Phi Delta Pi
ΦΔΠ

Founded	October 23, 1916; 107 years ago (1916-10-23) Normal College of the American Gymnastics Union (now Indiana University School of Education) in Indianapolis, IN.
Type	Professional
Affiliation	PFA (former)
Emphasis	Physical Education
Scope	National
Colors	Purple and Gold
Symbol	Oak leaf
Flower	Purple violet
Jewel	Amethyst
Chapters	14 active, 16 inactive at merger
Members	5,000 (1967) lifetime
Merged with	Delta Psi Kappa (1970)
Headquarters	US

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	Institution	Location	Status	Notes	Reference
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.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Josephine Christaldi (December 1, 1946). "Affiliated Organizations: X. Phi Delta Pi". The Journal of Health and Physical Education. 17 (10): 598–639. doi:10.1080/23267240.1946.10626724.
^ ^a ^b ^c Anson, Jack L.; Marchenasi, Robert F., eds. (1991) [1879]. Baird's Manual of American Fraternities (20th ed.). Indianapolis, IN: Baird's Manual Foundation, Inc. p. VIII-44. ISBN 978-0963715906.
^ The Physical Education school at what was then known as Battle Creek College, was open until 1938 as a department of what became Andrews University.
^ Located at 5026 Greenwood Ave., Chicago, IL, the school was opened in 1903, lasting until at least 1924. Apparently no successor school.
^ This school was also the site of the Lambda chapter of ΔΨΚ (1920).
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Not listed among chapters of ΔΨΚ in Baird's 20th ed.
^ This school was also the site of Psi chapter (1931-19xx) of ΔΨΚ.
^ For a time the Savage School was located at what is now the Prince Hall Masonic Temple in Harlem, NY. Apparently no successor school.
^ This school was also the site of the Lambda chapter of ΔΨΚ (1920).
^ This school (Panzer) was also the site of the Theta chapter of ΔΨΚ (1919). Panzer merged with nearby Montclair State College in 1958.
^ A separate Alpha Phi chapter of ΔΨΚ was established on the Slippery Rock campus in 1956.
^ Appears to have become the Beta Tau chapter of ΔΨΚ.
^ Appears to have become the Beta Upsilon chapter of ΔΨΚ.

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Former and formerly active members of the Professional Fraternity Association or its predecessors: Professional Panhellenic Association or Professional Interfraternity Conference	Alpha Delta Theta Alpha Delta Sigma Alpha Kappa Kappa Alpha Sigma Alpha Alpha Tau Delta Alpha Omega Beta Alpha Psi Gamma Eta Gamma Gamma Iota Sigma Delta Epsilon Iota Delta Sigma Delta Delta Psi Kappa Epsilon Eta Phi Zeta Phi Eta Theta Kappa Psi Theta Sigma Upsilon Theta Sigma Phi Iota Sigma Pi Kappa Alpha Pi Kappa Beta Pi Kappa Delta Epsilon Kappa Phi Kappa Nu Sigma Nu Xi Psi Phi Omicron Delta Kappa Omicron Nu Pi Lambda Theta Sigma Delta Chi Sigma Nu Phi Sigma Sigma Sigma Sigma Phi Delta (now social) Phi Beta Gamma Phi Beta Pi Phi Delta Delta Phi Delta Gamma Phi Delta Kappa Phi Delta Pi Phi Delta Phi (now honor society) Phi Epsilon Kappa Phi Lambda Kappa Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (now social) Phi Rho Sigma Phi Upsilon Omicron Phi Chi Chi Beta Phi Psi Omega Omega Tau Sigma Omega Upsilon Phi Pershing Rifles Scabbard and Blade Scarab
North American Interfraternity Conference	Alpha Gamma Rho Alpha Gamma Sigma
Active independent professional fraternities	Alpha Gamma Kappa Alpha Zeta Omega Alpha Eta Rho Alpha Iota Alpha Psi Gamma Epsilon Tau Delta Sigma Theta Delta Theta Sigma Delta Kappa Gamma Delta Kappa Phi Delta Phi Epsilon Kappa Gamma Psi Kappa Pi Nu Beta Epsilon Phi Delta Kappa (sorority) Phi Sigma Gamma Phi Psi Chi Eta Phi Block and Bridle
Inactive independent professional fraternities	Aleph Yodh He Alpha Epsilon Iota Alpha Tau Sigma Chi Zeta Chi Delta Omicron Alpha Pi Delta Nu