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Phi Alpha (fraternity)

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Phi Alpha
ΦΑ

Founded	October 14, 1914; 109 years ago (1914-10-14) George Washington University
Type	Social
Affiliation	NIC (former)
Status	Merged
Emphasis	Jewish
Scope	National
Colors	Maroon and Blue
Publication	Phi Alpha Quarterly
Chapters	33; 16 active at merger
Merged into	Phi Sigma Delta (1959)

Phi Alpha (ΦΑ) was a historically Jewish Fraternity founded in 1914. It merged with Phi Sigma Delta in 1959. Ten years later, that fraternity merged with Zeta Beta Tau.^[1]

History[edit]

Phi Alpha was founded at George Washington University on October 14, 1914.

Five founders were honored:

David Davis
Edward Lewis
Hyman Shapiro
Reuben Schmidt
Maurice H. Herzmark

The first pledge ceremony was held in February 1915, and was followed by the establishment of a chapter house. Dr. Edward Cafritz transferred to University of Maryland, Baltimore and helped start Beta chapter, which was installed on February 22, 1916. This was followed by Gamma chapteratGeorgetown University on December 26, 1916.^[2]

On April 6, 1959 the fraternity merged with Phi Sigma Delta, retiring the name Phi Alpha. That fraternity's records note that there were sixteen active Phi Alpha chapters at the time of the merger. Both fraternities had chapters at three campuses, two of which were "readily resolved," and in the case of the third, this chapter was released to join another fraternity.^[3]

Ten years later Phi Sigma Delta itself merged with Zeta Beta Tau.

Traditions, Milestones and Insignia[edit]

In 1921, Phi Alpha became a member of the National Interfraternity Conference. In 1926, the fraternity was incorporated nationally. Its national convention was held annually during the latter part of December.^[2]

Its magazine, the Phi Alpha Quarterly began publication in 1917. Its member-only, "esoteric" publication was the Phi Alpha Bulletin.^[2]

The Fraternity's badge was a gold plaque, rectangular, and wider than it was tall, superimposed with the raised letters ΦΑ and surrounded with a row of pearls. Its flower was the rose. The pledge button was circular, containing a blue circle within a red circle.^[2]

Chapters[edit]

This is the list of chapters of Phi Alpha fraternity, prior to its merger into Phi Sigma Delta in 1959, then Zeta Beta Tau in 1969. Citations taken from Baird's Manual^[2] and checked against ZBT's referenced list.^[4]

Name	Chartered	Institution	Location	Status	Reference
Alpha	October 14, 1914	George Washington University	Washington, D.C.	Became Phi Alpha chapter of ΦΣΔ	^[3]
Beta	February 22, 1916	University of Maryland at Baltimore	Baltimore, MD	Became Phi Beta chapter of ΦΣΔ	^[3]^[5]
Gamma	December 26, 1916	Georgetown University	Washington, D.C.	Became Phi Gamma chapter of ΦΣΔ	^[3]
Delta	February 15, 1918	Northwestern University	Evanston, IL	Became Phi Delta chapter of ΦΣΔ	^[3]
Epsilon	April 2, 1919	University of Maryland, College Park	College Park, MD	Became Phi Epsilon chapter of ΦΣΔ	^[3]^[5]
Zeta	December 7, 1919	Yale University	New Haven, CT	Became Phi Zeta chapter of ΦΣΔ Closed in 1925	^[3]
Eta	December 30, 1919	Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore, MD	Closed in 1938	^[6]^[7]
Theta	1920	New York University	New York, NY	Merged or released by ΦΣΔ	^[6]^[8]
Iota	February 20, 1920	Columbia University	New York, NY	Merged or released by ΦΣΔ	^[6]^[9]
Kappa	March 3, 1921	University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, PA	Closed in 1939, revived in 1952 Merged or released by ΦΣΔ	^[6]^[10]
Lambda	February 19, 1921	DePaul University	Chicago, IL	Became Phi Lambda chapter of ΦΣΔ Closed in 1927	^[3]
Mu	April 16, 1922	University of Virginia	Charlottesville, VA	Became Phi Mu chapter of ΦΣΔ	^[3]
Nu	March 16, 1924	Clark University	Worcester, MA	Became Phi Nu chapter of ΦΣΔ Closed in 1969	^[3]
Xi		(Unassigned)			^[11]
Omicron	1924	University of New Hampshire	Durham, NH	Became Phi Omicron chapter of ΦΣΔ	^[3]
Pi	December 14, 1924	Boston University	Boston, MA	Became Phi Pi chapter of ΦΣΔ	^[3]
Rho	February 6, 1925	University of Richmond	Richmond, VA	Became Phi Rho chapter of ΦΣΔ	^[3]
Sigma	October 25, 1925	Brooklyn Polytechnic (now Tandon)	Brooklyn, NY	Became Phi Sigma chapter of ΦΣΔ	^[3]
Tau	March 31, 1927	College of William & Mary	Williamsburg, VA	Became Phi Tau chapter of ΦΣΔ Closed in 1954	^[3]
Upsilon	April 24, 1927	University of Chicago	Chicago, IL	Merged or released by ΦΣΔ	^[6]^[12]
Phi	March 19, 1927	Duquesne University	Pittsburgh, PA	Became Phi Phi chapter of ΦΣΔ	^[3]
Chi	October 15, 1927	Trinity College (Duke University)	Durham, NC	Became Phi Chi chapter of ΦΣΔ Closed in 1929	^[3]
Psi	February 20, 1928	University of Tennessee at Chattanooga	Chattanooga, TN	Became Phi Psi chapter of ΦΣΔ Closed in 1930	^[3]
Omega	May 11, 1928	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Chapel Hill, NC	Became Phi Omega chapter of ΦΣΔ Closed in 1943	^[3]
Alpha Alpha	December 1, 1928	West Virginia University	Morgantown, WV	Merged or released by ΦΣΔ	^[6]^[13]
Alpha Beta	May 4, 1929	Temple University	Philadelphia, PA	Became Phi Alpha Beta chapter of ΦΣΔ	^[3]
Alpha Gamma	December 7, 1930	Wayne State University	Detroit, MI	Became Phi Alpha Gamma chapter of ΦΣΔ Closed 1942-1961	^[3]
Alpha Delta	1930	University of Detroit Mercy	Detroit, MI	Closed in 1942	^[14]
Alpha Epsilon	1937	St. John's College	Annapolis, MD	Became Phi Alpha Epsilon chapter of ΦΣΔ Closed in 1947	^[3]^[15]
Alpha Zeta	1938	St. John's University	New York, NY	Became Phi Alpha Zeta chapter of ΦΣΔ Closed in 1941	^[3]^[15]
Alpha Eta	1940	CCNY	New York, NY	Became Phi Alpha Eta chapter of ΦΣΔ	^[3]
Alpha Theta	1941	Washington College	Chestertown, MD	Became Phi Alpha Theta chapter of ΦΣΔ Closed in 1942	^[3]
Alpha Iota	1953	Cornell University	Ithaca, NY	Merged or released by ΦΣΔ	^[16]
Alpha Kappa	1957	Lehman College (Hunter College)	Bronx, NY	Became Phi Alpha Kappa chapter of ΦΣΔ	^[3]

References[edit]

^ Our Antecedent Groups – Phi Alpha

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Anson, Jack L.; Marchenasi, Robert F., eds. (1991) [1879]. Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (20th ed.). Indianapolis, IN: Baird's Manual Foundation, Inc. p. VIII–13. ISBN 978-0963715906.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z Anson, Jack L.; Marchenasi, Robert F., eds. (1991) [1879]. Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (20th ed.). Indianapolis, IN: Baird's Manual Foundation, Inc. p. VIII–17–18. ISBN 978-0963715906.

^ Phi Alpha Quarterly. 1936.

^ ^a ^b Phi Alpha Quarterly, 1936 talks about the activities of Beta chapter at University of Maryland, Baltimore.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Not listed among the ΦΣΔ chapters.

^ Note, this was the same school as the Rho chapter of ΦΣΔ.

^ Note, this was the same school as the older Delta chapter of ΦΣΔ.

^ Note, this was the same school as ΦΣΔ's Alpha chapter.

^ Note, this was the same school as ΦΣΔ's Zeta chapter.

^ Neither Baird's nor ZBT lists a Phi Alpha chapter with this designation.

^ Note, this was the same school as the Mu chapter of ΦΣΔ.

^ Note, this was the same campus as the Upsilon chapter of ΦΣΔ.

^ Not listed among merged ΦΣΔ chapters. Two years prior to the merger with ΦΣΔ, that fraternity had formed a chapter on the same campus.

^ ^a ^b St. John's College has two campuses. Its main campus is in Annapolis. Note also, St. John's University is a separate school, in NYC.

^ Note, this young chapter had formed at the same school as the Beta chapter of ΦΣΔ.

North American Interfraternity Conference

Currently active members of the NIC

Active former members of the NIC

Defunct former members of the NIC

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