The chapter went defunct when the school closed in 1907.
8. ^ 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.
9. ^ There are several similarly named medical schools in Canada. This seems the likely successor school.
10. ^ This chapter went defunct when Dearborn Medical College closed.
11. ^ 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.
12. ^ Alpha Pi chapter merged into the Beta Rho (first) chapter of Kappa Psi following a national merger of the two fraternities.

## See also[edit]

* List of Kappa Psi chapters
* Phi Rho Sigma
* Professional fraternities and sororities
* Theta Kappa Psi

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Baird, William Raimond; Taylor, James Taylor, eds. (1923). Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities; a Descriptive Analysis of the Fraternity System in the Colleges of the United States, with a Detailed Account of Each Fraternity (10th ed.). New York: James T. Brown, editor and publisher. p. 516 - via Hathi Trust.
2. ^ a b "Our History". Kappa Psi. Retrieved 2023-04-05.
3. ^ a b c d e f g h i Bliss, Richard A. (May 1922). "A Brief History of the Kappa Psi Fraternity". Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association. XI (5): 355. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
4. ^ "Delta Omicron Alpha, Phi Delta, Kappa Psi Merger". The Mask. XV (1): 12–13. January 1918 - via Hathi Trust.
5. ^ "Wisconsin College of Physicians and Surgeons". Recollection Wisconsin. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 2023-04-05.
6. ^ Batesel, Paul. "Wisconsin College of Physicians". America's Lost Colleges. Retrieved 2023-04-05.
7. ^ "Members of Alpha Eta Chapter of Phi Delta Medical Fraternity | DPL DAMS". digitalcollections.detroitpubliclibrary.org. Retrieved 2023-04-05.
8. ^ Batesel, Paul. "Sioux City College of Medicine". America's Lost Colleges. Retrieved 2023-04-05.