Type Professional Pharmacy Flower Red Carnation | Colors Scarlet and Cadet Gray Publication The Mask | |
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Founded May 30, 1879
Russell Military Academy in New Haven, Connecticut Chapters 106 collegiate, 74 graduate | ||
Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity, Incorporated, (ΚΨ) is the largest professional pharmaceutical fraternity in the world. It was founded on May 30, 1879, by F. Harvey Smith on the campus of Russell Military Academy in New Haven, Connecticut. The Central Office of Kappa Psi is located in Richardson, Texas. Kappa Psi first chartered a Chapter at a College of Pharmacy in 1898 at Columbia University. At that time Kappa Psi was a medical and pharmaceutical fraternity. In 1924, the fraternity split into Kappa Psi and Theta Kappa Psi, the medical fraternity. There are 106 active collegiate chapters and 74 graduate chapters across the United States, Canada, and the Bahamas, and over 80,000 people have been initiated into the fraternity since its inception.
Contents
- International officers
- List of chapters
- Active graduate chapters
- Dormant collegiate chapters
- Discontinued collegiate pharmacy chapters
- Grand Council Convention
- References
Nationally, Kappa Psi is divided into eleven provinces, which the majority meet biannually and is divided as follows:
In 1977, Kappa Psi admitted women into the fraternity, and now the vast majority of the chapters are co-ed. Those chapters that remain all-male have done so because of the strong activity of other professional fraternities and sororities on campus who attract those interested in alternative bases of membership, such as co-ed or all-female.
International officers
At the 57th Grand Council Convention held in Denver, Colorado in August 2015, the following brothers were elected as international officers of the fraternity:
The office of Executive Director is appointed as needed by the International Executive Committee.
List of chapters
Kappa Psi consists of 106 collegiate and 74 graduate chapters organized into 11 regional provinces.
Active graduate chapters
Dormant collegiate chapters
These are dormant chapters at schools of pharmacy, and the school is still active.
Discontinued collegiate pharmacy chapters
These chapters at schools of pharmacy where the pharmacy school no longer exists.
Grand Council Convention
Kappa Psi holds its national convention biennially. The record for the most attendants was the 55th Grand Council Convention held August 2-6, 2011 in San Francisco, California. The host hotel was The Parc55 San Francisco and the Convention Chairman was Grand Vice Regent Kali Weaver. Over 560 brothers, spouses, children and guests attended.
The 56th Grand Council Convention took place from July 30 to Aug 3, 2013 at the Tradewinds Island Resort in St. Pete Beach, Florida.
Below is a list of the Grand Council Conventions (along with the year, location, and number of attendees) dating back to the first Grand Council Convention in 1900 in New York City.
- The 22nd and 23rd Grand Council Conventions were postponed due to WWII.
- The 1932 (18th), 1936 (19th), and 1940 (20th) Grand Council Conventions were cancelled.
- The 15th and 16th Grand Council Conventions were held in three separate regional locations with the same business discussed at each.