"Highest in Brotherhood, Greatest Ever Known"
Phi Kappa National Fraternity
The Sixties
The Sixties saw the admission of four new chapters and the reinstallation of another, Epsilon was reinstalled in 1966. Alpha Iota was founded in 1967 with much assistance from the brothers of Alpha Omega. Chi Omega, Sigma Tau, Theta Gamma and Delta Pi were chartered in 1968 with the aid of Beta, Theta, and Delta chapters.
The Sixties witnessed the strengthening of the Executive Council and a more secure financial base for the fraternity.
In
1960, the first Grand Master's Retreat was begun in
Laurel,
Mississippi under the administration of Reese T. Bowen (left), the 1960-1962
Exalted Grand Master. This event has become a
yearly session and in the
sixties, it was held in Columbia,
Mississippi,
for more than half of its meetings. Also in 1960, the Trust Fund was
established and begun by Jerome V. Reel. Conventions of the Sixties
alternated
between four cities —
Memphis,
Mobile, Biloxi-Gulfport and New
Orleans
— and conclaves
were held in Laurel, Meridian and Hattiesburg primarily.
Exalted Grand Masters in the Sixties were Reese T. Bowen, Jr., of Delta, Howard Wallace of Delta, Albert Sidney Cain of Alpha Omega, Jerry Rigdon of Delta Chi, Mike Ellis of Delta, and William Richard Pryor of Delta.
In 1969 Phi Kappa won its first IFC National Publications Award for the first edition Nelson Dream.
The Founding
(1900-1916)
The Early Years
(1916-1922)
Vital Expansion
(1922-1941)
The War Years
(1942-1946)
More Battles
(1947-1957)
The Golden Era
(1957-1960)
The Sixties
(1961-1969)
The Prosperous
Years
(1970-1974)
The Diamond
Anniversary
(1975-1979)
The Decade of
Determination
(1980-1989)
The Nineties
(1990-1997)
Covington and After
(1998-2002)
A New Attitude
(2003-the future)
The History
of Phi Kappa National Fraternity
By: Robert L. Pugh &
Frank Liddell (1900-1970)
Patrick D. Thrash (1970-1985)
William Kyle Ingle (1985-1993)
Gerald Everett and Brent McCarty (1993-2004)