Phi Alpha

	Phi Alpha Phi Alpha may refer to: * Phi Alpha Literary Society, a men's literary society founded in 1845 at Illinois College * Phi Alpha (fraternity), a historically Jewish fraternity founded at George Washington University on October 14, 1914, which merged into Phi Sigma Delta in April 1959 (which in turn merged into Zeta Beta Tau) * Phi Alpha (honor society), an honor society in the field of social work founded in 1962 * Phi Alpha, the motto of social fraternity Sigma Alpha Epsilon Sigma Alpha Epsilon (), commonly known as SAE, is a North American Greek-letter social college fraternity. It was founded at the University of Alabama on March 9, 1856. Of all existing national social fraternities today, Sigma Alpha Epsilon is t ... {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Phi Alpha (fraternity) Phi Alpha () was a historically Jewish Fraternity founded in 1914. It merged with Phi Sigma Delta in 1959. Ten years later, that fraternity merged with Zeta Beta Tau. History Phi Alpha was founded at George Washington University on October 14, 1914. Five founders were honored: * David Davis * Edward Lewis * Hyman Shapiro * Reuben Schmidt * Maurice H. Herzmark The first pledge ceremony was held in February 1915, and was followed by the establishment of a chapter house. Dr. Edward Cafritz transferred to University of Maryland, Baltimore and helped start ''Beta chapter'', which was installed on February 22, 1916. This was followed by ''Gamma chapter'' at Georgetown University on December 26, 1916. On April 6, 1959 the fraternity merged with Phi Sigma Delta, retiring the name Phi Alpha. That fraternity's records note that there were sixteen active Phi Alpha chapters at the time of the merger. Both fraternities had chapters at three campuses, two of which were "readily resolved," an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Phi Alpha (honor Society) Phi Alpha () is an American honor society for Social work students. The organization is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies. History A group of undergraduate social work students at Michigan State University conceived of a national social work honor society in 1960. After investigating, they determined that local chapters at three other schools. Michigan State, those three schools and a few other schools formed a National Honor Society Committee in November 1960. This committee worked on the constitution and other administrative matters. The name Phi Alpha was chosen since that was the name of the local chapter at Florida State University. The formal organization and constitution were completed in 1962, and six chapters qualified to become "charter chapters." The charter chapters were Florida State University, Michigan State University, Ohio Northern University, Central State College, University of Dayton, and the University of Tennessee. The honor socie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Phi Alpha Literary Society Phi Alpha () is a men's Literary Society founded in 1845 at Illinois College in Jacksonville, Illinois. It conducts business meetings, literary productions, and other activities in Beecher Hall, the oldest college building in the state of Illinois. Origin "On Thursday evening, September 25, 1845, seven students from Illinois College gathered in a small room on the third floor of the old dormitory and made a momentous and historic decision. In order to unite a group of men whose ideas and principles were similar enough as to desire a common bond of fellowship, a new society was to be organized. Five days later the Immortal Seven drew up and adopted the constitution that proved to be the birth certificate of Phi Alpha Literary Society."Phi Alpha Literary Society, ''Pledge Manual'', Illinois College, Jacksonville, IL, p.8 Founders The seven founders of Phi Alpha who are called the Immortal Seven are: * Nehemiah WrightPhi Alpha Literary Society, ''Pledge Manual'', Illinois College ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Phi Sigma Delta Phi Sigma Delta (), colloquially known as Phi Sig, was a fraternity established in 1909 with a predominantly Jewish membership at Columbia University. It eventually opened at least 47 chapters. The Fraternity merged with Zeta Beta Tau in 1970, retiring its original name. History Phi Sigma Delta was founded at Columbia University by a group of Jewish students who previously "seemed unable to find proper opportunity for the campus fellowship they were seeking.". The first and founding meeting was held on November 10, 1909 at Maxwell Hyman's house at 22 Mount Morris Park West, New York. They met weekly at member homes, designing the constitution, ritual, and badge. Early in 1911 the group's new ritual was employed to usher in the first initiates. By September 1911 a two-room suite chapter home was established in Hartley Hall, a dormitory on the Columbia campus. Eight Founders were honored by the Fraternity: * Alfred H. Iason * William L. Berk * Herbert L. Eisenberg * Joseph Levy * Her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Zeta Beta Tau Zeta Beta Tau () is a Greek-letter social fraternity based in North America. It was founded on December 29, 1898. Originally a Zionist youth society, its purpose changed from Zionism in the fraternity's early years when in 1954 the fraternity become nonsectarian and opened to non-Jewish members, changing its membership policy to include "All Men of Good Character." despite religious or ethnic background, while still being recognized as the first Jewish Fraternity. History Founding The Zeta Beta Tau fraternity was led until his death by Richard J. H. Gottheil, a professor of languages at Columbia University and a Zionist. On December 29, 1898, he formed a Zionist youth society with a group of students from several New York City universities. Fifteen young men — among them Herman Abramowitz, Aaron Levy, Bernhard Bloch, David Liknaitz, Isidore Delson, Louis S Posner, Aaron Drucker, Bernhard Saxe, Bernard Ehrenreich, Herman Sheffield, Menachem Eichler, David Swick, Aaron Eiseman, Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]