About Us
Gamma Delta History
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Dean Rudolph H. Raabe founded the Gamma Delta Chapter of Kappa Psi on March 20, 1920. Gamma Delta chapter was installed by the Beta Beta chapter of Western Reserve. Brother Charles A. Snyder was responsible with demonstrating the Ritual of Initiation to the 30 charter members on March 20, 1920. Gamma Delta purchased their first house in 1921. Forty years later in 1961, renovations were completed in the new house at 600 South Simon Street. In 1970, Gamma Delta celebrated its Golden Anniversary. Gamma Delta was reactivated on March 20th, 2010 on the 90th anniversary of the founding on Ohio Northern University’s campus.
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National History
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Kappa Psi was founded on May 30th, 1879 in New Haven, Connecticut at the Russel Military Academy. Currently there are 141 chapters (82 collegiate and 59 graduate chapters), five thousand collegiate members, and over eighty-thousand graduate members across the United States, Canada, and the Bahamas. Kappa Psi has grown in both size and quality. Any student enrolled in a College of Pharmacy who meets the local chapter requirements, is not a member of another pharmaceutical fraternity and is in good standing with the university is eligible for membership. Members are selected on the basis of their personal qualifications. Kappa Psi offers the opportunity for high scholastic achievement, the opportunity to develop qualities of leadership, and growth and development as a professional.
