Phi Kappa Psi

Phi Kappa Psi
Motto: United by Friendship, Sustained by Honor, and Led by Truth; We Live and Flourish.
Founded: February 19, 1852 at Jefferson College (Canonsburg, Pennsylvania)
Founders: William Henry Letterman and Charles Page Thomas Moore
Colors: Cardinal red and hunter green
Yell: "High! High! High! Phi Kappa Psi! Live ever! Die Never! Phi Kappa Psi!"
Flower: Jacqueminot Rose

Phi Kappa Psi (ΦΚΨ, Phi 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.

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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 at Denver 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 fulfilment of these beliefs, of these ideals, in the noble perfection of Phi Kappa Psi, I pledge my life and my sacred honor.

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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.

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Notable Phi Psis

Note: Year listed is year of initiation into fraternity at the school listed.

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Government

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Military

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Arts & entertainment

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Sports

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Business

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Education

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Miscellaneous

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Endowment fund

Like many fraternal organizations the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity runs an independent endowment for the educational benefit of its members. This endowment fund, organized in 1914, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, public educational foundation. As of December 31st, 2004 the endowment fund had net assets of $18,928,712. In 2004 the endowment fund spent $1,085,515 on scholarships, grants and other educational activities for the fraternity's brothers.

Although established in 1914 it was not until 1994 that the fraternity's endowment fund began to flourish. In that year net assets totaled a mere $620,503. Ten years later that amount grew to almost $19 million. In 2004 under the leadership of Tom Pennington, director of development for the fund, and Wayne Wilson, probate attorney and chairman of the fund, the Phi Kappa Psi endowment fund became the largest endowment fund of any American or International collegiate fraternity or sorority. Generous giving by wealthy alumni such as Jerry Nelson and Bruce McMahan have helped Phi Kappa Psi reach this goal. The fund also relies heavily on smaller contributions to its "Chapter Scholarship Foundation" program, whereby 90% of a donation can be ear-marked for the benefit of a specific chapter. This has spurred giving among those who have a strong connection with the chapter at their collegiate alma mater. The Phi Kappa Psi chapter at USC (University of Southern California) has the largest chapter scholarship fund with $1.3 million in 2004.

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List of chapters

Those marked with an asterisk are inactive.

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External links


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