Chi Zeta Chi

Chi Zeta Chi () was an American medical fraternity that was established at the University of Georgia (now Medical College of Georgia) in 1903. It merged with Phi Rho Sigma Medical Fraternity in 1929.

History Chi Zeta Chi was established by Dr. Jesse Ainsley Griffin at the Medical Department of the University of Georgia on October 4, 1903.Toomey, Thomas Noxon (1923). "The History of the Fraternity". The Chi Zeta Chi Medical Fraternity "national" A Retrospect and a Prospect: An Official Document. St. Louis: Chi Zeta Chi Fraternity. p. 12-17. – via Google Books. Griffin was a medical doctor in Augusta, Georgia who believed the southern medical schools needed a "high class fraternity". Membership was limited to white males who had completed the first year of medical school. The founding members were N. Whatley W. Battey Jr., Guy Talmadge Bernard, John B. Carter Jr., William Hampton Galloway, Jesse Ansley Griffin John Moore Sigman, John W. Simmons Jr., Rembert Hugo Thigpen, Hugh Rutledge Tison, and William Preston Turner Jr.

With the assistance of Battey, Griffin expanded the fraternity to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University and the New York Polyclinic Medical College. The fraternity held its first conference in Atlanta in April 1905 with delegates from the first six chapters. Later that year, Phi Beta Phi medical fraternity offered to absorb Chi Zeta Chi; the latter declined the offer.

Originally, Chi Zeta Chi named its chapters after a distinguished physician related to the chapter's host institution. However, the fraternity adopted a new naming system based on the Greek alphabet at its third annual convention on January 8, 1909.

The fraternity was overseen by a Supreme Council and its designated Grand Council. It also had a regent for each state, which it called a province.

By 1927, the fraternity had installed 27 collegiate chapters; however, eight were defunct because their host institution closed, and seven were inactive. On April 6, 1929, in Cincinnati, Chi Zeta Chi signed an agreement to merge into Phi Rho Sigma Medical Fraternity.

Symbols The Greek letters in the fraternity's name stood for or "Seeking Knowledge Our Highest Pursuit", also the fraternity's motto.Toomey, Thomas Noxon (1923). T he Chi Zeta Chi Medical Fraternity "national" A Retrospect and a Prospect: An Official Document. St. Louis: Chi Zeta Chi Fraternity. p. 11 – via Google Books.

The fraternity's colors were gold and purple.Toomey, Thomas Noxon (1923). The Chi Zeta Chi Medical Fraternity "national" A Retrospect and a Prospect: An Official Document. St. Louis: Chi Zeta Chi Fraternity. p. 8 – via Google Books. Its flower was the white carnation. The fraternity's badge consisted of two triangles superimposed on each other to create a six-pointed star. The lower triangle was base up and gold, with the Greek letter in the upper two corners and in the lower corner, in black enamel. The upper triangle was base down and had a black enamel background that had an inlaid gold skull and crossbones above the Greek word , meaning physician. The top triangle has a border of pearls and amethyst or ruby in each corner.

Chi Zeta Chi also had a grand chapter badge, which was a solid gold key engraved with the fraternity's coat of arms on a square flare. Its pledge pin was a round purple plaque made of celluloid that featured two hollow triangles, like those of the badge, outlined in gold. The fraternity also had an identification badge that was a replica of the coat of arms in bronze.

Chapters

Collegiate chapters Following are the chapters of Chi Zeta Chi. Inactive chapters at the time of the merger, and inactive institutions are indicated in italics.

ChapterOriginal nameCharter date and rangeInstitutionLocationStatusAlpha Milton Antony – University of Georgia Medical DepartmentAugusta, GeorgiaMerged ()Beta Francis Delafield–1919Columbia University College of Physicians and SurgeonsNew York City, New YorkInactiveGamma J. Marion Sims, Prime–1905New York Polyclinic Medical CollegeNew York City, New YorkInactiveDelta Louis McLane Tiffany – University of Maryland Medical DepartmentBaltimore MarylandMerged ()Epsilon W. F. Westmoreland Sr. – Atlanta College of Physicians and SurgeonsAtlanta, GeorgiaConsolidatedZeta Edmund Rhett Walker – 1913Baltimore Medical CollegeBaltimore, MarylandConsolidatedEtaWilliam Osler1905–1906Johns Hopkins University Medical DepartmentBaltimore, MarylandInactiveThetaRichard Douglas–1919Vanderbilt University Medical DepartmentNashville, TennesseeInactiveIotaJ. Marion Sims, Bis.1906–1907South Carolina Medical CollegeCharleston, South CarolinaInactiveKappaCrawford W. Long – Atlanta School of MedicineAtlanta, GeorgiaConsolidatedLambdaHeber Jones – University of Tennessee Medical DepartmentMemphis, TennesseeMerged ()MuStanford Emerson Chaillé – Tulane University Medical Department New Orleans, LouisianaMerged ()NuJames Anthony Dibrell – University of Arkansas Medical Department Little Rock, ArkansasMerged ()XiWilliam Beaumont – St. Louis University Medical DepartmentSt. Louis, MissouriMerged ()OmicronJohn D. Hodges – Washington University in St. Louis Medical DepartmentSt. Louis, MissouriMerged ()PiJames M. G. Carter – 1909University of Illinois College of Physicians and SurgeonsChicago, IllinoisInactiveRhoJohn S. Lynch – 1915Baltimore College of Physicians and SurgeonsBaltimore, MarylandConsolidatedDigamma colonyNorman Bridge–1909University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CaliforniaInactiveSigmaWillam W. Johnston – 1914George Washington University Medical DepartmentWashington, D.C.InactiveTauJ. Marion Sims, Ter. – 1910; 1922 –Jefferson Medical CollegePhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaMerged ()UpsilonJames. J. Walsh – 1921Fordham University Medical DepartmentNew York City, New YorkInactivePhiDaniel Drake – 1915Lincoln Memorial University Medical DepartmentKnoxville, TennesseeInactiveChiJohn Cowell MacEvitt – 1914Long Island Hospital Medical CollegeBrooklyn, New YorkInactivePsiArthur Holmes – Medical College of VirginiaRichmond, VirginiaMerged ()Omega – 1913Birmingham Medical College (later University of Alabama)Birmingham, AlabamaInactiveAlpha Alpha – Emory University School of MedicineAtlanta, GeorgiaMerged ()Beta Beta – University of Oklahoma College of MedicineNorman, OklahomaMerged ()Upsilon Upsilon – Baylor University Medical DepartmentDallas, TexasMerged ()1924 – Wake Forest UniversityWinston-Salem, North Carolina Merged ()

Alumni chapters Following is a list of Chi Zeta Chi alumni chapters:Toomey, Thomas Noxon (1923). The Chi Zeta Chi Medical Fraternity "national" A Retrospect and a Prospect: An Official Document. St. Louis: Chi Zeta Chi Fraternity. p. 9 – via Google Books.Toomey, Thomas Noxon (1923). "Alumni Chapters". The Chi Zeta Chi Medical Fraternity "national" A Retrospect and a Prospect: An Official Document. St. Louis: Chi Zeta Chi Fraternity. p. 17-18. – via Google Books.

ChapterCharter date and rangeLocationStatusAtlanta AlumniAtlanta, GeorgiaInactiveMemphis AlumniMemphis, TennesseeInactiveAugusta AlumniAugusta, GeorgiaInactiveKnoxville Alumni Knoxville, TennesseeInactiveNew York AlumniNew York City, New YorkInactiveSt. Louis Alumni1920St. Louis, MissouriInactiveBaltimore Alumni Baltimore, MarylandInactiveFlorida State Alumni1921FloridaInactiveMissouri State Alumni1922MissouriInactiveHot Springs–Little Rock AlumniBefore 1923Hot Springs and Little Rock, ArkansasInactiveNew Orleans AlumniBefore 1923New Orleans, LouisianaInactive

Notable members

Bradbury Robinson, football player and physician

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