Pi Upsilon Rho Explained

Pi Upsilon Rho
Letters:Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΠΥΡ
Coat Of Arms:File:The_crest_of_Pi_Upsilon_Rho.png
Birthplace:Hahnemann Medical College
Affiliation:Independent
Status:Defunct
Type:Professional
Emphasis:Homeopathy; medical
Scope:National (US)
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Publication:The Torch
Chapters:7 installed
Lifetime:1,194 (1879)
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Free:c. 1940s
Free Label:Defunct
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Country:US
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Pi Upsilon Rho (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ΠΥΡ) was a United States-based professional fraternity for homeopathy students established at Hahnemann Medical College in 1876 under the name Ustion. It changed its name to Pi Upsilon Rho in 1909.[1] [2]

By 1920 it had five active chapters.[2] It has been credited as one of the United States' oldest medical fraternities.[3] The fraternity's governing body, the Supreme Corpus, would meet annually at the convention of the American Institute of Homeopathy.[2] [4]

Symbols and traditions

Officers were named thusly:

Chapters

City and StateSchoolChapterStatusInstalled Date and RangeReference
Chicago, ILHahnemann Medical CollegePrimaDormant–19xx
Columbus, OHOhio State UniversityTertiaDormant–19xx
Philadelphia, PAHahnemann Medical CollegeQuartaDormant–>1943
Denver, CODenver Homeopathic Medical CollegeQuintaDormant
Detroit, MIDetroit Homeopathic Medical CollegeSextaDormant–19xx[5]
Valhalla, NYNew York Medical College (NY Homeopathic Medical College)SeptaDormant–19xx
Ann Arbor, MIUniversity of MichiganOctaDormant–19xx

Notes and References

  1. Pi Upsilon Rho . Banta's Greek Exchange . October 1924 . 12 . 4 . 376.
  2. Book: Baird . William Raimond . Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities . 1920 . James T. Brown . 532 .
  3. News: Becker . Barbara . How a skeleton became part of our family . 30 October 2010 . . 25 April 2020.
  4. Pennsylvania . Journal of the American Institute of Homœopathy . 1910 . 3 . 661–662 .
  5. Merged with the Michigan chapter.