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Chi Phi 

Chi Phi
(ΧΦ)
The Crest of the Chi Phi Fraternity
Founded December 24, 1824 (1824-12-24) (age 183)
Princeton University
Type Social
Scope International
Motto Truth, Honor and Personal Integrity
Colors Scarlet and Blue
Symbol Chakett
Flower None
Chapters 56 across nation, 8 colonies
Headquarters W. M. Byrd Memorial HQ

1160 Satellite Blvd NW
Suwanee, Georgia 30024, USA
Homepage http://chiphi.org

The Chi Phi (ΧΦ) Fraternity is an American college social fraternity founded in 1824 at Princeton University, in 1858 at the University of North Carolina, and in 1860 at Hobart College, making it one of the oldest social collegiate fraternity in history (Source :http://www.chiphi.org). Today, Chi Phi has over 43,000 living alumni members from over 90 active and inactive Chapters.

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Notable Historical Facts (Appel et al. 1993)

Chi Phi has an unusual origin that involved the founding of three different and independent social fraternities named Chi Phi. The Princeton Order was founded at Princeton University on December 24, 1824, making it the oldest social fraternity in existence, but only survived for a few years before becoming dormant. The Princeton Order was revived in 1854 by the nephew of the original founder. The Southern Order was founded on August 21, 1858 at the University of North Carolina. The third independent fraternity to be named Chi Phi was founded a few years later on November 14, 1860 at Hobart College and expanded over the next few years to include many more chapters. In the years that followed, the Hobart and Princeton Orders joined together on May 29, 1867 to form what is now known as the Northern Order. Several years later, after the end of the Civil War, the Northern and Southern orders joined together on March 27, 1874 to form a national fraternity, which is the Chi Phi Fraternity that exists today.

In 1867, as a result of the Civil War, the Southern Order of Chi Phi granted a charter to a group of southern students at Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Scotland. After the reopening of southern colleges and the graduation of its members, the Edinburgh charter was withdrawn in 1870. The Chi Phi chapter at the University of Edinburgh was and still is the only chapter of an American fraternity to be founded outside of the U.S.

Although Georgia Tech grads hate to admit they owe anything to Georgia grads (see Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate), Nathaniel E. Harris and Henry W. Grady, two Chi Phis from the University of Georgia, are widely credited with developing the public and legislative support that resulted in the formation of the Georgia Institute of Technology. As a result of his efforts, Nathaniel E. Harris was elected and served as the President of Georgia Tech's Board of Trustees from 1886 until his death in 1929.

Except for a brief period in 1911, three Chi Phis (Joseph Mackey Brown, John Marshall Slaton and Nathaniel E. Harris) held the office of Governor in the State of Georgia from 1909 to 1917. They didn't always see eye-to-eye, however; Brown was vehemently opposed to Slaton's pardon of Leo Frank in 1915 and since his death in 1932, Brown has often been implicated as a conspirator in Frank's lynching. During the same period, another Chi Phi, Hiram W. Johnson served as Governor of California and was later elected to five terms as a U.S. Senator.

Chi Phi's conservative expansion philosophy that only the old, well established schools were suitable for a Chapter, which was in effect for some sixty years (1892 to 1954), led to the denial of a petition for a charter by a group of students at the University of Richmond in 1901. This group, led by Chi Phi Brother Carter Ashton Jenkens, Delta '03, went on to found the Sigma Phi Epsilon Fraternity. During the subsequent fifty-three year period, Sigma Phi Epsilon chartered over 140 Chapters, while Chi Phi only chartered 14.

Stevie Ray Vaughan's music video for the song "When the House is a Rockin'" (Don't Bother Knockin') was filmed almost entirely at the Omega chapter house at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Active, Inactive and Dormant Chapters

Further information: List of Chi Phi Chapters

Distinguished Alumni of Chi Phi (Appel et al. 1993)

Business

Iron & Steel

Railroads

Other Businesses

Chancellors & Presidents of Institutions of Higher Education

Engineering, Space and Technology

Entertainment, Broadcast, and Written Media

Government

State Governors & Lt. Governors

U.S. Senators

U.S. Congressmen

Federal Political Appointees

Legal

American Bar Association

State Attorneys General

State Supreme Court Justices

Medical

Military

Sports

Football

College Football Hall of Fame

Other College Players

NFL Management, Owners & Players

Other Sports

References

  • Appel, Dr. Theodore B. et al. 1993 The Chronicles of Chi Phi, Chi Phi Educational Trust
  • Baird, William, ed 1915 Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities
  • Council of the Chi Phi Fraternity 1927 Biennial Catalogue of The Chi Phi Fraternity 1927, Lancaster Press, Inc.

See also

External links

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