Chi Zeta Chi

Chi Zeta Chi was an American medical fraternity that was established at the University of Georgia in 1903. It merged with Phi Rho Sigma Medical Fraternity in 1929.

History

Chi Zeta Chi was established by Dr. Jesse Ainsley Griffin at the Medical Department of the University of Georgia on October 4, 1903. Griffin was a medical doctor in Augusta, Georgia who believed the southern medical schools needed a "high class fraternity". Membership was limited to white males who had completed the first year of medical school. The founding members were N. Whatley W. Battey Jr., Guy Talmadge Bernard, John B. Carter Jr., William Hampton Galloway, Jesse Ansley Griffin John Moore Sigman, John W. Simmons Jr., Rembert Hugo Thigpen, Hugh Rutledge Tison, and William Preston Turner Jr.
With the assistance of Battey, Griffin expanded the fraternity to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University and the New York Polyclinic Medical College. The fraternity held its first conference in Atlanta in April 1905 with delegates from the first six chapters. Later that year, Phi Beta Phi medical fraternity offered to absorb Chi Zeta Chi; the latter declined the offer.
Originally, Chi Zeta Chi named its chapters after a distinguished physician related to the chapter's host institution. However, the fraternity adopted a new naming system based on the Greek alphabet at its third annual convention on January 8, 1909.
The fraternity was overseen by a Supreme Council and its designated Grand Council. It also had a regent for each state, which it called a province.
By 1927, the fraternity had installed 27 collegiate chapters; however, eight were defunct because their host institution closed, and seven were inactive. On April 6, 1929, in Cincinnati, Chi Zeta Chi signed an agreement to merge into Phi Rho Sigma Medical Fraternity.

Symbols

The Greek letters ΧΖΧ in the fraternity's name stood for or "Seeking Knowledge Our Highest Pursuit", also the fraternity's motto.
The fraternity's colors were gold and purple. Its flower was the white carnation. The fraternity's badge consisted of two triangles superimposed on each other to create a six-pointed star. The lower triangle was base up and gold, with the Greek letter Χ in the upper two corners and Ζ in the lower corner, in black enamel. The upper triangle was base down and had a black enamel background that had an inlaid gold skull and crossbones above the Greek word, meaning physician. The top triangle has a border of pearls and amethyst or ruby in each corner.
Chi Zeta Chi also had a grand chapter badge, which was a solid gold key engraved with the fraternity's coat of arms on a square flare. Its pledge pin was a round purple plaque made of celluloid that featured two hollow triangles, like those of the badge, outlined in gold. The fraternity also had an identification badge that was a replica of the coat of arms in bronze.

Chapters

Collegiate chapters

Following are the chapters of Chi Zeta Chi. Inactive chapters at the time of the merger, and inactive institutions are indicated in italics.

Chapter	Original name	Charter date and range	Institution	Location	Status
Alpha	Milton Antony	–	University of Georgia Medical Department	Augusta, Georgia	Merged
Beta	Francis Delafield	–1919	Columbia University Vagelos [College of Physicians and Surgeons\|Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons]	New York City, New York	Inactive
Gamma	J. Marion Sims, Prime	–1905	New York Polyclinic Medical College	New York City, New York	Inactive
Delta	Louis McLane Tiffany	–	University of Maryland Medical Department	Baltimore Maryland	Merged
Epsilon	W. F. Westmoreland Sr.	–	Atlanta College of Physicians and Surgeons	Atlanta, Georgia	Consolidated
Zeta	Edmund Rhett Walker	– 1913	Baltimore Medical College	Baltimore, Maryland	Consolidated
Eta	William Osler	1905–1906	Johns Hopkins University Medical Department	Baltimore, Maryland	Inactive
Theta	Richard Douglas	–1919	Vanderbilt University Medical Department	Nashville, Tennessee	Inactive
Iota	J. Marion Sims, Bis.	1906–1907	South Carolina Medical College	Charleston, South Carolina	Inactive
Kappa	Crawford W. Long	–	Atlanta School of Medicine	Atlanta, Georgia	Consolidated
Lambda	Heber Jones	–	University of Tennessee Medical Department	Memphis, Tennessee	Merged
Mu	Stanford Emerson Chaillé	–	Tulane University Medical Department	New Orleans, Louisiana	Merged
Nu	James Anthony Dibrell	–	University of Arkansas Medical Department	Little Rock, Arkansas	Merged
Xi	William Beaumont	–	St. Louis University Medical Department	St. Louis, Missouri	Merged
Omicron	John D. Hodges	–	Washington University in St. Louis Medical Department	St. Louis, Missouri	Merged
Pi	James M. G. Carter	– 1909	University of Illinois College of Physicians and Surgeons	Chicago, Illinois	Inactive
Rho	John S. Lynch	– 1915	Baltimore College of Physicians and Surgeons	Baltimore, Maryland	Consolidated
Digamma colony	Norman Bridge	–1909	University of Southern California	Los Angeles, California	Inactive
Sigma	Willam W. Johnston	– 1914	George Washington University Medical Department	Washington, D.C.	Inactive
Tau	J. Marion Sims, Ter.	– 1910; 1922 –	Jefferson Medical College	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Merged
Upsilon	James. J. Walsh	– 1921	Fordham University Medical Department	New York City, New York	Inactive
Phi	Daniel Drake	– 1915	Lincoln Memorial University Medical Department	Knoxville, Tennessee	Inactive
Chi	John Cowell MacEvitt	– 1914	Long Island Hospital Medical College	Brooklyn, New York	Inactive
Psi	Arthur Holmes	–	Medical College of Virginia	Richmond, Virginia	Merged
Omega		– 1913	Birmingham Medical College	Birmingham, Alabama	Inactive
Alpha Alpha		–	Emory University School of Medicine	Atlanta, Georgia	Merged
Beta Beta		–	University of Oklahoma College of Medicine	Norman, Oklahoma	Merged
Upsilon Upsilon		–	Baylor University Medical Department	Dallas, Texas	Merged
		1924 –	Wake Forest University	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	Merged

Alumni chapters

Following is a list of Chi Zeta Chi alumni chapters:

Chapter	Charter date and range	Location	Status
Atlanta Alumni		Atlanta, Georgia	Inactive
Memphis Alumni		Memphis, Tennessee	Inactive
Augusta Alumni		Augusta, Georgia	Inactive
Knoxville Alumni		Knoxville, Tennessee	Inactive
New York Alumni		New York City, New York	Inactive
St. Louis Alumni	1920	St. Louis, Missouri	Inactive
Baltimore Alumni		Baltimore, Maryland	Inactive
Florida State Alumni	1921	Florida	Inactive
Missouri State Alumni	1922	Missouri	Inactive
Hot Springs–Little Rock Alumni	Before 1923	Hot Springs and Little Rock, Arkansas	Inactive
New Orleans Alumni	Before 1923	New Orleans, Louisiana	Inactive

Notable members

Bradbury Robinson, football player and physician