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9 unusual facts about Phi Kappa Psi


Angus G. Wynne

During their time at UT, Wynne and his brother Bedford S. Wynne became brothers of the Texas Alpha chapter of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity.

Dave Blase

He quickly became a dominant rider and was recruited by the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.

Harry Falkenau

He also joined both the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity and the Irving Literary Society.

Henry Bruère

At Cornell University, Bruere joined the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, and through that organization was a member of the Irving Literary Society, all before transferring to the University of Chicago to complete his undergraduate studies.

Operation Sudden Fall

Additionally, the Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Kappa Theta, Phi Kappa Psi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity chapters received interim suspensions as a result of the operation.

Phi Kappa Psi

He was twenty years old when Phi Kappa Psi was founded by him and his colleague Charles Page Thomas Moore.

Charles Page Thomas Moore (February 8, 1831 – July 7, 1904) was a co-founder of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity in 1852 at Jefferson College (now Washington and Jefferson College) in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.

Thomas D. O'Rourke

He joined the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity at Cornell, and through that organization, the Irving Literary Society.

Timothy R. Lannon

While at Creighton, Lannon was also an active member in the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity.


Jeff Siegel

Siegel was born and raised in Maryland and attended York College of Pennsylvania, where he was a regular commentator for WVYC and a founding member of the Pennsylvania Rho Chapter of Phi Kappa Psi.


see also

Dave Blase

Breaking Away was written by Steve Tesich, an Indiana University graduate who served as an alternate rider on the Phi Kappa Psi Little 500 Team in 1962.