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[Identification of item], Iota Gamma Pi (Duke University) records, Duke University Archives, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.
The Iota Gamma Pi (Duke University) records were received by the University Archives as a transfer in 1980.
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Encoded by Sherrie Bowser, January 2008
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Iota Gamma Pi was established in 1923 at Trinity College (now Duke University). The honorary fraternity was formed by undergraduate students majoring the natural sciences at Trinity College: Biology, Physics-Engineering, or Chemistry. The goal of the fraternity was to promote interest in issues in natural sciences by facilitating discussions. There were 13 charter members; E.C. Markham served as the first chairman. The executive committee was formed by the chairman as Grand Wizard, and one member from each of the three sciences, also known as Wizards. The celebratory banquet for the new order was held early in 1924. Fraternity members, science faculty, Dean William H. Wannamaker, and representatives from the local newspaper and
Collection contains minutes, certificates, correspondence, and initiation rituals of the Iota Gamma Pi scientific fraternity at Duke University from 1923-1939.
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