Phi Delta Chi. Alpha Chapter. (University of Michigan).

The Phi Delta Chi Fraternity was founded on November 2, 1883, by a group of eleven University of Michigan pharmacy students, who drew up the fraternity's constitution and bylaws. These "founding fathers" of Phi Delta Chi include Charles Edward Bond, Franklin Herbert Frazee, Llewellyn Hall Gardner, Calvin Pomeroy Godfrey, Adolph Gustave Hoffman, Arthur Gilliam Hopper, Charles F. Hueber, George Pawling Leamon, Arthur Sidney Rogers, Azor Thurston, and Albert Tenney Waggoner. Albert Benjamin Prescott, Dean of the College of Pharmacy, encouraged the formation of the fraternity, served as the group's sponsor, and became the first honorary member. Because the fraternity was founded at Michigan, its chapter is the Alpha Chapter.

The fraternity was originally known as Phi Chi. Although changing the name to Phi Delta Chi was proposed at the fraternity's second meeting, it wasn't until 1910 that this name change was formally ratified. The fraternity originally accepted members from the field of chemistry as well as pharmacy. By 1933, requirements were changed to restrict membership to the field of pharmacy, and the society acquired the form in which it remains today, a professional fraternity dedicated to the field of pharmacy. Women were first inducted in 1976.

The Communicator, Phi Delta Chi's official publication, was first published in 1906 and continues to be published quarterly. Since 1883, Phi Delta Chi has chartered 57 chapters and initiated over 33,000 members.

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Source: Phi Delta Chi Fraternity. "History of Phi Delta Chi." Accessed October 27, 2011. http://www.phideltachi.org/about/the-organization/19-history-of-phi-delta-chi.

From the guide to the Phi Delta Chi, Alpha Chapter (University of Michigan) records, 1924-1995, (Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan)