Phi Kappa Psi

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Phi Kappa Psi
Motto: The great joy of serving others
Image:PhiPsiCrest.jpg
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

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 fulfilment 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, Massachusetts 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

Arts & entertainment

Business

Miscellaneous

Endowment Fund

Like many fraternal organizations the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity runs an independent endowment for the educational benifit 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.

Altough established in 1914 it was not until 1994 that the fraternity's endowment fund began to flurish. In that year net assets totaled a mere $620,503. Ten years later that ammount 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 benifit of a specific chapter. This has spurred giving among those who have a strong connection with the chapter at their collegiate alma matter. The Phi Kappa Psi chapter at USC (University of Southern California) has the largest chapter scholarship fund with $1.3 million in 2004.

List of chapters

External links

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