Omega Upsilon Phi
Omega Upsilon Phi was a medical fraternity founded at the University at Buffalo on November 15, 1894, by Amos T. Baker, John M. Garratt, Frank O. Garrison, Lawrence Hendee, Elbert W. LaWall, George H. Minard, George S. Staniland, Edward A. Southall, Townsend Walker, Henry Joslyn and Ross G. Loop. The crest is a shield displaying a monogram of the Omega Upsilon Phi letters below an eye. The colors are crimson and gold and the flower is the red carnation. There were four degrees in the ritualistic work of the fraternity, three secret undergraduate degrees and one open honorary degree known as the Hippocratic Degree conferred by Grand Chapter vote.
The fraternity went defunct in 1934 after merging with Phi Beta Pi Medical Fraternity.
Omega Upsilon Phi chapters:
Chapter | Location | Dates | |
A | State University of New York School of Medicine & Biological Medical Science, Buffalo | 1894–1934 | Became ΩΥΦ chapter of Phi Chi Medical Fraternity |
B | Niagara University | 1896–1899 | Joined A |
Γ | Union University, Albany, NY | 1897 | |
Δ | University of Colorado, Denver | 1898 | |
E | University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College | 1899 | |
Z | University of Toronto | 1899 | |
H | University of Colorado, Bolder | 1900 | |
B | University of Cincinnati | 1900 | Was ΘΝΕ Society |
Θ | Cornell University, NY | 1901 | |
I | Stanford University | 1901 | Was ΠΓΕ Fraternity |
ΘΔ | Cornell University, Ithaca | 1902–1910 | School Closed |
K | Columbia University | 1902–1913 | |
Λ | Miami Medical College | 1903–1906 | Merged with U of Cincinnati |
M | Northwestern University | 1904–1912 | |
N | Medical College of Virginia | 1905 | |
Ξ | University College of Medicine | 1905 | Joined N |
O | University of North Carolina | 1907–1913 | |
Π | University of Pennsylvania | 1908 | Was ΚΦ Fraternity |
P | Jefferson Medical College | 1908–1918 | Joined Π, Was ΚΦ Fraternity |
Σ | University of Minnesota | 1908–1912 | Was ΚΔΦ Fraternity at Hamline University |
T | NC Medical College | 1908 | Joined N, Was Δ Chapter of ΚΦ Fraternity |
Y | Medico-Chirurgical College, Philadelphia | 1909 | |
Φ | Vanderbilt University | 1911 | Was ΔΜ Fraternity |
X | Fordham University | 1912–1919 | School Closed |
Ψ | University of Maryland | 1913 | |
Ω | University of California | 1914 |