  phi kappa tau (Î¦kt), commonly known as phi tau, is a collegiate fraternity located in the united states. the fraternity was founded in 1906. as of 2013, the fraternity has 146 chartered chapters, 81 active chapters, and around 4,000 collegiate members. seriousfun children's network, founded by beta chapter alumnus paul newman, is phi kappa tau's national philanthropy. according to its constitution, phi kappa tau is one of the few social fraternities that can accept graduate students as well as undergraduates.link: http://www.phikappatau.org/learning/chapter-management/constitution-and-bylaws.html. under membership qualifications, "any male student not a member of a national college fraternity other than an honor society or professional fraternity who is pursuing undergraduate, post-graduate, or professional study" (emphasis added). ==history== phi kappa tau fraternity (commonly called phi 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 taylor a. borradaile, clinton d. boyd, dwight i. douglass, and william h. shideler. left|thumb|alt="old" harrison hall|old main at miami university, phi kappa tau's founding site the fraternity was founded as the non-fraternity association to give miami's non-fraternity men a voice in campus political affairs. the name was changed to phrenocon on march 6, 1909. the two proposed names were the "miami friends" and the "miami comrades", which were combined to form "frenocom". "phrenocon" was actually an alternate spelling of "fren
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