| Phi Epsilon Chi | |
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| Founded | (September 26, 1943 for active groups) (University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez) |
| Type | Social |
| Scope | International Puerto Rico United States |
| Mission statement | Combat all forms of religious prejudice, social, economic, political and racial. Create links of friendship and mutual brotherhood, encourage and develop the spiritual, civic and cultural celebration, social and sports activities in and outside of our organization and our respective College Institution teachers. |
| Vision statement | A society free of all forms of prejudice which every human being be judged on their moral, spiritual and actions that directly or indirectly effected. |
| Motto | "Yo soy Phi Epsilon de corazón" |
| Colors | Blue White |
| Headquarters | , Puerto Rico |
| Homepage | Phi Epsilon Official Site |
Phi Epsilon Chi Fraternity (ΦEX) (Spanish) Fi Epsilon Cai is commonly known as La Phi Epsilon, is a Puerto Rican fraternity established at originally University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez with the name Fraternidad De Estudiantes Cristianos on September 26, 1943 by 2 woman and 7 students of University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez.[1]
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Phi Epsilon Chi was founded on September 26, 1943 by 2 women and 7 students at University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. The founders members are Bishop Dra. Myriam Visot RIP and Celia Pérez Folch. The seven students were: Carlos A. Flores Pagán, Pármenas E. Amaro Figueroa, Julio Hernández Fragoso, Alvaro Morales, José A. Pagán , Erving Flores Rodriguez (RIP) and Ralph Dick Rovira (RIP).
The fraternity is composed of student chapters "Capitulos", Zones (Spanish) Zonas and Great Policy (Spanish) Gran Directiva.
| Name | Notability |
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| César Bocachica Sr. | Former Player of Puerto Rico men's national basketball team at 1963 FIBA World Championship[2] |
| Carlos Gallisá | Member of House of Representatives of Puerto Rico and Leader of Puerto Rican independence movement |
| Alex Cintrón | Major League Baseball Player |
| Francisco Varcarcel | President of World Boxing Organization |
| Luis Allende | Former Player of Puerto Rico men's national basketball team |
| Calixto Calero Juarbe (RIP) | Founder member of New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico, Former Senator in the Senate of Puerto Rico[3] |
| Jorge Suarez | Member of the Senate of Puerto Rico[4][5] |
| Marcelo Trujillo Panisse | Current Major of Humacao |
National Phi Epsilon Chi website