Kappa Psi

Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity, Inc.
ΚΨ
Founded	May 30, 1879 (May 30, 1879) Russell Military Academy in New Haven, Connecticut
Type	Professional
Emphasis	Pharmacy
Colors	Scarlet and Cadet Gray
Flower	Red Carnation
Publication	The Mask
Chapters	110 collegiate, 80 graduate
Headquarters	2060 N Collins Boulevard Suite 128 Richardson, Texas, 75080 USA
Website	www.kappapsi.org

Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity, Incorporated, (ΚΨ) is the largest professional pharmaceutical fraternity in the world. It was founded on May 30, 1879, by F. Harvey Smith on the campus of Russell Military Academy in New Haven, Connecticut. The Central Office of Kappa Psi is located in Richardson, Texas. Kappa Psi first chartered a Chapter at a College of Pharmacy in 1898 at Columbia University. At that time Kappa Psi was a medical and pharmaceutical fraternity. In 1924, the fraternity split into Kappa Psi and Theta Kappa Psi, the medical fraternity. There are 110 active collegiate chapters and 81 graduate chapters across the United States, Canada, and the Bahamas, and over 80,000 people have been initiated into the fraternity since its inception.

Nationally, Kappa Psi is divided into eleven provinces, which the majority meet biannually and is divided as follows:

• Atlantic Province - Chapters in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.
• Great Lakes Province - Chapters in Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio.
• Gulf Coast Province - Chapters in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee.
• Mid-America Province - Chapters in Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, and Missouri.
• Mountain East Province - Chapters in the District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.
• Northeast Province - Chapters in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
• Northern Plains Province - Chapters in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
• Northwest Province - Chapters in Alaska, British Columbia, Canada, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
• Pacific West Province - Chapters in Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada.
• Southeast Province - Chapters in the Bahamas, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina.
• Southwestern Province - Chapters in Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.

In 1977, Kappa Psi admitted women into the fraternity, and now the vast majority of the chapters are co-ed.

International officers

At the 58th Grand Council Convention held in Naples, Florida in August 2017, the following Brothers were elected as international officers of the Fraternity:

The office of Executive Director is appointed by the International Executive Committee.

List of chapters

Kappa Psi consists of 110 collegiate (as of August 19, 2017) and 81 graduate chapters organized into 11 regional provinces.

Grand Council Convention

Kappa Psi holds its international convention biennially. The 58th Grand Council Convention took place from August 1–5, 2017 at the Naples Grande Beach Resort in Naples, Florida and the 59th Grand Council Convention will be held at the Grand Hyatt Washington in Washington DC from July 17–21, 2019.

Below is a list of the Grand Council Conventions (along with the year, location, and number of attendees) dating back to the first Grand Council Convention in 1900 in New York City.

1. The 22nd and 23rd Grand Council Conventions were postponed due to WWII.
2. The 1932 (18th), 1936 (19th), and 1940 (20th) Grand Council Conventions were cancelled.
3. The 15th and 16th Grand Council Conventions were held in three separate regional locations with the same business discussed at each.