List of Nu Sigma Nu chapters

Nu Sigma Nu Medical Fraternity was a North American co-ed professional fraternity for medical students and related sciences.^[1] The national entity ceased operations in 1973, with a few chapters remaining active as a local fraternity. In the following list, active chapters are indicated in bold and inactive chapters are in italics.^[2][3][1][4]

Chapter	Charter date and range	Institution	Location	Status	References
Alpha	March 2, 1882 – 2008	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, Michigan	Inactive	[5]
Beta	May 17, 1889	Detroit College of Medicine	Detroit, Michigan	Inactive
Gamma	March 26, 1890 – June 12, 1893	Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Inactive	[a]
Delta	February 2, 1891	Western University of Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Inactive
Epsilon	February 21, 1891	University of Minnesota	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Active	[6][7]
Zeta	March 28, 1891	Chicago Medical College	Evanston, Illinois	Inactive
Eta	February 2, 1892	University of Illinois College of Medicine	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	Inactive
Theta	March 12, 1892	University of Cincinnati Health	Cincinnati, Ohio	Inactive
Iota	February 4, 1893 – June 10, 1899, 1904–before 1963	Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons	New York City, New York	Inactive	[b]
Kappa	March 11, 1893	Rush Medical College	Chicago, Illinois	Inactive
Lambda	March 14, 1896	Perelman School of Medicine	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Active	[8]
Mu	April 14, 1896–1953	Syracuse University	Syracuse, New York	Inactive	[c]
Nu	June 1, 1896 – 1909, 1934	University of Southern California	Los Angeles, California	Inactive
Xi	February 13, 1897	New York University School of Medicine	New York City, New York	Inactive
Omicron	December 18, 1899	Union University	Albany, New York	Inactive
Pi	February 25, 1900	Washington University in St. Louis	St. Louis, Missouri	Inactive	[d]
Rho	February 15, 1900	Jefferson Medical College	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Active
Sigma	April 4, 1900	Western Reserve University	Cleveland, Ohio	Inactive
Tau	June 11, 1900	Cornell University	Ithaca, New York	Inactive
Upsilon	September 7, 1900	Cooper Medical College	Palo Alto, California	Inactive	[e]
Phi	September 7, 1900	University of California	Berkeley, California	Inactive
Chi	February 15, 1902	University of Toronto	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Inactive
Psi	February 20, 1904 – before 1963	University of Virginia	Charlottesville, Virginia	Inactive	[f]
Omega	1900			Memorial
Beta Alpha	October 10, 1904	University of Maryland School of Medicine	Baltimore, Maryland	Inactive
Beta Beta	March 18, 1905	Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore, Maryland	Inactive
Beta Gamma	December 8, 1905	University at Buffalo	Buffalo, New York	Inactive	[g]
Beta Delta	December 18, 1906	Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine	Iowa City, Iowa	Inactive
Beta Epsilon	December 21, 1906	University of Nebraska	Omaha, Nebraska	Inactive
Beta Zeta	January 19, 1907	Yale University	New Haven, Connecticut	Inactive	[h]
Beta Eta	May 18, 1908	Indiana University School of Medicine	Bloomington, Indiana	Inactive	[i]
Beta Theta	February 6, 1909 – before 1963	University of Kansas School of Medicine	Lawrence, Kansas	Inactive
Beta Iota	February 4, 1910	Tulane University School of Medicine	New Orleans, Louisiana	Inactive
Beta Kappa	March 15, 1913	Harvard Medical School	Boston, Massachusetts	Inactive
Beta Lambda	December 20, 1915	University of Texas	Galveston, Texas	Inactive
Beta Mu	November 12, 1918	McGill University	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Inactive
Beta Nu	May 12, 1919	University of Oregon Medical School	Portland, Oregon	Inactive
Beta Xi	February 26, 1924 – c. 1973	University of Colorado School of Medicine	Denver, Colorado	Inactive	[9]
Beta Omicron	January 2, 1926	University of Wisconsin School of Medicine	Madison, Wisconsin	Inactive
Beta Pi	October 29, 1927 – before 1963	University of Vermont	Burlington, Vermont	Inactive	[j]
Beta Rho	November 21, 1931 – before 1963	Duke University	Durham, North Carolina	Inactive	[10][k]
Beta Sigma	May 25, 1934 – December 1, 1934	Queen's School of Medicine	Kingston, Ontario, Canada	Inactive	[11][l]
Beta Tau	March 2, 1935	Ohio State University	Columbus, Ohio	Inactive	[m]
Beta Upsilon	February 8, 1941	George Washington University	Washington, D.C.	Inactive	[12]
Beta Phi	January 20, 1947	University of Alabama	Birmingham, Alabama	Inactive	[13]
Beta Chi	February 4, 1950	University of Washington	Seattle, Washington	Inactive	[14]
Beta Psi	May 19, 1951	LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans	New Orleans, Louisiana	Inactive	[15]
Gamma Alpha	1953	University of California Los Angeles	Los Angeles, California	Inactive
Gamma Beta	October 23, 1960	University of Mississippi School of Medicine	Oxford, Mississippi	Inactive	[16]

Notes

1. From the 1903 history: "The Gamma chapter of ΝΣΝ was granted without investigation into the character of the work done, while the fraternity was in its infancy. None of the men were experienced in fraternity work and no new men were initiated. But [~only] one of the nine charter members maintain[ed] his standing in the general fraternity, and he affiliate[ed] with Rho chapter. No further report of Gamma and its men [would] appear [in subsequent histories]." The 1932 history indicated that at the seventh National Convention that Gamma's charter was withdrawn and all expelled except one.
2. Chapter was suspended in 1899 for sub-par academics.
3. Chapter formed from The Alpha Society, established in 1894.
4. Chapter formed from Alpha Kappa Phi (local) and continued to use that name.
5. Chapter formed from Pi Sigma Tau (local), established in 1893.
6. Chapter formed from Pi Mu (local) and continued to use this name.
7. Chapter formed from I.C.I. (local) and continued to use that name.
8. Chapter formed from Delta Epsilon Iota (local) and continued to use that name.
9. Charter transferred Jan 1, 1913, from Bloomington to Indianapolis
10. Chapter formed from Delta Mu (local) and continued to use that name.
11. "A half century of Nu Sigma Nu" indicates March 7, 1931 for the date it was instituted rather than November 21, 1931 from the duke image
12. Chapter formed from Psi Delta Phi (local).
13. Chapter came from chapter of Alpha Mu Pi Omega who supported a proposed merger with Nu Sigma Nu

References

1. Robson, John, ed. (1963). Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (17th ed.). Menasha, Wisconsin: The Collegiate Press, George Banta Company, Inc. pp. 473.
2. Nu Sigma Nu in 1903. Chicago, Illinois: The Grand Council of Nu Sigma Nu Medical Fraternity, The Lakeside Press, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company. 1903.
3. Nu Sigma Nu Chapter Bulletin. 44th Series(?). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Lambda Chapter of Nu Sigma Nu Medical Fraternity. 1954. (source: from the Alpha Chapter archives)
4. A half century of Nu sigma nu, 1882-1932. 1935.
5. "Home". Nu Sigma Nu - Alpha Chapter. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
6. Still noted as active on the U of MN Medical School website, accessed 26 Nov 2024, however, Epsilon chapter's own website is dead.
7. "Nu Sigma Nu". Nu Sigma Nu Epsilon Chapter. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2024-11-26 – via web.archive.org.
8. "The Nu". Nu Sigma Nu Penn Med. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
9. Nu Sigma Nu Donates to Student Gathering Place, accessed 6 July 2014
10. "Nu Sigma Nu fraternity". medspace.mc.duke.edu. 1936. Retrieved 2024-11-26.
11. "Queen's University. Medical House, Inc".
12. Cherry Tree. 1941. p. 136.
13. "Chapter List". Nu Sigma Nu Bulletin. 1948. Retrieved November 26, 2024. via Google Books.
14. "Chapter List". Nu Sigma Nu Bulletin. 1951. Retrieved November 26, 2024 – via Google Books.
15. "LSU Medical gets chapter of NSN". New Orleans Times-Picayune. May 20, 1951.
16. "Installed at UMC". Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association. Vol. 1. 1960.