He graduated from Northeast Missouri Teachers College at Kirksville, Missouri in 1930 where he was an undergraduate member of Phi Sigma Epsilon Fraternity, and attended graduate school at the University of Iowa in Iowa City from 1933 to 1935.
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Early in his career, he served as national president of Phi Sigma Epsilon fraternity.
:* Phi Epsilon (ΦΕ) Chapter at Rider University, Lawrenceville, New Jersey -Closed in 2011, PSK could re-colonize as Phi Epsilon
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Others, led by Fred Schwengel, authored the fraternity's new ritual over the following year.
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As much of the records of the fraternity were lost to flooding at their former headquarters building, their job was difficult, yet as participants at a high level for many years, they, with the help of leaders they interviewed, such as former national presidents Shannon Flowers, Larry Beck and Fred Schwengel, were able to complete the highly detailed work.
Phi Sigma Epsilon (ΦΣΕ) Men's Social Fraternity, which merged into Phi Sigma Kappa in 1985
Sigma Chi | Alpha Phi Alpha | Sigma Xi | Sigma Alpha Epsilon | Omega Psi Phi | Delta Sigma Theta | Phi Kappa Phi | Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia | Phi Kappa Psi | Phi Delta Theta | Phi Kappa Theta | Delta Kappa Epsilon | Alpha Delta Phi | Phi Beta Sigma | Sigma Corporation | Sigma Alpha Mu | Alpha Epsilon Pi | Sigma Phi Epsilon | Sigma | Kappa Sigma | Beta Gamma Sigma | Tau Beta Sigma | Six Sigma | Sigma Alpha Iota | Phi Theta Kappa | Phi Sigma Kappa | Phi Life Cypher | Phi Beta Kappa Society | SK Sigma Olomouc | Sigma SD14 |
The co-author of Phi Sigma Epsilon's ritual, Fred Schwengel, a strong supporter of the Merger, assisted in the incorporation of the two rituals.