


As of 1935, Biennial conventions were held. The government is by a grand council composed of the national officers and the last grand president. The first two editions of the Missouri Savitar yearbook showing the group actually list the society as "Pi Delta Nu and The Retort," indicating it may have evolved from a publication committee. The society was originally organized for women in chemistry, but later widened its scope to include girls interested in the fields of bacteriology, zoology, pre-medicine, and physical therapy. A third unit was established at Syracuse University with active members at least until 1940. Beta chapter at the University of Minnesota was formed, likewise remaining active until at least 1956. Īnnual editions of the Missouri Savitar yearbook show it continuing until at least 1956 at the school. White, Ruth Woodworth, and Kathryn Wyant. Nightingale, Grave Petty, Ruth Rusk, Esther W. Ĭharter members were Margaret Baxter, Majory Austry, Ada Brainard, Mary V.
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In 1920 the name of the group was changed to The Retort, and on Apthe club was reorganized as Pi Delta Nu, a professional fraternity for women in chemistry. Pi Delta Nu was originally created as the Women's Chemistry Club, established at the University of Missouri in 1919. Eventually chartering at least five chapters, it survived into the 1950s. It was founded in 1921 at the University of Missouri. Pi Delta Nu ( ΠΔΝ) was a small national professional fraternity for women in chemistry.
