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ΔΤΔ - Delta Tau Delta
The official coat of arms of Delta Tau Delta
Motto The Mission: Committed to Lives of Excellence
Colors Royal Purple, White, and Gold
Flower Purple Iris
Founded 1858 at Bethany College
Fraternity type Leadership, Social
Scope International
Headquarters 10000 Allisonville Rd
Fishers, IN, USA
Chapters 118 active in the United States and Canada
Homepage http://www.delts.org

Delta Tau Delta (ΔΤΔ, DTD, Delts) is a U.S.-based international college fraternity.

Delta Tau Delta was founded in 1858 at Bethany College, Bethany, Virginia (now West Virginia). It currently has around 120 student chapters nationwide, as well as over 25 alumni associations organized regionally. Its national community service initiative is Adopt-a-School. The fraternity will celebrate its 150th anniversary in Pittsburgh, PA at the 2008 Karnea (international convention).

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[edit] Mission and values

The stated mission of the society is "Committed to Lives of Excellence", while the stated values are;

"Truth, courage, faith and power are our foundation, integrity is essential, accountability is fundamental to all commitments, life-long learning and growth are vital, strengthening community is essential to our vitality, (and) brotherhood sustains us"

[edit] The Delt Creed

The Delt Creed is yet another statement of the values of the fraternity.

I believe in Delta Tau Delta for the education of youth and the inspiration of maturity so that I may better learn and live the truth.

I believe in Delta Tau Delta as a shrine of International brotherhood, her cornerstone friendship, her foundation conscience, her columns aspiration, her girders self-restraint, her doorway opportunity, her windows understanding, her buttresses loyalty, her strength the Everlasting Arms.

I believe in Delta Tau Delta as an abiding influence to help me do my work, fulfill my obligations, maintain my self-respect, and bring about that happy life wherein I may more truly love my fellow man, serve my country, and obey my God.

[edit] Short history

The history of the Delta Tau Delta Fraternity began in 1858 at Bethany College in Bethany, Virginia (now West Virginia). The social life on campus was typical of the small colleges of the day, with activities centered around the Neotrophian Society, a literary society. Two secret groups, named in the original documents of the Fraternity as Phi Gamma Delta and Phi Kappa Psi, were operating an attempt to gain control of the society and its honors.

From a report given by Jacob S. Lowe in 1859, a group of students met in the Dowdell boarding house (in Lowe's room) to discuss actions to regain control of the Neotrophian Society and return control to the students at large in late 1858. A constitution, name, badge, ritual and motto were devised, and Delta Tau Delta was born.

In the early history of the Fraternity, the future of the organization hinged on the initiation of two men, Rhodes Sutton and Samuel Brown. This required them to ride from what was then Jefferson College in Washington/Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, through a snow storm to deliver the Alpha Charter to Ohio Wesleyan College in an effort to keep the Fraternity alive.

In 1886, Delta Tau Delta merged with the Rainbow Fraternity, an old and respected southern fraternity founded in 1848 at the University of Mississippi. This was in response to Delta Tau Delta's declining number of chapters in the South.

Delta Tau Delta now has one-hundred sixteen undergraduate chapters, six thousand active undergraduates, and over one-hundred fifteen thousand alumni.

Delta Tau Delta History Timeline

[edit] Founders

The eight men considered to be the Founders of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity (who attended the two formal meetings which led to the founding in 1858) are:

image:Ff cunningham.gif William Randolph Cunningham (Chair) William Randolph Cunningham was only a freshman at the time Delta Tau Delta was formed. Because he was older and had become a Mason, however, he exerted much influence in the group. Cunningham, the picture of integrity, was probably responsible for much of the early language in both the Constitution and Ritual. He served as President of the Karnea in 1883. He was also a minister and held public office in the state of Washington.
image:Ff earle.gif Alexander C. Earle Alexander C. Earle, the youngest of the group of eight founders of Delta Tau Delta, went on to become a Captain in the Second South Carolina Volunteers, where he commanded his own company. For many years his whereabouts were unknown and he was believed dead, but he was finally located living in Arkansas.
image:Ff alfred.gif Richard H. Alfred Richard H. Alfred, at 26 the oldest of the group of founders of Delta Tau Delta, became a minister and a physician.
image:Ff bell.gif Henry K. Bell Henry K. Bell, a Kentuckian, lived only six years after graduation. His contribution to the Fraternity was immense; without him, there would be no Delta Tau Delta today. Bell responded to a call for help from the last remaining members of the Bethany chapter who were leaving to join the armed forces.
image:Ff johnson.gif John C. Johnson John C. Johnson was a native West Virginian (although at that time the area was still a part of Virginia). He became a lawyer and politician. He was the political advisor to John W. Davis, the Democratic nominee for President in 1924. One of Johnson's favorite pastimes was conducting tours of Bethany and pointing out the room where Delta Tau Delta was founded. He outlived the other founders by eight years.
image:Ff lowe.gif Jacob S. Lowe Jacob Lowe hosted the first meetings of the group in his quarters in a rooming house which has now become an international shrine for the Fraternity. Lowe became a professor and later a college president.
image:Ff tarr.gif Eugene Tarr Eugene Tarr was a "townie" whose home was only a short six miles from Bethany. He stayed in West Virginia after college. Tarr became a noted speaker, lawyer, and editor of the local newspaper.
image:Ff hunt.gif John Lucious Newton Hunt John Lucious Newton Hunt was the scholar of the group. After graduating from Bethany, Hunt went on to become the valedictorian of his class at New York University's School of Law. He then served for several years as New York's Commissioner of Education.

[edit] Famous Delts

Current government officials

Former government officials

Business and philanthropy

Astronauts

Academics

Print and journalism

Actors, directors, and comedians

Music

Sportscasters

Sports

Football

Baseball

Basketball

Other sports

[edit] Active chapters

CHAPTER SCHOOL CITY STATE
DELTA ETA University of Alabama Tuscaloosa AL
THETA PSI Albertson College of Idaho Caldwell ID
EPSILON Albion College Albion MI
ALPHA Allegheny College Meadville PA
THETA EPSILON American University Washington DC
CRESCENT COLONY Appalachian State University Boone NC
EPSILON EPSILON University of Arizona Tucson AZ
EPSILON ALPHA Auburn University Auburn AL
GAMMA THETA Baker University Baldwin City KS
EPSILON MU Ball State University Muncie IN
THETA DELTA Baylor University Waco TX
IOTA ETA Belmont Abbey College Belmont NC
THETA (Founding) Bethany College Bethany WV
DELTA TAU Bowling Green State University Bowling Green OH
ZETA OMEGA Bradley University Peoria IL
BETA ZETA Butler University Indianapolis IN
BETA OMEGA University of California Berkeley CA
DELTA IOTA University of California - Los Angeles Los Angeles CA
THETA LAMBDA University of California - Riverside Riverside CA
DELTA BETA (defunct) Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh PA
ZETA Case Western Reserve University Cleveland OH
ZETA OMICRON University of Central Florida Orlando FL
IOTA EPSILON Chapman University Orange CA
GAMMA XI University of Cincinnati Cincinnati OH
EPSILON OMICRON Colorado State University Fort Collins CO
BETA OMICRON Cornell University Ithaca NY
THETA RHO University of Dayton Dayton OH
IOTA ALPHA DePaul University Chicago IL
BETA BETA DePauw University Greencastle IN
DELTA KAPPA Duke University Durham NC
ZETA RHO Eastern Illinois University Charleston IL
THETA XI Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti MI
BETA EPSILON Emory University Atlanta GA
DELTA ZETA University of Florida Gainesville FL
DELTA PHI Florida State University Tallahassee FL
BETA DELTA University of Georgia Athens GA
GAMMA PSI Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta GA
DELTA MU University of Idaho Moscow ID
BETA UPSILON University of Illinois Urbana IL
GAMMA BETA Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago IL
BETA ALPHA Indiana University Bloomington IN
ZETA PI Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana PA
GAMMA PI Iowa State University Ames IA
GAMMA CHI Kansas State University Manhattan KS
IOTA THETA Kennesaw State University Kennesaw GA
DELTA OMEGA Kent State University Kent OH
DELTA EPSILON University of Kentucky Lexington KY
CHI Kenyon College Gambier OH
EPSILON IOTA A Kettering University Flint MI
EPSILON IOTA B Kettering University Flint MI
ZETA BETA LaGrange College LaGrange GA
DELTA NU Lawrence University Appleton WI
BETA LAMBDA Lehigh University Bethlehem PA
GAMMA NU University of Maine Orono ME
EPSILON UPSILON Marietta College Marietta OH
DELTA SIGMA University of Maryland College Park MD
BETA NU MIT Boston MA
BETA ETA University of Minnesota Minneapolis MN
GAMMA KAPPA University of Missouri–Columbia Columbia MO
EPSILON NU University of Missouri–Rolla Rolla MO
THETA TAU Moravian College Bethlehem PA
ZETA ZETA Morehead State University Morehead KY
THETA CHI Muhlenberg College Allentown PA
BETA TAU University of Nebraska Lincoln NE
THETA KAPPA University of Nebraska-Kearney Kearney NE
ZETA TAU University of North Carolina at Wilmington Wilmington NC
DELTA XI University of North Dakota Grand Forks ND
THETA OMEGA Northern Arizona Flagstaff AZ
THETA OMICRON University of Northern Colorado Greeley CO
BETA PI Northwestern University Evanston IL
BETA Ohio University Athens OH
BETA PHI Ohio State University Columbus OH
MU Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware OH
DELTA ALPHA University of Oklahoma Norman OK
DELTA CHI Oklahoma State University Stillwater OK
GAMMA RHO University of Oregon Eugene OR
OMEGA University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA
TAU Pennsylvania State University State College PA
GAMMA SIGMA University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA
GAMMA LAMBDA Purdue University West Lafayette IN
IOTA DELTA Quincy University Quincy IL
UPSILON Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy NY
EPSILON ZETA Sam Houston State University Huntsville TX
THETA ZETA University of San Diego San Diego CA
BETA THETA University of the South Sewanee TN
THETA ETA University of South Carolina Columbia SC
DELTA GAMMA University of South Dakota Vermillion SD
EPSILON PHI SE Louisiana Univ Hammond LA
NU SE Oklahoma State U. Durant OK
DELTA PI University of Southern California Los Angeles CA
ZETA CHI U. of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg MS
BETA RHO Stanford University Palo Alto CA
RHO Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken NJ
GAMMA OMICRON Syracuse University Syracuse NY
DELTA DELTA University of Tennessee Knoxville TN
GAMMA IOTA University of Texas at Austin Austin TX
ZETA SIGMA Texas A&M University College Station TX
EPSILON ETA Texas A&M University - Commerce Commerce TX
EPSILON BETA Texas Christian University Fort Worth TX
ZETA DELTA Texas State University San Marcos TX
EPSILON DELTA Texas Tech University Lubbock TX
BETA MU Tufts University Medford MA
BETA XI Tulane University New Orleans LA
ZETA THETA Villanova University Villanova PA
IOTA ZETA Virginia Tech Blacksburg VA
BETA PSI Wabash College Crawfordsville IN
GAMMA MU University of Washington Seattle WA
GAMMA Washington & Jefferson College Washington PA
EPSILON GAMMA Washington State University Pullman WA
GAMMA DELTA West Virginia University Morgantown WV
ZETA LAMBDA Western Illinois University Macomb IL
EPSILON XI Western Kentucky University Bowling Green KY
DELTA OMICRON Westminster College Fulton MO
BETA GAMMA University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison WI
IOTA BETA Wittenberg University Springfield OH
IOTA GAMMA Wright State University Dayton OH
Colonies
THETA GAMMA COLONY Arizona State University Tempe AZ
JOHN CARROLL COLONY John Carroll University University Heights OH
GAMMA TAU COLONY University of Kansas Lawrence KS
DELTA COLONY University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI
Alumni Chapters
Atlanta, Georgia Alumni Atlanta GA
Boise Valley, ID Alumni Boise ID
Cleveland (Northeast OH) Alumni Cleveland OH
Columbus (Central OH) Alumni Columbus OH
Denver Area Alumni Association Denver CO
Greater Akron Ohio Alumni Association Akron OH
Greater New Orleans Alumni Marrero LA
Green Valley Alumn Green Valley AZ
Colorado Alumni Boulder CO
Hammond, Louisiana Alumni Hammond LA
Hilton Head/Savannah Alumni Hilton Head SC
Houston, TX Alumni Houston TX
Indianapolis Alumni Carmel IN
Indianapolis Downtown Alumni Indianapolis IN
Kansas City, Missouri Alumni Overland Park KS
Kent, OH Alumni Middleburg Hts. OH
Los Angeles Alumni Irvine CA
Lubbock Alumni Lubbock TX
National Capital Alumni Chantilly VA
Ohio University Alumni Athens OH
Penn State Alumni State College PA
Phoenix Alumni Phoenix AZ
Portland, OR Alumni Portland OR
Sacramento Alumni Hillsborough CA
Seattle,WA Alumni Seattle WA
Sioux Falls, SD Alumni Sioux Falls SD
Southwest Florida Alumni Naples FL
Tampa, Florida Alumni Riverview FL
Tennessee Delt Alumni Morristown TN
Twin Cities Alumni Association Savage MN

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[edit] External links


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