Pi Mu


Pi Mu,, was founded on December 13, 1892 at the University of Virginia by John W. Mallet, Hugh I. Cummings, Powell C. Fauntleroy, Hugh T. McGuire, E. L. Hobson, Nicholas Wothington, Rawley Penick, Charles E. Marrow, James S. Irving, Rawley Martin and Hugh H. Duke. Dr. Mallet designed the name and motto.
In November 1921, Dave F. Dozier, Pi Delta Phi '26, of Phi Chi Medical Fraternity and J. P. Williams of Pi Mu jointly instituted unofficial negotiations for a merger of Pi Mu and Phi Chi. This conference culminated in an agreement of merger signed October 7, 1922, in Richmond, Virginia, by Albert F. Saunders for Phi Chi and J. Blair Fitts for Pi Mu. Also participating in the arrangements of merger were Dave F. Dozier, Pi Delta Phi, and William I. Owens, Theta Eta, for Phi Chi and J. P. Williams of Pi Mu. Under the arrangements of merger, the Beta and Gamma of Pi Mu members were initiated into Theta Eta of Phi Chi and Alpha of Pi Mu was installed as Pi Mu of Phi Chi, October 14, 1922. The alumni of Pi Mu became associate members of Pi Mu of Phi Chi: they were obligated to become life subscribers to the Phi Chi QUARTERLY and membership cards of Phi Chi were issued to those who so subscribed; the associate members were granted the right to wear the badge of Phi Chi although the Pi Mu official badge was to remain "official" for all Pi Mu alumni graduating prior to July 1, 1922. The Pi Mu badge was a Greek cross with skull and bones at the center. The skull was set with emerald eyes and the letters "ΠΜ" displayed on the horizontal arm of the cross.
Through this amalgamation Phi Chi received from Pi Mu all her interests and was free to accept any part of the ritual and constitution. Phi Chi also agreed to sponsor the Pi Mu honor system. Through this merger Phi Chi attained a chapter roll of 51 and a membership of 12,180.
The ΠΜ fraternity consisted of the following chapters before merging with ΦΧ:
ChapterLocationDates
ΑUniversity of Virginia1892–1904; 1908-1922Became ΠΜ of Phi Chi
ΒMedical College of Virginia1893–1896Joined ΒΓ in 1896
ΓUniversity College of Medicine1896Joined ΒΓ in 1896
ΒΓUniversity College of Medicine1896–1922Joined ΘΗ of Phi Chi
ΔLouisville Medical College1904-1907Joined ΔΗ in 1907
ΕUniversity of Louisville1904-1907Joined ΕΖ in 1907
ΖUniversity of Kentucky1905-1907Joined ΕΖ in 1907
ΗHospital College of Louisville1907Joined ΔΗ in 1907
ΔΗLouisville Medical College1907-1908Joined ΔΕ in 1908
ΕΖUniversity of Louisville1907-1908Joined ΔΕ in 1908
ΔΕUniversity of Louisville1908–1922Joined ΑΑ of Phi Chi
ΘJefferson Medical College1908–1915
ΙMedical College of South Carolina1908–1914
ΚUniversity of Tennessee1908–1922Joined ΑΒ of Phi Chi
ΛVanderbilt University1910–1922Joined Π of Phi Chi
ΜJohns Hopkins University1910–1922Joined ΚΔ of Phi Chi
ΝColumbia University1913–1922Joined ΥΣ of Phi Chi


The Journal- annual publication begun in 1908
The crest of Pi Mu: a caduceus at the top of a shield with the Latin phrase "Semper Ad Honorem." and the Greek letters beneath.
The design of the Phi Chi pledge button was changed at the time of the Pi Mu merger in 1922 to honor the Pi Mu honor system. The badge of Pi Mu, a Greek cross carrying the skull and crossbones in addition to the Greek letters ΠΜ, by agreement became Phi Chi's pledge button with the substitution of a caduceus and the letters ΦΧ in silver on a field of green.