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# of Founders?
Hey, I'm curious how many founders each GLO has.
Alpha Gamma Delta has 11 founders. I've always thought this was more than other GLO's from the ones I've heard about. Marguerite Shepard: Marguerite was our "first" Founder, since she was the first to pledge herself to forming the new Fraternity. Marguerite was conservative, dedicated, conscientious and highly intelligent --- our first Phi Beta Kappa. Estelle Shepard Beswick: Estelle was the first Editor of the Alpha Gamma Delta Quarterly, as well as the first Extension Chairman. She, like her sister, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She had much enthusiasm for every project she undertook and possessed a great sense of humor. Jennie Titus Smith Morris: Jennie was the first president of Alpha Chapter and the first Grand President of the Fraternity. She was the author of a considerable part of the Ritual and contributed to the organization of nine Alpha Gamma Delta chapters. Jennie wore the first Badge and treasured it always. A woman of pioneering spirit, she had a warm personality and a helpful and sincere manner. Georgia A Dickover:A dedicated worker who gave of her time quietly and continuously, Georgia served as the Editor of the Quarterly for two years and as Historian of the Fraternity for eighteen years. Her service in these offices culminated in the preparation of the HISTORY published in 1931. She, together with Edith MacConnell Hickok, compiled some of our Ritual. Georgia was a wearer of the Circle of Epsilon Pi. Ethel Brown Distin:Ethel was the second president of Alpha Chapter, 1905-1906. She was instrumental in developing and installing Beta Chapter. Among her greatest contributions to Alpha Gamma Delta were her loving interest, her close friendships, her loyalty, and the manner in which she imparted those feelings to younger members. She was a natural leader with a charming personality. Edith MacConnell Hickok: Edith wrote several of the early Fraternity songs, including "Initiation Song" and "Autumn Tints." She also worked with Georgia Dickover on the beginning of the Initiation ceremony. Edith led an active life and had a deep interest in social work and religion. She was the mother of the first Alpha Gamma Delta baby. Flora Knight Mayer:Flora had a great musical talent and was the chapter pianist in the early years. She contributed her knowledge and love of music to the development of early Fraternity songs and the importance of music in the Ritual. Flora was a pretty, shy, quiet young woman and only her close friends were aware of her droll sense of humor. Mary Louise Snider:Mary, a deeply compassionate woman, was Alpha Gamma Delta's first missionary, going out under the Board of the Methodist Church to Concepcion College, Concepcion, Chile. She served there for thirteen years, part of which time she was principal of the college. While there, she originated and helped to organize the first summer institute of Epworth Leagues ever held in South America. Grace Mosher Harter:"Midge" was energetic and vivacious. Throughout her college days her home in near-by Parish, New York, was the scene of many happy Alpha Gamma Delta weekend house parties. She helped install Gamma Chapter. Grace's daughter, Margaret Harter Sanders and granddaughter, Susan Dee Sanders, were initiated at the 1964 Convention. Georgia Otis Chipman:Georgia was capable, attractive, and witty. Following her graduation from college she taught in Chatham Episcopal Institute in Virginia. She was the first Business Manager of the Quarterly. Emily Helen Butterfield: Brilliant and filled with vitality, Emily was Michigan's first woman architect. She designed Alpha's chapter house and the buildings for the Alpha Gamma Delta Summer Camp in Jackson, Michigan. Emily designed and wrote the symbolism for our Amorial Bearings. She also designed Amorial Bearings for several other fraternities and was recognized as the foremost authority on fraternity heraldry. The PURPOSE of Alpha Gamma Delta, with its illuminated border, is another of Emily's gifts to the Fraternity. A wearer of the Circle of Epsilon Pi, Emily was the Editor of the Quarterly for seven years. |
TKE has five founders.
Joseph Lorenzo Settles was born November 2, 1871, in the little town of Lexington, seventeen miles northeast of Bloominton, Illinois. He entered Illinois Wesleyan Academy in the fall of 1896, and was known as "Dad" Settles; he was nearly 25 years old at the time. He completed the Academy coursework and enrolled in college coursework, graduating from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1902. After graduation, he served as a minister for the Methodist Episcopal Church for over 18 years. He then served as Assistant Treasurer of teh Methodist Centenary Fund and later moved to Los Angeles as the Executive Secretary for the Los Angeles Rotary Club. Founder Settles remained in Los Angeles until his death on February 15, 1943. James Carson McNutt was born on June 13, 1878, in Herrick, Illinois. McNutt was the first person whom Frater Settles approached with his plan for a new fraternal organization. After graduation in 1901, Frater McNutt taught school in Southern Illinois for a while, and then entered Washington University School of Medicine, receiving his medical degree in 1905. Dr. McNutt engaged in the general practice of medicine, and in 1955, he received the Illinois Medical Society's gold pin for fifty years of active practice. He was a well respected physician who helped to found two nursing schools. McNutt kept an avid interest in the fraternity he helped found, as manifested by attendance at Conclaves, by speaking frequently at Founders' Day and other Teke banquets, and by joining with the other Founders in addressing the Fraternity at large. On May 19, 1962, this last of the Founders joined those who had gone before, dying at the age of 83. Clarence Arthur Mayer, Frater McNutt's roommate, was born on May 18, 1879 at Mt. Pulaski, Logan County, Illinois. Frater Mayer graduated from Illinois Wesleyan in 1902. Mayer was the most colorful of the Founders. He was a musician of great natural ability and exceptional training. His field was the piano and pipe organ. In 1916, he and his wife and Wallace Grieves founded the Springfield College of Music and Allied Arts, of which he continued to be the director until 1926. Frater Mayer never ceased to be an active Teke and along with Founder McNutt, laid down the eight criteria by which a real Teke will always be recognized, and these epitomize the actual creed of the Founders. When Clarence A. Mayer died on August 8, 1960, Tau Kappa Epsilon lost not only a Founder, but an inspiring leader. Owen Ison Truitt was born at Spring Bay, Woodford County, Illinois, a tiny village a few miles north of Peoria, on the east side of the Illinois River, on November 20, 1868. He was therefore thirty years old at the time of the founding. His secondary education was also gained at the Wesleyan Academy. As he and Settles graduated in the same class on June 19, 1902, they must have become well acquainted both in the Academy and as fellow freshman in college, whose life and experience at Wesleyan paralleled. Both were in training for, and after graduation entered the ministry of the Methodist Church, and both held student pastorates. Frater Truitt subsequently served four pastorates all in the Central Illinois Conference. On July 13, 1929, both he and his wife were killed in a automobile accident. He was the first of the Founders of "the Miracle Fraternity" to pass into the Chapter Eternal. C. Roy Atkinson who was always called by his middle name, was born in Bloomington, October 17, 1877, and resided in that city all his life. He entered Illinois Wesleyan in 1896, and graduated in 1900. He was therefore a junior at the time of the founding, and scholastically two years in advance of his fellow Founders. He was a quiet young many, but a fine singer, music being the great accomplishment of his whole life. He had a leading place in many church choirs of Bloomington, and at the time of his death was director of music in the Sunday School of the First Christian Church. He was official organist for the Order of the Eastern Star, and he played for the various functions of the Masonic Lodge. He was also chairman of the music committee of the Kiwanis Club, of which he was a Past President and Charter Member. Frater Atkinson met his death in an automobile accident on September 14, 1930. A peculiarity of his funeral was the absence of vocal music, for the reason that none of the many persons with whom he had sung could trust themselves not to break down during the service. |
AEPhi has seven founders:
Ida Beck Stella Strauss Lee Riess Tina Hess Helen Phillips Rose Gerstein Rose Salmowitz Will post details when I can scare up my pledge manual... |
The 6 founders of Delta Zeta: Julia Bishop, Anne Simmons, Anna Keen, Alfa Lloyd, Mabelle Minton, and Mary Collins :D
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Zeta Tau Alpha has nine founders:
Alice Coleman Ethel Coleman Helen Crafford Mary Jones Maud Jones Della Lewis Ruby Leigh Orgain Frances Yancey Smith Alice Welsh |
SAE has eight founders. Click here for a little info about the history of the Fraternity from the headquarters website. The eight founders were:
Noble Leslie DeVotie (Chief Founder, author of the Ritual) Nathan Elams Cockrell John Barratt Rudulph (designed the badge) John Webb Kerr Samuel Marion Dennis Wade Foster Abner Edwin Patton Thomas Chappell Cook |
Iota Beta Chi has 1 founding mother and 3 founding sisters:
Mother: Gwen-Elizabeth Butler Sisters: Lorraine Wasson Jessica Maddison Kristy Childs http://borg.cs.dal.ca/~bialowas/ibx/...r/founders.jpg L-R: Kristy Childs, Jessica Maddison, Lorraine Wasson and Gwen-Elizabeth Butler at our sorority ball 2000 |
Phi Mu only has 3: Mary Dupont-Lines, Mary Meirick-Daniel, and Martha Hardaway-Redding.
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AOII has four founders
Stela George Stern Perry Helen St. Claire Mullins Jessie Wallace Hughan and Elizabeth Heywood Wyman You can read more about them at http://www.alphaomicronpi.org/conten...tageframe.html We were founded on diversity because three of our four founders were extended bids to a sorority and the fourth was not because of her religous beliefs. They didn't agree with that so they decided to form their own group where people are accepted for who they are!!! :), Sarah |
Those wonderful 14 men.........
These are the 14 men who gave the world Alpha Phi Omega on a cold December 16, 1925 on the campus of Lafayette College at Easton, Pennsylvania. Click on each name to get a history on each.
Lewis Blair Thane Cooley (created handclasp) Ephraim Detwiler Ellsworth Dobson (co-wrote Constitution and By-laws) Donald Fritts Robert Green Herbert Heinrich William Highberger Frank Reed "The Lightbearer" Horton (Main Founder, wrote motto and Ritual) Gordon Looney (co-wrote Constitution and By-laws) George Olsen Everett Probst (designed pin, drew Coat-of-Arms) Donald Terwilliger (still alive!!!) William Wood "In founding Alpha Phi Omega, not only was a new fraternity formed, but also an entirely new type of fraternity was formed ... dedicated to serving others ..." Donald Terwilliger, Founding member, APO "As Scouting is worldwide, so should Alpha Phi Omega be worldwide, gradually in the colleges and universities of all the nations. Alpha Phi Omega can help bring about, through the future statesmen of the world, that standard of manhood and international understanding and friendship that will lead to a better, more peaceful world in which to live and in which to make a living and a life." --Frank Reed Horton, Founder of APO |
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Pi Beta Phi has 12 founders:
Jennie Nicol Rosa Moore Fanny Whitenack Libbey Emma Brownlee Kilgore Clara Brownlee Hutchinson Libbie Brook Gaddis Fannie Ann Thompson Nancy Black Wallace Margaret E. Campbell Inez Smith Soule Ada Bruen Grier Jennie Horne Turnbull If you want to learn more about each you can go to http://www.pibetaphi.org/ourfr/founders.htm . We had to learn all of them plus spelling for our pledge test! They are out of order from the song we learned but if you ever want to learn the founders sing their names to Frere Jaques! Jess |
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"My Brothers in the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity house, where I lived, who were outstanding for high ideals and clean living, were all former Scouts. I felt a college organization should be formed that would strengthen men in these ideals, and give them an opportunity for Leadership experience and for Service to others." |
Ready for a big list??
Delta Upsilon has 30 founders, hopefully I don't mess up: Hall Lilly Page Lyman Wright Phillips Williams Baldwin Kellogg Richards Clarke Clarke Lyman Morgan Noble Sparks Pise Darling Sterling Clisby Tappan Bell Hobart Brown Hills Peabody Brooks Field Lockwood Bross |
Alpha Phi has 10 founders
The "Original Ten" of Alpha Phi are listed below. Alpha Phi was founded at Syracuse University in 1872.
[list=1][*]Clara Bradley Wheeler Baker Burdette[*]Hattie Florence Chidester Lukens[*]Martha Emily Foote Crow[*]Ida Arabella Gilbert DeLamanter Houghton[*]Jane Sara Higham[*]Kate Elizabeth Hogoboom Gilbert[*]Elizabeth Grace Hubbell Shults[*]Rena A. Michaels Atchison [*]Louise Viola Shepard Hancock[*]Clara Sittser Williams [/list=1] In her "Old Girl and Days of '72," written for Alpha Phi's 40th reunion, Clara Burdette wrote: "We thought it would be a fine idea socially to form a circle of sympathetic friends whom we would know personally. We had as our aim the mutual improvement of each other, ever trying to do our best in college work, always keeping a high ideal before us. Never under any circumstances were we to speak disparagingly of a sister. We were to be ever loyal to one another, in joys or sorrows, success or failure, and ever extend a helping hand to our sisters who needed our aid; truly we planned to be a 'Union hand in hand.' " For more information about Alpha Phi's founders see: |
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Chi Omega's Beloved Founders Dr. Charles Richardson occupies a unique place in Fraternity history, a founder of a women's fraternity. As a founder of Chi Omega, he drafted our first ritual and constitution, chose the names of our officers and developed the Eleusinian mysteries as the basis of our esoteric symbolism. In his many writings, Dr. Richardson often said that founding Chi Omega was his most precious accomplishment and the one in which he had the most pride and satisfaction. ~ taken directly from Chi Omega's National Webpage (www.chiomega.com) :) Hootie:D |
Alpha Sigma Alpha has 5 founders:
Virginia Lee Boyd Noell Juliette Jefferson Hundley Gilliam Calva Hamlet Watson Whooton Louise Burks Cox Carper Mary Williamson Hundley. |
Theta has four...
Betty Locke Hamilton #1 Founder (We Love You) Alice Allan Brant Hannah Fitch Shaw Betty Tipton Lindsey |
At nine o'clock in the evening of the eighth day of the eight month in the year 1839, eight earnest young men, all students at Miami University held the first meeting of Beta Theta Pi, in the Hall of the Union Literary Society, an upper room in the old college hall (known as Old Main). The eight founders in the order in which their names appeared in the minutes were:
John Reily Knox 1839 Samuel Taylor Marshall 1840 David Linton 1839 James George Smith 1840 Charles Henry Hardin 1841 John Holt Duncan 1840 Michael Clarkson Ryan 1839 Thomas Boston Gordon 1840 "of ever honored memory" |
TriDelta's founding sisters are:
Sarah Ida Shaw Eleanor Dorcas Pond Isabel Morgan Breed Florence Isabelle Steward Founded at Boston University, Thanksgiving Eve, 1888!:D |
Our ten founding sisters were ten of the first twenty women to attend Syracuse University.
Clara Bradley Burdette Elizabeth Hubbell Shults Florence Chidester Lukens Kate Hogoboom Gilbert Louise Shepard Hancock Ida Gilbert Houghton Martha Foote Crow Jane Sara Higham Rena Michaels Atchinson Clara Sittser Williams |
Hmm...It appears Phi Mu has the fewest.
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Delta Gamma had three founding members.
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We're Special...
Gamma Sig doesn't list all of the ladies involved in the formation of the sorority. Instead, we recognize all the schools they were from.
Those Eight Founding Schools are: Drexel Institute of Technology New York University Brooklyn College Queens College Boston College University of Houston Los Angeles City College Miami University of Ohio Gamma Sig also recognizes those three women at Drexel who coordinated the entire formation by bringing all the schools together~our "Golden Gammas": Barbara Ferraro Marvyn Glover Margaret "Peg" Zimmerman This is an interesting fact for my APO brothers: The national officers of Alpha Phi Omega attended our sorority's first few conventions. Also, our "Golden Gamma" Marvyn was married to an Alpha Phi Omega brother for over 40 years! In Service... |
Delta Gamma was founded in December of 1873 at the Lewis School for Girls in Oxford, Mississippi. Our three founding members are:
Eva Webb Dodd Mary Comfort Leonard Anna Boyd Ellington Our founders then met a Phi Delta Theta from Indiana named George Banta and he helped with the expansion of Delta Gamma in the North. He is DeeGees only male initiate. |
Alpha Xi Delta has 10 founders
Cora Bollinger Block Alice Bartlett Bruner Almira Lowrey Cheney Frances Elizabeth Cheney Betha Cook Evans Eliza Drake Curtis Everton Julia Maude Foster Lucie W. Gilmer Hariett Luella McCullum Lewie Stong Tayler They ranged in age from 16 to 25. One was already a widow. Of the 6 founders who married, 5 married Sigma Nus. |
Alpha Theta Chi had 11 Founding Members and an Advisor
Christina Gausas-Advisor Jennifer Bobb-Petramale Jennifer Davis Kathryn "Kitty" DiNicola Anastasia "Tessie" Giannouris Jill James-Nemer Michelle Jun Angie Klock Nancy Kwon Holly Manssur-Gilmour Anna Stergiopoulos Deanna Vietti-Kline |
5 Founders of D Phi E
Delta Phi Epsilon has five founders:
Dorothy Cohen Schwartzman Ida Bienstock Landau Minna Goldsmith Mahler Eva Effron Robin Sylvia Steireman Cohn We call them the DIMES :) |
You beat me to it! When I was in college, two of our founding sisters were still alive since we were founded in 1917.
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Phi Sigma Sigma was founded Nov 26, 1913 by 10 women of Hunter College, NY.
Lillian Gordon Alpern Josephine Ellison Breakstone Fay Chertkoff Estelle Melnick Cole Jeannette Lipka Furst Ethel Gordon Kraus Shirley Cohen Laufer Claire Wunder Mcardle Rose Sher Seidman Gwen Zaliels Snyder |
Gamma Phi Beta has 4 founders. We were founded in 1874 @ Syracuse University.
Helen M. Dodge Frances E. Haven E. Adeline Curtis Mary A. Bingham |
Lambda Chi Alpha's Founder (yes, that's singular) was Warren A. Cole. Read about our founding here: http://www.lambdachi.org/fraternity/history/tfolca.asp
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Sigma Nu has three founders below are bios I pulled from the history lesson of our new member program.
James Frank Hopkins, Alpha number 1, was born in Ripley, Mississippi, December 30th, 1845, to Colonel John W. Hopkins and Elizabeth Craig. Hopkins family remained in Mississippi until Colonel Hopkins moved the family to Memphis in 1855 to provide better educational opportunities for his children. At the outbreak of teh Civil War, the family again moved to Arkansaas Post near Little Rock. The younger Hopkins, thena boy of fifteen was denied immediate enlistment in the Confederate Army due to his age. Finally, in 1864 he was accepted as a private in a cavalry troop attached to Anderson's Battalion of Fagan's Division. He was an expert horseman, and his skill was put to use when he was assigned to courier duty in several battles in the final years of the war. In 1866, after the end of the war, Hopkins entered VMI in Lexington at the age of 21. 1866 marks the year the fraternity had its spiritual beginning, when Frank Hopkins rebelled against the injustice of hazing being practiced at the Institute. Hopkins is the principal Founder who conceived the idea of a brotherhood of honor, and he served as Lieutenant Commander (VP) of the original Alpha Chapter. He was the designer of the original badge as well. After graduating from VMI, Hopkins pursued his career as a civil engineer back in Arkansas. He went on to serve as County Surveyor, Justice of the Peace, and Director of Schools. His dedication to the principles of Love, Truth and Honor held steadfast throughout his life as he served the Fraternity as its first Vice-Regent and attended Grand Chapters in 1902, 1908 and 1910. On December 15, 1913, Alpha number 1 was laid to rest in the village cemetary at Mablevale, Arkansas. Greenfield Quarles, Alpha number 2, was born in Christian County, Kentucky, April 1, 1847. His father, John M. Quarles, moved the family from Kentucky in 1851, and settled near Helena, Arkansas, where the father became a large planter. Greenfield Quarles entered the Confederate service at sixteen years of age, acting as aide on the staff of his uncle, General William A Quarles. He served with distinction until he was captured in the battle of Franklin (Tennessee) November 30, 1864, after which he was taken to Camp Douglass, near Chicago. He remained there until May 1865, when he was echanged and returned to the South. After his release from prison, young Quarles entered a preparatory school in Toronto, Canada, studying there for a year. In Auguest of 1866, Quarles matriculated to VMI , and soon became a constructive force in the development of the new society envisioned by Frank Hopkins. Quarles having been a prisonor of war, was mature well beyond his years when he entered VMI. In this regard he was looked upon other cadets as a resourceful advisor, and eventually rose to the rank of First Lieutenant. Hi dedication to Sigma Nu remained constant throughout his life, as he became a prime mover in early expansion, notably in granting a charter to Gamma Upsilon Chapter (Arkansas) and attending Grand Chapters in 1902, 1908 and 1919. On January 14, 1921, Alpha number 2 was buried in his hometown of Helena, Arkansas. James McIlvaine Riley, Alpha number 3, was born in St. Louis , MO. Born as the son of a whlesale merchant, the family had a comfortable competence. James "Mac" Riley attended St. Louis University School, then entered VMI in the fall of 1866. From the day he arrived in Leington, Riley was a favorite among cadets of all classes. He possessed charming manners and had an affable disposition. He was a good public speaker and a gifted athlete. He was a member of VMI's first baseball team, which was organized in the fall of 1866, and played 23 games during the year. Riley played second base and served as captain of the team that only lost one game. With Hopkins and Quarles coming from Arkansas, and Riley from the nearby metropolis of the Southwest, the three men became close friends. Riley was elected the first Commander of Alpha Chapter. On May 6, 1911, in St. Louis MO, Founder James McIlvaine Riley was laid to rest. Fraternity members cariied his remains for burial to a plot purchased in Bellefontaine Cemetery by the St. Louis Alumni Chapter in fraternal affection for the founder. LHT Kevin MT 5 University of Central Oklahoma |
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I thought that the founders' affiliations were mentioned in an out of print document called "In the Beginning" but it only lists who the independent was - Lewis Blair.
I know I have seen the SAE's listed in print. It must be in our history CD-ROM. Quote:
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Sigma Kappa was founded at Colby College, Maine, November 9, 1874. The first five women to attend Colby were our founders.
Frances Mann Hall Ida May Fuller Pierce Louise Helen Coburn Mary Caffery Low Carver Elizabeth Gorham Hoag |
Alpha Sigma Kappa Founders
We have 18 Founders.
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Killarny!
You know it's funny, but I think you are correct...that the hall was named after her. I believe Carnation was the one that told me that a while ago...in our thread "Chi-O Trivia." Carnation correct me if I'm wrong!;) Hootie |
I thought I'd post a picture to go with our Founders!
http://www.deltagamma.org/pics/founders.jpg
Anna Boyd, Mary Comfort & Eva Webb |
Here's a picture of Alpha Gamma Delta's 11 forward thinking women:
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~alphagam/AGD...e/founders.jpg |
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