Kappa Psi/ Xi Chapter History

Question 1

Kappa Psi Founding Date and location

Answer 1

May 30, 1879 at Russel Military Academy in New Haven, CT

Question 2

Founder of Kappa Psi

Answer 2

F. Harvey Smith

Question 3

Original Charter of Xi chapter

Answer 3

West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV

Question 4

When was Xi chapter established in Columbus?

Answer 4

May 21, 1925 at the Chittenden Hotel

Question 5

How many times has Xi chapter been dormant?

Answer 5

Twice, first in 1932 (reinstated March 11, 1949) and second in 1992

Question 6

When was the Xi chapter last reactivated?

Answer 6

January 20, 1996

Question 7

What was Kappa Psi originally established as?

Answer 7

A medical-pharmaceutical fraterntiy

Question 8

When did “the split” occur?

Answer 8

1924, and separated to become one medical and one pharmaceutical fraternities

Question 9

What did the pharmaceutical/medical fraternities name themselves after the split?

Answer 9

Pharmaceutical remained Kappa Psi, medical group became Theta Kappa Psi