Phi Lambda Kappa () was an international professional medical fraternity that was founded at the University of Pennsylvania in 1907.
History The fraternity, founded as a local of this same name in 1907 at the University of Pennsylvania, grew into a national of 41 chapters and 4,800 members as of 1977.
The fraternity evolved through consolidation, becoming what it termed "the eastern branch" of an expanded Phi Lambda Kappa by adding Aleph Yodh He, a national formed in 1908 which it then called its western branch. Aleph Yodh He had been formed at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1908, and by the time of the merger had chartered nine chapters and claimed 350 members. A third fraternity joined this consolidation, the local chapter named Zeta Phi Mu at Loyola of Chicago, which had been established in 1912 (earlier?). These moves were an outcome of a planned consolidation of Jewish medical fraternities.Noted in The Sentinel of Loyola University (confirm location?) on October 9, 1914, accessed December 15, 2020. As noted, merger proponents' original idea was to unite ALL Jewish fraternities, both professional and general, but this larger plan did not come to fruition. The amalgamation produced a combined twelve chapters as the outcome of its organizational meeting in Pittsburgh in 1922; some of these may have combined where existing at the same school.Baird's 20th notes that Aleph Yodh He joined Phi Lambda Kappa in 1921. The names Aleph Yodh He and Zeta Phi Mu were retired in 1922, the organization taking the national name of Phi Lambda Kappa.
In 1924, the policy was changed to allow graduate members to hold national office. At the 1952 convention, the constitution was altered to make the fraternity non-sectarian.
Symbols The fraternity's badge was a diamond-shaped with a field of blue. In the upper corner of the field, it had a skull and crossbones, filled in white. The letters are set in gold at the midline, and below these is a six-pointed star, also filled in white. The corners of the badge are set with rubies, and the sides with pearls - four pearls on each side.
The colors of the society were blue and white.
Chapters Following is a list of Phi Lambda Kappa chapters as of 1991. Active chapters are listed in bold; inactive chapters and institutions are in italics.
Chapter Charter date and range InstitutionLocation StatusAlphaPerelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaActiveAlpha AlphaUniversity of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IllinoisActiveBetaThomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Medical CollegePhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaActiveDeltaRush Medical College Chicago, IllinoisInactiveGammaLoyola University Chicago Stritch School of MedicineChicago, IllinoisActiveEpsilonNorthwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineStreeterville, Chicago, IllinoisInactiveEtaBellevue Hospital Medical College (now New York University Grossman School of Medicine) New York, New YorkActiveThetaLong Island College HospitalBrooklyn, New YorkInactiveZetaColumbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsManhattan, New YorkInactiveIotaTufts University School of MedicineBoston, MassachusettsActiveKappaUniversity at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical SciencesBuffalo, New YorkActiveMuUniversity of Pittsburgh School of MedicinePittsburgh, PennsylvaniaInactiveNuBoston University School of MedicineBoston, MassachusettsActiveOmicron (see Alpha Kappa)1922Cornell University Medical SchoolNew York City, New YorkInactive, ReassignedOmicronWayne State University School of MedicineDetroit, MichiganActivePiUniversity of Michigan Medical SchoolAnn Arbor, Michigan.InactiveXiUniversity of Maryland Baltimore, MarylandInactiveRhoGeorge Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences Washington, D.C.InactiveSigmaUniversity of Virginia School of MedicineCharlottesville, VirginiaInactiveChiAlbany Medical CollegeAlbany, New YorkInactivePhiGeorgetown University School of MedicineWashington, D.C.InactivePsiTulane University School of MedicineNew Orleans, LouisianaActiveTauSaint Louis University School of MedicineSt. Louis, MissouriInactiveUpsilonUniversity of Virginia School of MedicineCharlottesville, VirginiaActiveLambdaYale University School of MedicineNew Haven, ConnecticutInactiveOmegaUniversity of Tennessee College of MedicineMemphis, TennesseeInactiveAlpha GammaCase Western Reserve University School of MedicineCleveland, OhioActiveAlpha BetaHahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaInactiveAlpha DeltaHarvard University Medical SchoolBoston, MassachusettsInactiveAlpha EpsilonUniversity of Kansas School of MedicineKansas City, KansasInactiveAlpha EtaWashington University School of MedicineSt. Louis County, and Clayton, MissouriInactiveAlpha ZetaMedical University of South Carolina Charleston, South CarolinaInactiveAlpha IotaTemple University School of MedicinePhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaInactiveAlpha KappaCornell University Graduate School of Medical SciencesNew York City, New YorkInactiveAlpha ThetaOhio State University College of MedicineColumbus, OhioInactiveAlpha MuNew York University School of Medicine New York City, New YorkActiveAlpha NuUniversity of Louisville School of MedicineLouisville, KentuckyInactiveAlpha LambdaUniversity of California InactiveAlpha XiBaylor University College of MedicineHouston, TexasInactiveAlpha OmicronLouisiana State UniversityBaton Rouge, LouisianaInactiveAlpha RhoChicago Medical School North Chicago, IllinoisActiveHebrewHebrew University of Jerusalem Hadassah Medical CenterJerusalem, IsraelActive
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See also List of Jewish fraternities and sororities Professional fraternities and sororities
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