American women's fraternity for health professions
Phi Delta Pi (ΦΔΠ) was a national professional fraternity for women in the disciplines of health and physical education, health sciences, and recreation.[1]
History
Phi Delta Pi was founded on October 23, 1916 at the Normal College of the North American Gymnastics Union.[2]
Phi Delta Pi was one of the eleven women's professional fraternities to found the Professional Panhellenic Association in 1925.[1]
Many of its early chapters were placed at vocational-oriented Normal Schools for Physical Education which did not survive the Great Depression. Later chapters were placed at colleges with broader course offerings and stronger financial footing. Baird's reports there were fourteen active chapters and sixteen inactive chapters in 1967, but provides only twenty chapter names in the 20th Edition of that resource.
Phi Delta Pi merged with Delta Psi Kappa, a professional fraternity, in March 1970.[2]
Chapters
The chapters of Phi Delta Pi were as follows; this list may be incomplete, and some chapters here listed as inactive may have merged or been absorbed only as alumni clubs (no active chapters). Chapters known to be active at the time of merger in bold, inactive chapters in italics. [2]
Name
|
Chartered
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Institution
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Location
|
Status
|
Notes
|
Reference
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Alpha
|
October 23, 1916–1942
|
Normal College of the North American Gymnastics Union
|
Indianapolis, IN
|
Dormant
|
|
|
Beta
|
1918–March 1970
|
Temple University
|
Philadelphia, PA
|
Merged
|
Joined the existing Tau chapter of ΔΨΚ
|
|
Gamma
|
1918–1919
|
Northwestern University
|
Evanston, IL
|
Dormant
|
|
|
Delta
|
1919–1965
|
American College of Physical Education (now De Paul)
|
Chicago, IL
|
Dormant
|
|
|
Epsilon
|
1918–March 1970
|
Kellogg School of Physical Education
|
Battle Creek, MI
|
Merged
|
Became or joined the Eta chapter of ΔΨΚ
|
[3]
|
Zeta
|
1919–1921
|
Chicago Normal School of Physical Education[4]
|
Chicago, IL
|
Dormant
|
|
[5]
|
Eta
|
1920–19xx ?
|
University of Utah
|
Salt Lake City, UT
|
Dormant ?
|
|
[6]
|
Theta
|
1922–19xx ?
|
Ithaca School of Physical Education
|
Ithaca, NY
|
Merged ?
|
|
[7]
|
Iota
|
1924–1944
|
Savage School of Physical Education[8]
|
New York, NY
|
Dormant
|
|
[9]
|
Kappa
|
1927–1944
|
Panzer College of Physical Education
|
East Orange, NJ
|
Dormant
|
|
[10]
|
Lambda
|
1928–1936
|
Ohio University
|
Athens, OH
|
Dormant
|
|
[6]
|
Mu
|
1929–19xx
|
Utah State University
|
Logan, UT
|
Dormant
|
|
[6]
|
Nu
|
1930–1942
|
Southeastern Teachers College
|
Durant, OK
|
Dormant
|
|
[6]
|
Xi
|
1931–19xx
|
Brigham Young University
|
Provo, UT
|
Dormant
|
|
[6]
|
Omicron
|
1933–1943
|
University of California, Santa Barbara
|
Santa Barbara, CA
|
Dormant
|
|
[6]
|
Pi
|
1935–1954
|
Slippery Rock University
|
Slippery Rock, PA
|
Dormant
|
|
[11]
|
Rho
|
1949–1965
|
Wittenberg University
|
Springfield, OH
|
Dormant
|
|
[6]
|
Sigma
|
1951–19xx
|
University of Minnesota Duluth
|
Duluth, MN
|
Dormant
|
|
[6]
|
Tau
|
1952–1970
|
University of Miami
|
Coral Gables, FL
|
Merged
|
|
[12]
|
Upsilon
|
1959–1970
|
Florida State University
|
Tallahassee, FL
|
Merged
|
|
[13]
|
Membership
Four types of membership existed in Phi Delta Pi:[1]
- Active
- Alumni
- Honorary
- Special Membership
Notable members
Notable Honorary Members include:[1]
- Maud May Babcock, pioneer leader in physical education in Salt Lake City, UT.
- Lillian Schoedler, former secretary of the Women's Division of the NAAF.
- Jane Deeter Rippin, past National Director of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America.
- Grace E. Jones, Supervisor of Health and Physical Education, Summit, NJ.
- Helen E. Manley, Director of Health and Physical Education, University City, MO. President of the American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, University City, MO.
- Anne Schley Duggan, Director of Health and Physical Education, Texas State College for Women, Denton, TX.