Phi Alpha Gamma
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| Phi Alpha Gamma (ΦΑΓ) |
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| Type | Professional Fraternity |
| Scope | National United States |
| Factoid | Phi Alpha Gamma and Phi Chi Medical Fraternity merged February 21, 1948 |
| Headquarters | {{{address}}} {{{city}}}, {{{state}}}, USA |
| http://www.phichimed.org | |
Phi Alpha Gamma (ΦΑΓ), had active chapters in New York (Alpha) and Philadelphia (Gamma) in 1947. Preliminary details of amalgamation between Phi Alpha Gamma and Phi Chi Medical Fraternity had been worked out by Dr. Albert Saunders of Phi Chi and these the Phi Chi National Convention of 1947 approved with instructions to the Executive Trustees to complete the merger.
The Phi Alpha Gamma merger was completed on February 21, 1948, when Phi Alpha of Phi Chi at New York Medical College and Phi Alpha Gamma at Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia were installed. At the annual Founders' Day Banquet of the Phi Chi Alumni Association in New York, with members from Alpha Mu, Rho Delta and Upsilon sigma attending, 48 charter members of Phi Alpha were initiated by Dr. Jacob E. Reisch. At that same time, seven members of the then existing Gamma chapter of Phi Alpha Gamma traveled to New York to be initiated into Phi Chi. This event ceremonially completed the merger of Phi Alpha Gamma and Phi Chi, which had been agreed upon by the official bodies of each Fraternity.
