Delta Phi
Delta Phi ( ΔΦ ) is a Fraternity founded in 1827 at Union College in Schenectady, New York. It is part of the Union Triad, and thus one of the oldest still existing fraternities of the United States and is next to Kappa Alpha and Sigma Phi, the third and last member of the Triad.
Background
Establishing time of the Union Triad, there were strong reservations about Masonic efforts in the United States. Originally organized as secret societies, student circles were also target of reservations. Among other things, Phi Beta Kappa is therefore organized as a secret society rather than vocational Honor Society. At the beginning of the 1830s to Eliphalet Nott, president of Union College began to work for the resolution of all fraternities. John Jay Hyde, a member of Delta Phi was able to stop him. Hyde designed the badge still worn in the form of a Maltese cross. The reference to the Order of Malta gave Delta Phi nicknamed The St. Elmo Club who first came up with the Omicron Chapter of Yale University.
This former Chapter of Delta Phi at Yale, which was founded in 1889 St. Elmo (connection) has split off and is now a separate classic by year of related secret society for advanced students, it is like Skull and Bones, Scroll and Key, Wolf 's Head, Book and Snake, Elihu, Berzelius ( connection ) and Mace and Chain to the ancient eight senior societies at Yale University.
Delta Phi in the presence
Delta Phi is still an exclusive and relatively small Fraternity. Expansion is mainly regarding past, is no longer running active chapters. Delta Phi Fraternity is the third oldest of the United States and sees himself as the longest continuously active compound in the United States. In the case of the Gamma Chapter at New York University one goes from the longest continuously active compound from the world after this Chapter is active without interruption since 1841.
Founder
- Benjamin Burroughs, presbyter from Savannah (Georgia ) Georgia
- William Fondey Hun, a lawyer from Albany ( New York)
- Samuel Lewis Lamberson, presbyter of Jamaica ( Queens ), New York
- Samuel C. Lawrison, U.S. Navy surgeon from Pensacola (Florida )
- David Hervey Little, New York Supreme Court judge from Rochester (New York)
- Thomas Clark McLaury, priest of Lisbon ( New York), New York
- John Mason, a priest from Jamaica ( Queens ), New York
- Joseph Griffiths masts, mayor of Buffalo New York
- William Wilson, President of the College of Cincinnati from Ireland
Chapter
12 active chapters of Phi Delta exist.
- Gamma - New York University, New York, NY - 1841
- Epsilon - Rutgers University - New Brunswick, NJ - 1845
- Eta - University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, PA - 1849
- Lambda - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Troy, NY - 1864
- Nu - Lehigh University - Bethlehem, PA - 1884
- Xi - Johns Hopkins University - Baltimore, MD - 1885
- Pi - Cornell University - Ithaca, NY - 1891
- Rho - University of Virginia - Charlottesville, VA - 1908
- Phi - Kenyon College - Gambier, OH - 1940
- Chi - Hamilton College - Clinton, NY - 1950
- Omega - University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh, PA - 1968
- Omega Alpha - College of William and Mary - Williamsburg, VA - 1987
14 inactive Chapter of Delta Phi exist.
- Alpha - Union College - Schenectady, NY (1827-1999)
- Beta - Brown University - Providence, RI (1830-2011)
- Delta - Columbia University - New York, NY (1842-2001)
- Zeta - Harvard University - Cambridge, MA (1845-1901)
- Theta - Princeton University - Princeton, NJ (1854-1877)
- Iota - University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, MI (1855-1936)
- Kappa - University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, NC (1855-1861)
- Mu - Colgate University - Hamilton, NY (1874-1876)
- Omicron - Yale University - New Haven, CT (1889-1925)
- Sigma - Trinity College - Hartford, CT (1917-2001)
- Tau - University of Illinois - Champaign, IL - (1920-2009)
- Upsilon - Williams College - Williamstown, MA (1926-1965)
- Psi - Pennsylvania State University - State College, PA - (1960-2007)
- Omega Beta - Wabash College - Crawfordsville, IN - (1994-2001)