Phi Kappa Psi
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ΦΚΨ (Phi Kappa Psi) is a U.S. national college fraternity.
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History
Phi Kappa Psi was founded in 1852 in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, on the campus of Jefferson College by William Henry Letterman and Charles Page Thomas Moore. Through long nights of caring for a sick friend during an outbreak of disease, the founders grew to appreciate their service, and decided to form an organization that would ensconce these ideals, and on the dreary night of February 19, 1852, the brotherhood of Phi Kappa Psi was born.
Creed
The creed of Phi Kappa Psi was a result of efforts by John Henry Frizzell (Massachusetts Alpha, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1898) and Kent Christopher Owen (Indiana Beta, Indiana University, 1958). It was adopted by the Grand Arch Council in 1964. It reads as follows:
I believe that Phi Kappa Psi is a brotherhood of honorable men, courteous and cultured, who pledge throughout their lives to be generous, compassionate, and loyal comrades;
I believe that I am honor bound to strive manfully for intellectual, moral, and spiritual excellence; to help and forgive my Brothers; to discharge promptly all just debts; to give aid and sympathy to all who are less fortunate;
I believe that I am honor bound to strengthen my character and deepen my integrity; to counsel and guide my Brothers who stray from their obligations; to respect and emulate my Brothers who practice moderation in their manners and morals; to be ever mindful that loyalty to my Fraternity should not weaken loyalty to my college, but rather increase devotion to it, to my country and to my God;
I believe that to all I meet, wherever I go, I represent not only Phi Kappa Psi, but indeed the spirit of all fraternities; thus I must ever conduct myself so as to bring respect and honor not to myself alone, but also to my Fraternity;
To the fulfillment of these beliefs, of these ideals, in the noble perfection of Phi Kappa Psi, I pledge my life and my sacred honor.
Written by John Henry Frizzell, Massachuetts Alpha 1898, and Kent Christopher Owen, Indiana Beta 1958. Adopted by the 1964 Grand Arch Council.
Symbols
The fraternity flag is in the proportions of eight and one-half feet wide by six feet high; the colors are the official fraternity colors; the design is three vertical stripes of equal width, a green in the middle, flanked on either side by a red stripe.
The official drink of Phi Kappa Psi is "Quimgambuli", this a distortion of the earlier title Quimbambuli, which comes from the German drink Krambabuli. The "gam" in Quimgambuli is in honor of the Wisconsin Gamma chapter, which prepared a description of the recipe and history of the drink and accompanying song.
Notable alumni
Note: Year listed is year of initiation into fraternity at the school listed.
Government
- U.S. President Woodrow Wilson (Virginia Alpha, University of Virginia, 1879)
- U.S. Senator Paul Coverdell (Missouri Alpha, University of Missouri, 1959)
- U.S. Senator Evan Bayh (Indiana Beta, Indiana University, 1975)
- U.S. National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley (New York Alpha, Cornell University, 1966)
- New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (Maryland Alpha, Johns Hopkins University, 1961)
Arts & entertainment
- Actor Peter Graves (Minnesota Beta, University of Minnesota, 1946)
- Actor Roy Scheider (Pennsylvania Eta, Franklin and Marshall College, 1954)
- Actor John Astin (Pennsylvania Alpha, Washington and Jefferson College, 1949)
- Author James Thurber (Ohio Delta, Ohio State University, 1918)
- Olympian Mark Spitz (Indiana Beta, Indiana University, 1969)
- Actor Zach Braff (Illinois Alpha, Northwestern University, 1997)
- Actor Edward Herrmann (Pennsylvania Gamma, Bucknell University, 1965)
Business
- Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang (California Beta, Stanford University, 1987)
- Excite co-founder Benjamin Lutch (California Beta, Stanford University, 1991)
- Ticketmaster founder Jerry Nelson (California Epsilon, UCLA, 1948)
Miscellaneous
- John F. Kennedy Jr. (Rhode Island Alpha, Brown University, 1979)
- Astronaut Owen Garriott
List of chapters
- Alabama
- Alpha - Tuscaloosa
- Beta - Auburn
- Arizona
- Alpha - Tucson
- Beta - Tempe
- California
- Alpha - University of the Pacific (inactive)
- Beta - Stanford University (founded December 18, 1891)
- Gamma - University of California, Berkeley
- Delta - University of Southern California
- Epsilon - Los Angeles
- Eta - San Luis Obispo
- Iota - University of California, Davis (colony)
- Kappa - University of California, Irvine
- Lambda - San Diego
- Colorado
- Alpha - Boulder
- Connecticut
- Alpha - Hartford
- Delaware
- Alpha - Newark
- District of Columbia
- Alpha - Washington
- Florida
- Alpha - Tallahassee
- Georgia
- Alpha - Athens
- Beta - Atlanta
- Illinois
- Alpha - Northwestern University
- Beta - Chicago
- Delta - Champaign
- Epsilon - Normal
- Eta - Edwardsville
- Gamma - Monmouth
- Theta - Chicago
- Zeta - Chicago
- Indiana
- Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity Headquaters - Lockerbie Street, Indianapolis
- Alpha - Greencastle
- Beta - Bloomington
- Delta - West Lafayette
- Epsilon - Valparaiso
- Eta - Terre Haute
- Gamma - Crawfordsville
- Zeta - Indianapolis
- Iowa
- Alpha - Iowa City
- Beta - Ames
- Delta - Indianola
- Gamma - Mt. Vernon
- Kansas
- Alpha - Lawrence
- Kentucky
- Beta - Lexington
- Louisiana
- Alpha - Baton Rouge
- Beta - Lafayette
- Gamma - New Orleans
- Maryland
- Alpha - Baltimore
- Beta - Baltimore
- Massachusetts
- Alpha - Amherst
- Beta - Waltham
- Michigan
- Alpha - Ann Arbor
- Beta - E. Lansing
- Minnesota
- Alpha - Northfield
- Beta - Minneapolis
- Delta - Duluth
- Gamma - Mankato
- Mississippi
- Alpha - University
- Beta - Clinton
- Missouri
- Alpha - Columbia
- Beta - Fulton
- Montana
- Alpha - Missoula
- Nebraska
- Alpha - Lincoln
- Beta - Omaha
- New Hampshire
- Alpha - Hanover
- New Jersey
- Alpha - Lawrenceville
- Beta - W. Long Branch
- Delta - Ewing
- Epsilon - Glassboro
- Gamma - New Brunswick
- New Mexico
- Alpha - Portales
- New York
- Alpha - Ithaca
- Beta - Syracuse
- Delta - Geneva
- Epsilon - Hamilton
- Eta - Buffalo
- Gamma - New York
- Iota - Binghamton
- Kappa - Oneonta
- Theta - Rochester
- Zeta - Brooklyn
- North Carolina
- Beta - Greenville
- Ohio
- Alpha - Delaware
- Beta - Springfield
- Gamma - Wooster
- Delta - Columbus
- Epsilon - Cleveland
- Zeta - Brunswick
- Eta - Toledo
- Theta - Ashland
- Iota - Akron
- Kappa - Kent
- Lambda - Oxford
- Mu - Dayton
- Oklahoma
- Alpha - Norman
- Beta - Stillwater
- Oregon
- Alpha - Eugene
- Beta - Corvallis
- Pennsylvania
- Alpha - Washington (first chapter - founded February 19, 1852 at then Jefferson College)
- Beta - Meadville
- Gamma - Lewisburg
- Delta - Washington
- Epsilon - Gettysburg
- Zeta - Carlisle
- Eta - Lancaster
- Theta - Lafayette College
- Iota - Philadelphia
- Kappa - Swarthmore
- Lambda - State College
- Mu - Pittsburgh
- Nu - Indiana
- Xi - Edinboro
- Omicron - Bethlehem
- Pi - Philadelphia
- Rho - York
- Sigma - Philadelphia
- Tau - Altoona
- Phi - Williamsport
- Upsilon - Philadelphia
- Rhode Island
- Alpha - Brown University
- Beta - Kingston
- South Carolina
- Alpha - Columbia
- Tennessee
- Alpha - La Grange
- Beta - Lebanon
- Gamma - Nashville
- Delta - Nashville
- Epsilon - Knoxville
- Zeta - Memphis
- Texas
- Alpha - Austin
- Beta - Lubbock
- Gamma - San Marcos
- Delta - Dallas
- Epsilon - Nacogdoches
- Virginia
- Alpha - Charlottesville
- Beta - Lexington
- Zeta - Blacksburg
- Washington
- Alpha - Seattle
- West Virginia
- Alpha - Morgantown
- Wisconsin
- Gamma - Beloit
External links
- National homepage (http://www.phikappapsi.com/)
- Stanford University (California Beta) Chapter (http://phipsi.stanford.edu/)
- Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Beta) Chapter (http://www.gtphipsi.org/)
- Rochester Institute of Technology (New York Theta) Chapter (http://www.ritphipsi.org/)
- Washington and Lee University (Virginia Beta) Chapter (http://phipsi.wlu.edu/)ja:ファイ・カッパ・サイ