PDK International

PDK International
PDK International
ΦΔΚ
Founded	January 24, 1906; 119 years ago; Indiana University
Type	was Professional
Former affiliation	PFA
Status	Active
Emphasis	Education
Scope	International
Member badge
Publication	Kappan
Chapters	124 (active)
Headquarters	1820 N Fort Myer Drive, Suite 320; Arlington, Virginia 22209; United States
Website	www.pdkintl.org

PDK International (also known as PDK or Phi Delta Kappa International) is an international professional organization for educators. It was founded on January 24, 1906, at Indiana University. The fraternity administers the collegiate honor society Pi Lambda Theta and the career and technical student organization Educators Rising.

History

Phi Delta Kappa formed from the merger of three organizations—Pi Kappa Mu, Phi Delta Kappa, and Nu Rho Beta.^[1] Pi Kappa Mu was established at Indiana University on January 24, 1906, and added chapters at Stanford University and the University of Iowa by 1910.^[1]^[2] Phi Delta Kappa was formed on March 13, 1908, at Columbia University and formed a second chapter at the University of Chicago in 1909.^[1]^[2] Nu Rho Beta was created at the University of Missouri on February 23, 1909.^[1]^[2]

Representatives of Pi Kappa Mu, Phi Delta Kappa, and Nu Rho Beta met in Chicago, Illinois on March 1, 1910, and agreed to a merger as Phi Delta Kappa.^[1]^[2] The new organization was a professional fraternity for the field of education.^[2] Its members were classroom teachers, college and university professors, and administrators.^[2] Membership was limited to white males at the August 1915 convention. Phi Delta Kappa joined the Professional Interfraternity Conference in 1928.^[3]

In 1940, Sigma chapter at Ohio State University initiated one Chinese and one Black member and was suspended at the December 1941 convention with charter revocation to occur in May 1942 if the chapter did not remove membership for the two non-whites. A demand for a popular vote of the entire membership led to a membership poll being sent to all members and eventually the deletion of the "white clause" by the membership. On June 2, 1942, an announcement was made to all of the chapters of the removal of the race restriction.^[4]

By 1962, the fraternity had 135 active campus chapters, 85 community-based chapters, and a total of 93,000 members.^[2]

Programs administered by the fraternity include the collegiate honor society Pi Lambda Theta and the career and technical student organization Educators Rising.^[5]^[6] PDK International's national headquarters is located in Arlington, Virginia.^[7]

Symbols

Phi Delta Kappa's coat of arms includes three keystones for the founding institutions; three stars representing child, home, and school; a burning lamb and book representing research; a flaming torch symbolizing service; and an upraised hand with a sword to symbolize leadership.^[2] Acanthus leaves surround the shield and represent learning.^[2]

Phi Delta Kappa's badge is a monogram of the Greek letters ΦΔΚ on top.^[1]^[2] The fraternity also has a service key.^[2] Starting in 1915, it has published Phi Delta Kappan, a professional journal for education.^[1]

Governance

Phi Delta Kappa is governed by an International Board, who are elected by the fraternity's members. The fraternity abides by the constitution and bylaws of PDK International.^[8] The chief executive of PDK International is James F. Lane.^[9]

Chapters

As of January 2024, Phi Delta Kappa International has 124 chapters.^[10]

Notable members

Edna P. Amidon, chief of the Home Economics Education Service of the United States Office of Education
Hattie Bessent, psychiatric nurse, professor at Florida University, and graduate dean at Vanderbilt University
Esther Buckley, member of the United States Commission on Civil Rights
John Napier Burnett (Epsilon Delta), pioneer of education in British Columbia
William C. Chasey, founder and president of the Foundation for Corporate Social Responsibility (FCSR) in Warsaw, Poland
Kenneth Creasy, Ohio House of Representatives
Kay Cornelius, novelist
Barbara Curbow, professor and chair of the Department of Behavioral and Community Health at the University of Maryland
Fenwick W. English, chair of education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sidney Clarence Garrison, second president of Peabody College
Victor Gaston, Alabama House of Representatives
Gene V. Glass, statistician and researcher working in educational psychology and the social sciences
Frank Pierrepoint Graves, 3rd Commissioner of Education of the State of New York
Syed Hassan, educationist, humanist, and the founder of INSAN School
Edd Houck, Virginia Senate
James Hampton Kirkland, second chancellor of Vanderbilt University
H. S. S. Lawrence, Indian educationalist
Cloyd H. Marvin, president of the George Washington University
Neil C. Macdonald, North Dakota Superintendent of Public Instruction
William E. McVey, U.S. House of Representatives and professor of education at De Paul University
Pornchai Mongkhonvanit (Thailand), president of Siam University and the International Association of University Presidents
Alfred C. Nelson, academic who taught at the University of Denver and also served as its interim chancellor
Blake T. Newton, Virginia Senate
Robert Morris Ogden, dean of the Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences
Archie Palmer, 8th president of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
James Melvin Rhodes (1950), educational scientist and assistant professor of education
Edward Rogalski, educational scientist, assistant professor of education
Jack McBride Ryder (Michigan State) second president of Saginaw Valley State College
W. Otto Miessner, educational scientist, assistant professor of education
Barefoot Sanders, Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Marvin Scott, college professor and politician
Bo Shepard, head coach of the North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team from 1931 to 1935
E. Mark Stern, humanistic/existential psychologist
Brice Taylor (University of Southern California) college football coach
Oscar Tingelstad (University of Chicago), president of Pacific Lutheran University
Pete Turnham, Alabama House of Representatives
Robert G. Voight, professor at Oral Roberts University
Lawrence Walkup, professor at Oral Roberts University
William Arthur Ward, writer and college professor
Walter Washington, college professor and first African-American to receive a doctorate in Mississippi.
Wilfred D. Webb, Michigan House of Representatives
Albert Pau Weiss, behavioral psychologist, theorist, scientist, and experimentalist

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Shepard, Francis W., ed. (1927). Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (11th ed.). Menasha, Wisconsin: George Banta Publishing Company. pp. 356–357. – via Google Books.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Robson, John, ed. (1963). Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (17th ed.). Menasha, Wisconsin: The Collegiate Press, George Banta Company, Inc. pp. 506-508.
^ Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities. Menasha, WI;George Banta Company, Incorporated. 1957. p. 86.
^ Lee, J. W. (October 1955). "The First Fifty Years". The Phi Delta Kappan. 37 (1): 33–34. JSTOR 20341679.
^ "Pi Lambda Theta". PDK International. Retrieved 2025-01-31.
^ "Educators Rising". PDK International. Retrieved 2025-01-31.
^ "Contact". PDK Interntional. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
^ "Constitution and Bylaws" (PDF). PDK International. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 14, 2008. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
^ "James Lane, Ed.D." PDK International. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
^ "Chapter Directory". PDK International. Retrieved 2024-01-29.

External links

Official website

[:2-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Shepard, Francis W., ed. (1927). Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (11th ed.). Menasha, Wisconsin: George Banta Publishing Company. pp. 356–357. – via Google Books.

[:34-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Robson, John, ed. (1963). Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (17th ed.). Menasha, Wisconsin: The Collegiate Press, George Banta Company, Inc. pp. 506-508.

[Baird57a-3] Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities. Menasha, WI;George Banta Company, Incorporated. 1957. p. 86.

[4] Lee, J. W. (October 1955). "The First Fifty Years". The Phi Delta Kappan. 37 (1): 33–34. JSTOR 20341679.

[5] "Pi Lambda Theta". PDK International. Retrieved 2025-01-31.

[6] "Educators Rising". PDK International. Retrieved 2025-01-31.

[7] "Contact". PDK Interntional. Retrieved January 30, 2025.

[8] "Constitution and Bylaws" (PDF). PDK International. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 14, 2008. Retrieved 2009-04-13.

[9] "James Lane, Ed.D." PDK International. Retrieved 2023-11-02.

[:0-10] "Chapter Directory". PDK International. Retrieved 2024-01-29.

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