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Omega Upsilon Phi
Omega Upsilon Phi Crest
Omega Upsilon Phi, ΩΥΦ, was founded at the University of Buffalo on November 15, 1894, by Amos T. Baker, John M. Garratt, Frank O. Garrison, Lawrence Hendee, Elbert W. LaWall, George H. Minard, George S. Staniland, Edward A. Southall, Townsend Walker, Henry Joslyn and Ross G. Loop. The crest is a shield displaying a monogram of the Omega Upsilon Phi letters below an eye. The colors are crimson and gold and the flower is the red carnation. There were four degrees in the ritualistic work of the fraternity, three secret undergraduate degrees and one open honorary degree know as the Hippocratic Degree conferred by Grand Chapter vote.
The fraternity went defunct in 1934 after merging with Phi Beta Pi Medical Fraternity.
The ΩΥΦ fraternity consisted of the following chapters:
| Chapter | Location | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | University of Buffalo | 1894-1934 | Became ΩΥΦ chapter of Phi Chi |
| B | Niagara University | 1896-1899 | Joined A |
| Γ | Union University, Albany, NY | 1897 | |
| Δ | University of Colorado, Denver | 1898 | |
| E | University & Bellevue Hospital Medical College | 1899 | |
| Z | University of Toronto | 1899 | |
| H | University of Colorado, Bolder | 1900 | |
| B | University of Cincinnati | 1900 | Was ΘNE Society |
| Θ | Cornell University, NY | 1901 | |
| I | Stanford University | 1901 | Was ΠΓE Fraternity |
| ΘΔ | Cornell University, Ithaca | 1902-1910 | School Closed |
| K | Columbia University | 1902-1913 | |
| Λ | Miami Medical College | 1903-1906 | Merged with U of Cincinnati |
| M | Northwestern University | 1904-1912 | |
| N | Medical College of Virginia | 1905 | |
| Ξ | University College of Medicine | 1905 | Joined N |
| O | University of North Carolina | 1907-1913 | |
| Π | University of Pennsylvania | 1908 | Was KΦ Fraternity |
| P | Jefferson Medical College | 1908-1918 | Joined Π, Was KΦ Fraternity |
| Σ | University of Minnesota | 1908-1912 | Was KΔΦ Fraternity at Hamline University |
| T | NC Medical College | 1908 | Joined N, Was KΦ Fraternity |
| Y | Medico-Chirurgical College, Philadelphia | 1909 | |
| Φ | Vanderbilt University | 1911 | Was ΔM Fraternity |
| X | Fordham University | 1912-1919 | School Closed |
| Ψ | University of Maryland | 1913 | |
| Ω | University of California | 1914 |
Omega Upsilon Phi Quarterly- annual publication begun in 1901
The Journal of Omega Upsilon Phi- annual publication begun in 1912
