Phi Psi (professional)

Phi Psi is an American professional fraternity in the field of textiles and manufacturing engineering. It was estalblished at the Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science in 1903.

History

Phi Psi was established as a professional textiles fraternity on at the Philadelphia College of Textiles & Science, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its five founders were Robert M. Baeny, Paul Benninghoffen, Henry W. Eddy, Harold H. Hart, and Charles A. Kalenbach.
Established at the turn of the 20th Century, Phi Psi had three aims:

to promote fellowship among men of textile colleges and universities with textile departments;
to encourage high standards in textile work; and,
to assist, by every honorable means, the advancement of its members.

The fraternity expanded to several Massachusetts textile schools, then the center of textile manufacturing in the United States. Beta chapter was formed at Southeastern Massachusetts Dartmouth, followed by and Gamma chapter at Lowell Tech in 1904. Chapter naming traditions may have diverged: the Gamma chapter at Lowell Tech may have inserted the Gamma from its name into its national name, calling itself the Phi Gamma Psi fraternity.
The fraternity's first alumni chapter was established in in Boston, Massachusetts. When the nation's textile industry center shifted to the southern states, chapters were established in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and Alabama. A total of ten collegiate chapters were formed, along with twelve alumni chapters.
Members from Alpha chapter began a search for a national social fraternity to join. In what appears to be a friendly schism, a majority or all of its members formed a separate organization from Phi Psi on when they were accepted as the Pennsylvania Omicron chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon. Yet the Alpha chapter of Phi Psi continued independently on the campus, remaining active today.
In 1991, the fraternity had 6,000 members. The fraternity is now coed. It held its 111th convention in Atlanta, Georgia in 2018.

Symbols

Phi Psi's motto is Semper ad perfectum. Its badge is described as a diamond-shaped emblem with a gold border andfour perpendicular gold bars on a black face. The Greek letters Φ and Ψ are in the center, rendered in gold.
Its colors are black and gold. The fraternity's flower is the Yellow Tea Rose. Its quarterly publication is The Phi Psi Quarterly.

Chapters

Following is a lists of Phi Psi chapters. Active chapters noted in bold. Inactive chapters and institutions are noted in italics.

Chapter	Charter date and range	Institution	Location	Status
Alpha	– November 14, 1964; xxxx ?	Thomas Jefferson University	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Active
Beta	1904	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	Dartmouth, Massachusetts	Inactive
Gamma	1904	University of Massachusetts Lowell	Lowell, Massachusetts	Consolidated ?
Delta	1909–19xx ?	Bradford Durfee College of Technology	Fall River, Massachusetts	Consolidated ?
Eta		North Carolina State University	Raleigh, North Carolina	Active
Theta	– after 2019	Georgia Tech	Atlanta, Georgia	Inactive
Iota	– after 2022	Clemson University	Clemson, South Carolina	Inactive
Kappa	– c. 2005	Texas Tech University	Lubbock, Texas	Inactive
Lambda	1936	Auburn University	Auburn, Alabama	Active
Mu	1961–19xx ?	Institute of Textile Technology	Charlottesville, Virginia	Inactive

Alumni chapters

Boston, MA
New York, NY
Philadelphia, PA
Providence, RI
Chicago, IL
Fall River, MA
Greenville, SC
Charlotte, NC
Albany, NY
New Bedford, MA
Lanett, AL
Atlanta, GA