The Phi Kappa Sigma international fraternity is…
October 1850 CE
The Phi Kappa Sigma international fraternity is founded by Dr. Samuel Brown Wylie Mitchell at the University of Pennsylvania.
Mitchell had recorded the initial ideas and concepts of Phi Kappa Sigma on August 16, 1850.
He then began to discuss the idea with other students, first Charles Hare Hutchinson, and then Alfred Victor du Pont (son of Alfred V. du Pont), John Thorne Stone, Andrew Adams Ripka, James Bayard Hodge, and Duane Williams.
The seven men formally found the fraternity on October 19, 1850 becoming the founding fathers of Phi Kappa Sigma.
The fraternity's badge is designed by its founder, Dr. Samuel Brown Wylie Mitchell.
Outside of changes in size, its official design remains the same today.
In the shape of a Maltese cross, the badge is old gold with black decoration.
The center of the cross is anchored by a skull and crossbones.
The four leaves of the cross display, individually, the Greek letters Phi, Kappa, and Sigma, starting at the left leaf and rotating counter-clockwise.
The fourth and top leaf display a six-pointed star.
The back of the badge has an engraved serpent echoing the serpent from the fraternity's coat of arms.
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