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History The National History of Chi Phi Fraternity 1824 Our Humble Beginnings The Chi Phi Fraternity as it exists today is the outgrowth of three older organizations each of which bore the name of Chi Phi. These organizations were the Chi Phi Society founded at the College of New Jersey Princeton the Chi Phi Fraternity established at the University of North Carolina and the Secret Order of Chi Phi founded at Hobart College. The Chi Phi Fraternity currently maintains 65 chapters and colonies at prestigious colleges and universities across the nation. December 1824 The Princeton Order The first of these older organizations the Chi Phi Society which is known in the history of the fraternity at the Princeton Order of Chi Phi was established at the College of New Jersey later Princeton University on December 24 1824 by Robert Baird then a tutor in the college and later a prominent Presbyterian clergyman.