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Upsilon Chapter History The Epsilon Upsilon
chapter of Phi Kappa Tau was founded at Saint Louis
University by a group of friends on the 12th floor of
Griesedieck Hall. A Phi Tau alumnus from Perdue named
Luke Latour was serving as a student spiritual advisor for
Demattias Hall at the time. With the help of Luke
Latour, the chapter was able to charter on November 20, 1998
with 34 members. during the course of the next few
years, the chapter began coaching basketball for inner city
youth and adopted a stretch of highway on Interstate 40.
Phi Tau was becoming a force on campus. Membership
reached over 40 after the initiation of the Theta class in
Fall 2000. As we stand, there are over 80 initiated
members with close to 60 alumni. Although our chapter
is smaller today, we have a rich tradition to uphold.
Local Founding Fathers
| Rob Barquero |
Chris Frederick |
Jason Long |
| Ryan Berry |
Alex Greco |
Ryan Mosier |
| John Beseau |
Matt Hake |
Brian Nicoloff |
| Jason Biggs |
Hector Herrara |
Go Ozeni |
| William Borgmeyer |
Dan Hinkebein |
Rashid Rashid |
| Alan Burke |
Colin Holland |
Jace Romeo |
| Jason Carey |
Mark Irey |
Jason Seats |
| Nathan Chew |
Cooper Jumonville |
Justin Silver |
| P.J. Conley |
Steve Kappel |
Ben Weaver |
| Dan Conlin |
Dennis Knott |
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| James Daly |
Jason Licavoli |
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| Tommy Euston |
Vince Lombardo |
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National Fraternity History
 Phi Kappa Tau was founded in the Union
Literary Society Hall of Miami University's Old Main
Building in Oxford, Ohio on March 17, 1906. The four honored
founders were:
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Taylor Albert
Borradaile
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Clinton Dewitt
Boyd
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Dwight Ireneus
Douglass
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William Henry
Shideler?
Founded as the
Non-Fraternity Association to give Miami's non-fraternity
men a voice in campus political affairs, the organization
changed its name to Phrenecon on March 6, 1909 because the
name Non-Fraternity Association seemed too negative.
Phrenecon became
"national" in 1911 when a second chapter was formed at Ohio
University. Additional Phrenecon chapters were established
at Ohio State University, Centre College (Danville, KY),
Mount Union College (Alliance, OH) and the University of
Illinois. At Miami, Phrenecon began to have difficuly
retaining members by the early 'teens. Often, men joined
Phrenecon, then later dropped their membership and joined
Greek-letter fraternities. In fact, the Miami chapters of
Delta Tau Delta and Sigma Alpha Epsilon were founded by
Phrenecon members. For that reason, the Miami Chapter of
Phrenecon withdrew from the National Phrenecon and adopted
the name Phi Kappa Tau on March 9, 1916. The rest of the
chapters agreed to the name change in December of that year
and invited Miami to return to the national organization as
the Alpha chapter of Phi Kappa Tau.
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