Recognizing the necessity for some sort of organization among the Pharmacy students at the University of Georgia, Brother H. Dale Roth (Alpha Gamma), organized a group known as Beta Xi, which functioned efficiently and later became the charter group of the Alpha Iota Chapter. Beta Xi included members of the Pharmacy Club who desired this type of organization.  The pharmacy club which had no limitations on its membership had been in existence for some time at the University of Georgia.  The UGA College of Pharmacy was located at Terrell Hall.

     Grand Secretary Rand P. Hollenbeck established the Alpha Iota Chapter of Phi Delta Chi on Saturday May 29th, 1937.  Brother H. Dale Roth was a member of the University of Georgia faculty at the time and played and instrumental role in the establishment of the Chapter.

The charter Brothers of the Chapter were:    

		Alfred Morrow		Charlotte, NC
		Robert T. Anderson		Bradley, GA
		Harry A. Mathews		Millen, GA
		William C. Shouse		Madison, GA
		Bert K. Carmichael Jr.		Jackson, GA
		S. Lanier Hardman		Colbert, GA
		Harry C. Mims		Thomas County, GA
		Robert L. Jardine		Douglas, GA
		Robert C. Wilson		Athens, GA
		William Taylor Summerford		Athens, GA

The officers selected to guide the chapter through its first year were:      
          Robert L. Jardine, WCC      
          Alfred Morrow, WVC      
          William C. Shouse, WKRS      
          Bert K. Carmichael, Jr., WKF      
          Harry A. Mathews, WMA      
          S. Lanier Hardman, WP 

     Alpha Iota became inactive during World War II.  The last pledge class was initiated on May 11, 1939.  The reactivation of Alpha Iota did not take place until May 23, 1952, which was almost 15 years after our original chartering. Brother Joseph LaRocca (Sigma) who had joined the faculty was interested in reactivating the chapter. When sixteen students approached him about Phi Delta Chi, he contacted National and with the help of another Sigma brother on faculty, Francis Ford Millikan, on May 23rd the following became brothers of the reactivated Alpha Iota Chapter of Phi Delta Chi:

     Today we are proud to be "Oldest Pharmacy Fraternity in Georgia" and the only co-educational Fraternity at the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy.  We at Alpha Iota take great pride in the fact that our current pharmacy building is named after a charter Alpha Iota, Robert C. Wilson.  

     The College of Pharmacy was granted authorization to be established at the June 15, 1903, meeting of the University's Board of Trustees. The new unit originally held the title of College of Pharmacy, although this was changed to School of Pharmacy during the first few years of its operation. Physical accommodations for the new college were to be in Science Hall, occupying three rooms. The college offered a two-year program of courses leading to the Ph.G. degree. Tuition and fees were set at $87.50 per year.

     The first crisis for the college came almost immediately. Science Hall was destroyed by fire on November 20, 1903. A new building named Terrell Hall was constructed to house the science department and the new Pharmacy College. Construction was completed June 1905. The pharmacy school occupied one office, one classroom, one laboratory and one stockroom in the basement of Terrell Hall for 35 years. In September 1939, the school of pharmacy moved and occupied the second and third floors of the campus building known as New College. The first floor housed University Bookstore and the Student Co-op (grill). The school eventually moved in to its present location, R. C. Wilson School of Pharmacy, in the spring of 1964.