List of Phi Kappa Psi Grand Arch Councils


, also called "Phi Psi", is an American collegiate social fraternity founded at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, on February 19, 1852. There are over a hundred chapters and colonies at accredited four year colleges and universities throughout the United States. More than 112,000 members have been initiated into Phi Kappa Psi since its founding.
The supreme governing body of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity is the Grand Arch Council. The first convened in 1855. G.A.C.s then convened at an irregular schedule until an entirely new form of government was ratified in 1886. Beginning in 1888, nearly all G.A.C.s have been regularly scheduled, and have occurred biennially, with the sole exception being that the 1944 G.A.C. was cancelled due to World War II.

Grand Arch Councils

#YearCityState or districtVenueNotesRef
11855CharlottesvilleVirginia
21856CanonsburgPennsylvaniaAbove John Brown's confectionery and ice-cream saloon
31858WashingtonDistrict of Columbia
41860WashingtonDistrict of ColumbiaNational Hotel
51865PittsburghPennsylvania
61868CincinnatiOhio
71871WheelingWest Virginia
81874ColumbusOhio
91876PhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaOld Masonic Hall
101878IndianapolisIndianaGrand Hotel
111880WashingtonDistrict of ColumbiaSt. Marc HotelWoodrow Wilson was a delegate from the Virginia Alpha chapter
121883PittsburghPennsylvania
131885ColumbusOhioOdd Fellows' TempleSpecial committee created to draft a new constitution, prohibited chapters from honorary initiations
141886IndianapolisIndianaElks HallNew constitution ratified
151888WashingtonDistrict of ColumbiaRiggs House
161890ChicagoIllinoisGrand Pacific Hotel
171892CincinnatiOhioBurnet House
181894New YorkNew YorkHotel SavoyPhi Psi becomes first fraternity to publicly oppose hazing with a resolution for all undergraduate members to actively oppose it
191896ClevelandOhioHollenden Hotel
201898PhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaAldine Hotel
211900ColumbusOhioChittenden Hotel
221902PittsburghPennsylvaniaHotel Henry celebration
231904IndianapolisIndianaNew Claypool Hotel
241906WashingtonDistrict of ColumbiaWillard Hotel
251908DenverColoradoBrown Palace Hotel
261910ToledoOhioSecor Hotel
271912ChicagoIllinoisHotel La Salle
281914ClevelandOhioHotel StatlerEndowment Fund established, standard badge adopted
291916PittsburghPennsylvaniaWilliam Penn HotelCommittees appointed to design a standard flag and a hatband
301918DetroitMichiganStatler Hotel
311920MinneapolisMinnesotaCurtis HotelOrder of the S.C. Founded
321922SpringfieldOhioLagonda ClubSessions were held at the Lagonda Club, headquarters was at the Shawnee Hotel, most entertainment was at Memorial Hall
331924BostonMassachusettsSomerset Hotel
341926Kansas CityMissouriHotel BaltimoreSessions were at the Hotel Baltimore, headquarters were at the Muehlebach Hotel
351928BuffaloNew YorkStatler Hotel
361930White Sulphur SpringsWest VirginiaThe Greenbrier
371932Santa BarbaraCaliforniaSanta Barbara Biltmore
381934Mackinac IslandMichiganThe Grand Hotel
391936Virginia BeachVirginiaCavalier Hotel
401938ChicagoIllinoisChicago Beach Hotel
411940Spring Lake BeachNew JerseyThe Monmouth Hotel
421942Des MoinesIowaHotel Fort Des Moines
942.51944Cancelled due to World War II
431946ColumbusOhioDeshler-Wallick Hotel
441948Estes ParkColoradoThe Stanley Hotel
451950Old Point ComfortVirginiaChamberlin Hotel
461952PittsburghPennsylvaniaWilliam Penn Hotel celebration
471954Atlantic CityNew JerseyClaridge Hotel
481956San FranciscoCaliforniaSheraton-Palace Hotel
491958Mackinac IslandMichiganThe Grand Hotel
501960ChicagoIllinoisEdgewater Beach Hotel
511962AshevilleNorth CarolinaGrove Park Inn
521964DenverColoradoBrown Palace HotelThe Creed is adopted
531966BedfordPennsylvaniaBedford Springs Hotel
541968IndianapolisIndianaStouffer's Inn
551970PhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaMarriott Motor Hotel
561972ScottsdaleArizonaCamelback Inn
571974New OrleansLouisiana
581976WashingtonDistrict of ColumbiaTwin Bridges Marriott Hotel
591978Kansas CityMissouriCrown Center Hotel
601980IndianapolisIndiana
611982AtlantaGeorgia
621984French LickIndianaFrench Lick Springs Hotel
631986ScottsdaleArizonaCamelback Inn
641988New OrleansLouisianaFairmont Hotel
651990Mackinac IslandMichiganThe Grand Hotel
661992San FranciscoCaliforniaHyatt Regency San Francisco
671994CharlestonSouth CarolinaOmni Hotel
681996ChicagoIllinoisChicago Hilton & Towers
691998ScottsdaleArizonaCamelback Inn
702000MemphisTennesseePeabody Hotel
712002PittsburghPennsylvaniaPittsburgh Hilton & Towers celebration
722004San DiegoCaliforniaU.S. Grant HotelSUNY Oneonta's New York Kappa becomes first chapter to charter at a G.A.C.
732006New OrleansLouisianaHilton New Orleans Riverside
742008IndianapolisIndianaHyatt Regency Indianapolis
752010OrlandoFloridaHilton Walt Disney World
762012San AntonioTexasGrand Hyatt San Antonio
772014PhoenixArizonaArizona Biltmore
782016New YorkNew YorkNew York Marriott Marquis
792018Las VegasNevadaRed Rock Casino, Resort & Spa
942.52020Cancelled due to coronavirus crisis
802022IndianapolisIndianaJW Marriott Indianapolis
812024MinneapolisMinnesotaHilton Minneapolis

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