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| Founded | March 17, 1906 Miami University, (Oxford, Ohio) |
| Type | Social |
| Mission Statement | "To champion a lifelong commitment to brotherhood, learning, ethical leadership and exemplary character. Events 45 BC - In his last victory Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Miami University (colloquially and incorrectly referred to as Miami of Ohio for clarification purposes is a Coeducational Public university founded in 1809 Oxford is a city in northwestern Butler County, Ohio, United States, in the southwestern portion of the state " |
| Colors | Harvard Red and Old Gold |
| Flower | Red carnation |
| Philanthropy | Hole in the Wall Camps |
| Chapters | 88 Active, 3 Colonies, 51 alumni associations and interest groups |
| Members | 85,000 currently lifetime |
| Headquarters | 5221 Morning Sun Road Oxford, Ohio, USA |
| Homepage | http://www.phikappatau.org |
Phi Kappa Tau (ΦΚΤ) is a U.S. national college fraternity
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History
Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity (commonly called Phi Tau) was founded in the Union Literary Society Hall of Miami University's Old Main Building in Oxford, Ohio on March 17, 1906. Crimson is a strong bright deep Red color combined with some Blue, resulting in a tiny degree of Purple. Old Gold is a dark Yellow, which varies from light olive or olive Brown to deep or strong yellow Hole in the Wall Gang Camp is a residential summer camp and year-round center for seriously ill children located in Ashford, Connecticut. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Fraternities and sororities (from the Latin words la frater and la soror, meaning "brother" and "sister" respectively are fraternal Miami University (colloquially and incorrectly referred to as Miami of Ohio for clarification purposes is a Coeducational Public university founded in 1809 Oxford is a city in northwestern Butler County, Ohio, United States, in the southwestern portion of the state Events 45 BC - In his last victory Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The four honored founders were Taylor Albert Borradaile, Clinton Dewitt Boyd, Dwight Ireneus Douglass, and William Henry Shideler. Clinton DeWitt Boyd ( September 26, 1884 -September 1950 was a Middletown Ohio attorney Common Pleas judge and politician and was one of four founders William Henry "Doc" Shideler (born July 14 1886 in West Middletown Ohio and died 1958 in Oxford Ohio) was an American geologist who was founder and
The fraternity was founded as the Non-Fraternity Association to give Miami's non-fraternity men a voice in campus political affairs. The name was changed to Phrenocon on March 6, 1909. Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The two proposed names were the Miami Friends and the Miami Comrades, which were combined to form "Frenocom. " "Phrenocon" was actually an alternate spelling of "Frenocom," the idea being to make the name sound more Greek.
Phrenocon became "national" in 1911 when an organization of independent men known as the Ohio University Union chose to become the Ohio University chapter of Phrenocon. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Ohio University is a public university located in Athens Ohio that is situated on a 1800 acre (7 Additional Phrenocon chapters were established at Ohio State University, Centre College, Mount Union College and the University of Illinois. The Ohio State University ( OSU) is a Coeducational public Research university in the state of Ohio. Mount Union College is a 4-year private Liberal arts College in Alliance Ohio. This article is about the flagship campus For other uses and locations of University of Illinois, see University of Illinois (disambiguation The University of At Miami, Phrenocon began to have difficulty retaining members by the early 1910s. The 1910s decade ran from January 1 1910 through December 31 1919 Often, men would join Phrenocon, then later withdraw their membership and join Greek-letter fraternities. In fact, the Miami chapters of Delta Tau Delta and Sigma Alpha Epsilon were founded by Phrenocon members. Delta Tau Delta ( ΔΤΔ, DTD or " Delts " is a US -based international college fraternity. Sigma Alpha Epsilon (also known as SΑΕ) is a secret letter social college fraternity For that reason, the Miami Chapter of Phrenocon withdrew from the National Phrenocon and adopted the name Phi Kappa Tau on March 9, 1916. Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The rest of the chapters agreed to the name change on December 21 of that year and invited Miami to return to the national organization as the Alpha chapter of Phi Kappa Tau. Events 69 - The end of the Year of the four emperors: Following Galba, Otho and Vitellius, Vespasian Eta Chapter at Muhlenberg College was the first chapter to charter after the change to Phi Kappa Tau. Muhlenberg College is a private liberal arts college located in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the United States.
Phi Kappa Tau has been a member since 1916 of the North-American Interfraternity Conference(NIC) [1], a consortium of national men's social fraternities. Membership requirements Member The NIC membership requirements are detailed in the By-Laws of the North-American Interfraternity Conference Fraternities and sororities (from the Latin words la frater and la soror, meaning "brother" and "sister" respectively are fraternal
Phi Tau's national philanthropy is the Hole in the Wall Camps founded by Phi Tau Brother Paul Newman. Philanthropy is the act of donating money goods services time and/or effort to support a socially beneficial cause with a defined objective and with no financial or material Hole in the Wall Gang Camp is a residential summer camp and year-round center for seriously ill children located in Ashford, Connecticut. Paul Leonard Newman (January 26 1925 &ndash September 26 2008 was an Academy Award
The Phi Kappa Tau Foundation was created in 1945 and is one of the more successful foundations affiliated with a Greek letter organization. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar The Foundation's significant expansion began in 1983 with the announcement of a gift of over $1-million from Ewing T. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Boles, a member of fraternity's Delta Chapter at Centre College. The Boles gift was the largest gift to a fraternity or sorority foundation up until that time. That same year Boles was named an Honorary Founder by Phi Kappa Tau. Boles left an additional bequest of over $3-million to the Foundation upon his death. Boles' example has encouraged countless other gifts to the foundation and its current assets exceed $10-million. In Accounting, a current asset is an Asset on the Balance sheet which is expected to be sold or otherwise used up in the near future usually within one
Executive offices of the Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity and Foundation are at 5221 Morning Sun Road in Oxford, Ohio. C. Steven Hartman is the CEO, Charles T. Ball is National President of the Fraternity and Dave Ruckman is Chairman of the Phi Kappa Tau Foundation.
Phi Kappa Tau now has over 85,000 initiated members.
Creed
Phi Kappa Tau, by admitting me to membership, has conferred upon me a mark of distinction in which I take just pride. I believe in the spirit of brotherhood for which it stands. I shall strive to attain its ideals, and by so doing to bring to it honor and credit. I shall be loyal to my college and my chapter and shall keep strong my ties to them that I may ever retain the spirit of youth. I shall be a good and loyal citizen. I shall try always to discharge the obligation to others which arises from the fact that I am a fraternity man.
Roland W. Maxwell (University of Southern California, 1922) National President, 1934 - 1959 November 19, 1950
Mission Statement
The mission of Phi Kappa Tau is to champion a lifelong commitment to brotherhood, learning, ethical leadership, and exemplary character. The University of Southern California (commonly referred to as USC, SC, Southern California, and incorrectly
Notable Members
Chapters
External links
Further information
- Anson, Jack L., The Golden Jubilee History of Phi Kappa Tau, Lawhead Press, Athens Ohio: 1957
- Ball, Charles T. The following is a list of notable members of Phi Kappa Tau. National Presidents Chief Executives Ralph K This article lists the chapters of Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity in Greek alphabetical (chronological order followed by their dates of chartering as Phi Kappa Tau chapters Jack Lee Anson ( August 3, 1924 - September 15, 1990) was an important leader in the American college interfraternity movement and was known as , From Old Main to a New Century: A History of Phi Kappa Tau, Heritage Publishers, Phoenix: 1996 ISBN 0-929690-29-X
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