Phi Delta Chi

Phi Delta Chi
ΦΔΧ
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Founded	November 2, 1883 University of Michigan in Ann Arbor
Type	Professional Pharmacy
Motto	Alterum Alterius Auxilio Eget "Each Needs the Help of the Other"
Colors	Old Gold and Dregs of wine
Flower	Red Carnation
Chapters	95
Headquarters	116 N Lafayette, Suite B South Lyon, Michigan, United States of America
Homepage	www.phideltachi.org

Phi Delta Chi (ΦΔΧ) was founded on 2 November 1883 at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor by 11 men, led by Dean Albert B. Prescott. The fraternity was formed to advance the science of pharmacy and its allied interests, and to foster and promote a fraternal spirit among its brothers, now both male and female.

Overview

Mission

Phi Delta Chi develops leaders to advance the profession of pharmacy. Phi Delta Chi, a lifelong experience, promotes scholastic, professional and social growth in its Brothers. Brothers strive to provide quality services to their patients, thereby advancing public health.

Values

Phi Delta Chi Brothers seek enhanced professional and personal success. Phi Delta Chi helps both pharmacy students and pharmacists improve personal and professional skills, inspiring confidence and character and providing insight into human nature. Phi Delta Chi encourages Brothers to develop as leaders, as excellent pharmacists and well-rounded citizens. Excellent pharmacists are the most important product of Phi Delta Chi. In this union, they are Brothers for life.

Phi Delta Chi Brothers aim to improve the health of their patients through the delivery of optimal pharmaceutical care. By training, educating, preparing, and connecting excellent pharmacists, Phi Delta Chi advances public health and the profession.

Vision

As a national organization, Phi Delta Chi develops programs to better serve Brothers, the Pharmacy profession and society. Brothers are bonded by the fraternity to grow as pharmacists and citizens, for the benefit of all. Phi Delta Chi strives to strengthen the local and national bonds with alumni Brothers across the country.

Summary

Since 1883, Phi Delta Chi has worked to advance the profession of pharmacy and its allied interests, and to foster and promote a fraternal spirit among its Brothers. Phi Delta Chi continues to be a valuable resource for the profession.

Primary programs that improve Brothers, their communities and beyond include:

• Programs to recognize excellence among collegiate and alumni Brothers and Chapters.
• The Prescott Leadership Award for excellence in a young pharmacist.
• Training and education programs to improve therapeutic, leadership, and management skills of pharmacy students and pharmacists.
• Professional and service programs to help the community.
• Communication programs and publications to link all Brothers.
• Fraternal programs to foster Brotherhood.

History of Phi Delta Chi

On November 2, 1883, 11 men at the University of Michigan formed the fraternity. At that time, there were a number of literary societies at Michigan, but Phi Delta Chi's founders believed something should be organized exclusively for the College of Pharmacy. A Quotation from the early records reads: "Both students and faculty recognized that such an organization would bring students of pharmacy together for the discussion of scientific questions pertaining to pharmacy and its sister sciences."

Albert Benjamin Prescott (1832–1905) then Dean of College of Pharmacy at Michigan, encouraged the 11 founders in the formation of the society. He was made the first honorary member and then served as the group's sponsor. Dean Prescott's name has been associated with the highest and finest traditions and awards of the fraternity throughout the years. Prescott is to this day considered an innovator in pharmaceutical education.

The Communicator, the official publication for Phi Delta Chi was first published nationally in 1906 and has been published regularly since. Today, The Communicator is published four times a year.

Phi Delta Chi originally accepted only men in the fields of pharmacy and chemistry, the latter including both chemistry majors and chemical engineers. During the depression days of 1928-1933, however, difficulties arose because the fraternity was serving two professions. As a result, membership requirements changed to include pharmacy only. It has been a matter of considerable pride to Phi Delta Chi brothers that the organization not only be kept intact through wars and economic crises, but that brothers also come forward to carry on the work of the organization and to expand it. Since being founded in 1883, Phi Delta Chi has chartered more than 70 collegiate Chapters and has welcomed more than 50,000 men and women.

Centennial celebrations in 1983 culminated with the dedication of a plaque at the University of Michigan School of Pharmacy, commemorating Phi Delta Chi's first 100 years of accomplishments. Today, the Alpha Chapter hosts brothers from every chapter annually on November 2, to celebrate the founding of Phi Delta Chi in 1883. Since the late 1980s, many new chapters have been founded and that number is continuing to due to the rapid expansion of new schools of pharmacy in the 1990s and 2000s. Phi Delta Chi also hosts an annual leadership development seminar, which members attend to gain key skills.

Well-known Members of Phi Delta Chi

• Eli Lilly
• Hubert H. Humphrey
• Bruce Paddock (president of Paddock Laboratories, Inc.)
• John D. Grabenstein (spearheaded pharmaceutical involvement with immunizations)

Collegiate Chapters

• Alpha: University of Michigan
• Beta: Northwestern University
• Gamma: Columbia University
• Delta: University of Wisconsin
• Epsilon: Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
• Zeta: University of California at San Francisco
• Eta: MCPHS University
• Theta: University of Minnesota
• Iota: University of Maryland
• Kappa: University of Washington
• Lambda: University of Texas
• Mu: University of Pittsburgh
• Nu: University of Iowa
• Xi: Ohio State University
• Omicron: University of Southern California
• Pi: University of Nebraska
• Rho: University of Oklahoma
• Sigma: University of Colorado
• Tau: Purdue University
• Upsilon: University of Kansas
• Phi: Creighton University
• Chi: Auburn University
• Psi: Drake University
• Omega: University of Tennessee
• Alpha Alpha: Western Reserve University
• Alpha Beta: University of Kentucky
• Alpha Gamma: University of North Carolina
• Alpha Delta: Medical College of Virginia
• Alpha Epsilon: University of Mississippi
• Alpha Zeta: Idaho State University
• Alpha Eta: Wayne State University
• Alpha Theta: Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
• Alpha Iota: University of Georgia
• Alpha Kappa: Medical University of South Carolina
• Alpha Lambda: University of Connecticut
• Alpha Mu: University of Wyoming
• Alpha Nu: University of Arizona
• Alpha Xi: Ferris State University
• Alpha Omicron: Temple University
• Alpha Pi: University of Utah
• Alpha Rho: Mercer University
• Alpha Sigma: University of Illinois-Chicago
• Alpha Tau: University of Houston
• Alpha Phi: Butler University
• Alpha Chi: Samford University
• Alpha Psi: University of the Pacific
• Alpha Omega: Southwestern Oklahoma State University
• Beta Alpha: Saint John's University
• Beta Beta: University of Louisiana at Monroe
• Beta Gamma: Duquesne University
• Beta Delta: St. Louis College of Pharmacy
• Beta Epsilon: University of Missouri
• Beta Zeta: Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy
• Beta Eta: University of Arkansas
• Beta Theta: University of South Carolina
• Beta Iota: Oregon State University
• Beta Kappa: Campbell University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences [1]
• Beta Lambda: Nova Southeastern University
• Beta Mu: Howard University
• Beta Nu: Rutgers University
• Beta Xi: Midwestern University
• Beta Omicron: Texas Southern University
• Beta Pi: Shenandoah University
• Beta Rho: Texas Tech University
• Beta Sigma: Midwestern University - Glendale
• Beta Tau: State University of New York at Buffalo
• Beta Upsilon: Roseman University of Health Sciences
• Beta Phi: Palm Beach Atlantic University
• Beta Chi: Northeastern University
• Beta Psi: University of Minnesota at Duluth
• Beta Omega: Wingate University
• Gamma Alpha: University of New Mexico
• Gamma Beta: Pacific University
• Gamma Gamma: Appalachian College of Pharmacy
• Gamma Delta: East Tennessee State University
• Gamma Epsilon: Texas A&M Health Science Center
• Gamma Zeta: St. John Fisher, Wegman's School of Pharmacy
• Gamma Eta: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Pharmacy - Abilene, TX
• Gamma Theta: University of Hawaii at Hilo College of Pharmacy
• Gamma Iota: California Northstate College of Pharmacy
• Gamma Kappa: Chicago State University
• Gamma Lambda: Auburn University at Mobile
• Gamma Mu: Husson University
• Gamma Nu: University of the Incarnate Word
• Gamma Xi: Belmont University
• Gamma Omicron: University of Maryland Eastern Shore
• Gamma Pi: D'Youville College School of Pharmacy
• Gamma Rho: Regis University School of Pharmacy
• Gamma Sigma: Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
• Gamma Tau: Western New England University College of Pharmacy
• Gamma Upsilon: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine - Bradenton
• Gamma Phi: University of Findlay
• Gamma Chi: University of Charleston School of Pharmacy
• Gamma Psi: Washington State University-Spokane
• Gamma Omega: Lipscomb University College of Pharmacy
• Delta Alpha: Marshall University School of Pharmacy
• Delta Beta: University of North Texas College of Pharmacy

Phi Delta Chi Facts

• Motto: Alterum Alterius Auxilio Eget, meaning Each Needs the Help of the Other
• Objective: To advance the science of pharmacy and its allied interests, and to foster and promote a fraternal spirit among its members
• Creed: "A man should first direct himself in the way he should go; only then should he instruct others." -Buddha
• Colors: Old Gold and Dregs of Wine
• Flower: The Red Carnation
• Jeweler: Herff-Jones (formerly known as Burr, Patterson, & Auld of Elwood, IN)
• Coat of Arms: The core is an equilateral triangle to represent the Greek letter Delta, symbolizing the equality and unity of our members. The Delta is divided into three parts. The lamp refers to knowledge. The retort reflects the basis of the profession. The Fleur-de-lis symbolize devotion to duty. The torch and its rays reflect knowledge and brothers' pursuit of it, which is more easily lighted by association with those of a common mind.

Pharmacy Leadership & Education Institute (PLEI)

Phi Delta Chi’s 60th Grand Council (Memphis, 1995) authorized the Fraternity's Executive Council to establish a not-for-profit foundation to advance the leadership, educational, and other benevolent missions of the Fraternity. This charge was fulfilled in the creation of the Pharmacy Leadership & Education Institute, Inc. (PLEI), which held the inaugural meeting of its Board of Directors during APhA's 143rd Annual Meeting in Nashville, March 1996.

The Institute is the Fraternity’s charitable and educational arm, advancing the Fraternity’s mission of training pharmacy’s future leaders. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recognizes the Institute as a 501(c) (3) charitable organization. The PLEI coordinates the Prescott Pharmacy Leadership Award, the Leader Development Seminar, and other educational events for the Fraternity’s Brothers and other members of the pharmacy profession. The Institute is led by a Board of Directors of distinguished Brothers and colleagues. The Grand President, Grand Past President, and Executive Director serve ex officio on the PLEI Board of Directors.