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KAPPA PSI HISTORY

The oldest and largest pharmaceutical fraternity in the world. Kappa Psi was founded on May 30, 1879 in New Haven, Connecticut, and currently there are 191 chapters (111 Collegiate and 80 Graduate chapters), more than six thousand collegiate members, and over eighty seven thousand graduate members across the United States, Canada, and the Bahamas.

Leaders in Pharmacy, Excellence in Life

OBJECTIVES

The objectives of Kappa Psi include:
To conduct a professional fraternal organization for the mutual benefit of its members;
To develop industry, sobriety, and fellowship;
To foster high ideals, scholarship, and pharmaceutical research;
To support all projects which will advance the profession of pharmacy and to actively participate in them;
To inspire in its members a deep and lasting pride in their Fraternity and in the profession of pharmacy;
To render such other services to its members and its profession feasible and in accordance with the constitution and bylaws of the Fraternity.

KAPPA PSI IDEALS

INDUSTRY

Developing industry within the fraternity by inspiring and nurturing our members' passion for pharmacy.

SOBRIETY

Developing sobriety within the fraternity to help our members focus on and reach their goals.

FELLOWSHIP

Strengthening our brotherhood within the fraternity to create a strong bond network in life.

HIGH IDEALS

Fostering high ideals and inspiring our members to advance the profession of pharmacy

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