Phi Alpha Sigma
Phi Alpha Sigma Medical Fraternity (ΦΑΣ) was founded April 9, 1888 at the Bellevue Hospital in New York City by H. A. Hanbold, Austin Flint, Jr., N. B. Van Etten, and Frank Hollister.[1][2] It was established on the basis of an older organization called Kappa Delta Phi.
The fraternity exists today as a single chapter located at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Chartered in 1899 it was the first fraternity at Jefferson Medical College.[3]
It currently occupies a house located at 313 S. 10th Street in Philadelphia.
Symbols[edit]
The badge is a winged Caduceus of gold displaying the letters ΦΑΣ in platinum on the rod between the serpents.[2]
Chapter List[edit]
The chapters of Phi Alpha Sigma:[2]
- 1888 Alpha - University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College
- 1893 Beta - University of Pennsylvania[4]
- 1899 Gamma - Cornell University Medical College
- 1899 Delta - Jefferson Medical College
- 1903 Epsilon - University of Texas
- 1910 Zeta - Northwestern University[5]
- 1917 Eta - Tulane University
- 1921 Theta -Baylor University - Medical[6]
- At least one additional by 1931.[6]
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "The cyclopædia of fraternities; a compilation of existing authentic information and the results of original investigation as to more than six hundred secret societies in the United States"". Archive.org. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Baird, William Raymond (1905). Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities. New York: G. Banta. OCLC 1519027. Search this book on
- ↑ Legend and Lore Jefferon Medical College. William T. Cooke Publishing, inc. 1996. pp. 102–109. Retrieved 19 July 2018. Search this book on
- ↑ University of Pennsylvania University Archives and Records Center
- ↑ Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.) (1918). University Register. Northwestern University. p. 343. Search this book on
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Baylor University (1931). Roundup 1931. Search this book on
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