Our National Fraternity was founded on February 19, 1852 by William Henry Letterman and Charles Page Thomas Moore. Both men were attending Jefferson College in the western Pennsylvania town of Canonsburg.
An epidemic of typhoid fever had struck the campus. Letterman and Moore spent many long nights nursing and watching over their stricken friends. From these humanitarian efforts, an appreciation of The Great Joy of Serving Others came into their lives. Calling a number of others to join them in an association to promote service, scholarship and leadership, a Brotherhood was founded.
This Brotherhood grew, survived and gradually spread among college men around the country to over 100 chapters and colonies promoting the Phi Psi experience.
To learn more about the National Fraternity, please visit www.phikappapsi.com.