Phi Gamma Delta WAS Ohio State's first fraternity. That was simply a statement that I made.

Typically, Omicron Deuteron would indicate that it was the Omicron chapter (single-letter) that was re-established. FIJI was re-established at Ohio State. I don't know if your GLO names their chapters in the same manner

Added Phi dueteron.

Fixed it, not sure why I was off by 30 years.

It's really a little more complicated than that...
 

TECHNICALLY, those are our "single letter chapters." However, the question NBH was really asking was how many of our oldest chapters are still active, since the oldest chapters in a GLO are usually only designated with one letter.

In our first years, we established the above chapters plus:
Gamma Beta Sigma, St. Mary's (NC) 1909-1910
Kappa Phi, Mt Union 1909-1914
Sigma Phi Epsilon, Brenau 1909-1914
Chi Iota, Hamilton (DC) 1909-1912

Kappa Phi & spe were both released to Tri-Delta in 1914. (Kappa Phi chapter was recolonized in around 2001 and closed in 2004.) Many of the above schools no longer have Greek systems.

ASA reorganized in 1914 with the following 4 chapters:
Alpha - Longwood (still open)
Alpha Alpha - Miami of Ohio (closed)
Alpha Beta - Truman State (still open, oldest continuous)
Alpha Gamma - Indiana U of PA

Our next chapters all were double letters - so instead of having single letter chapters, we really have the 4 above (the only ones allowed to use Alpha at the beginning) and 23 doubles.

Open:
Beta Beta - U of Northern Colorado
Gamma Gamma - Northwestern State U (Oklahoma)
Epsilon Epsilon - Emporia State
Zeta Zeta - Central MO State
Eta Eta - Pittsburg State
Nu Nu - Drexel U
Phi Phi - Northwest MO State
Psi Psi - Northwestern State U (Louisiana)

Closed:
Delta Delta - Ohio U
Theta Theta - Boston U
Iota Iota - Drake U
Kappa Kappa - Temple
Lambda Lambda - Ohio State
Mu Mu - Eastern Michigan U
Xi Xi - UCLA
Omicron Omicron - Kent State
Pi Pi - SUNY-Buffalo
Rho Rho - Marshall U
Sigma Sigma - Western State College (Colorado)
Tau Tau - Fort Hays State
Upsilon Upsilon - Denison U
Chi Chi - Ball State
Omega Omega - San Diego State

The official wording is that the chapter was "released" to PBP. I'm assuming that means that the ASA chapter became a Pi Phi chapter, rather than being absorbed into an already existing Pi Phi chapter at the college. If someone from Pi Phi posts, we can probably figure it out.

I agree. The same holds true with KD and, from what irishpipes posted, AOII as well.

For instance, KD's Kappa Alpha chapter is 16 years older than our Tau chapter.

What about Gamma Beta Sigma, St. Mary's? Do you know anything about them? Were they an official chapter?

Sorry, the cold medicine must be getting to me! :)

The first time I saw that Chapter Designation on our roster it kinda took me aback. I was thinking, "Did an entire chapter of SPhiE get sex changes and we let them keep their fraternity name as a Chapter Desgination?". Yes, I realize that all happened way before sex changes, etc - but it was a random off the wall thought.:D

LOL!!! I love you, AlphaFrog!! Thanks for making my day!:D

Oh crap, I knew I forgot a couple! I was on my slow ass home puter and couldn't pull up my whole list. Editing...

Unfortunately, I don't have time to research this for Delt, but I do know that my chapter, which is Beta, is still active and is the oldest continuously active in the Fraternity, having been founded in 1862.

I did Delta Tau Delta for you, DeltAlum.

I have no idea how naming chapters was done for Delt :confused: but this is what I found:

12 ? active out of 37 45 ?? but Delt's another one that has several very old double-letter chapters (i.e. Beta Lambda @ Lehigh 1874 is active).

Edited according to the 1890 edition of Baird's.

Theta – Bethany College 1859 1860 active
Gamma – West Liberty College 1859 1861-1862
Gamma – Washington and Jefferson College 1861 active
Delta - Morgantown Academy 1861-1862
Beta – Ohio University 1862 active
Epsilon - Franklin College 1863-1863
Alpha – Allegheny College 1863 active
Kappa – Poughkeepsie Collegiate Institute 1865 - 1867
Zeta - Monmouth College 1865-1871
Lambda – Monmouth College 1865 um, no
Mu – Waynesburgh College 1865 - 1866
Mu – Ohio Wesleyan University 1866 active
Kappa – Hillsdale College 1867
Iota – Jamestown Collegiate Institute 1868 - 1871
Chi – Westminster College 1868 1869-1870
Lambda – Lombard College 1869 - 1885
Delta – University of Michigan 1871 nope, 1875
Rho – Lake Shore Seminary 1871 - 1875
Sigma - Franklin College 1871-1882
Zeta - University of Missouri 1872-1872
Upsilon - Illinois University 1872-1878
Phi – Hanover College 1872
Tau – Pennsylvania State 1872 - 1874 active
Chi – Franklin College 1872 uh, no, it was Sigma...see above
Iota – Michigan State 1872
Psi - Wabash College 1872-1879
Eta – Buchtel College 1873
Xi – Simpson College 1873
Psi - Kentucky University 1873-1878
Rho – Stevens Institute of Technology 1874 active
Tau – Franklin and Marshall 1874
Nu – Lafayette College 1874
Chi – Iowa Wesleyan 1874 1875-1880
Sigma – Mt. Union College 1875 - 1884
Omega - Iowa Agricultural College 1875
Epsilon – Albion College 1876 active
Psi – Wooster College 1879
Upsilon – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1879 active
Omicron – University of Iowa 1880
Chi – Kenyon College 1881 active
Sigma - Columbia College 1882-1888
Zeta – Case Western Reserve University 1882 active
Sigma – Williams College 1891
Phi – Washington and Lee University 1896
Omega – University of Pennsylvania 1897 active


Chapters that were originally Rainbow
Pi – University of Mississippi 1848 (1886)
Lambda – Vanderbilt University 1881 (1886)


For God's sake, will some Delt please fix this mess I made of your history! :(

Um, I was only teasing about this, everyone.

DeltAlum, I realize that you didn't post this, but thought you might know. Did your fraternity used to reuse letters? I ask this because I know that Iowa State's Delt Chapter was originally Omega before the ban on Greek Life (1890s). When Greek Life was reinstated (1904) and Delt returned (believe they'd gone underground), they became the Gamma Pi chapter.

Your post got me thinking so I checked in an earlier edition of Baird's and there it was....Omega at Iowa. Then I found a whole lot of discrepancies so I edited my post.

Sorry, Delts! :o

Haha no, I think you're right. A lot of Beta chapters don't exist anymore. I think Kappa's Beta chapter was at a school that closed. Hmm...

Beta Chapters

Alpha Chi Omega - Albion
Alpha Delta Pi - Winstong Salem 1905-1910
Alpha Epsilon Phi - Hunter 1909-1970
Alpha Gamma Delta - Wisconsin
Alpha Omicron Pi - Brown 1908-1908 (the potentially 9th chapter)
Alpha Phi - Northwestern
Alpha Sigma Alpha - Lewisburg (WVA) 1903-1904
Alpha Sigma Tau - Central Michigan
Alpha Xi Delta - Iowa Wesleyan
Chi Omega - Colby (19th? chapter)
Delta Delta Delta - St Lawrence (6th chapter)
Delta Gamma - Washington (27th chapter)
Delta Phi Epsilon - Teachers Colege NYC (1917-1922)
Delta Zeta - Cornell (1908-1932)
Gamma Phi Beta - Michigan
Kappa Alpha Theta - Indiana
Kappa Delta - Chatham Episcopal Institute (1902-1904)
Kappa Kappa Gamma - St. Mary's School (1871-1974)
Phi Mu - Hollins (1904-1929)
Phi Sigma Sigma - Tufts (1918-1922)
Pi Beta Phi - 2nd chapter is Iowa Alpha, Iowa Wesleyan
Sigma Delta Tau - Pennsylvania
Sigma Kappa - a second chapter was founded alongside Alpha at Colby in 1890 or 1891, later merged with Alpha
Sigma Sigma Sigma - Lewisburg Female (1903-1908)
Theta Phi Alpha - Illinois (1919-1953)
Zeta Tau Alpha - Richmond Women's (1902-1903)


I stole this from the other thread....you're right, the Beta name is a bad omen!

Single letter chapters
 

Sigma Delta Tau has 13 of 24 single letter chapters that are still active. Active chapters are highlighted.

ALPHA CORNELL
BETA PENNSYLVANIA
GAMMA OHIO STATE
DELTA BUFFALO
EPSILON CINCINNATI
ZETA LOUISIANA STATE
ETA GEORGIA
THETA NEBRASKA
IOTA MCGILL
KAPPA ILLINOIS
LAMBDA UCLA
MU SOUTHERN CAL
NU MINNESOTA
XI OKLAHOMA
OMICRON WEST VIRGINIA
PI IOWA
RHO ALABAMA
SIGMA NORTHWESTERN
TAU TEXAS
UPSILON INDIANA
PHI PENN STATE
CHI MICHIGAN
PSI MASSACHUSETTS
OMEGA SYRACUSE


Paula M.
Sigma Delta Tau
ΣΔTPatriae Multi Spes Una One Hope of Many People

I'm working on making my list better-updated, but I believe Phi Sigma Kappa has 12 active, 11 inactive, and 1 seceded (Tau chapter at Dartmouth didn't think we were adjusting to the Civil Rights movement quickly enough and is a still-operational co-ed fraternity called "Phi Tau").

Our Alpha is still rockin away at UMass.

That is so awesome. I would love to be a member of a single letter organization. So cool!!!

The organization isn't single-letter -- the chapter is.

Some friendly advice...slow down on your posts, little buddy, it's not a race. ;)

Ahhhhh...I see what's happening -- we're spamming in between "regular" posts. Nice try.

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

Alpha - Cornell - Active
Beta - Howard - Active
Gamma - Virginia Union - Active
Delta - University of Toronto, later moved to Huston-Tillotson - Active
Epsilon - Michigan - Active
Zeta - Yale - Active
Eta - New York Metro - Active
Theta - Chicago Metro - Active
Iota - Morris Brown College - Closed when college lost accreditation
Kappa - Ohio State - Website says active, but I coulda sworn was inactive
Lambda - No Chapter, Alumni Designation
Mu - University of Minnesota - Active
Nu - Lincoln University (PA) - Active
Xi - Wilberforce - Active
Omicron - Pitt - Active
Pi - Case Western Reserve - Active
Rho - Philadelphia Alumni Chapter - Active
Sigma - Boston Metro - Active
Tau - Illinois - Active
Upsilon - Kansas - Active
Phi - Ohio University - Active
Chi - Meharry Medical College - Active
Psi - U Penn - Inactive
Omega - No Chapter, deceased brother designation

Wow, only two inactive....hot.

Tau Kappa Epsilon:

1. Alpha - Illinois Wesleyan University - 1899
2. Beta - Millikin University - 1909
3. Gamma - University of Illinois - 1912
4. Delta - Knox College - 1912
5. Epsilon - Iowa State University - 1915
6. Zeta - Coe College - 1916
7. Eta - University of Chicago - 1917 (inactive)
8. Theta - University of Minnesota - 1917 (inactive)
9. Iota - Eureka College - 1917
10. Kappa - Beloit College - 1917
11. Lambda - University of Wisconsin-Madison - 1917
12. Mu - Carroll College - 1919 (inactive)
13. Nu - University of California, Berkeley - 1919
14. Xi - Washington University - 1920
15. Omicron - The Ohio State University - 1921
16. Pi - Pennsylvania State University - 1922
17. Rho - West Virginia University - 1923
18. Scorpion - Cornell University - 1923
19. Tau - Oregon State University - 1924
20. Upsilon - University of Michigan - 1925 (inactive)
21. Phi - University of Nebraska - 1925/(Rechartered April 2008)
22. Chi - University of Washington - 1926
23. Psi- Gettysburg College - 1926
24. Omega - Albion College - 1926

Sigma Phi Epsilon

1. Virginia Alpha - University of Richamond
2. Virginia Beta - Virginia Commonwealth University
3. Pennsylvania Alpha - Washington & Jefferson College (inactive)
4. Virginia Gamma - Roanoke College (inactive)
5. West Virginia Alpha - Bethany College (inactive)
6. West Virginia Beta - West Virginia University (inactive)
7. Pennsylvania Beta - Jefferson Medical College (inactive)
8. Pennsylvania Gamma - University of Pittsburgh
9. Illinois Alpha - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
10. Colorado Alpha - University of Colorado at Boulder
11. Pennsylvania Delta - University of Pennsylvania
12. South Carolina Alpha - University of South Carolina
13. Virginia Delta - College of William & Mary (inactive)
14. Ohio Alpha - Ohio Northern University
15. North Carolina Beta - North Carolina State University
16. Ohio Beta - Wittenberg University (inactive)
17. Indiana Alpha - Purdue University
18. New York Alpha - Syracuse University
19. Virginia Epsilon - Washington & Lee University
20. Virginia Zeta - Randolph-Macon College
21. Georgia Alpha - Georgia Institute of Technology
22. Virginia Eta - University of Virginia
23. Delaware Alpha - University of Delaware
24. Arkansas Alpha - University of Arkansas

7 inactive chapters out of 24. Prob some mistakes.

13 of Alpha Epsilon Phi’s 24 single-letter chapters are still active.

Alpha October 24, 1909, Barnard College, New York, NY
Beta December 10, 1909, Hunter College, New York, NY
Gamma February 15, 1915, Teacher's College-Columbia University, New York, NY
Delta April 30, 1916, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
Epsilon December 24, 1916, Newcomb College, New Orleans, LA
Zeta April 10, 1917, New York University, New York, NY
Eta June 2, 1917, SUNY Albany, Albany, NY
Theta June 9, 1917, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Iota December 21, 1919, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Kappa February 14, 1920, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Lambda May 1, 1920, Denver University, Denver, CO
Mu May 3, 1920, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
Nu May 5, 1920, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Xi March 19, 1921, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Omicron April 2, 1921, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Pi May 23, 1921, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Rho December 2, 1921, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Sigma December 2, 1921, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Tau May 15, 1923, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Upsilon May 30, 1924, University of Akron, Akron, OH
Phi December 27, 1924, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Chi April 18, 1925, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Psi April 22, 1925, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Omega April 25, 1925, University of Texas, Austin, TX

*Inactive Chapters

Yeah, and the Morris Brown reason is one of the least likely to be within the control of the chapter.

This is kind of a random question, but did the group have a policy about accreditation before Morris Brown or was the response based on what seemed to be the right thing in that case? I had never thought about it before, but I think it makes a lot of sense not to keep chapters open at unaccredited schools. I'd think you'd want to do what you could to encourage folks to transfer quickly.

^^^ If you haven't read In Search of Sisterhood, I highly recommend it. Although it's the story of DST, I consider it a true slice of what each of the first 8 NPHC organizations went through for expansion.

To directly answer your question though, I do believe that we had long had stringent expansion policies in place, including the "rating" of the school. I'm not sure how accreditation worked back then, but if you look at our initial chapters, they were pretty great schools on the whole, and only 7 were HBCUs.

I *think* we wouldn't expand to any school without a certain rating, and that excluded many HBCUs in the early years. However, as discussions were held about the fairness and equity of the rating system, and whether this excluded qualified men who were denied the opportunity to attend "better" schools, whether racially or economically, the system was relaxed.

But never to the point where we'd be allowed to function on unaccredited campuses. The bros from Iota Chapter mostly transferred to Morehouse and Clark-Atlanta with no questions asked.

I don't even know how my own GLO decided/s stuff like this, but I remember expansion being one of the really interesting issues in Bound by a Mighty Vow. After reading that, I was on a little GLO history kick generally and got African American Fraternities and Sororities and something else on the NPHCs, but I haven't read them yet. Now, I'm hoping that In Search of Sisterhood is the other book I ordered.

Pi Kappa Alpha - 18/24 Active (2 have closed within the last few years; 1 - Xi has been rechartered recently)

Alpha - Virginia - Active
Beta - Davidson - Active
Gamma - College of William and Mary - Active
Delta - Birmingham Southern - Closed
Epsilon - Virginia Tech - Active
Zeta - Tennessee - Active
Eta - Tulane - Closed
Theta - Rhodes (formerly Southwestern) - Active
Iota - Hampden-Sydney College - Active
Kappa - Transylvania - Active
Lambda - The Citadel (formerly VMI) - Closed
Mu - Presbyterian College - Active
Nu - Wofford College - Active
Xi - South Carolina - Active
Omicron - Richmond - Closed
Pi - Washington and Lee - Active
Rho - Cumberland - Closed
Sigma - Vanderbilt - Active
Tau - North Carolina (Chapel Hill) - Active
Upsilon - Auburn - Active
Phi - Roanoake - Active
Chi - Sewanee - Closed
Psi - North Georgia College - Active
Omega - Kentucky - Active

Don't you mean 18 of 23?

or...19 of 24!?! since the "Omega" Chapter (deceased) technically is still accepting members!

There's totally 24 letters in the greek alphabet. For realz.

I said 23 because Chi Omega's Omega chapter is not a collegiate chapter. It is reserved for deceased members. A chapter, yes, but apples and oranges.

AH. I was definitely questioning you there... haha! My apologies!

Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.

Alpha - Howard - Active
Beta - Wiley - Active
Gamma - Morgan St. - Active
Delta - Kansas St. - Active
Epsilon - Temple(Originally Philly Metro) - Active
Zeta - Morris Brown - Inactive(MBC lost accreditation)
Eta - NC A&T - Active
Theta - Huston-Tillotson - Active
Iota - Shaw - Active
Kappa - Meharry - Inactive
Lambda - Virginia Union - Active
Mu - Lincoln(PA) - Active
Nu - Central St. - Inactive
Xi - Grambling - Active
Omicron - Claflin - Active
Pi - Fayetteville St. - Active
Rho - Southern - Active
Sigma - Miles - Active
Tau - Louisville - Active
Upsilon - Livingstone - Active
Phi - Philander Smith - Active
Chi - Morehouse - Active
Psi - Clark Atlanta - Active

So your Omega is Chapter Eternal? The women were in ABC chapter but upon death become women of Omega? I like that. The Alpha (beginning) and the Omega (the end).

Yes, in Chi Omega we say upon death a member has "entered the Omega Chapter."

Do others use Omega Chapter? I don't think we invented the term?!

Alpha Gam members enter Chapter Grand, as Omega is at the University of Akron in Akron, Ohio. I rather like that we always remain members of our chapters of Initiation as well as a chapter with all other sisters upon death. Alpha Gams know what I mean :)