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Zeta Beta Tau (ΖΒΤ) is a Greek-letter social fraternity based in North America. It was founded on December 29, 1898. Originally a Zionist youth society, its purpose changed from the Zionism of the fraternity's early years when, in 1954, the fraternity became non-sectarian and open to non-Jewish members, changing its membership policy to include "All Men of Good Character" regardless of ...
Alpha Phi Alpha is the first inter-collegiate Greek-letter organization established for Black college students. [2] Convened in December 1905 as a literary society with the first presiding officer being CC Poindexter , it was established as a fraternity on December 4, 1906, at Ithaca, New York .
Lambda Phi Epsilon is a North American Asian-American-Interest fraternity. [1] It has collegiate, graduate, and associate chapters. Associate chapters (colonies) are named for their institutions and are assigned a Greek Letter name once installed or chartered into "full" status as a collegiate chapter.
Greek letters Type Founding date Founding university Headquarters Chapters Total initiates Joined Notes Alpha Phi Alpha: ΑΦΑ: Fraternity December 4, 1906 Cornell University: Baltimore, Maryland: 706 [7] 200,000 [7] 1931 First intercollegiate African American fraternity. Only NPHC organization to be founded at an Ivy League university.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon (ΣΑΕ) is a North American Greek-letter social college fraternity. It was founded at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama , on March 9, 1856. [ 2 ] Of all existing national social fraternities, Sigma Alpha Epsilon is the only one founded in the Antebellum South . [ 3 ]
The University of Michigan's Peninsular chapter was founded on August 5, 1846, and is the oldest continuous Greek-letter fraternity on the campus. [8] Authorized on June 12, 1846, by the President of the Alpha Delta Phi, William Henry Goodrich (Yale 1843), seven members were the first of the chapter to be initiated as brothers.
It was the first Greek-letter fraternity established for women. [1] [2] The organization has 147 chapters at colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. The organization was the first women's fraternity to establish a chapter in Canada. [3] Theta's total living initiated membership, as of 2020, was more than 250,000. [3]
The seven members of Il Circolo Italiano met on October 14, 1914, to discuss becoming a Greek letter organization; they selected the name Alpha Phi Delta. [1] On November 5, 1914, the seven founders met and swore an oath to Alpha Phi Delta, an Italian-heritage fraternity. [3] [1] The fraternity's founders were: [1]