Chi Delta Mu
{{Short description|American professional fraternity for allied health}}
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| name = Chi Delta Mu
| letters = {{lang|grc|ΧΔΜ}}
| crest = The_crest_of_Chi_Delta_Mu.png
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| founded = {{Start date and age|January 30, 1913}}
| birthplace = Howard University
Washington, D.C.
| status = Active
| type = Professional fraternity
| emphasis = Allied health professions
| scope = National
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| affiliation = Independent
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| member badge = 60px
| colors = {{color box|#FF0000}} Red and {{color box|#0000FF}} Blue
| symbol = Griffin
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| chapters = 9
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| address = 2120 W Bert Kouns Industrial Loop, Suite C
| city = Shreveport
| state = Louisiana
| ZIP code = 71118
| country = United States
| homepage = {{url|www.cdmfrat.org/}}
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Chi Delta Mu ({{lang|grc|ΧΔΜ}}) is a professional fraternity for students and graduates in the allied health professions. Founded at Howard University in 1913, Chi Delta Mu was traditionally an African American fraternity.Parks, Gregory S. (Ed.) Black Greek-letter Organizations in the Twenty-First Century: Our Fight Has Just Begun. The University Press of Kentucky. p. 216.
History
Chi Delta Mu was founded in the Howard University College of Medicine in 1913.{{Cite book |last=Parks |first=Gregory S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rDzopsSbWAoC&dq=%22Chi+Delta+Mu%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA216 |title=Black Greek-letter Organizations in the Twenty-First Century: Our Fight Has Just Begun |date=2008 |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |isbn=978-0-8131-7295-8 |page=216 |language=en |via=Google Books}} The first meeting laying the ground work for the fraternity took place on January 30, 1913, and it was presided over by E. Clayton Terry and Charles Humbert. The January meeting was attended by twenty-eight students, and several decided to return at a later date to formally establish the details of the new organization.
The meeting for organization took place on February 6, 1913, under the guidance of faculty member Dr. William C. McNeill. The name Chi Delta Mu was selected at a special meeting on February 11, 1913. The purpose of the fraternity was to "unite men of the medical professions of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmacy into a closer relationship so that the highest degree of efficiency and scientific ability might be developed." By 1923, the fraternity had twelve chapters.
Although traditionally made up of African American students, the fraternity integrated its membership in 1949 when a white student, Howard medical school senior Paul Guth, was admitted to membership in the Alpha chapter.Logan, Rayford W. Howard University: the First Hundred Years, 1867–1967. Howard University Press. p. 218. Hubert Humphrey was initiated as an honorary member of Chi Delta Mu in 1954. He was a key-note speaker at the fraternity's conclave in April of that year, where he was recognized for his efforts in the civil rights movement."Chi Delta Mu conclave to meet in Washington". Washington Afro-American. April 6, 1954. p. 7.
Fifteen graduate chapters and four undergraduate chapters existed as of 1968.[https://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/Howard_University_Bison_Yearbook/1968/Page_1.html 1968 Howard University Bison Yearbook]
The fraternity's national headquarters are in Shreveport, Louisiana.{{Cite web |title=Contact |url=https://www.cdmfrat.org/contact.html |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=Chi Delta Mu Fraternity}}
Symbols
The fraternity's pin closely resembles its crest. The pin is rendered in gold, with a rectangle affixed with the Greek letters of the society, {{lang|grc|ΧΔΜ}} surrounded by alternating stones in red and blue. The rectangle is surmounted by a Griffin, facing dexter. The fraternity's colors are red and blue.{{cite web |url=https://www.mcssl.com/store/chideltamufraternityinc |website=Chi Delta Mu website |title=Store |access-date=18 May 2024}}
Chapters
Following is a list of chapters of Chi Delta Mu. Active chapters are indicated in bold. Inactive chapters are in italics.
Notable members
- Debbie Allen, actress, dancer, and choreographer
- Hubert Humphrey (Honorary), Vice President of the United States{{Cite web |title=Who We Are |url=https://www.cdmfrat.org/Who-Are-We.html |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=Chi Delta Mu Fraternity}}
- Thomas E. Jones, medical doctor and captain in the United States Army during World War I
- Ernest Everett Just, pioneering biologist, academic and science writer
- Theresa Greene Reed, physician and epidemiologist
- Frank S. Royal, physician and former president of the National Medical Association
- James Whittico Jr., physician and former president of the National Medical Association
References
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External links
- [https://www.gettyimages.com/photos/chi-delta-mu-fraternity Chi Delta Mu (Getty Images)]
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Category:Student organizations established in 1913
Category:Professional fraternities and sororities in the United States