Phi Sigma Pi History

The purpose of Phi Sigma Pi is to encourage the ideals of scholarship, leadership, and fellowship among a chapter's brothers. By utilizing these ideals, the goals of Phi Sigma Pi are to promote high scholastic achievement, build leadership skills through services to others, and strengthen social skills, all of which allow an individual to mature into a well thinking, concerned person who will benefit today's society.

The honor fraternity of Phi Sigma Pi was first established in 1914 at State Teachers College in Warrensburg, Missouri, which is now known as Central Missouri State University. The founding is given credit to the faculty members President Eldo L. Hendricks, Dean Claude A. Phillips, and Professor C.H. McClure. The fraternity became national in 1921 with the induction of the Gamma Chapter at Bradley University and in 1966 was incorporated in Pennsylvania as an honor fraternity. In 1977, the fraternity became co-educational with the admitance of eligible females. Today, there are over 100 chapters located across the country.

The insignia of Phi Sigma Pi is the Coat of Arm (located at the top of this page). The symbol consists of a shield bearing a staff, three stars, and four clasped links. At the top of the shield lies the Lamp of Knowledge and below it is a ribbon that reads Phi Sigma Pi in Greek. The colors of Phi Sigma Pi are purple and gold (white is an auxilary color) and the fraternity's official song is Brothers Are We.