Delta Phi Epsilon (professional)
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| Motto | Latreuo |
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| Founded | January 25, 1920 at Georgetown University |
| Type | Professional |
| Scope | National |
| Headquarters | Post Office Box 25401 Washington, D.C. (202) 337-9702, USA |
| Chapters | 3 active |
| Homepage | Delta Phi Epsilon |
Delta Phi Epsilon (ΔΦΕ) is the name given to several college fraternities and sororities.
Delta Phi Epsilon is the first and only national professional foreign service fraternity and sorority. Founded at Georgetown University on January 25, 1920, the fraternity's mission is to promote good fellowship among persons studying or engaged in foreign service. The Alpha chapter went on to colonize at many other universities throughout the country, although many chapters have since become inactive due to the fraternity being identified with "The Establishment" during the Vietnam War era and subsequent decline in interest in foreign service. Currently active chapters are Georgetown's Alpha chapter, The George Washington University's Eta Chapter, and University of California, Berkeley's Epsilon Chapter. Several other chapters are currently in the process of being chartered and re-chartered.
The current president of Alpha Chapter is Edward W. Duffy. The current president of Delta Phi Epsilon's national board is Richard B. Beal.
Notable alumni of the Eta Chapter at Washington, D.C.'s The George Washington University include: Ambassador Edward "Skip" Gnehm, a well-known ambassador and former Director General of the Foreign Service; Kenneth Starr, a former Solicitor General of the United States who gained national recognition for his investigations of President Bill Clinton during his second term; as well as Robert Ames Alden, a former National Press Club president.
Alpha Chapter has inducted several notable Georgetown faculty members as National Brothers, including former U.S, Ambassador and Deputy Secretary of State Howard Schaffer, former Ford executive Philip Karber who also served as Special Advisor to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and renowned Jesuit scholar Father Thomas King.
Delta Phi Epsilon is a true fraternity in that it is all male, but in 1973 the Alpha Chapter of Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority was founded at Georgetown University. Since its creation, the sorority has grown to include chapters at several additional universities and has inducted notable national sisters of its own, including former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
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[edit] Founding
The Four Founders of the fraternity are Alfred O. Arsenau, Wesley O. Ash, Samuel C. Bartlett, and T.J. Patrick O'Connell. The first three men, undergraduates in Georgetown University's then new School of Foreign Service, at first held in common only their experience in overseas military service and their interest in careers in foreign service. Later, they were drawn closer together by their common vision for a professional foreign service fraternity to meet the needs of future graduates of the School of Foreign Service and others in the field. Another undergraduate, T.J. Patrick O'Connell, was found soon after to have developed a similar vision independently, which he discussed with Arsenau.
Later these men joined with seven interested undergraduates, (future Brothers Sandager, Butts, Ash, MacKenzie, Brooks, Sullivan Scott, and Bates), and signed the Articles of Agreement to soon establish a fraternity. After a name for the fraternity was chosen and officers nominated, Delta Phi Epsilon Foreign Service Fraternity was founded at the Catholic Community House on E Street on January 25, 1920.
[edit] Renewal and Hope
Most reassuring for Delta Phi Epsilon is Alpha Chapter's longevity and continuity as guardian of the fraternity's spirit and its status as the longest-lived active chapter. The driving force behind Alpha's vitality is Br. National Secretary Terrence J. Boyle Al-'63.
The current trend towards chapter re-activation began with the short lived re-activation of Gamma Chapter at Boston University in May 1993. More promising are the re-activation of Epsilon Chapter in 2003 at the University of California at Berkeley, albeit as a co-ed fraternity, and the re-activation of Eta Chapter in November 2005 at George Washington University. The fraternity is confident the momentum of this trend will continue into the future.
[edit] Chapter Roll
@ denotes active chapter
January 25, 1920, Alpha Chapter at the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington, DC @
December 30, 1920, Beta Chapter at the School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance, New York University, New York, NY
May 22, 1922, Gamma Chapter at the School of Business Administration, Boston University, Boston, MA
March 24, 1923, Delta Chapter at the College of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
April 1, 1923, Epsilon Chapter at the College of Commerce, University of California, Berkeley, CA @
February 3, 1924, Zeta Chapter at the School of Commerce and Finance, University of Detroit - Mercy, Detroit, MI
December 15, 1929, Eta Chapter at the Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University, Washington, DC @
March 11, 1939, Theta Chapter at the School of Business, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
April 29, 1939, Iota Chapter [1] at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
April 1, 1962, Iota Chapter [2] at the Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
May 14, 1949, Kappa Chapter at The Leland Stanford, Jr., University, Palo Alto, CA
May 15, 1949, Lambda Chapter at The American Institute for Foreign Trade, Phoenix, AZ
November 19, 1955, Mu Chapter at the Michigan State University, Lansing, MI
April 8, 1964, Nu Chapter at the University of Michigan, Ann Harbor, MI.
May 25, 1966, Xi Chapter at Texas Technical College, Lubbock, TX
March 12, 1965, Omicron Chapter at Occidental College, Angeles, CA
December 3, 1967, Pi Chapter at The American University. Washington, DC
February 19, 1971, Rho Chapter at Los Angeles State College, Los Angeles, CA
February 22, 1972, Sigma Chapter at George Pepperdine University, Los Angeles, CA
April 5, 1974, Tau Chapter at Loyola-Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
February 29, 1976, Upsilon Chapter at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
April 25, 1975, Phi Chapter at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Chi (No Chapter yet installed)
Psi (No Chapter yet installed)
February 20, 1976, Omega Chapter at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
[edit] Famous Members
Madeleine Albright (sorority) Alpha Chapter-'91, former United States Secretary of State.[1]
Robert Ames Alden Et-'53, former national press club president.[2]
Boye DeMente La-'52, writer and Japan expert.[3]
Walt Disney De-'50, late film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, and animator.[4]
Edward "Skip" Gnehm Et-'64, former ambassador.[5]
Thomas M. King, S.J. Al-'05, professor of theology at Georgetown University.[6]
Roy S. MacElwee Al-'20, dean of Georgetown School of Foreign Service 1919-1923.[7]
Jesse A. Mann, Al-'68, dean of Georgetown School of Foreign Service 1968-1970.[8]
Grady McMurtry, Ep-'54, late occultist and revivor of Ordo Templi Orientis.[9]
William E. Moran Al-'64, dean of Georgetown School of Foreign Service 1961-1966.[10]
William F. Notz Al-'20, dean of Georgetown School of Foreign Service 1923-1935.[11]
Kenneth Starr Et-'67, former Solicitor General of the United States.[12]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.deltaphiepsilon.net/Sisters_List.html
- ^ http://www.deltaphiepsilon.net/Chapters/Eta/Eta_IV_Directory.html
- ^ http://www.deltaphiepsilon.net/Chapters/Lambda/Lambda_II_Directory.html
- ^ http://www.deltaphiepsilon.net/Chapters/Delta/Delta_IV_Directory.html
- ^ http://www.deltaphiepsilon.net/Chapters/Eta/Eta_V_Directory.html
- ^ http://www.deltaphiepsilon.net/Alpha_Alumni_Directory_IV.html
- ^ http://www.deltaphiepsilon.net/Questions.html
- ^ http://www.deltaphiepsilon.net/Questions.html
- ^ http://www.billheidrick.com/tlc1999/tlc0899.htm
- ^ http://www.deltaphiepsilon.net/Questions.html
- ^ http://www.deltaphiepsilon.net/Questions.html
- ^ http://www.deltaphiepsilon.net/Chapters/Eta/Eta_V_Directory.html
