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Founding of Phi Kappa Psi
- When
- 19 February 1852
- Where
- Widow Letterman's home on the campus of Jefferson College
Letterman and Moore founded Phi Kappa Psi in Widow Letterman's home on the campus of Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania on February 19, 1852.
The founders established the fraternity based on "the great joy of serving others" that they experienced during the typhoid fever epidemic that hit Jefferson College in the winter of 1850. The first chapter was formed at this location.
Sources
- Phi Kappa Psi Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-02
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