1883: Phi Chi Fraternity founded at the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy. Arthur Hopper was elected president for the evening. A scientific paper was read that first meeting.

1887: Phi Chi, originally organized as a Society, transformed itself into a Fraternity, with “signs, grips, and words.”

1889: First issue of 'The Communicator' published. Phi Delta Chi's national publication is published.

1895: New Constitution permits chartering Chapters at other schools of pharmacy. Authority for the Fraternity will shift from Alpha Chapter to Grand Council once four Chapters have been formed.

1896, Jan: Beta Chapter chartered at Northwestern University.

1899, spring: Gamma Chapter chartered at the New York College of Pharmacy, later subsumed within Columbia University.

1900, Feb: Delta C hapter chartered at the University of Wisconsin.

1900, Apr: First Grand Council held in Chicago.

1902: Zeta and Eta Chapters chartered, so Chapters stretch from coast to coast.

1909: Phi Chi's name changed to Phi Delta Chi to avoid conflict with a medical fraternity named Phi Chi that predated us. Twelve Chapters were chartered in the decade of the 1900s, 15 in all.

1917, June: America enters World War I. College campuses transformed into military training camps; fight against venereal disease (see the History) to stop infection and create a wholesome moral atmosphere.

1919: Campuses repopulated as men return from military service. [Nine Chapters char tered in the decade of the 1910s.]

1920: Prohibition begins, officially endorsed by the Fraternity, private compliance less certain.

1920: Grand Secretary Everett Cain runs off with the Fraternity's money and books (probably a few hundred dollars).

1923: First Prescott Scholarship Cup awarded to Phi Chapter.

1924: Phi Delta Chi Brothers aid the creation of Rho Chi Society at the University of Michigan; Phi Dex Brothers were Rho Chi's first president, vp, and treasurer.

1920s: Era of religious discrimination against Catholics, Jews, and other non-Christians, as well as non-whites.

1929: Great Depression strikes, draining campus resources generally. Eleven Chapters were chartered in the 1920s, but only 2 in the 1930s.

1936: First Window Display Award presented to Zeta Chapter.

1940s: America enters World War II, college campuses again serve a s training camps. Only four Chapters initiated Brothers continuously thr ough the war. As a service project, Brothers gathered cinchona bark to obtain quinine to treat malaria.

1947: Massive reopening of campuses with the GI Bill.

1949: Unusual mail ballot of Chapters to amend constitution to prohibit discrimination on basis of race or religion.

1950s: Post-war expansion. Three new Chapters were chartered in the late 1940s, 14 Chapters in the 1950s and 3 more in the first half of 1960.

1955: Achievement Award Program adopted by Grand Council, at the suggestion of GVP Dale Doerr. First winner: Eta Chapter.

1956: Executive Director Rand Hollenback adopts the slogan &quo t;Leaders in Pharmacy" for fraternity stationery. Ivan Rowland delivers a speech on the topic the following year.

1965: Chi Brothers help start Phi Lambda Sigma Pharmacy Leadership Society at Auburn University.

1973: Thurston Grand President's Cup for the top Chapter in the country first awarded, to Beta Beta Chapter.

1974: Professional & Service Projects Award (Beta Gamma), Chapter Publication Award (Beta Beta) first presented.

1975: Fight over Title IX to the Education Act, requiring admission of women into all non-social fraternities and sororities.

1976: Executive Council calls for all Chapters to comply with the law, Title IX. First female Brothers initiated.

1976: Brotherhood Award first presented to Alpha Phi Chapter.

This era was one of slow growth: 5 new Chapters in the 1960s, none in the 1970s, 3 in the 1980s.

1983: Centennial marker placed in C ollege of Pharmacy in Ann Arbor.

1985: First Outstanding Alumni Chapter Award presented to Delta Chapter.

1987: First Prescott/Glaxo Leadership Award presented to Walt Fitzgerald (Alpha Rho).

1989: First Leader-Development Seminar, during 57th Grand Counci l (Monterey, CA).

1990: Second Leader-Development Seminar in Chapel Hill, NC, first stand-alone leadership conference.

1996: First Leadership Cup awarded.

1996: Phi Delta Chi's Pharmacy Leadership & Education Institute incorporated.

1990s: Chapter activations and reactivations accelerating: 5 new Chapters so far in the 1990s. At this pace, all pharmacy campuses should have a Phi Dex Chapter by about 2020.

Since 1883, Phi Delta Chi Brothers have accounted for 41 presidents of APhA, 20 presidents of ASP (and its predecessors, including the first 8 in a row), 48 AACP presidents, 9 Rho Chi presidents, 8 ASHP presidents, 4 Phi Lambda Sigma presidents, 29 Remington Medalists, and 8 Whitney Lecturers.