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HE Chi Phi fraternity was founded at Union College in the spring of 1841. The original members were Major-General James C. Duane, Judge Patrick U. Major, Philip Spencer, Colonel Alexander P. Berthoud, John Brush, Jr., Dr. Jacob H. Farrel, Robert H. McFaddin, Samuel T. Taber, Hon. William F. Terhune and Hon. James L. Witherspoon.

Each chapter is within the fraternity termed an "Alpha," and that letter is, in each case prefixed to the chapter-letter proper. The list is as follows:
 * 1841. Π, Union College ... 334
 * 1842. Θ, Williams College ... 421
 * 1843. Μ, Middlebury College ... 353
 * 1844. Α, Wesleyan College ... 387
 * 1844. Η, Bowdoin College (1866) ... 156
 * 1845. Φ, Hamilton College ... 374
 * 1845. Ε, University of Michigan ... 415
 * 1846. Ζ, Columbia University (1885) ... 57
 * 1851. Δ, Princeton University (1857) ... 53
 * 1855. Σ, University of North Carolina (18610) ... 52
 * 1857. Κ, College of the City of New York (1873) ... 54