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{{Short description|American medical student honor society (1892–1922)}}
{{Infobox Fraternity
| name        = Pi Mu
| letters     = {{lang|grc|ΠΜ}}
| crest       = File:Pi Mu Medical Honor Society badge.png
| image_size  = 160px
| caption     = Pi Mu badge
| founded     = {{start date and age|December 13, 1892}}
| birthplace  = [[University of Virginia]]
| affiliation  = Independent
| status      = Merged
| merge_date  = 1922
| successor   = [[Phi Chi Medical Fraternity]]
| type        = [[Honor Society]]
| scope       = National
| emphasis    = Medicine
| motto       = ''Semper Ad Honorem''
| publication = ''The Journal''<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;''Cerebrum''
| chapters    = 17
| lifetime    = 1,500
| address     = 
| city        = 
| state       = 
| ZIP code    = 
| country     = United States
| website     = {{URL|http://www.phichimed.org}}
| footnotes   = 
}}
'''Pi Mu''', ('''{{lang|grc|ΠΜ}}'''), was an honor society for medical students. It was founded at the [[University of Virginia]] in 1892.  It merged with [[Phi Chi]], a similar society, in 1922.

== History ==
Pi Mu was an honor society for medical students that was founded on {{dts|1892|12|13}} at the [[University of Virginia]]. Dr. [[John Mallet]], a faculty member at the university, designed the fraternity's name and motto.<ref name="baird">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aSErAAAAYAAJ |title=Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities |publisher=The College Fraternity Publishing Co. |year=1915 |editor1-last=Baird |editor1-first=William |edition=8 |location=New York}}</ref> Its founders were:
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
* Hugh I. Cummings
* Hugh H. Duke
* Powell C. Fauntleroy
* E. L. Hobson
* James S. Irving
* John W. Mallet
* Charles E. Marrow
* Rawley Martin
* Hugh T. McGuire
* Rawley Penick
* Nicholas Worthington
}}
The next year, the ''Beta chapter'' was established at the Medical College of Virginia.<ref name="baird" /> A third chapter was chartered at the University College of Medicine in 1896 but ''Beta'' and ''Gamma chapters'' consolidated to form ''Beta Gamma chapter'' later that year.<ref name="baird" />

In November 1921, Dave F. Dozier of [[Phi Chi Medical Fraternity]] and J. P. Williams of Pi Mu began unofficial negotiations for a merger of the two fraternities. Their discussions culminated in an agreement of merger signed October 7, 1922, in Richmond, Virginia, by Albert F. Saunders for Phi Chi and J. Blair Fitts for Pi Mu. Also participating in the arrangements of the merger were Dozier and William I. Owens, ''Theta Eta chapter'' for Phi Chi and Williams of Pi Mu. At the time of the merger, Pi Mu had initiated some 1,500 members.<ref name=":0">Shepard, Francis W., ed. (1927). [https://books.google.com/books?id=Z1vOAAAAMAAJ&q=%22pi%20mu%22 ''Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities'' (11th ed.)]. Menasha, Wisconsin: George Banta Publishing Company. p. 540 – via Google Books.</ref>

Under the terms of the merger, members of the ''Beta'' and ''Gamma chapters'' of Pi Mu were initiated into the ''Theta Eta chapter'' of Phi Chi. The ''Alpha chapter'' of Pi Mu was installed as the  ''Pi Mu chapter'' of Phi Chi on October 14, 1922. Alumni of Pi Mu became associate members of the ''Pi Mu chapter'' of Phi Chi and were obligated to become life subscribers to the ''Phi Chi QUARTERLY''; Phi Chi membership cards were issued to those who so subscribed. These associate members were granted the right to wear the badge of Phi Chi although the Pi Mu official badge was to remain "official" for all Pi Mu alumni graduating before July 1, 1922.

Through this amalgamation, Phi Chi received all of the Pi Mu interests and could accept any part of its ritual and constitution. Phi Chi also agreed to sponsor the Pi Mu honor system.<ref name="history" />

== Symbols ==
The crest of Pi Mu was a [[caduceus]] at the top of a shield with the Latin phrase "Semper Ad Honorem." and the Greek letters beneath.<ref name="baird" />

The Pi Mu badge was a Greek cross with a skull and bones at the center. The skull was set with emerald eyes and the letters '''{{lang|grc|ΠΜ}}''' displayed on the horizontal arm of the cross.<ref name="history">{{cite book |last=Cannon |first=Daniel H. |title=The History of Phi Chi Medical Fraternity Inc. Centennial Edition 1889-1989 |publisher=Phi Chi Quarterly Office |year=1989}}</ref> The design of the Phi Chi pledge button was changed at the time of the Pi Mu merger in 1922 to honor the Pi Mu honor system. The badge of Pi Mu, a Greek cross carrying the skull and crossbones in addition to the Greek letters '''ΠΜ''', by agreement became Phi Chi's pledge button with the substitution of a caduceus and the letters '''ΦΧ''' in silver on a field of green.<ref name="history" />

The fraternity's annual publication was ''The Journal'' which was begun in 1908.<ref name="baird" /> Its journal was ''Cerebrum''.<ref name=":0" />

== Chapters ==
Pi Mu consisted of the following chapters<ref name="baird" /> Inactive chapters and institutions are indicated in ''italics''.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Chapter
! Charter date and range
! Institution
!Location
!Status
!References
|-
| ''Alpha''||December 13, 1892 – 1904; 
1908–1922
|[[University of Virginia]]
|[[Charlottesville, Virginia]]
|Merged ('''ΦΧ''')||<ref name="history" />{{Efn|Chapter became the ''Pi Mu chapter'' of Phi Chi as part of the national merger of the two fraternities.}}
|-
| ''Beta''||1893–1896||''[[Medical College of Virginia]]''
|[[Richmond, Virginia]]
|Consolidated ('''ΒΓ''')
|{{Efn|''Beta'' and ''Gamma'' consolidated to form ''Beta Gamma chapter''.|name=Beta Gamma}}
|-
| ''Gamma''||1896||''[[University College of Medicine]]''
|[[Richmond, Virginia]]
| Consolidated ('''ΒΓ''')||{{Efn|name=Beta Gamma}}
|-
| ''Beta Gamma''||1896–1922||''[[University College of Medicine]]''
|[[Richmond, Virginia]]
|Merged ('''ΦΧ''')||<ref name="history" />{{Efn|name=Beta Gamma}}{{Efn|Chapter joined the ''Theta Eta chapter'' of Phi Chi as part of the national merger of the two fraternities.}}
|-
| ''Delta''||1904–1907||[[Louisville Medical College]]
|[[Louisville, Kentucky]]
| Consolidated ('''ΔΗ''')||{{Efn|''Delta'' and ''Eta'' consolidated to form ''Delta Eta chapter''.|name=Delta Eta}}
|-
| ''Epsilon''||1904–1907||[[University of Louisville]]
|[[Louisville, Kentucky]]
| Consolidated ('''ΕΖ)'''||{{Efn||name=Epsilon Zeta}}
|-
| ''Zeta''||1905–1907||[[University of Kentucky]]
|[[Lexington, Kentucky]]
| Consolidated ('''ΕΖ)'''||{{Efn|''Epsilon'' and ''Zeta'' consolidated to form ''Epsilon Zeta chapter''.|name=Epsilon Zeta}}
|-
| ''Eta''||1907||''[[Hospital College of Medicine of Louisville]]''
|[[Louisville, Kentucky]]
| Consolidated ('''ΔΗ)'''||<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1884-06-14 |title=The Hospital College of Medicine of Louisville, Ky. |url=https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1884.02390470020004 |journal=Journal of the American Medical Association |volume=II |issue=24 |pages=664 |doi=10.1001/jama.1884.02390470020004 |issn=0002-9955}}</ref>{{Efn|name=Delta Eta}}
|-
| ''Delta Eta''||1907–1908||[[Louisville Medical College]]
|[[Louisville, Kentucky]]
| Consolidated ('''ΔΕ''')||{{Efn|''Delta'' and ''Eta'' consolidated to form ''Delta Eta chapter''.|name=Delta Eta}}{{Efn|''Delta Eta'' and ''Epsilon Zeta'' consolidated to form ''Delta Epsilon chapter''.|name=Delta Epsilon}}
|-
| ''Epsilon Zeta''||1907–1908||[[University of Louisville]]
|[[Louisville, Kentucky]]
| Consolidated ('''ΔΕ''')||{{Efn||name=Epsilon Zeta}}{{Efn|name=Delta Epsilon}}
|-
| ''Delta Epsilon''||1908–1922||[[University of Louisville]]
|[[Louisville, Kentucky]]
|Merged ('''ΦΧ''')||<ref name="history" />{{Efn|name=Delta Epsilon}}{{Efn|Chapter joined the ''Alpha Alpha chapter'' of Phi Chi as part of the national merger of the two fraternities.}}
|-
| ''Theta''||1908–1915||[[Jefferson Medical College]]
|[[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]
| Inactive||
|-
| ''Iota''||1908–1914||[[Medical College of South Carolina]]
|[[Charleston, South Carolina]]
| Inactive||
|-
| ''Kappa''||1908–1922||[[University of Tennessee]]
|[[Knoxville, Tennessee]]
|Merged ('''ΦΧ''')||<ref name="history" />{{Efn|Chapter joined the ''Alpha Beta chapter'' of Phi Chi as part of the national merger of the two fraternities.}}
|-
| ''Lambda''||1910–1922||[[Vanderbilt University]]
|[[Nashville, Tennessee]]
|Merged ('''ΦΧ''')||<ref name="history" />{{Efn|Chapter joined the ''Pi chapter'' of Phi Chi as part of the national merger of the two fraternities.}}
|-
| ''Mu''||1910–1922||[[Johns Hopkins University]]
|[[Baltimore, Maryland]]
|Merged ('''ΦΧ''')||<ref name="history" />{{Efn|Chapter joined the ''Kappa Delta chapter'' of Phi Chi as part of the national merger of the two fraternities.}}
|-
| ''Nu''||1913–1922||[[Columbia University]]
|[[New York City, New York]]
|Merged ('''ΦΧ''')||<ref name="history" />{{Efn|Chapter joined the ''Upsilon Sigma chapter'' of Phi Chi as part of the national merger of the two fraternities.}}
|}

== Notes ==
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==References==
* {{cite web |url=http://www.phichimed.org |title=Phi Chi Medical Fraternity}}
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