He died on May 23, 1881, and was buried in the cemetery at Duffau, Texas. He is the younger brother of Jonathan Letterman, who is known as the Father of Battlefield Medicine, whose system enabled thousands of wounded men to be recovered and treated during the American Civil War. His father was the physician to the town of Canonsburg and died early in William's life. from Jefferson Medical College in 1856, where he was president of his graduating class. William graduated from Jefferson College (now Washington and Jefferson College) and then went on to receive his M.D. He was twenty years old when Phi Kappa Psi was founded by him and his colleague Charles Page Thomas Moore. William Henry Letterman (Aug– May 23, 1881) was born in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.( February 2013) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Four alumni also serve on the Executive Council and are elected at Grand Arch Councils, held during even-numbered years. Archons are elected during meetings of each District during District Councils, held during odd-numbered years. These undergraduates, known as Archons, represent the six Districts of Phi Kappa Psi, which divide the nation into roughly equal parts based on the number of chapters represented. This unique system of governance is achieved by a governing body, the Executive Council, which is made up of a majority of elected undergraduates. Since its founding, Phi Kappa Psi has been controlled by undergraduates. The Executive Council of Phi Kappa Psi is composed of the President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and 6 Archons. On February 19, 1852, Phi Kappa Psi was founded. In the following school year, Letterman and Moore decided to found a fraternity based on "the great joy of serving others" that they experienced during the epidemic. They chose to care for their classmates who were stricken with the contagious disease, and a strong bond was formed. Among those who remained were William Henry Letterman and Charles Page Thomas Moore. In the winter of 1850, a typhoid fever epidemic hit Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. The Letterman home, where Phi Kappa Psi was founded
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