# Alpha Kappa Kappa

Alpha Kappa Kappa (ΑΚΚ) is a medical school fraternity that was founded in 1888 at Dartmouth Medical School. AKK had over sixty chapters at various medical schools throughout the United States and Canada for approximately eighty years but now operates with two independent, local chapters.

## History

Alpha Kappa Kappa was established at Dartmouth Medical School on September 29, 1888. It was created for "social intercourse, mental development, scholarship and mutual assistance." The fraternity incorporated in New Hampshire by a special act of the legislature on July 25, 1889.
The fraternity expanded to be national and international, with chapters across the United States and in Canada. Its national headquarters was in Ellettsville, Indiana. It was a member of the Professional Interfraternity Conference a predecessor to the Professional Fraternity Association.
The fraternity disbanded nationally in the 1960s, with three chapters continuing as independent organizations. Alpha Theta chapter at the University of Texas Medical Branch stayed active until the mid-2000s. The Epsilon chapter at Jefferson Medical College is still active. It has a chapter house at 317 South Eleventh Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It provides affordable housing for male medical students.
Alpha Psi chapter at the University of Iowa also stayed active after the disbanding of the national fraternity. Now called the Alpha Kappa Kappa Society, it operates as a residential community with a chapter house at 339 Teeter Court in Iowa City, purchased in 1925. The chapter went co-ed in the 1990s. It has an Alumni Board that was established in 2019.

## Symbolism and traditions

The Alpha Kappa Kappa badge was a gold crescent with the letters, Α, Κ, and Κ, enameled in black. Wrapped around the crescent are twin coiled serpents facing each other. The horns of the crescent support an enameled black book bearing the letter(s) of the chapter. (In the infobox, a photographic example shows a pin from the Mu chapter at the University of Pennsylvania.) The book may be set in pearls and emeralds, which were the fraternity's jewels. The name of the school was sometimes etched onto the side of the book, which was held at a diagonal.
The colors of the fraternity were Dartmouth green and white, to honor its founding school. Its symbols were the book and the twin serpents.
Its quarterly magazine was The Centaur.

## Chapter List

Following is a list of Alpha Kappa Kappa chapters in Greek letter order. In the early days, chapters chose their letters, so in a few cases, date order does not always match Greek letter alphabetization. Active chapters are indicated in bold. Inactive chapters and institutions are in italic.
| Chapter | Chartered date and range | Institution | Location | Status |
| Alpha | September 29, 1888 | Dartmouth College | Hanover, New Hampshire | Inactive |
| Beta | May 19, 1899 – 1918 | College of Physicians and Surgeons | San Francisco, California | Inactive |
| Gamma | December 12, 1893 | Tufts Medical College | Boston, Massachusetts | Inactive |
| Delta | May 2, 1894 | Medical Department, University of Vermont | Burlington, Vermont | Inactive |
| Epsilon | January 6, 1900 | Jefferson Medical College | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Active |
| Zeta | March 21, 1896 | Long Island College Hospital Medical School | Brooklyn, New York | Inactive |
| Eta | December 7, 1899 | College of Medicine of the University of Illinois | Chicago, Illinois | Inactive |
| Theta | June 1, 1897 – June 1921 | Maine Medical School, Bowdoin College | Brunswick, Maine | Inactive |
| Iota | December 11, 1899 | Medical Department University of Syracuse | Syracuse, New York | Inactive |
| Kappa. | November 15, 1900 | Medical Department, Marquette University | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Inactive |
| Lambda | March 7, 1901 | Medical Department, Cornell University | New York City, New York | Inactive |
| Mu | March 30, 1901 | Medical Department, University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Inactive |
| Nu | April 27, 1901 | Rush Medical College | Chicago, Illinois | Inactive |
| Xi | May 29, 1901 | Medical Department, Northwestern University | Chicago, Illinois | Inactive |
| Omicron | October 28, 1901 | Miami Medical College | Cincinnati, Ohio | Inactive |
| Pi | October 2, 1902 | Ohio Medical University | Columbus, Ohio | Inactive |
| Rho | January 6, 1903 | University of Colorado | Denver, Colorado | Inactive |
| Sigma | December 6, 1899 | Medical Department, University of California | San Francisco, California | Inactive |
| Tau | July 15, 1903 – 1903 | University of the South Medical School | Sewanee, Tennessee | Inactive |
| Upsilon | March 21, 1903 | Medical Department, University of Oregon | Portland, Oregon | Inactive |
| Phi | March 24, 1903 –1909 | Medical Department, University of Nashville | Nashville, Tennessee | Inactive |
| Chi | March 24, 1903 | Medical Department, Vanderbilt University, | Nashville, Tennessee | Inactive |
| Psi | February 25, 1898 | Medical Department, University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Inactive |
| Omega | March 24, 1903 | Medical Department, University of Tennessee | Nashville, Tennessee | Inactive |
| Alpha Alpha | | | | Unassigned |
| Alpha Beta | November 24, 1903 | Medical Department, Tulane University | New Orleans, Louisiana | Inactive |
| Alpha Gamma | January 25, 1904 | Medical Department, University of Georgia | Augusta, Georgia | Inactive |
| Alpha Delta | November 24, 1904 | Medical Department, McGill University | Montreal, Canada | Inactive |
| Alpha Epsilon | April 6, 1905 | Medical Department, University of Toronto | Toronto, Canada | Inactive |
| Alpha Zeta | April 27, 1905 | Medical Department, George Washington University | Washington, D.C. | Inactive |
| Alpha Eta | January 31, 1906 | Yale Medical School | New Haven, Connecticut | Inactive |
| Alpha Theta | April 20, 1906 – 200x ? | Medical Department, University of Texas | Galveston, Texas | Inactive |
| Alpha Iota | June 4, 1906 | University of Michigan, Department of Medicine and Surgery | Ann Arbor, Michigan | Inactive |
| Alpha Kappa | November 12, 1906 | Medical College of Virginia | Richmond, Virginia | Inactive |
| Alpha Lambda | January 4, 1908 – 1908 | Medical College of the State of South Carolina | Charleston, South Carolina | Inactive |
| Alpha Mu | March 27, 1909 | St. Louis University School of Medicine | St. Louis, Missouri | Inactive |
| Alpha Nu | June 5, 1909 | University of Louisville School of Medicine | Louisville, Kentucky | Inactive |
| Alpha Xi | November 16, 1909 | Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine | Louisville, Kentucky | Inactive |
| Alpha Omicron | April 15, 1911 – 1913 | University Medical College | Kansas City, Missouri | Inactive |
| Alpha Pi | April 28, 1911 | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Inactive |
| Alpha Rho | May 27, 1912 | Harvard Medical School | Boston, Massachusetts | Inactive |
| Alpha Sigma | April 15, 1913 – June 1920 | University of Southern California Medical School | Los Angeles, California | Inactive |
| Alpha Tau | April 24, 1914 | Atlanta Medical College | Atlanta, Georgia | Inactive |
| Alpha Upsilon | March 2, 1917 | Johns Hopkins School of Medicine | Baltimore, Maryland, | Inactive |
| Alpha Phi | March 21, 1917 | University of Missouri School of Medicine | Columbia, Missouri | Inactive |
| Alpha Chi | October 1, 1920 | University of Oklahoma College of Medicine | Norman, Oklahoma | Inactive |
| Alpha Psi | 1921 | Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa | Iowa City, Iowa | Active |
| Alpha Omega | | | | Unassigned ? |
| Beta Alpha | | | | Unassigned ? |
| Beta Gamma | 1921 | University of Nebraska Medical Center | Omaha, Nebraska | Inactive |
| Beta Delta | January 20, 1922 | University of Virginia School of Medicine | Charlottesville, Virginia | Inactive |
| Beta Epsilon | 1922 | Boston University School of Medicine | Boston, Massachusetts | Inactive |
| Beta Zeta | June 10, 1922 | University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health | Madison, Wisconsin | Inactive |
| Beta Eta | 1923 | University of Maryland School of Medicine | Baltimore, Maryland | Inactive |
| Beta Theta | 1923 | Washington University School of Medicine | St. Louis, Missouri | Inactive |
| Beta Iota | 1923 | UNC School of Medicine | Chapel Hill, North Carolina | Inactive |
| Beta Kappa | April 15, 1924 | Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario | London, Ontario, Canada | Inactive |
| Beta Lambda | 1925 | Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons | Washington Heights, Manhattan, New York | Inactive |
| Beta Mu | 1928 | Georgetown University School of Medicine | Washington, D.C. | Inactive |
| Beta Nu | October 24, 1931 | Duke University School of Medicine | Durham, North Carolina | Inactive |
| Beta Xi | 1932 | Stanford University School of Medicine | Stanford, California | Inactive |
| Beta Omicron | May 7, 1932 | Temple University School of Medicine | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Inactive |
| Beta Pi | 1934 | Louisiana State University School of Medicine | New Orleans, Louisiana | Inactive |
| Beta Rho | 1937 | New York Medical College | Valhalla, New York | Inactive |
| Beta Sigma | May 17, 1947 | University of Mississippi School of Medicine | Jackson, Mississippi | Inactive |
| Beta Tau | 1947 | University of Washington School of Medicine | Seattle, Washington | Inactive |
| Beta Upsilon | January 17, 1948 | Baylor College of Medicine | Houston, Texas | Inactive |
| Beta Phi | May 15, 1948 | Hahnemann Medical College | East Falls, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Inactive |
| Beta Chi | 1953 | Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami | Miami, Florida | Inactive |
* ↑ Chapter went dormant when the college closed in 1918.
* ↑ Chapter formed from Alpha Delta Sigma (local).
* ↑ Chapter went defunct when The medical school closed in June 1921.
* ↑ Miami Medical College consolidated with and adopted the name of the Medical Department of the University of Cincinnati.
* ↑ The Ohio Medical University became the Starling-Ohio Medical University in 1907.
* ↑ Chapter went defunct when Sewanee's Medical School was discontinued in 1903
* ↑ Chapter went defunct when the medical school closed in 1903.
* ↑ Chapter formed from Alpha Rho Society (local). After the dissolution of the national fraternity, this chapter was closed. Its real estate assets were sold and a foundation was established, forming a perpetual fund to award scholarships through the Minnesota Medical Foundation.
* ↑ Chapter was withdrawn because of South Carolina law.
* ↑ Chapter went defunct when the school closed in 1913.
* ↑ Chapter went dormant when the medical school closed.
* ↑ Chapter formed from Beta Alpha (local), established as Les Bones Pares in the fall of 1919. It petetiioned to join Alpha Kappa Kappa on May 5, 1920.
* ↑ Chapter formed from Gamma Tau Beta, a local medical organization, when the University of Wisconsin started its four-year medical college.
* ↑ Chapter formed from Alpha Sigma (local).

## Notable members

* Edward Starr Judd Jr. (Alpha Rho) – surgeon and Mayo Clinic founder and partner
* Charles H. Mayo (Psi) – physician and Mayo Clinic founder