Phi Alpha Gamma () is a

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founded at the New York Homeopathic Medical College, March 25, 1894, by Thomas D. Buchanan, Thomas F. Davies, Edmund M. De Vol, Robert M. Jones, Brooks DeF. Worwood, Arthur B. Smith and Harry S. Willard. Beta chapter was founded at the

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, November 26, 1896. In January, delegates from these chapters met delegates from a similar society called KT, which had been established the month before at the Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia, and the societies were joined under the name of ΦΑΓ. The Minnesota and Iowa chapters were formed from the two chapters of a fraternity called ΠΚΤ, established with the view of confining it to homeopathic schools of medicine. ΦΑΓ had active chapters in New York (Alpha) and Philadelphia (Gamma) in 1947. Preliminary details of amalgamation between Phi Alpha Gamma and

Phi Chi Medical Fraternity (''Phthomen Chraismein'') en, First to Serve , colors= Olive green & white , symbol= Adult Tiger Beetle (''Cicindela patruela''), Doodlebug , flower= Lily of the Valley , publication= ''The Chronicles''; formerly ''The Quarterly'' , chapters= 1 ...

had been worked out by Dr. Albert Saunders of Phi Chi and these the Phi Chi National Convention of 1947 approved with instructions to the Executive Trustees to complete the merger. The Phi Alpha Gamma merger was completed on February 21, 1948, when Phi Alpha of Phi Chi at

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and Phi Alpha Gamma at Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia were installed. At the annual Founders' Day Banquet of the Phi Chi Alumni Association in New York, with members from Alpha Mu, Rho Delta and Upsilon sigma attending, 48 charter members of Phi Alpha were initiated by Dr. Jacob E. Reisch. At that same time, seven members of the then existing Gamma chapter of Phi Alpha Gamma traveled to New York to be initiated into Phi Chi. This event ceremonially completed the merger of Phi Alpha Gamma and Phi Chi, which had been agreed upon by the official bodies of each Fraternity. The ΦΑΓ Fraternity consisted of the following chapters before merging with ΦΧ: ''The Phi Alpha Gamma Quarterly''- annual publication begun in 1902 The badge of the fraternity is a middle phalanx of the little finger of a human hand, mounted in gold, with the letters ΦΑΓ in gold upon a field of black enamel. The color of the fraternity is violet, and its flower is the violet.

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, see Phi Delta Epsilon *

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, Osteopathic, dormant * Mu Sigma Phi, Philippines *

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, veterinary medicine *

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, see Phi Beta Pi *

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Phi Chi (''Phthomen Chraismein'') en, First to Serve , colors= Olive green & white , symbol= Adult Tiger Beetle (''Cicindela patruela''), Doodlebug , flower= Lily of the Valley , publication= ''The Chronicles''; formerly ''The Quarterly'' , chapters= 1 ...

Phi Delta Epsilon Phi Delta Epsilon () (commonly known as PhiDE) is a co-ed international medical fraternity and a member of the Professional Fraternity Association. History Phi Delta Epsilon was founded on October 13, 1904, at Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell Uni ...

Phi Kappa Mu The Phi Kappa Mu () is a medical fraternity based in the University of the Philippines College of Medicine. The Greek letters stands for Fraternity of the College of Medicine. Founded in August 1933, it is the oldest medical fraternity in the ...

, Philippines *

Phi Lambda Kappa Phi Lambda Kappa () is a 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 4 ...

Phi Rho Sigma Phi Rho Sigma () is a professional fraternity founded by medical students at Northwestern University in 1890. Early History Phi Rho Sigma was founded at the Northwestern Medical School, then the Chicago Medical College on . Its founder were: * M ...

Sigma Mu Delta Sigma Mu Delta ({{lang, grc, ΣΜΔ) is a professional pre-medical fraternity founded at University of California, Davis in 1994. It is the first organization of its kind on the West coast. Currently, Sigma Mu Delta has chapters at the University ...

, pre-medical *

Theta Kappa Psi Theta Kappa Psi Medical Fraternity, Incorporated, () is a North American professional medical fraternity. As of 2023, it operates as an independent local fraternity with one active chapter. History Kappa Psi The Society of Kappa Psi was founded ...

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External link

Phi Chi Medical Fraternity, Inc. National Page
Phi Chi Professional medical fraternities and sororities in the United States Defunct fraternities and sororities 1894 establishments in New York (state) Student organizations established in 1894