Xi Psi Phi was organized on February 8, 1889 at the University of Michigan by Arthur A. Deyoe, Lewis C. Thayer, William F. Gary, Walter H. Booth, Gordon C. McCoy and Eldon Waterloo.

[1] In order to complete the organization details before the close of the school year, they had admitted to membership a few students whose qualifications were not of a high standard.

The Articles of Association for Alpha chapter of Xi Psi Phi were recorded in the Office of the Secretary of State of Michigan on May 2, 1892.

An editorial in the March 1900 issue of the Quarterly stated: “The remarkable growth of the Fraternity since its organization, its constantly increasing membership, the interest elicited by members young and old, have rendered the time ripe for a national convention.

The time is past when Alpha chapter should be recognized head of the Fraternity; the work has gone beyond the range of a few men located in the one college.

On February 6, 1906, a petition for incorporation was granted by the State of Illinois and a board of directors was created to supplement the Supreme Council.

The insignia of the Xi Psi Phi fraternity is a four-leaf gold pin, with three pearls set in each leaf, surmounted by a diamond shaped black-enamel piece bearing the Greek Letters ΞΨΦ.