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Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity, Incorporated, (ΚΨ) is the largest professional pharmaceutical fraternity in the world. It was founded on May 30, 1879, by F. Harvey Smith on the campus of Russell Military Academy in New Haven, Connecticut. The Central Office of Kappa Psi is located in Richardson, Texas. Kappa Psi first chartered a Chapter at a College of Pharmacy in 1898 at Columbia University. At that time Kappa Psi was a medical and pharmaceutical Fraternity. In 1924, the fraternity split into Kappa Psi and Theta Kappa Psi, the medical fraternity. Currently, there are 106 active collegiate chapters and 74 graduate chapters across the United States, Canada, and The Bahamas, and over 80,000 people have been initiated into the fraternity since its inception. Nationally, Kappa Psi is divided into eleven provinces, which the majority meet biannually and is divided as follows: *Atlantic Province - Chapters in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. *Great Lakes Province - Chapters in Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio. *Gulf Coast Province - Chapters in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee. *Mid-America Province - Chapters in Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, and Missouri. *Mountain East Province - Chapters in the District of Columbia, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. *Northeast Province - Chapters in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. *Northern Plains Province - Chapters in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. *Northwest Province - Chapters in Alaska, British Columbia, Canada, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. *Pacific West Province - Chapters in Arizona, California, Hawaii, and Nevada. *Southeast Province - Chapters in the Bahamas, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. *Southwestern Province - Chapters in Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. In 1977, Kappa Psi admitted females into the fraternity, and now the vast majority of the chapters are co-ed. Those chapters that remain all-male have done so because of the strong activity of other professional fraternities and sororities on campus who attract those interested in alternative bases of membership, such as co-ed or all-female. ==International Officers== At the 57th Grand Council Convention held in Denver, Colorado in August 2015, the following Brothers were elected as international officers of the Fraternity: The office of Executive Director is appointed as needed by the International Executive Committee. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kappa Psi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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