Phi Kappa Psi Motto: The great joy of serving others 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: Jaqueminot rose

ΦΚΨ (Phi Kappa Psi) is a U.S. national college fraternity.

Contents

1 History 2 Creed 3 Symbols 4 Notable alumni 4.1 Government 4.2 Arts & entertainment 4.3 Business 4.4 Miscellaneous 5 Chapter roll 5.1 Wisconsin Gamma 5.2 California Kappa 6 External links

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, University of Indiana, 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 fulfillment of these beliefs, of these ideals, in the noble perfection of Phi Kappa Psi, I pledge my life and my sacred honor.

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

• U.S. President Woodrow Wilson (Virginia Alpha, University of Virginia, 1879)
• U.S. Senator Paul Coverdell (Missouri Alpha, University of Missouri, 1959)
• U.S. Senator Evan Bayh (Indiana Beta, University of Indiana, 1975)
• U.S. National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley (New York Alpha, Cornell University, 1966)
• New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (Maryland Alpha, Johns Hopkins University, 1961)

Arts & entertainment

• Actor Peter Graves (Minnesota Beta, University of Minnesota, 1946)
• Actor Roy Scheider (Pennsylvania Eta, Franklin and Marshall College, 1954)
• Actor John Astin (Pennsylvania Alpha, Washington and Jefferson College, 1949)
• Author James Thurber (Ohio Delta, Ohio State University, 1918)
• Olympian Mark Spitz (Indiana Beta, University of Indiana, 1969)
• Actor Zach Braff (Illinois Alpha, Northwestern University, 1997)

Business

• Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang (California Beta, Stanford University, 1987)
• Excite co-founder Benjamin Lutch (California Beta, Stanford University, 1991)
• Ticketmaster founder Jerry Nelson (California Epsilon, UCLA, 1948)

Miscellaneous

• John F. Kennedy Jr. (Rhode Island Alpha, Brown University, 1979)
• Astronaut Owen Garriott

Chapter roll

Wisconsin Gamma

Founded at Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin in 1881, the Wisconsin Gamma chapter of Phi Kappa Psi has had an illustrious history, and continues to lead its brotherhood in excellence by example. Wisconsin Gamma received the 2002 Risk Management award from the National fraternity, demonstrating their dedication to preserving the health and welfare of their members and pledges alike.

Amongst other public services, the chapter offers an escort service for women on and near the college campus, and takes part in an annual highway trash pickup. Further, it hosts a number of alcohol and substance-free social events, as well as offering a forum for interested students and faculty members of the college to give talks and lectures at their "fireside chat" events.

In 1969, the chapter surrendered its charter rather than fight a complaint lodged against the chapter by a visiting member for initiating a black man into the brotherhood. In 1977, the chapter restored its charter, and in 2002 celebrated its 25th anniversary after the reinstatement.

Several of the fraternity songs are believed to have been written by brothers from Wisconsin Gamma - "Adam", for example, and "I Took a Little Trip to Heaven". Both of these songs reference things from the past of the chapter, such as Chapin St. in Beloit, where the old chapter house was, and references to the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, which was disbanded after it was discovered that the members had been operating a methamphetamine production lab.

California Kappa

Founded at UC Irvine in Irvine, California in 1989, the California Kappa chapter of Phi Kappa Psi has had an illustrious history, and continues to lead its brotherhood in excellence by example.

As the new academic year begins, Cal Kappa starts Rush full of optimism and spirit.The California Kappa Chapter of Phi Kappa Psi at the University of California, Irvine is looking to bid 30+ pledges this upcoming fall Rush maintaining its status as one of the biggest and most dominant fraternities in Orange County. Cal Kappa will put to use the new Rush techniques taught at Cabo, while using their own Southern California style. The chapter recently initiated their newest officers, headed by former University Student Government President and current GP, Sammi Shaaya. Brother Shaaya heads Cal Kappa with many years of leadership under his belt. Cal Kappa recently helped two brothers win the seats of Student Body President and Vice President again showing their dominance and leadership in and out of the Greek community. With all the new leadership in place, Cal Kappa is looking forward to continuing dominance in all areas of Greek life including philanthropy with their newest event “Rock the Casa”. The upcoming year will be a year of success and change as the chapter has a new advisor, and for the first time ever an advisor from their very own chapter. The change does not stop there, the Brothers of Cal Kappa are currently in the process of acquiring a new chapter house that will be bigger and better than the current. For any questions or updates on Cal Kappa feel free to E-Mail the chapter at PhiPsiUCI@gmail.com.

External links

• National homepage (http://www.phikappapsi.com/)
• Stanford University (California Beta) Chapter (http://phipsi.stanford.edu/)
• Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Beta) Chapter (http://www.gtphipsi.org/)

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