The Phi Sigma Society is an honorary society in the Biological Sciences, including the studies of Zoology, Botany, Microbiology, Geology, Bacteriology, Anthropology, and many other fields. The University of Montana’s Lambda Chapter was chartered in 1921, due to the efforts of Professor Morton J. Elrod, first chair of the science department. Other charter members included Dr. Jessie M. Bierman, the noted pediatrician, and Dr. Joseph E. Kirwood, an early University of Montana professor.
The Phi Sigma Society, Lambda Chapter (University of Montana) probably became inactive in the mid-1960s.
From the guide to the Phi Sigma Society, Lambda Chapter (The University of Montana) Records, 1921-1966, (University of Montana--Missoula Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections)
