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:
ChapterLocationDates
AState University of New York School of Medicine & Biological Medical Science, Buffalo1894–1934Became ΩΥΦ chapter of Phi Chi Medical Fraternity
BNiagara University1896–1899Joined A
ΓUnion University, Albany, NY1897
ΔUniversity of Colorado, Denver1898
EUniversity and Bellevue Hospital Medical College1899
ZUniversity of Toronto1899
HUniversity of Colorado, Bolder1900
BUniversity of Cincinnati1900Was ΘΝΕ Society
ΘCornell University, NY1901
IStanford University1901Was ΠΓΕ Fraternity
ΘΔCornell University, Ithaca1902–1910School Closed
KColumbia University1902–1913
ΛMiami Medical College1903–1906Merged with U of Cincinnati
MNorthwestern University1904–1912
NMedical College of Virginia1905
ΞUniversity College of Medicine1905Joined N
OUniversity of North Carolina1907–1913
ΠUniversity of Pennsylvania1908Was ΚΦ Fraternity
PJefferson Medical College1908–1918Joined Π, Was ΚΦ Fraternity
ΣUniversity of Minnesota1908–1912Was ΚΔΦ Fraternity at Hamline University
TNC Medical College1908Joined N, Was Δ Chapter of ΚΦ Fraternity
YMedico-Chirurgical College, Philadelphia1909
ΦVanderbilt University1911Was ΔΜ Fraternity
XFordham University1912–1919School Closed
ΨUniversity of Maryland1913
ΩUniversity of California1914