In December 1919 the Alpha Delta Chi, or Roosevelt Club (named for President Theodore Roosevelt), was granted a charter by the Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity at Roosevelt’s Inn. The Roosevelt Club was established on January 7, 1918, and installed with appropriate ceremonies in the afternoon and evening of January 9 at the Masonic Temple. … Continued
Phi Delta Theta was established on campus on September 16, 1963. A colony was formed on May 20, 1962, as Phi Delta Gamma. On April 16, 1883, the UT faculty had referred to a committee a letter from the Phi Delta Theta fraternity asking permission to create an organization in the corps of cadets, as … Continued
Established in 1930, Phi Epsilon Mu was a local professional sorority in physical education. Junior and senior women majoring in physical education were eligible for membership. Charter members were Kathryn Grisard, Monte Fariss, Ethel Capps, Worth Mabry, and Agnes O’Conner.
Phi Eta Sigma, founded at the University of Illinois on March 22, 1923, is a national scholastic honorary society for freshmen with a 3.5 grade point average. The Tennessee chapter was installed May 17, 1930, with Tom Dunlap as the first president. Originally, membership was limited to men. Phi Eta Sigma distinguished itself for many … Continued
Phi Eta Tau was established at the university in 1933 as a sorority for women physical education and recreation majors and minors.
The Kappa Tau Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta was established at UT on April 11, 1890. The fraternity of President Dabney, Phi Gamma Delta was the first to have a house on campus, renting the Janney Building (Mess Hall) from the time of completion of the new Barbara Blount Hall until the building was razed … Continued
The Janney Building was used as a dayroom and lounge for women students until 1898, when the top two floors of the Mess Hall were converted into dormitory rooms for women and renamed Barbara Blount Hall. When the women ceased to use the Janney Building, the trustees authorized it to be rented to any campus … Continued
Phi Kappa Phi was founded at the University of Maine in 1897. The University of Tennessee joined with the University of Maine in 1899 in an effort to form a new national honor society not limited to students in the fields of arts, letters, and humanities, as was Phi Beta Kappa. In 1900 UT was … Continued
The Tennessee Epsilon Chapter of the national fraternity Phi Kappa Psi was established on April 22, 1967, and was active on campus through 1983, closing because of lack of interest. It reestablished itself in fall 1985. The national organization was established in 1852 at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. The colors of the fraternity are … Continued
Phi Kappa Tau established a colony on the UT campus in fall 1968 and was chartered as the Delta Kappa Chapter at UT on January 23, 1971. The colors of the fraternity are Harvard Red (PMS 201) and Old Gold (metallic gold). Its flower is the red carnation. The national organization was founded in 1906 … Continued