Psi Omega Fraternity is a professional fraternity for dentistry. Chapters listed by order of usage by the fraternity 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.
Collegiate chapters
The collegiate chapters of Psi Omega include the following, with active chapters noted in bold and inactive chapters and institutions in italics.
- Chapter formed at the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, now the University of Maryland School of Dentistry.
- ^ Phi chapter merged into Alpha chapter when their institutions merged. For a time the combined entity was called Phi-Alpha chapter. Alpha chapter was reformed after Phi-Alpha went inactive.
- ^ Gamma chapter merged into Zeta chapter when Penn Dental College consolidated its assets into the more stable University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine.
- Chapter formed at the Dental Department of Western Reserve University, now Case School of Dental Medicine.
- The chapter went inactive when the dental school at Northwestern University closed in 2001.
- The dental school at Loyola of Chicago closed in 1993.
- Lambda chapter closed due to low enrollment. It was re-established as the Zeta Kappa chapter in 1918.
- Chapter went inactive with the closure of the dental school.
- ^ Baird's Manual (20th ed.) notes that the Delta Tau chapter at Wisconsin's P & S (became Marquette University) was merged into Psi chapter at Starling Ohio Medical (became Ohio State) when the institutions were consolidated. This appears to be an error in that book. Clearly, Psi was meant to be Xi, and that correction is reflected here.
- ^ Pi chapter merged into Phi chapter in 1913.
- The chapter went inactive when the college closed in 1926.
- The chapter consolidated with the Zeta chapter" when the Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia was absorbed by UPenn in 1916.
- ^ Tau chapter merged with Gamma Iota chapter to form Gamma Tau chapter.
- ^ Beta Gamma chapter merged with Beta Theta chapter in 1919.
- Beta Epsilon chapter merged with Delta Omega chapter in 1926.
- ^ Gamma Pi chapter consolidated into Beta Zeta chapter in 1912.
- Washington University closed its dental school in 1991.
- In 1923, the New York College of Dentistry merged with the New York College of Dental and Oral Surgery to form the present School of Dental and Oral Surgery of Columbia University.
- Chapter went inactive when Vanderbilt's dentistry school ceased operations in 1926.
- ^ Gamma Xi chapter merged with Gamma Omicron chapter in 1913.
- ^ When the Kansas City Dental College merged with the Western Dental College to form the Kansas City-Western Dental College, the Delta Rho chapter and the Delta Phi chapter merged to form the Phi Rho chapter.
- Chapter formed at the University of Texas Dental Branch at Houston, now called UTHealth School of Dentistry.
- Chapter closed when Emory University closed its dental school in 1988.
- This was a reestablished of the defunct Lambda chapter.
- Beta Epsilon
- Chapter closed when Loyola New Orleans ceased its dental program in 1970.
- Chapter formed at the New Jersey Medicine and Dentistry, now Rutgers School of Dental Medicine.
Alumni chapters
The alumni chapters of Psi Omega are as follows, with active chapters indicated in bold and inactive chapters in italics.
Chapter | Charter date and range | Location | Province | Status | References |
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Alabama State Alumni | Birmingham, Alabama | Province 4: Southeast | Active | ||
Arkansas State Alumni | Hot Springs, Arkansas | Province 2: South | Active | ||
Baltimore-Oriole Alumni | Baltimore, Maryland | Province 5: Northeast | Active | ||
Boston Alumni | Boston, Massachusetts | Province 5: Northeast | Inactive | ||
Buffalo Alumni | March 26, 1907 | Buffalo, New York | Province 5: Northeast | Inactive | |
Chicago Alumni | Chicago, Illinois | Province 3: Midwest | Active | ||
Cleveland Alumni | February 7, 1905 | Cleveland, Ohio | Province 3: Midwest | Active | |
Columbus Alumni | Columbus, Ohio | Province 3: Midwest | Active | ||
Connecticut State Alumni | Connecticut | Province 5: Northeast | Inactive | ||
Detroit Alumni | Detroit, Michigan | Province 3: Midwest | Active | ||
Duquesne-Pittsburgh Alumni | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Province 5: Northeast | Active | ||
Georgia State Alumni | Atlanta, Georgia | Province 4: Southeast | Active | ||
Houston Alumni | Houston, Texas | Province 2: South | Active | ||
Illinois Kappa Chapter Alumni Association | Chicago, Illinois | Province 3: Midwest | Active | ||
Indiana Alumni | Indianapolis, Indiana | Province 3: Midwest | Active | ||
Iowa State Alumni | Iowa City, Iowa | Province 3: Midwest | Inactive | ||
Minnesota Alumni | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Province 3: Midwest | Active | ||
Milwaukee Alumni | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Province 3: Midwest | Active | ||
New Jersey State Alumni | Newark, New Jersey | Province 5: Northeast | Inactive | ||
New Orleans Alumni | New Orleans, Louisiana | Province 2: South | Active | ||
New York Alumni | New York City, New York | Province 5: Northeast | Inactive | ||
North Carolina State Alumni | High Point, North Carolina | Province 4: Southeast | Active | ||
Ohio State Alumni | Columbus, Ohio | Province 3: Midwest | Active | ||
Oregon Alumni | Portland, Oregon | Province 1: Western | Active | ||
Philadelphia Alumni | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Province 5: Northeast | Inactive | ||
Portsmouth Alumni | November 14, 1905 | Portsmouth, Ohio | Province 3: Midwest | Inactive | |
San Francisco Alumni | San Francisco, California | Province 1: Western | Inactive | ||
Seattle-Sealth Alumni | December 31, 1904 | Seattle, Washington | Province 1: Western | Active | |
South Carolina Alumni | Charleston, South Carolina | Province 4: Southeast | Active | ||
Southern California Alumni | Los Angeles, California | Province 1: Western | Active | ||
Tacoma Alumni | Tacoma, Washington | Province 1: Western | Active | ||
Washington D.C. Alumni | Washington, D.C. | Province 5: Northeast | Active | ||
West Virginia Stage Alumni | Wheeling, West Virginia | Province 5: Northeast | Active |
References
- 1908-1909 issues of The Frater
- Anson, Jack L.; Marchenasi, Robert F., eds. (1991) . Baird's Manual of American Fraternities (20th ed.). Indianapolis, IN: Baird's Manual Foundation, Inc. p. V-50–51. ISBN 978-0963715906.
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