NY Mu Chapter at Stony Brook Univeristy
About Us
Chapter History
Phi Delta Epsilon International Medical Chapter found its way to Stony Brook University in the Fall of 2010. After being officially chartered as the NY Mu chapter on March 2011, PhiDE found itself growing to its current size of 56 members, from Founding to our upcoming Zeta Class. With many members now at medical school, PhiDE has trained an excellent group of students find their success. Now at our 4th year, Phi Delta Epsilon at Stony Brook University aspires to continue our tradition of inviting doctors to meetings, servicing our community at local blood drives and soup kitchens, volunteering at hospitals and senior centers. At NY Mu we are focused on building everlasting friendships while developing our professional and intellectual skills. PhiDE here at Stony Brook is a diverse group committed to philanthropy, deity, equity and education. We are passionate towards becoming fine physicians of the future.
National History
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In October of 1904, Aaron Brown and eight of his friends founded Phi Delta Epsilon at Cornell University Medical College. During the first decade of this century there were many doors closed to Jewish medical students and physicians, doors which would not fully open until after World War II. In 1904, it was not uncommon for American medical schools to have quotas limiting admission of Jewish students, and medical fraternities. So Aaron Brown and his friends decided they would start their own fraternal organization, guided by the precepts of philanthropy, deity, and equity.
In the late 1960s, the Fraternity opened its membership to women and encouraged recruitment of medical students of all races, nationalities and religious beliefs. Phi Delta Epsilon has grown from a small insular group to a diverse, all-inclusive organization. We have done this by making our motto live: Facta Non Verba, Deeds Not Words. And, indeed, we will continue to prosper, grow, and spread the warmth of our fraternalism into the future.
