Phi Delta Epsilon

Phi Delta Epsilon is a co-ed international medical fraternity and a member of the Professional Fraternity Association.

History

Phi Delta Epsilon was founded on October 13, 1904 at Cornell University Medical College by Aaron Brown, Henry Aaronson, Michael Halpern Barsky, Bernard Hyle Eliasberg, Irving Harold Engel, Philip Frank, Abraham Leon Garbat, and William Isidore Wallach. During the first decade of this century there were many doors closed to Jewish medical students and physicians, doors which would not fully open until after World War II. In 1904, it was not uncommon for American medical schools and medical fraternities to have quotas limiting admission of Jewish students. Thus, Brown and his friends decided to start their own fraternal organization, guided by the precepts of philanthropy, deity, and equity.
Soon after, more chapters were organized in the East and Midwest. In 1918, Phi Delta Epsilon amalgamated with Alpha Phi Sigma, a medical fraternity organized in 1908, whose ideals and principles were similar to those of PhiDE. Its chapters were in the Midwest and West, which geographically complemented the existing PhiDE chapters.
Following the merge, the chapters were divided into districts, and by 1930, enough members had graduated from medical schools to form graduate clubs. In 1926, an Endowment Fund was started. In the 1940s, the Aaron Brown Lectureship Program was begun and has remained an important chapter event through the years.
In the late 1960s, the fraternity opened its membership to women and encouraged recruitment of medical students of all races, nationalities and religious beliefs. The fraternity's membership diversified throughout the following decades. The addition of the premedical affiliation in 1994 at Binghamton University rounded out the fraternity's membership, which now spans an entire lifetime of medical education and practice.

Symbols

Over the course of its history, the fraternity has recognized three badges. The first and oldest badge includes the Greek letter Phi on its left side, Delta at its top, and Epsilon on its right. The Delta is set with pearls on its sides and amethysts at its angles. Below the Delta is a torch, and in front of the torch is a bow with a ruby at its center. All badges are identical, but as occasion demands various stones are placed therein to designate successful completion of a term in a specific International Board office.
The fraternity's premedical badge is made of 14 carat gold and is triangular in shape. The left side of its face is purple, while the right side is ivory. The medical badge, also made of 14 carat gold, consists of a torch centered in front of the outline of a triangle.
The seal of the fraternity consists of the scales of justice with the letters Phi, Delta, and Epsilon on the sides and at the bottom. The scale is balanced upon a caduceus with a Delta as its base. The letter Alpha appears beside the left wing and the letter Sigma beside the right. Above the center of the wings is a star containing the letter Phi.
Both badge and seal may only be used or worn by initiated members.
Other symbols of PhiDE include amethyst, pearl, and the scarlet red carnation.

Chapters

Medical Chapter	University	Location	Date Founded
Alpha	Cornell University	Ithaca, NY	1904
Beta	New York University	Manhattan, NY	1905
Gamma	Columbia University	Manhattan, NY	1905
Zeta	SUNY Downstate Medical Center	Brooklyn, NY	1906
Theta	Fordham University	Bronx, NY	1907
Iota	College of Physicians and Surgeons	Baltimore, MD	1907
Kappa	Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia	Philadelphia, PA	1907
Lambda	Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore, MD	1907
Mu	Jefferson Medical College	Philadelphia, PA	1916
Nu	University of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh, PA	1911
Xi	Loyola University Medical Center	Maywood, IL	1913
Omicron	New York Medical College	Manhattan, NY	1913
Rho	Harvard University	Boston, MA	1916
Sigma	Temple University	Philadelphia, PA	1916
Tau	SUNY Upstate Medical University	Syracuse, NY	1919
Upsilon	Case Western Reserve University	Cleveland, OH	1919
Phi	University of Louisville	Louisville, KY	1920
Chi	Ohio State University	Columbus, OH	1921
Psi	George Washington University	Washington, DC	1920
Omega	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	1921
Alpha Alpha	University of Illinois	Chicago, IL	1918
Alpha Beta	Northwestern University	Chicago, IL	1918
Alpha Gamma	Rush Medical College	Chicago, IL	1918
Alpha Delta	Wayne State University	Detroit, MI	1918
Alpha Epsilon	University of Massachusetts Medical School	Worcester, MA	1979
Alpha Zeta	College of Physicians and Surgeons	San Francisco, CA	1918
Alpha Eta	University of Southern California	Los Angeles	1918
Alpha Theta	Tufts University School of Medicine	Boston, MA	1918
Alpha Iota	Tulane University	New Orleans, LA	1918
Alpha Kappa	Washington University	St. Louis, MO	1922
Alpha Lambda	Medical College of Wisconsin	Milwaukee, WI	1922
Alpha Mu	Medical College of Virginia	Richmond, VA	1923
Alpha Nu	University of Texas Medical Branch	Galveston, TX	1923
Alpha Xi	University of Minnesota	Minneapolis, MN	1922
Alpha Omicron	Boston University	Boston, MA	1923
Alpha Pi	St. Louis University	St. Louis, MO	1924
Alpha Rho	Yale University	New Haven, CT	1924
Alpha Sigma	University of Toronto	Toronto, ON	1924
Alpha Tau	Indiana University	Indianapolis, IN	1924
Alpha Upsilon	University of Virginia	Charlottesville, VA	1924
Alpha Phi	University of California	San Francisco, CA	1925
Alpha Chi	Creighton University	Omaha, NE	1925
Alpha Psi	University of Wisconsin–Madison	Madison, WI	1926
Alpha Omega	University of Oregon	Portland, OR	1926
Beta Alpha	New Jersey Medical School	Newark, NJ	1968
Beta Beta	University of Colorado	Denver, CO	1926
Beta Gamma	University of Kansas	Kansas City, KS	1926
Beta Delta	McGill University	Montreal, QC	1926
Beta Epsilon	University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati, OH	1928
Beta Zeta	Hahnemann Medical College	Philadelphia, PA	1929
Beta Eta	University of Tennessee College of Medicine	Memphis, TN	1929
Beta Theta	Baylor University	Houston, TX	1929
Beta Iota	Medical College of Georgia	Augusta, GA	1929
Beta Kappa	State University of Iowa	Iowa City, IA	1929
Beta Lambda	University of Vermont	Burlington, VT	1930
Beta Mu	Dalhousie University	Halifax, NS	1930
Beta Nu	Emory University	Atlanta, GA	1930
Beta Xi	Georgetown University	Washington, DC	1935
Beta Omicron	Louisiana State University	New Orleans, LA	1938
Beta Pi	UT Southwestern Medical School	Dallas, TX	1943
Beta Rho	University of Nebraska	Omaha, NE	1944
Beta Sigma	Medical College of South Carolina	Charleston, SC	1949
Beta Tau	Chicago Medical School	Chicago, IL	1949
Beta Upsilon	SUNY Buffalo	Buffalo, NY	1951
Beta Phi	UCLA	Los Angeles, CA	1953
Beta Chi	University of Miami	Miami, FL	1953
Beta Psi	University of Toledo Medical Center	Toledo, OH	1980
Beta Omega	Michigan State University	East Lansing, MI	1968
Delta Alpha	Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences	Bethesda, MD	1982
Delta Beta	Northeast Ohio Medical University	Kent, OH	1981
Delta Gamma	UC San Diego	San Diego, CA	1989
Delta Delta	Stanford University	Palo Alto, CA	1983
Delta Epsilon	University of Maryland	Baltimore, MD	1912
Delta Zeta	University of Florida	Gainesville, FL	1992
Delta Eta	University of South Florida	Tampa, FL	1986
Delta Iota	Eastern Virginia Medical School	Norfolk, VA	1989
Delta Kappa	Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences	Tulsa, OK	1990
Delta Lambda	Des Moines University	Des Moines, IA	1990
Delta Omicron	Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine	Kirksville, MO	1988
Delta Chi	Howard University College of Medicine	Washington, DC	1971
Kappa Pi	University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, PA	1907
Kappa Rho	University of California Irvine	Irvine, CA	1962
Kappa Psi	University of Kentucky	Lexington, KY	1978
Upsilon Theta	University of Texas Medical School	Houston, TX	1979
District 14	Autonomous University of Guadalajara	Guadalajara, Mexico	1979
District 13	Vanderbilt University School of Medicine	Nashville, TN
Delta Psi	University of Alabama Birmingham	Birmingham, AL	2007
Delta Omega	Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland	Dublin, Ireland	2007
Epsilon Alpha	Universidad de Monterrey	Monterrey, Mexico	2007
Epsilon Beta	Ross University School of Medicine	Portsmouth, Dominica	2007
Epsilon Gamma	Midwestern University	Downers Grove, IL	2008
Epsilon Delta	American University of Antigua	Antigua	2008
Epsilon Epsilon	Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine	Cleveland, OH	2008
Epsilon Zeta Colony	University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences	Little Rock, AR	2008
Epsilon Eta	Marshall University School of Medicine	Huntington, WV	2010
Epsilon Theta	Medical University of Gdańsk	Gdańsk, Poland	2011
Epsilon Iota	University of Nevada School of Medicine	Reno, NV	2015
Epsilon Kappa	Stony Brook University SOM	Stony Brook, NY	2016
Epsilon Lambda	University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria	Peoria, IL	2017
Epsilon Mu	Mercer University School of Medicine	Savannah, GA	2017
Epsilon Nu	University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Medicine	Las Vegas, NV	2017

Premedical Chapter	University	Location	Date Founded
NY Alpha	Binghamton University	Binghamton, NY	1994
CAN Alpha	McGill University	Montreal, QC	1994
NY Beta	St. Lawrence University	Canton, NY	1995
OH Alpha	Wright State University	Dayton, OH	1995
TX Alpha	University of Texas San Antonio	San Antonio, TX	1996
NY Gamma	Manhattan College	Bronx, NY	1996
OH Beta	Kent State University	Kent, OH	1996
GA Alpha	Oglethorpe University	Atlanta, GA	1996
GA Beta	Emory University	Atlanta, GA	1996
IL Alpha	Chicago State University	Chicago, IL	1996
MI Alpha	Eastern Michigan University	Ypsilanti, MI	1996
NY Delta	SUNY Albany	Albany, NY	1996
NY Epsilon	Marist College	Poughkeepsie, NY	1997
NY Zeta	Clarkson University	Potsdam, NY	1997
CA Alpha	Pepperdine University	Malibu, CA	1997
CAN Beta	Simon Fraser University	Burnaby, BC	1998
KY Alpha	Transylvania University	Lexington, KY	1998
NY Heta	SUNY Buffalo	Buffalo, NY	2001
KY Beta	University of Louisville	Louisville, KY	2003
NJ Alpha	Ramapo College	Mahwah, NJ	2003
CA Beta	UC San Diego	San Diego, CA	2003
CA Gamma	UCLA	Los Angeles, CA	2004
CA Delta	UC Riverside	Riverside, CA	2004
CA Epsilon	UC Irvine	Irvine, CA	2004
CA Zeta	Concordia University	Irvine, CA	2005
CA Eta	University of San Diego	San Diego, CA	2005
OH Gamma	Miami University	Oxford, OH	2006
NY Theta	New York University	New York, NY	2007
NY Iota	Hofstra University	Long Island, NY	2007
FL Alpha	Florida International University	Miami, FL	2007
CAN Gamma	University of British Columbia	Vancouver, BC	2007
CA Theta	California State University, Northridge	Los Angeles, CA	2007
OH Delta	Case Western Reserve University	Cleveland, OH	2007
CA Iota	UC Berkeley	Berkeley, CA	2007
CA Kappa	UC Davis	Davis, CA	2007
IL Beta	University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign	Urbana, IL/Champaign, IL	2008
NJ Beta	Rutgers University	New Brunswick, NJ	2008
DE Alpha	University of Delaware	Newark, DE	2008
NY Kappa	United States Military Academy	West Point, NY	2008
GA Gamma	Georgia Southern University	Statesboro, GA	2009
FL Beta	University of Central Florida	Orlando, FL	2009
OH Epsilon	University of Akron	Akron, OH	2009
CA Lambda	UC Merced	Merced, CA	2010
CA Mu	Azusa Pacific University	Azusa, CA	2010
FL Gamma	University of Miami	Coral Gables, FL	2010
KS Alpha	University of Kansas	Lawrence, KS	2010
MI Beta	Saginaw Valley State University	Saginaw, MI	2010
DC Alpha	Howard University	Washington, DC	2011
MO Alpha	Rockhurst University	Kansas City, MO	2011
IL Gamma	Northwestern University	Evanston, IL	2011
OH Zeta	The Ohio State University	Columbus, OH	2011
NY Lambda	Cornell University	Ithaca, NY	2011
FL Delta	Florida Atlantic University	Boca Raton, FL	2011
MA Alpha	University of Massachusetts Boston	Boston, MA	2011
NY Mu	Stony Brook University	Stony Brook, NY	2011
NY Nu	Syracuse University	Syracuse, NY	2012
MI Gamma	University of Michigan, Dearborn	Dearborn, MI	2012
NV Alpha	University of Nevada, Reno	Reno, NV	2012
OH Eta	Ohio University	Athens, OH	2013
KY Gamma	University of Kentucky	Lexington, KY	2013
IN Alpha	Indiana University	Bloomington, IN	2013
MI Delta	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	2013
IA Alpha	Drake University	Des Moines, IA	2013
GA Delta	Morehouse College	Atlanta, GA	2013
SC Alpha	University of South Carolina	Columbia, SC	2013
DC Beta	American University	Washington, DC	2013
NY Xi	SUNY Geneseo	Geneseo, NY	2013
PA Alpha	University of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh, PA	2013
FL Epsilon	University of South Florida	Tampa, FL	2014
IN Beta	DePauw University	Greencastle, IN	2014
PA Beta	Temple University	Philadelphia, PA	2015
PA Gamma	Drexel University	Philadelphia, PA	2015
MD Alpha	University of Maryland	Baltimore, MD	2013
CA Nu	UC Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara, CA	2015
WA Alpha	University of Washington	Seattle, WA	2016
IL Delta	Loyola University Chicago	Chicago, IL	2016
MI Epsilon	Central Michigan University	Mount Pleasant, MI	2016
MD Beta	University of Maryland	College Park, MD	2016
GA Beta	Emory University	Atlanta, GA	2017
VA Alpha	University of Virginia	Charlottesville, VA	2017
PA Delta	University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, PA	2017
OR Alpha	Portland State University	Portland, OR	2017
SC Beta	Clemson University	Clemson, SC	2018
NC Alpha	Duke University	Durham, NC	2018
FL Zeta	Florida State University	Tallahassee, FL	2018

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