This is the complete Chapter and Colony Roll of Psi Omega Fraternity, a professional fraternity for Dentistry. Chapters listed by order of usage by the fraternity [1] and date of founding where known; naming was not strictly by order of the Greek alphabet due to the timing of installation ceremonies, reuse of names and local preference.
The chapters of Psi Omega include the following. Active chapters noted in bold, inactive chapters noted by italics.
Name | Chartered | Institution | Location | Status | Notes | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alpha | June 8, 1892 | Baltimore College of Dental Surgery (now U Maryland) | Baltimore, MD | Active | [2] [3] | |
Beta | 1893 | New York Dentistry | New York, NY | Active | [2] | |
Gamma see Zeta |
1894 | Pennsylvania Dental College | Philadelphia, PA | Merged into Zeta (1910) | [2] [4] | |
Delta | 1895, 1941 | Tufts | Boston, MA | Inactive (1938-1941, 1965) |
[2] | |
Epsilon | 1896 | Western Reserve University (now Case Western) | Cleveland, OH | Active | [2] [5] | |
Zeta see Gamma |
1896 | Penn | Philadelphia, PA | Active | [2] [4] [6] | |
Eta | 1896 | Temple | Philadelphia, PA | Active | [2] | |
Theta | 1901 | SUNY Buffalo | Buffalo, NY | Inactive (1912) | [2] | |
Iota | 1896 | Northwestern | Chicago, IL | Inactive (2001) | [2] [7] | |
Kappa | 1896, 1977(?) | Loyola | Chicago, IL | Inactive (1993) | [2] [8] [9] [10] | |
Lambda see Zeta Kappa |
1896 | Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | Inactive (1903) restored as Zeta Kappa 1918- |
[2] [11] [12] | |
Mu | 1897 | Denver Dental School | Denver, CO | Inactive (1932) | [2] [13] | |
Nu | 1897 | Pitt | Pittsburgh, PA | Active | [2] | |
Xi see Delta Tau |
1897 | Marquette | Milwaukee, WI | Active | [2] [14] | |
Mu Delta | 1897 | Harvard | Cambridge, MA | Inactive (1965) |
[2]
| |
Omicron | 1897 | Louisville | Louisville, KY | Active | [2] | |
Pi see Alpha |
1898 | Baltimore Medical | Baltimore, MD | Merged into Phi (1913) |
[2]
[15]
| |
Beta Sigma | 1898 | San Francisco P&S (U Pacific) | San Francisco, CA | Active | [2] | |
Rho | 1899 | Ohio Dental (U Cincinnati) | Cincinnati, OH | Inactive (1926) | [2] [16] | |
Sigma (original) see Zeta |
1899 | Medico-Chirurgical College (Perelman, UPenn) | Philadelphia, PA | Merged into Zeta (1917) | [2] [17] | |
Tau see Gamma Tau |
1900 | Atlanta Dental | Atlanta, GA | Merged with Gamma Iota (1918) Became Gamma Tau |
[2] [18] | |
Upsilon | 1900 | USC | Los Angeles, CA | Active | [2] [19] | |
Phi see Alpha |
1900 | Maryland | Baltimore, MD | Merged into Alpha (1924) |
[2]
[3]
[15]
| |
Chi | 1900 | Oregon | Portland, OR | Active | [2] | |
Psi | 1901 | Ohio-Starling Medical College (now Ohio St.) | Columbus, OH | Active | [2] [14] [20] | |
Omega | 1903 | Indiana Dental | Indianapolis, IN | Inactive (19xx?) | [2] | |
Beta Alpha | 1903 | Illinois | Chicago, IL | Active | [2] | |
Beta Gamma see Beta Theta |
1903 | George Washington University | Washington, DC | Merged with Beta Theta (1919) | [2] [21] | |
Beta Delta | 1903 | UCSF | San Francisco, CA | Active | [2] | |
Beta Epsilon | 1903 | New Orleans Dentistry | New Orleans, LA | Inactive (1926) | [2] [22] | |
Beta Zeta | 1903 | St. Louis Dental | St. Louis, MO | Inactive (1991?) | [2] [23] | |
Beta Eta | 1904 | Keokuk Dental College | Keokuk, IA | Inactive (1909) | [2] | |
Beta Theta see Beta Gamma |
1904 | Georgetown | Washington, DC | Inactive (1990) | [2] [21] | |
Gamma Iota see Gamma Tau |
October 25, 1904 | Atlanta Southern Dental College | Atlanta, GA | Inactive (1918) became Gamma Tau |
[2] [18] [24] | |
Gamma Kappa | November 17, 1905, 1958 | Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | Inactive (1936-1958), (19xx) | [2] [24] | |
Gamma Lambda | April 17, 1906 | Dental and Oral Surgery, NY (now Columbia) | New York, NY | Inactive (19xx) | [2] [24] | |
Gamma Mu | April 30, 1906 | Iowa | Iowa City, IA | Active | [2] [24] [25] | |
Gamma Nu | November 26, 1906 | Vanderbilt University | Nashville, TN | Inactive (1926) | [2] [24] [26] | |
Gamma Xi see Gamma Omicron |
1907 | University College of Medicine (now VCU Medical) | Richmond, VA | Merged with Gamma Omicron (1913) | [2] [27] | |
Gamma Omicron see Gamma Xi |
1908 | Medical College of Virginia (now VCU Medical) | Richmond, VA | Active | [2] [27] | |
Gamma Pi | 1909 | Washington (MO) | St. Louis, MO | Inactive (1912) | [2] [23] | |
Delta Rho see Phi Rho |
1910 | Kansas City Dental (now UMKC) | Kansas City, MO | Merged with Delta Phi (1920) became Phi Rho |
[2] [28] | |
Delta Tau see Xi |
1912 | Wisconsin P & S (now Marquette) | Madison, WI | Schools merged (1912) | [2] [14] [29] | |
Delta Upsilon | 1913 | Texas | Houston, TX | Active | [2] | |
Delta Phi see Phi Rho |
1914 | Western Dental (now UMKC) | Kansas City, MO | Merged with Delta Rho (1920) became Phi Rho |
[2] [28] | |
Gamma Tau | 1918 | Emory | Atlanta, GA | Inactive (1988) | [2] [18] | |
Zeta Kappa see Lambda |
1918 | Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | Active | [2] [11] [12] | |
Delta Chi | 1919 | Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario |
Toronto, Ontario Canada |
Inactive (19xx)? | [2] | |
Delta Psi | December 7, 1920 | Baylor | Dallas, TX | Active | [2] [30] | |
Phi Rho | 1920 | University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Dentistry | Kansas City, MO | Active | [2] [28] | |
Delta Omega | 1921 | Loyola New Orleans (now LSU)? | Baton Rouge, LA | Inactive? (1970), or now at LSU? | [2] [22] | |
Psi Alpha | 1921 | Creighton | Omaha, NE | Inactive (1935) | [2] | |
Psi Beta | 1921 | McGill University |
Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Inactive (1930) | [2] | |
Phi Alpha | 1924 | Maryland | Baltimore, MD | Inactive (1939) | [2] [31] | |
Psi Gamma | 1926 | Tennessee | Memphis, TN | Active | [2] | |
Psi Delta | 1929 | Dalhousie |
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Inactive (1932) | [2] | |
Delta Mu | 1939 | Detroit Mercy | Detroit, MI | Active | [2] [32] | |
Theta Xi | 1947 | Washington | Seattle, WA | Inactive (19xx)? | [2] | |
Chi Tau | February 13, 1951 | Alabama | Birmingham, AL | Active | [2] [33] | |
Chi Upsilon | 1951 | North Carolina | Chapel Hill, NC | Active | [2] | |
Sigma Eta | 1958 | New Jersey Medicine and Dentistry (now Rutgers) | Newark, NJ | Active | [2] | |
Sigma (second) | 1962 | West Virginia | Morgantown, WV | Active | [2] | |
Sigma Chi | April 6, 1973 | South Carolina | Charleston, SC | Active | [2] [34] | |
Sigma Alpha | 1974 | UT San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | Active | [2] | |
Gamma Gamma | 1975 | Florida | Gainesville, FL | Active | [2] | |
Sigma Iota | 1980? | Southern Illinois | Alton, IL | Active | [35] | |
Nu Sigma | 1997 ? | Nova Southeastern | Ft. Lauderdale, FL | Active | [35] | |
Upsilon Nu | October 13, 2006 | UNLV | Las Vegas, NV | Active | [35] [36] |
Alumni Chapters [1] [24] [37] of Psi Omega include:
Province 1 (western)
Province 2 (south)
Province 3 (midwest)
Province 4 (southeast)
Province 5 (northeast)
All chapter locations and designations for groups founded prior to 1976 are taken from the referenced 20th ed. of Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities. [2] Additional chapter information taken from a referenced 2013 edition of the Fraternity's Frater Magazine, a publication for actives and alumni of Psi Omega Fraternity.
This is the complete Chapter and Colony Roll of Psi Omega Fraternity, a professional fraternity for Dentistry. Chapters listed by order of usage by the fraternity [1] and date of founding where known; naming was not strictly by order of the Greek alphabet due to the timing of installation ceremonies, reuse of names and local preference.
The chapters of Psi Omega include the following. Active chapters noted in bold, inactive chapters noted by italics.
Name | Chartered | Institution | Location | Status | Notes | Reference |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alpha | June 8, 1892 | Baltimore College of Dental Surgery (now U Maryland) | Baltimore, MD | Active | [2] [3] | |
Beta | 1893 | New York Dentistry | New York, NY | Active | [2] | |
Gamma see Zeta |
1894 | Pennsylvania Dental College | Philadelphia, PA | Merged into Zeta (1910) | [2] [4] | |
Delta | 1895, 1941 | Tufts | Boston, MA | Inactive (1938-1941, 1965) |
[2] | |
Epsilon | 1896 | Western Reserve University (now Case Western) | Cleveland, OH | Active | [2] [5] | |
Zeta see Gamma |
1896 | Penn | Philadelphia, PA | Active | [2] [4] [6] | |
Eta | 1896 | Temple | Philadelphia, PA | Active | [2] | |
Theta | 1901 | SUNY Buffalo | Buffalo, NY | Inactive (1912) | [2] | |
Iota | 1896 | Northwestern | Chicago, IL | Inactive (2001) | [2] [7] | |
Kappa | 1896, 1977(?) | Loyola | Chicago, IL | Inactive (1993) | [2] [8] [9] [10] | |
Lambda see Zeta Kappa |
1896 | Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | Inactive (1903) restored as Zeta Kappa 1918- |
[2] [11] [12] | |
Mu | 1897 | Denver Dental School | Denver, CO | Inactive (1932) | [2] [13] | |
Nu | 1897 | Pitt | Pittsburgh, PA | Active | [2] | |
Xi see Delta Tau |
1897 | Marquette | Milwaukee, WI | Active | [2] [14] | |
Mu Delta | 1897 | Harvard | Cambridge, MA | Inactive (1965) |
[2]
| |
Omicron | 1897 | Louisville | Louisville, KY | Active | [2] | |
Pi see Alpha |
1898 | Baltimore Medical | Baltimore, MD | Merged into Phi (1913) |
[2]
[15]
| |
Beta Sigma | 1898 | San Francisco P&S (U Pacific) | San Francisco, CA | Active | [2] | |
Rho | 1899 | Ohio Dental (U Cincinnati) | Cincinnati, OH | Inactive (1926) | [2] [16] | |
Sigma (original) see Zeta |
1899 | Medico-Chirurgical College (Perelman, UPenn) | Philadelphia, PA | Merged into Zeta (1917) | [2] [17] | |
Tau see Gamma Tau |
1900 | Atlanta Dental | Atlanta, GA | Merged with Gamma Iota (1918) Became Gamma Tau |
[2] [18] | |
Upsilon | 1900 | USC | Los Angeles, CA | Active | [2] [19] | |
Phi see Alpha |
1900 | Maryland | Baltimore, MD | Merged into Alpha (1924) |
[2]
[3]
[15]
| |
Chi | 1900 | Oregon | Portland, OR | Active | [2] | |
Psi | 1901 | Ohio-Starling Medical College (now Ohio St.) | Columbus, OH | Active | [2] [14] [20] | |
Omega | 1903 | Indiana Dental | Indianapolis, IN | Inactive (19xx?) | [2] | |
Beta Alpha | 1903 | Illinois | Chicago, IL | Active | [2] | |
Beta Gamma see Beta Theta |
1903 | George Washington University | Washington, DC | Merged with Beta Theta (1919) | [2] [21] | |
Beta Delta | 1903 | UCSF | San Francisco, CA | Active | [2] | |
Beta Epsilon | 1903 | New Orleans Dentistry | New Orleans, LA | Inactive (1926) | [2] [22] | |
Beta Zeta | 1903 | St. Louis Dental | St. Louis, MO | Inactive (1991?) | [2] [23] | |
Beta Eta | 1904 | Keokuk Dental College | Keokuk, IA | Inactive (1909) | [2] | |
Beta Theta see Beta Gamma |
1904 | Georgetown | Washington, DC | Inactive (1990) | [2] [21] | |
Gamma Iota see Gamma Tau |
October 25, 1904 | Atlanta Southern Dental College | Atlanta, GA | Inactive (1918) became Gamma Tau |
[2] [18] [24] | |
Gamma Kappa | November 17, 1905, 1958 | Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | Inactive (1936-1958), (19xx) | [2] [24] | |
Gamma Lambda | April 17, 1906 | Dental and Oral Surgery, NY (now Columbia) | New York, NY | Inactive (19xx) | [2] [24] | |
Gamma Mu | April 30, 1906 | Iowa | Iowa City, IA | Active | [2] [24] [25] | |
Gamma Nu | November 26, 1906 | Vanderbilt University | Nashville, TN | Inactive (1926) | [2] [24] [26] | |
Gamma Xi see Gamma Omicron |
1907 | University College of Medicine (now VCU Medical) | Richmond, VA | Merged with Gamma Omicron (1913) | [2] [27] | |
Gamma Omicron see Gamma Xi |
1908 | Medical College of Virginia (now VCU Medical) | Richmond, VA | Active | [2] [27] | |
Gamma Pi | 1909 | Washington (MO) | St. Louis, MO | Inactive (1912) | [2] [23] | |
Delta Rho see Phi Rho |
1910 | Kansas City Dental (now UMKC) | Kansas City, MO | Merged with Delta Phi (1920) became Phi Rho |
[2] [28] | |
Delta Tau see Xi |
1912 | Wisconsin P & S (now Marquette) | Madison, WI | Schools merged (1912) | [2] [14] [29] | |
Delta Upsilon | 1913 | Texas | Houston, TX | Active | [2] | |
Delta Phi see Phi Rho |
1914 | Western Dental (now UMKC) | Kansas City, MO | Merged with Delta Rho (1920) became Phi Rho |
[2] [28] | |
Gamma Tau | 1918 | Emory | Atlanta, GA | Inactive (1988) | [2] [18] | |
Zeta Kappa see Lambda |
1918 | Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | Active | [2] [11] [12] | |
Delta Chi | 1919 | Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario |
Toronto, Ontario Canada |
Inactive (19xx)? | [2] | |
Delta Psi | December 7, 1920 | Baylor | Dallas, TX | Active | [2] [30] | |
Phi Rho | 1920 | University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Dentistry | Kansas City, MO | Active | [2] [28] | |
Delta Omega | 1921 | Loyola New Orleans (now LSU)? | Baton Rouge, LA | Inactive? (1970), or now at LSU? | [2] [22] | |
Psi Alpha | 1921 | Creighton | Omaha, NE | Inactive (1935) | [2] | |
Psi Beta | 1921 | McGill University |
Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Inactive (1930) | [2] | |
Phi Alpha | 1924 | Maryland | Baltimore, MD | Inactive (1939) | [2] [31] | |
Psi Gamma | 1926 | Tennessee | Memphis, TN | Active | [2] | |
Psi Delta | 1929 | Dalhousie |
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Inactive (1932) | [2] | |
Delta Mu | 1939 | Detroit Mercy | Detroit, MI | Active | [2] [32] | |
Theta Xi | 1947 | Washington | Seattle, WA | Inactive (19xx)? | [2] | |
Chi Tau | February 13, 1951 | Alabama | Birmingham, AL | Active | [2] [33] | |
Chi Upsilon | 1951 | North Carolina | Chapel Hill, NC | Active | [2] | |
Sigma Eta | 1958 | New Jersey Medicine and Dentistry (now Rutgers) | Newark, NJ | Active | [2] | |
Sigma (second) | 1962 | West Virginia | Morgantown, WV | Active | [2] | |
Sigma Chi | April 6, 1973 | South Carolina | Charleston, SC | Active | [2] [34] | |
Sigma Alpha | 1974 | UT San Antonio | San Antonio, TX | Active | [2] | |
Gamma Gamma | 1975 | Florida | Gainesville, FL | Active | [2] | |
Sigma Iota | 1980? | Southern Illinois | Alton, IL | Active | [35] | |
Nu Sigma | 1997 ? | Nova Southeastern | Ft. Lauderdale, FL | Active | [35] | |
Upsilon Nu | October 13, 2006 | UNLV | Las Vegas, NV | Active | [35] [36] |
Alumni Chapters [1] [24] [37] of Psi Omega include:
Province 1 (western)
Province 2 (south)
Province 3 (midwest)
Province 4 (southeast)
Province 5 (northeast)
All chapter locations and designations for groups founded prior to 1976 are taken from the referenced 20th ed. of Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities. [2] Additional chapter information taken from a referenced 2013 edition of the Fraternity's Frater Magazine, a publication for actives and alumni of Psi Omega Fraternity.