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Nu Sigma Nu Medical Fraternity, a co-ed professional fraternity for medical students and related sciences. While the national has disbanded in 1953, several chapters remain active. Inactive chapter are shown in italics.

List of chapters

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Name Chartered Institution Location Status Notes Reference
Alpha 2 March 1882 University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI Inactive, as of 2008 [1]
Beta 1889 Detroit College of Medicine,
   now Wayne State University School of Medicine 		Detroit, MI Inactive
Gamma 1890 Medico-Chirurgical College (Perelman, UPenn) Philadelphia, PA Withdrawn in 1893 [2]
Delta 1895 Western University of Pennsylvania,
   now Pitt 		Pittsburgh, PA Inactive
Epsilon 1891 University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN Active [3]
Zeta 1891 Northwestern University Evanston, IL Inactive [4]
Eta 1892 University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, IL Inactive [5]
Theta 1892 University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH Inactive
Iota 1893 Columbia University Manhattan, NY Suspended (1899)
Reactivated (1904)
Inactive (19xx) 		[6]
Kappa 1893 Rush Medical College Chicago, IL Inactive
Lambda 1896[7] University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Active [8]
Mu 1896 Syracuse University Syracuse, NY Inactive [9][10]
Nu 1897 University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA Inactive
Xi 1897 New York University School of Medicine New York, NY Inactive
Omicron 1899 Union University - (Albany Medical College) Albany, NY Inactive [11]
Alpha Kappa Phi (~Pi chapter) 1900 Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO Inactive [12]
Rho 1900 Jefferson Medical College Philadelphia, PA Active? [13]
Sigma 1900 Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH Inactive
Tau 1900 Cornell University Ithaca, NY Inactive [11]
Upsilon 1900 Cooper Medical College,
   now Stanford University School of Medicine 		Palo Alto, CA Inactive [14]
Phi 1900 University of California Berkeley, CA Inactive
Chi 1902 University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada Inactive [15]
Psi 1904 University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA Inactive
Omega Circa 1900 None; Used as a memorial chapter Memorial
Beta Alpha 1904 University of Maryland College Park, MD Inactive
Beta Beta 1905 Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD Inactive
Beta Gamma 1905 University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY Inactive
Beta Delta 1906 Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine Iowa City, IA Inactive
Beta Epsilon 1906 University of Nebraska Omaha, NE Inactive
Beta Zeta 1907 Yale University New Haven, CT Inactive
Beta Eta 1908 University of Indiana Indianapolis, IN Inactive
Beta Theta 1909 University of Kansas Lawrence, KS Inactive
Beta Iota 1910 Tulane University New Orleans, LA Inactive
Beta Kappa 1913 Harvard University Boston, MA Inactive
Beta Lambda 1915 University of Texas Galveston, TX Inactive
Beta Mu 1918 McGill University Montreal, Quebec Inactive
Beta Nu 1919 University of Oregon Portland, OR Inactive
Beta Xi 1924 University of Colorado Denver, CO Inactive [16]
Beta Omicron 1926 University of Wisconsin Madison, WI Inactive
Beta Pi 1927 University of Vermont Burlington, VT Inactive
Beta Rho 1931 Duke University Durham, NC Inactive
Beta Tau 1935 Ohio State University Columbus, OH Inactive
Beta Sigma 1941 George Washington University Washington, DC Inactive
Beta Tau 1947 University of Alabama Birmingham, AL Inactive
Beta Upsilon 1950 University of Washington Seattle, WA Inactive
Beta Phi 1951 LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans New Orleans, LA Inactive
Beta Chi 1953 Keck School of Medicine of USC Los Angeles, CA Inactive

The creation of chapters may have continued, but information about those formed after 1953 was not available at the time this page was created.

References

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All chapter locations and designations from either the 1903 catalog, titled Nu Sigma Nu in 1903, accessed 15 June 2014,[17] or a Nu Sigma Nu chapter bulletin for Lambda Chapter of Pennsylvania, dated as early as 1954-55 or later.[18] Surprisingly slight information was found in Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities, in what appears to be an omission in the 1991 version; ΝΣΝ is neither listed among dormant societies in that book, nor among the active societies. It only comes up in the opening dialog section, mentioned in the paragraphs about the early founding of many professional fraternities at Michigan.[19]

  1. ^ Address in 2008: 1912 Geddes Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48104. Alpha Chapter of ΝΣΝ website, accessed 6 July 2014.
  2. ^ From the 1903 history: "The Gamma chapter of ΝΣΝ was granted without investigation into the character of the work done, while the fraternity was in its infancy. None of the men were experienced in fraternity work and no new men were initiated. But [~only] one of the nine charter members maintain[ed] his standing in the general fraternity, and he affiliate[ed] with Rho chapter. No further report of Gamma and its men [would] appear [in subsequent histories]."
  3. ^ Address in 2014: 631 Oak Street, Minneapolis, MN 55414. Epsilon Chapter of ΝΣΝ website Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 6 July 2014.
  4. ^ Address in 1903: 2414 Prairie Avenue, Evanston, Illinois.
  5. ^ Address in 1903: Rented quarters at Laflin and Adams Streets.
  6. ^ 1899 suspension for both under-par scholastic work and similarly poor fraternal work. Per 1903 history.
  7. ^ Note, chapter website says 1921. Was there a period of dormancy?
  8. ^ Former address in 1903: 36th and Locust Streets, right across from the medical school. Address in 2014: 3904 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104. Lambda Chapter of ΝΣΝ website, accessed 6 July 2014
  9. ^ Originally organized in 1894 as "The Alpha Society"
  10. ^ Mu Chapter was reported as inactive by the time of publication of the 1953 history.
  11. ^ a b For a time, circa 1900, Omicron Chapter shared a residence with Tau Chapter of Cornell Medical College, at "The Bennington," 242 East Twenty-seventh Street, (NY city?). Tau reports part of their term was held in NYC, per the 1903 history.
  12. ^ ΝΣΝ's Pi Chapter retained both that designation and its former local fraternity name of Alpha Kappa Phi, in respect to the strength of that local chapter.
  13. ^ Last known address, 1106 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19107. Rho Chapter's Spruce location is coincidental to the fact that Lambda Chapter also resides on Spruce, a few miles away.
  14. ^ Originally Pi Sigma Tau, founded in 1893. This local joined ΝΣΝ in 1900
  15. ^ Original address: 169 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  16. ^ Nu Sigma Nu Donates to Student Gathering Place, accessed 6 July 2014
  17. ^ Nu Sigma Nu in 1903. Chicago, Illinois: The Grand Council of Nu Sigma Nu Medical Fraternity, The Lakeside Press, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company. 1903.
  18. ^ Nu Sigma Nu Chapter Bulletin. 44th Series(?). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Lambda Chapter of Nu Sigma Nu Medical Fraternity. 1954. (source: from the Alpha Chapter archives)
  19. ^ Anson, Jack L.; Marchenasi, Robert F., eds. (1991) [1879]. Baird's Manual of American Fraternities (20th ed.). Indianapolis, IN: Baird's Manual Foundation, Inc. p. I-19. ISBN 978-0963715906.
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