Phi Delta Epsilon

Phi Delta Epsilon (ΦΔΕ) (commonly known as PhiDE) is a co-ed international medical fraternity and a member of the Professional Fraternity Association.

Phi Delta Epsilon International Medical Fraternity
ΦΔΕ
FoundedOctober 13, 1904 (1904-10-13)
Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University
TypeProfessional fraternity
EmphasisMedicine
MottoFacta Non Verba
Deeds Not Words
Colors  Royal purple   Ivory
SymbolCaduceus
FlowerScarlet Red Carnation
JewelAmethyst and Pearl
PhilanthropyChildren's Miracle Network
Chapters81 Pre-Medical Chapter, 101 Medical Chapters
Headquarters714 Lyndon Lane, Suite 1
Louisville, KY 40222
USA
WebsitePhi Delta Epsilon homepage
[1]

History

Phi Delta Epsilon was founded on October 13, 1904 at Cornell University Medical College. Founders were:

  • Aaron Brown
  • Henry Aaronson
  • Michael Halpern Barsky
  • Bernard Hyle Eliasberg
  • Irving Harold Engel
  • Philip Frank
  • Abraham Leon Garbat
  • William Isidore Wallach

During the first decade of this century there were many doors closed to Jewish medical students and physicians, doors which would not fully open until after World War II. In 1904, it was not uncommon for American medical schools and medical fraternities to have quotas limiting admission of Jewish students. Thus, Brown and his friends decided to start their own fraternal organization, guided by the precepts of philanthropy, deity, and equity.[2]

Soon after, more chapters were organized in the East and Midwest. In 1918, Phi Delta Epsilon amalgamated with Alpha Phi Sigma,[3] a medical fraternity organized in 1908, whose ideals and principles were similar to those of PhiDE. Its seven existing chapters were in the Midwest and West, which geographically complemented the existing PhiDE chapters.[4]

Following the merge, the chapters were divided into districts, and by 1930, enough members had graduated from medical schools to form graduate clubs. In 1926, an Endowment Fund was started. In the 1940s, the Aaron Brown Lectureship Program was begun and has remained an important chapter event through the years.[2]

In the late 1960s, the fraternity opened its membership to women and encouraged recruitment of medical students of all races, nationalities and religious beliefs. The fraternity's membership diversified throughout the following decades. The addition of the premedical affiliation in 1994 at Binghamton University rounded out the fraternity's membership, which now spans an entire lifetime of medical education and practice.[2][5]

The Fraternity has over 35,000 practicing professionals in its active network.[5]

Symbols

Over the course of its history, the fraternity has recognized three badges. The first and oldest badge includes the Greek letter Phi on its left side, Delta at its top, and Epsilon on its right. The Delta is set with pearls on its sides and amethysts at its angles. Below the Delta is a torch, and in front of the torch is a bow with a ruby at its center. All badges are identical, but as occasion demands various stones are placed therein to designate successful completion of a term in a specific International Board office.[2]

The fraternity's premedical badge is made of 14 carat gold and is triangular in shape. The left side of its face is purple, while the right side is ivory. The medical badge, also made of 14 carat gold, consists of a torch centered in front of the outline of a triangle.

The seal of the fraternity consists of the scales of justice with the letters Phi, Delta, and Epsilon on the sides and at the bottom. The scale is balanced upon a caduceus with a Delta as its base. The letter Alpha appears beside the left wing and the letter Sigma beside the right. Above the center of the wings is a star containing the letter Phi.

Both badge and seal may only be used or worn by initiated members.

The Fraternity's colors are Royal purple and ivory. [2]

Other symbols of PhiDE include amethyst, pearl, and the scarlet red carnation.

Chapters

The chapter list[2] of Phi Delta Epsilon includes the following groups. Those founded prior to 1962 are noted in Baird's Manual (20th ed), while newer chapters are from the Fraternity's website:

Medical Chapter University Location Date Founded
Alpha Cornell University Ithaca, NY 1904
Beta New York University Manhattan, NY 1905
Gamma Columbia University Manhattan, NY 1905
Zeta SUNY Downstate Medical Center Brooklyn, NY 1906
Theta Fordham University Bronx, NY 1907
Iota College of Physicians and Surgeons Baltimore, MD 1907
Kappa Medico-Chirurgical College (Perelman, UPenn) Philadelphia, PA 1907
Lambda Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD 1907
Mu Jefferson Medical College Philadelphia, PA 1916
Nu University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 1911
Xi Loyola University Medical Center Maywood, IL 1913
Omicron New York Medical College Manhattan, NY 1913
Rho Harvard University Boston, MA 1916
Sigma Temple University Philadelphia, PA 1916
Tau SUNY Upstate Medical University (as Syracuse University) Syracuse, NY 1919
Upsilon Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH 1919
Phi University of Louisville Louisville, KY 1920
Chi Ohio State University Columbus, OH 1921
Psi George Washington University Washington, DC 1920
Omega University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 1921
Alpha Alpha University of Illinois Chicago, IL 1918
Alpha Beta Northwestern University Chicago, IL 1918
Alpha Gamma Rush Medical College Chicago, IL 1918
Alpha Delta Wayne State University Detroit, MI 1918
Alpha Epsilon University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester, MA 1979
Alpha Zeta College of Physicians and Surgeons San Francisco, CA 1918
Alpha Eta University of Southern California Los Angeles 1918
Alpha Theta Tufts University School of Medicine Boston, MA 1918
Alpha Iota Tulane University New Orleans, LA 1918
Alpha Kappa Washington University St. Louis, MO 1922
Alpha Lambda Medical College of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI 1922
Alpha Mu Medical College of Virginia Richmond, VA 1923
Alpha Nu University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, TX 1923
Alpha Xi University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN 1922
Alpha Omicron Boston University Boston, MA 1923
Alpha Pi St. Louis University St. Louis, MO 1924
Alpha Rho Yale University New Haven, CT 1924
Alpha Sigma University of Toronto Toronto, ON 1924
Alpha Tau Indiana University Indianapolis, IN 1924
Alpha Upsilon University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 1924
Alpha Phi University of California San Francisco, CA 1925
Alpha Chi Creighton University Omaha, NE 1925
Alpha Psi University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, WI 1926
Alpha Omega University of Oregon Portland, OR 1926
Beta Alpha New Jersey Medical School Newark, NJ 1968
Beta Beta University of Colorado Denver, CO 1926
Beta Gamma University of Kansas Kansas City, KS 1926
Beta Delta McGill University Montreal, QC 1926
Beta Epsilon University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH 1928
Beta Zeta Hahnemann Medical College Philadelphia, PA 1929
Beta Eta University of Tennessee College of Medicine Memphis, TN 1929
Beta Theta Baylor University Houston, TX 1929
Beta Iota Medical College of Georgia Augusta, GA 1929
Beta Kappa State University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 1929
Beta Lambda University of Vermont Burlington, VT 1930
Beta Mu Dalhousie University Halifax, NS 1930
Beta Nu Emory University Atlanta, GA 1930
Beta Xi Georgetown University Washington, DC 1935
Beta Omicron Louisiana State University New Orleans, LA 1938
Beta Pi UT Southwestern Medical School Dallas, TX 1943
Beta Rho University of Nebraska Omaha, NE 1944
Beta Sigma Medical College of South Carolina Charleston, SC 1949
Beta Tau Chicago Medical School Chicago, IL 1949
Beta Upsilon SUNY Buffalo Buffalo, NY 1951
Beta Phi UCLA Los Angeles, CA 1953
Beta Chi University of Miami Miami, FL 1953
Beta Psi University of Toledo Medical Center Toledo, OH 1980
Beta Omega Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 1968
Delta Alpha Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Bethesda, MD 1982
Delta Beta Northeast Ohio Medical University Kent, OH 1981
Delta Gamma UC San Diego San Diego, CA 1989
Delta Delta Stanford University Palo Alto, CA 1983
Delta Epsilon University of Maryland Baltimore, MD 1912
Delta Zeta University of Florida Gainesville, FL 1992
Delta Eta University of South Florida Tampa, FL 1986
Delta Iota Eastern Virginia Medical School Norfolk, VA 1989
Delta Kappa Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences Tulsa, OK 1990
Delta Lambda Des Moines University Des Moines, IA 1990
Delta Omicron Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine Kirksville, MO 1988
Delta Chi Howard University College of Medicine Washington, DC 1971
Kappa Pi University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 1907
Kappa Rho University of California Irvine Irvine, CA 1962
Kappa Psi University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 1978
Upsilon Theta University of Texas Medical School Houston, TX 1979
District 14 Autonomous University of Guadalajara Guadalajara, Mexico 1979
District 13 Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Nashville, TN
Delta Psi University of Alabama Birmingham Birmingham, AL 2007
Delta Omega Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Dublin, Ireland 2007
Epsilon Alpha Universidad de Monterrey Monterrey, Mexico 2007
Epsilon Beta Ross University School of Medicine Portsmouth, Dominica 2007
Epsilon Gamma Midwestern University Downers Grove, IL 2008
Epsilon Delta American University of Antigua Antigua 2008
Epsilon Epsilon Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine Cleveland, OH 2008
Epsilon Zeta Colony University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, AR 2008
Epsilon Eta Marshall University School of Medicine Huntington, WV 2010
Epsilon Theta Medical University of Gdańsk Gdańsk, Poland 2011
Epsilon Iota University of Nevada School of Medicine Reno, NV 2015
Epsilon Kappa Stony Brook University SOM Stony Brook, NY 2016
Epsilon Lambda University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria Peoria, IL 2017
Epsilon Mu Mercer University School of Medicine Savannah, GA 2017
Epsilon Nu University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Medicine Las Vegas, NV 2017
Epsilon Pi Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine Stratford, NJ 2020
Premedical Chapter University Location Date Founded
NY Alpha Binghamton University Binghamton, NY 1994
CAN Alpha McGill University Montreal, QC 1994
NY Beta St. Lawrence University Canton, NY 1995
OH Alpha Wright State University Dayton, OH 1995
TX Alpha University of Texas San Antonio San Antonio, TX 1996
NY Gamma Manhattan College Bronx, NY 1996
OH Beta Kent State University Kent, OH 1996
GA Alpha Oglethorpe University Atlanta, GA 1996
GA Beta Emory University Atlanta, GA 1996
IL Alpha Chicago State University Chicago, IL 1996
MI Alpha Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI 1996
NY Delta SUNY Albany Albany, NY 1996
NY Epsilon Marist College Poughkeepsie, NY 1997
NY Zeta Clarkson University Potsdam, NY 1997
CA Alpha Pepperdine University Malibu, CA 1997
CAN Beta Simon Fraser University Burnaby, BC 1998
KY Alpha Transylvania University Lexington, KY 1998
NY Heta SUNY Buffalo Buffalo, NY 2001
KY Beta University of Louisville Louisville, KY 2003
NJ Alpha Ramapo College Mahwah, NJ 2003
CA Beta UC San Diego San Diego, CA 2003
CA Gamma UCLA Los Angeles, CA 2004
CA Delta UC Riverside Riverside, CA 2004
CA Epsilon UC Irvine Irvine, CA 2004
CA Zeta Concordia University Irvine, CA 2005
CA Eta University of San Diego San Diego, CA 2005
OH Gamma Miami University Oxford, OH 2006
NY Theta New York University New York, NY 2007
NY Iota Hofstra University Long Island, NY 2007
FL Alpha Florida International University Miami, FL 2007
CAN Gamma University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC 2007
CA Theta California State University, Northridge Los Angeles, CA 2007
OH Delta Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH 2007
CA Iota UC Berkeley Berkeley, CA 2007
CA Kappa UC Davis Davis, CA 2007
IL Beta University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Urbana, IL/Champaign, IL 2008
NJ Beta Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ 2008
DE Alpha University of Delaware Newark, DE 2008
NY Kappa United States Military Academy West Point, NY 2008
GA Gamma Georgia Southern University Statesboro, GA 2009
FL Beta University of Central Florida Orlando, FL 2009
OH Epsilon University of Akron Akron, OH 2009
CA Lambda UC Merced Merced, CA 2010
CA Mu Azusa Pacific University Azusa, CA 2010
FL Gamma University of Miami Coral Gables, FL 2010
KS Alpha University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 2010
MI Beta Saginaw Valley State University Saginaw, MI 2010
DC Alpha Howard University Washington, DC 2011
MO Alpha Rockhurst University Kansas City, MO 2011
IL Gamma Northwestern University Evanston, IL 2011
OH Zeta The Ohio State University Columbus, OH 2011
NY Lambda Cornell University Ithaca, NY 2011
FL Delta Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL 2011
MA Alpha University of Massachusetts Boston Boston, MA 2011
NY Mu Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY 2011
NY Nu Syracuse University Syracuse, NY 2012
MI Gamma University of Michigan, Dearborn Dearborn, MI 2012
NV Alpha University of Nevada, Reno Reno, NV 2012
OH Eta Ohio University Athens, OH 2013
KY Gamma University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 2013
IN Alpha Indiana University Bloomington, IN 2013
MI Delta University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 2013
IA Alpha Drake University Des Moines, IA 2013
GA Delta Morehouse College Atlanta, GA 2013
SC Alpha University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 2013
DC Beta American University Washington, DC 2013
NY Xi SUNY Geneseo Geneseo, NY 2013
PA Alpha University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 2013
FL Epsilon University of South Florida Tampa, FL 2014
IN Beta DePauw University Greencastle, IN 2014
PA Beta Temple University Philadelphia, PA 2015
PA Gamma Drexel University Philadelphia, PA 2015
MD Alpha University of Maryland Baltimore, MD 2013
CA Nu UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 2015
WA Alpha University of Washington Seattle, WA 2016
IL Delta Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL 2016
MI Epsilon Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI 2016
MD Beta University of Maryland College Park, MD 2016
GA Beta Emory University Atlanta, GA 2017
VA Alpha University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 2017
PA Delta University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 2017
OR Alpha Portland State University Portland, OR 2017
SC Beta Clemson University Clemson, SC 2018
NC Alpha Duke University Durham, NC 2018
FL Zeta Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 2018
LA Alpha Tulane University New Orleans, LA 2019

References

  1. Phi Delta Epsilon - UC Davis
  2. Anson, Jack L.; Marchenasi, Robert F., eds. (1991) [1879]. Baird's Manual of American Fraternities (20th ed.). Indianapolis, IN: Baird's Manual Foundation, Inc. p. V-90-91. ISBN 978-0963715906.
  3. Not to be confused with the Alpha Phi Sigma, the criminal justice honor society of the same name, founded in 1942 at Washington State University, nor the scholarship recognition society called Alpha Phi Sigma founded in 1930 at Truman State University.
  4. Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities. G. Banta Company. 1920. p. 516.
  5. Phi Delta Epsilon homepage
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