Alpha Kappa Kappa


Alpha Kappa Kappa is a medical school fraternity that was founded on September 29, 1888, at Dartmouth Medical School.
AKK operated as a national organization which had over 60 chapters at various medical schools throughout the United States for approximately 80 years, with national headquarters in Ellettsville, Indiana and possibly in Illinois. As a professor, Charles H. Mayo became a member of the Minnesota chapter.
The fraternity disbanded nationally in the 1960s, with several chapters continuing as independent organizations.

Continuing chapters or local activity

Note, chapter names didn't follow a strict alphabetical naming order.
Psi Chapter, Minnesota - now dormant, was chartered in 1897, when its predecessor local, the Alpha Rho Society petitioned for membership into Alpha Kappa Kappa. After dissolution of the national fraternity this chapter was closed. Its real estate assets were sold and a foundation was established, forming a perpetual fund to award scholarships through the Minnesota Medical Foundation. The first such scholarship was awarded in 1984.
, Jefferson Medical – Chartered on January 6, 1900, at by Clarence Keeler, Fielding Lewis, George Wrick, and Harry Tuckert. This chapter is still active today with eleven current members, and over 500 living alumni. The address for the Epsilon chapter is 317 South Eleventh Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. The chapter currently serves as a reasonably priced housing option for men at Jefferson Medical College.
Alpha Theta Chapter, Texas – Chartered in 1906. Current house built in 1966. This chapter was active in the social scene at the University of Texas Medical Branch until the mid-2000s. It currently provides affordable housing and meal plans for both male and female medical students and residents.
Alpha Psi Chapter, Iowa – Chartered in 1921. Current house purchased in 1925 on the west side of the river. This chapter was very active, even after the national organization disbanded in the 1960s, Alpha Psi continued to operate independently. Until the 1970s they had a live-in house mother and cook, Then in the 1990s they lost their house cook. Currently they serve as a reasonably priced housing option for approximately 24 co-ed members of the various professional schools at the University of Iowa.