Phi Kappa Psi (ΦΚΨ),commonly known as Phi Psi,is an American collegiate social fraternity that was founded by William Henry Letterman and Charles Page Thomas Moore in Widow Letterman's home on the campus of Jefferson College in Canonsburg,Pennsylvania on February 19,1852. There are over 90 chapters and colonies at accredited four year colleges and universities throughout the United States. More than 179,000 men have been initiated into Phi Kappa Psi since its founding. Phi Kappa Psi and Phi Gamma Delta,both founded at the same college,form the Jefferson Duo.
Senatobia is a city in,and the county seat of,Tate County,Mississippi,United States,and is the 16th largest municipality in the Memphis Metropolitan Area. The population was 8,165 at the 2010 census. Senatobia is home to Northwest Mississippi Community College,a state community college providing two-year academic and technical degree programs. Northwest's system-wide enrollment exceeds 8,000 on three campuses in Senatobia,Southaven and Oxford. Also located in Senatobia is the Baddour Center,a residential care facility for intellectually disabled adults.
Delta Kappa Epsilon (ΔΚΕ),commonly known as DKE or Deke,is one of the oldest fraternities in the United States,with fifty-six active chapters and five active colonies across North America. It was founded at Yale College in 1844 by fifteen sophomores who were discontent with the existing fraternity order on campus. The men established a fellowship where the candidate most favored was he who combined in the most equal proportions the Gentleman,the Scholar and the Jolly Good Fellow.
William Henry Letterman was born in Canonsburg,Pennsylvania. He was the co-founder of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity in 1852 at Jefferson College in Canonsburg,Pennsylvania.
Lee Maurice Russell was an American politician from Mississippi.
Mississippi Valley State University is a public historically black university in Mississippi Valley State,Mississippi,adjacent to Itta Bena,Mississippi. MVSU is a member-school of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund.
William Madison Whittington was an American politician from Mississippi. Whittington was a Representative to the 69th United States Congress in 1925,and the twelve succeeding Congresses as a Democrat. In Congress,his nickname was "Mr. Flood Control."
Theta Kappa Psi Medical Fraternity,Incorporated,(ΘΚΨ) is a North American professional medical fraternity. As of 2023,it operates as an independent local fraternity with one active chapter.
William S. Barry was an American politician who served as a Deputy from Mississippi to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1862. He was also a U.S. Representative from 1853 to 1855,representing the state of Mississippi.
The Professional Fraternity Association (PFA) is an American association of national,collegiate,professional fraternities and sororities that was formed in 1978. Since PFA groups are discipline-specific,members join while pursuing graduate degrees as well as undergraduate degrees. PFA groups seek to develop their members professionally in addition to the social development commonly associated with Panhellenic fraternities. Membership requirements of the PFA are broad enough to include groups that do not recruit new members from a single professional discipline. The PFA has welcomed service and honor fraternities as members;however,Greek letter honor societies more commonly belong to the Association of College Honor Societies.
The Phi Epsilon Pi (ΦΕΠ) fraternity,active between 1904 and 1970 with a predominantly Jewish membership,was founded in New York City and eventually opened at least 48 chapters on college campuses across the United States and one in Canada. After several mergers it consolidated into Zeta Beta Tau in 1970.
Fraternities and sororities at the University of Virginia include the collegiate organizations on the grounds of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville,Virginia. First founded in the 1850s with the establishment of a number of fraternities,the system has since expanded to include sororities,professional organizations,service fraternities,honor fraternities,and cultural organizations. Fraternities and sororities have been significant to the history of the University of Virginia,including the founding of two national fraternities Kappa Sigma (ΚΣ) and Pi Kappa Alpha (ΠΚΑ).
William Dozier Anderson was a mayor,state legislator,and judge in Mississippi. He served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1910 to 1911 and from 1920 to 1944. He also served as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives and the Mississippi State Senate. He was mayor of Tupelo,Mississippi from 1898 to 1906.
Delta Psi Kappa (ΔΨΚ) was a national professional fraternity in the disciplines of health and physical education,health sciences,and recreation.
Sigma Delta Kappa (ΣΔΚ) is a Professional Fraternity in the field of Law. It was founded in 1914 at the University of Michigan Law School.
Walker Wood was an American journalist and politician from Mississippi. He was the 30th Secretary of State of Mississippi,serving from 1926 to 1948.
Elias Alford Rowan was a longtime Mississippi state legislator from Copiah County in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Richard Henry Lee Davis was a Democratic Mississippi state legislator in the early 20th century.
John Wesley Barbee Jr. was an American lawyer and Democratic politician. He was a member of the Mississippi Legislature from DeSoto County in the 1910s and 1920s.
