How Old Are the Nationals AT YOUR SCHOOL?
 

With Kappa Sig being kicked out, I realized that they're the 2nd oldest National fraternity at SDSU, so I was thinking:

What I mean is, what year did the first National GLOs come to your school?

I forget the dates, but the first three National Fraternities at San Diego State are Theta Chi, then Kappa Sigma, then in 1948, Delta Sigma Phi :cool:

The first GLO was started in 1962 here...
It was either Kappa Sigma or Sigma Nu (I can't remember) The first Sorority was Pi Beta Phi is 1963!


TG

These are the years the current nationals came on campus at Thiel College:

Fraternities
Sigma Phi Epsilon- 1948
Alpha Chi Rho- 1958
Kappa Sigma- 1996
Delta Sigma Phi- got their charter back this past spring :)

Sororities
Chi Omega- 1950
Sigma Kappa- 1954
Alpha Xi Delta- 1959
Zeta Tau Alpha- 1964

I don't know about the previous nationals that lost their charters... I only have info on the ones currently on campus!

1st fraternity: Sigma Phi Epsilon- begun as local Phi Delta Sigma in 1965, installed as Sig Ep in 1973

1st sorority: Delta Zeta- installed March 1975



All greek organizations began as off-campus org's. Women were not admitted to the University until 1963. Fraternities, as members of IFC were recognized by the University as student social orgs. in 1985. Sororities became recognized in 1990.

Iowa State

First fraternity to be installed: Delta Tau Delta (July 17, 1875)

First sorority to be installed: IC Sorosis (Pi Beta Phi) (May 11, 1877)

I have no idea about the fraternities at my school, except that many of them are well over 100 years old.

Sororities:
Alpha Phi - 1984
Alpha Chi Omega - 1986
Sigma Kappa - 1988
Kappa Alpha Theta - 1991
Alpha Epsilon Phi - 1995 (originally a local sorority founded in 1993)

Fraternities:
Sigma Beta Chi (1951)
Sigma Phi Epsilon (1965)
Lambda Chi Alpha (1973)
Kappa Sigma (1980)
Chi Phi (1988)

Sororities:
Alpha Sigma Tau (1976) -- First National Sorority in San Antonio and on campus
Sigma Sigma Sigma (1987)
Delta Zeta Sorority in (1989)
Alpha Phi (1997)

TKE and Pi Kappa Phi were found on the same day and year at Valdosta State in 1959.

The first sororities were ADPi and KD in 1958

U. of Kansas:

First Fraternity: Beta Theta Pi (1873)
First Sorority: Pi Beta Phi (1881)

frist fraternity was Alpha Chi Rho in 1970's
I think the first sorority was Tri-Sig or Sigma Kappa or Delta Zeta is old here too i'm not sure.

University Of Michigan
 

First National Fraternities
Chi Psi
Beta Theta Pi
Alpha Delta Phi..... all officially recognized in 1850, but were around since 1845.

First National Sorority
Kappa Alpha Theta....1876

West Georgia
 

Aloha Gamma Delta was chartered April 1971. DDD, Phi Mu, XO, and KD probably were about the same time. AXiD was about 10 years ago.

The Fraternities probaby were chartered around the same time as the sororities, but some of them have been recharted at least once.


AGD was a local sorority first, not sure about the others.:)

I think the oldest fraternity at UCF is either Kappa Sig or SAE. I think their founding dates are 1968. Not 100%.

As for sororities, ZTA was first in 1971. I think Tri-Delta, ADPi, KD, DG, and Pi Phi followed a few years after. AZD was founded in the 80's or early 90's. ChiO colonized in 1998. Theta just recently colonized in the fall of 2000. KKG will be here this fall.

First fraternity founded at ECU was Phi Sigma Pi in 1929. Mine, Alpha Phi Omega, was second on campus in 1953, then came Kappa Sigma in 1956.

The first sorority was Sigma Sigma Sigma. Not too sure on tne year, though.

The oldest sorority at Clarion is DZ, except when they started they were Theta Sigma Epsilon (I believe) which merged with DZ. Tri-Sigma is 3 years younger and they have been Tri-Sigma the whole time. :)

The oldest fraternity is Sigma Tau Gamma and the oldest continuous fraternity is Theta Chi.

Re: How Old Are the Nationals AT YOUR SCHOOL?
 

University of British Columbia Sororities:
Delta Gamma - 1928
Gamma Phi Beta - 1928
Alpha Phi - 1929
Kappa Kappa Gamma - 1929
Alpha Gamma Delta - 1930
Alpha Delta Pi - 1931
Alpha Omicron Pi - 1931-1985 -inactive
Delta Phi Epsilon - 1946
Kappa Alpha Theta - not sure when it was chartered, now inactive.

California State University Dominguez Hills
 

NPC Sorority:
Phi Sigma Sigma-Est. 1913
Chartered at DaHills March 24, 2001!!! (Iota Gamma Chapter)

IFC Fraternity:
Sigma Pi-Est. 1897
Chartered at DaHills in 1989 (Eta Iota Chapter)

I know we have some NPHC Orgs... But not sure as to which ones are still recongized by the school...

The other greeks are Latino/a based orgs.

AT IOWA...
 

When each org was recognized at Iowa:


Sororities:
AXO - 1911
ADPi - 1915
APhi- 1961
AXiD - 1912
XO - 1919
Tri-Delt - 1904
DG- 1886
DZ - first recognized in 1913 , left campus after 98/99 school year (righ after our 85th year at Iowa :(), returned in fall of 2000 :D
GPhiB - 1915
KAT - 1926
KKG - 1882 *2nd Oldest*
*PiPhi - 1882*Oldest Sorority at Iowa*
ZTA - 1922

Fraternities:
Acacia - 1909
AEPi - 2000
AKL - 1989
ATO - 1915
*Beta - 1866*Oldest Fraternity at Iowa*
DX - 1912
DU - 1925
KS - 1967
LXA - 2001
FIJI - 1873
PhiPsi - 1867 *2nd Oldest* though i think they left campus and returned
PKT - 1914
Pike - 1929
SAE - 1905
SAM - 1985
SX - 1897
SN - 1893
SigEp - 1917

I know at U of Alabama our first fraternity on campus was DKE. I am pretty sure it came to our campus in 1844. Our other fraternites on campus weren't too far behind DKE. Our first sorority i think was 1904, i am pretty sure that is the right date. I am pretty sure that it was either KD or ADPi
Heather~

Sororities:
Sigma Sigma Sigma: Early 70s
ASA: 1979
AST: Soon after ASA
Phi Sigma Sigma: 1988
D Phi E: 1991

Locals have been around awhile:
Delta Epsilon Beta: 1966
Theta Tau Omega: 1970
Phi Iota Chi: 1974
Chi Theta Pi: 1986

Fraternities:
Who the heck knows!!!

at U of Windsor:

Fraternities:
Delta Chi - 1971
Pi Lambda Phi - 1985 (?)
Sigma Chi - 1993 (?)

Sororities:
Phi Sigma Sigma - 1981
Delta Zeta - 1991

Zeta Psi was the first national fraternity.

Bare with me, this is a long list

History of Iowa State's Greeks

Delta Tau Delta, 1875-1894, not sure when they started again (now active)
Pi Beta Phi, 1877-1891, 1906
Delta Delta Delta, 1889-1891, 1912
Phi Gamma Delta, 1907
Sigma Nu, 1904-1998
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 1905
Beta Theta Pi, 1905
Adelante (local), 1907
Alpha Tau Omega, 1908
Kappa Delta, 1908
Kappa Sigma, 1908
Theta Xi, 1909
Acacia, 1909-1992, 1999
Phi Sigma Kappa, 1911-1939
Pi Kappa Alpha, 1913-1995, 1998
Phi Delta Theta, 1913
Phi Kappa Psi, 1913-1999
Alpha Gamma Rho, 1914
Tau Kappa Epsilon, 1915
Sigma Phi Epsilon, 1916
Sigma Chi, 1916
Lambda Chi Alpha, 1917
Alpha Gamma Delta, 1917
Gamma Phi Beta, 1918
Theta Delta Chi, 1919
Alpha Sigma Phi, 1920-?, 1996
Sigma Kappa, 1921
Chi Phi, 1922-1974
Sigma Pi, 1922-1943, 1992
Chi Omega, 1922
Theta Chi, 1922
Delta Chi, 1923-2001
Phi Kappa Theta, 1924
Phi Omega Pi, 1924-1934
Zeta Tau Alpha, 1926-1939, 1970-1998
Farmhouse, 1927
Delta Sigma Phi, 1927
Phi Kappa Tau, 1928-1999
Pi Kappa Phi, 1929
Delta Zeta, 1931
Alpha Chi Rho, 1932-1972
Kappa Kappa Gamma, 1946
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., 1947
Kappa Alpha Theta, 1948
Beta Sigma Psi, 1949
Alpha Kappa Lambda, 1961
Alpha Chi Omega, 1961
Triangle, 1964
Alpha Omicron Pi, 1968
Alpha Xi Delta, 1969
Alpha Phi, 1977-1998
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., 1977
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., 1982
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., 1984
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc., 1984
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., 1988
Sigma Lambda Beta, 1993-2000
Sigma Tau Gamma, 1993-1994
Phi Beta Chi, 1994
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., 1996-1999
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., 1996

:) GO GREEK :)

I'm not going to do a lot of homework, but Beta Chapter of Delta Tau Delta was chartered at Ohio University in 1862 and has been continuously active ever since.

I don't believe we were the first at the university, however.

Like Sheila said:

Our oldest sorority is DZ - around 1930's

Phi Sig was stated as Beta Xi Omega in 1968 and Phi Sigma Sigma in 1971...

I did my homework!
 

***The dates listed indicate the earliest registration date as a campus org, NOT the charter date. Info was taken from UCSD's student orginzation website.
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NPC 01/10/1981
:D :D :D05/25/1978 Sigma Kappa:D :D :D Charter date 6/3/1978 Very few groups on campus are older than SK. In fact, no other Greek letter group is older. That's including all the honorary groups! UCSD was est in 1964. One of the few older groups is the Surf Club. ;) Gotta love La Jolla!
05/01/1985 Kappa
11/11/1985 DG
03/02/1987 Pi Phi
01/31/1989 Tri Delta
01/21/1991 XO
02/04/1992 AXO
02/03/1994 Theta
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IFC 09/30/1985
09/22/1985 Delta Sig
10/01/1985 SAM
10/10/1985 SAE
10/10/1985 Sigma Nu
10/12/1985 TKE
09/23/1987 Sig Ep
03/07/1988 Sigma Chi
01/30/1992 FIJI
02/16/1996 PIKE
03/04/1997 AEII
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03/14/2001 Multi-Cultural Greek Council (formerly United Greek Council)
--Sororities
01/16/1992 aKDPhi (Asian)
10/14/1994 KZPhi (Asian)
10/08/1997 Phi Lambda Rho (Latina)
01/27/2000 Lambda Theta Nu (Latina)
04/19/2002 Tau Gamma Alpha (Jewish)
...
--Fraternities
11/13/1991 Lambda Phi Epsilon (Asian)
01/27/1992 Psi Chi Omega (Asian)
10/17/1997 NAK (Hispanic)
10/03/2000 Pi Alpha Phi (Asian)
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NPHC
01/29/1988 APhiA
10/11/1991 SGRho
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Service
10/16/1992 APhiO
01/25/2002 Chi Gamma Phi Service Sorority
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05/25/1988 Order of Omega
11/07/1988 AKPsi (Business Fraternity but very popular org.)
10/12/2000 ??? Phi Theta Tau ???

Get out of here!! When was Zetes founded at Bloom? I thought for sure that a local was before you all :)

Some of this UBC info (active sorority chapters) i srepeat info, so bear with me... I had no idea how big UBC's greek system was

Active Sororties:
Alpha Gamma Delta-1930
Alpha Delta Pi-1931
Alpha Phi-1929
Delta Gamma-1928
Delta Phi Epsilon-1946
Gamma Phi Beta-1928
Kappa Kappa Gamma-1929

I'm not sure how correct these dates are because I always thought that Kappa was UBC's 1st sorority

Active Fraternities:
Alpha Delta Phi-1926
Alpha Epsilon Phi-2000(?)
Beta Theta Pi-1936
Delta Kappa Epsilon-1949 (recolonized 2001)
Kappa Sigma-1941
Sigma Chi-1949
FIJI-1929
Phi Delta Theta-1930
Psi Upsilon-1935

Inactive Sorority Chapters:
Alpha Omicron Pi: 1931-1985
Kappa Alpha Theta: ?-1980

Inactive Fraternity Chapters:
Alpha Tau Omega: 1947-?
Delta Upsilon: ?-1972
Zeta Beta Tau: 1942-1972
Zeta Psi: 1926-?
Lambda Chi Alpha: 1950-1962
Sigma Alpha Mu: 1949-?
Phi Kappa Pi: 1924-1974
Phi Kappa Sigma: 1936-1984

I got these dates off the Canadians Go Greek website

The oldest sororities at my school were Delta Delta Delta and Sigma Sigma Sigma. But Tri-Delt was closed in 1998 or 99. I am not sure which Fraternity was first, but it was probably Sigma Chi or Lambda Chi.

For Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, PA:

W&J was actuallys two seperate colleges (the earliest of which was founded in 1781) that merged in 1865 and went coed in 1972

Fraternities:

Beta Theta Pi 1842 (oldest fraternity chapter in North America in continuous existance)
Phi Gamma Delta 1848 (founding chapter)
Phi Kappa Psi 1852 (founding chapter)
Phi Kappa Sigma 1854
Delta Tau Delta 1861 (oldest Delt chapter in continuous existance - I think)
Phi Delta Theta 1875
Alpha Tau Omega 1882
Zeta Beta Tau 1962

Several of these are hanging on by their fingernails due to lack of members or behavior.

Gone, but not forgotten:

Sigma Chi 1858-1869
Delta Kappa Epsilon 1858-1865
Delta Upsilon 1858-1870
Theta Delta Chi 1858-1872
Sigma Phi Epsilon 1902-1906
Alpha Sigma Phi 1925-1935
Pi Lambda Phi 1948-1985
Lambda Chi Alpha 1919-2000
Kappa Sigma 1898-2001

Sororities:

Pi Beta Phi 1978
Delta Gamma 1978
Kappa Kappa Gamma 1988
Kappa Alpha Theta 1988

Jeff in Cincinnati

Sororities
Alpha Theta Chi - 1989 (still Local)
Theta Phi Alpha - 1991 (formerly Pi Alpha Chi-local, went back to being local in Fall of 1999 and changed name to Theta Phi Beta)
Delta Phi Epsilon - 1992 (formerly Alpha Xi Omega-local)
Phi Sigma Sigma - 1994 (formerly Sigma Phi Upsilon-local)

Fraternities
Theta Chi - May 17, 1969, rechartered April 27, 1991
Tau Kappa Epsilon - unsure, kicked off campus years ago
Kappa Delta Xi - 1988 (still Local)
Delta Zeta Chi - 1990, inactive in June 1995

My Chapter of Delta Gamma, Beta, was established on the University of Washington campus in 1903. I believe this was the first, but I know G Phi B was right around there too.

Foundings at the University of Akron

NPC Sororities:

Kappa Kappa Gamma - 1877
Delta Gamma - 1879
Alpha Gamma Delta - 1922
Alpha Delta Pi - 1938
Alpha Phi - 1986

IFC Fraternities:

Delta Tau Delta - 1873 (was only on campus a year though....came back in 1972)
Phi Delta Theta - 1875
Lambda Chi Alpha - 1919
Theta Chi - 1942
Phi Sigma Kappa - 1942
Tau Kappa Epsilon - 1948
Phi Kappa Tau - 1983
Sigma Nu - 1984
Phi Gamma Delta - 1986
Sigma Alpha Epsilon - 199_ (can't remember for sure)

Not sure about the NPHC and our Local Fraternity.

i only know the founding dates for the sororities at syracuse so here goes:

alpha epsilon phi - 1919
alph xi delta - 1904
alpha chi omega - 1906
alpha phi - 1872
delta gamma - 1901
delta delta delta - 1896
gamma phi beta - 1874
kappa alpha theta - 1890
kappa kappa gamma - 1890
pi beta phi - 1896
phi sigma sigma - 2001
sigma delta tau - 1946

There was a state wide ban on national organization on the SUNY systems until the late 70s. I do know that many org. was in Buff State in the early 1900s. We have two chapters that are the Sigma chapter (Alpha Sigma Tau) and the Rho chapter (Sigma Tau Gamma). I do believe they were disolved due to the SUNY ruling on national fraternities. The two are active in BUff State again.

As for the oldest contitious fraternity, it's Sigma Phi Epsilon (1979)
Sorority, I believe it's AST, also around the same year. They came after the ban was lifted.

The first national fraternity to come to my school was SAE in 1881. They are still here, but I don't think it's been a continuous presence.

The first national sorority to come on campus was Chi O, which got here in - I want to say - 1928. They were followed by Tri Delt and Phi Mu in the 1930s. After that, we didn't get any new national sororities until the 1970s, and 2 new chapters in the 1990s.

I am not sure about the fraternities, but NPC sororities at USC:

Kappa Alpha Theta - 1887
Alpha Chi Omega - 1895
Pi Beta Phi - 1917
Delta Delta Delta - 1921
Delta Gamma - 1922
Alpha Delta Pi - 1925
Gamma Phi Beta - 1938
Alpha Phi - 1945
Kappa Kappa Gamma - 1947

and, although no longer there:
Chi Omega - 1945
Sigma Kappa - 1989

USC also had chapters of
AGD
DZ
KD
Phi Sigma Sigma
AEPhi
DPhiE
ZTA
Phi Mu

according to a 1947 yearbook I have.

RHIT
 

Alpha Tau Omega - 1893
Sigma Nu - 1895
Lambda Chi Alpha - 1900 (locally as PIES, then joined Theta Kappa Nu in 1925, which merged with LCA in 1939)
Theta Xi - early 1900's their webpage doesn't say. they're the kappa chapter though, and the frat. was founded in 1860's.
Triangle - website can't be found, but i think it was like 1966
Phi Gamma Delta - 1969
Delta Sigma Phi - can't find it, late 70's or early 80's though
Pi Kappa Alpha - 1988
Chi Omega - 1996
Delta Delta Delta - 1997 i think, can't find it either

women have been on my campus for 7 years, so that's why the young sororities. there were other local frats before, in the early 1900's but mine is the only one that survived.

My school is relatively young...but i'm PROUD to say we are growing!

Sororities- (PC):
Alpha Omicron Pi- 2001
Alpah Xi Delta- 1993
Delta Phi Epsilon-1989
Delta Phi Omega- colony
Omega Beta Phi- 2000 (local)
Phi Mu- 1988
Phi Sigma Sigma- 1984
Sigma Lambda Gamma- 2000,colony
Sigma Sigma Sigma- 1991

Fraternities- (IFC):
Alpha Epsilon Pi- 2002, colony
Beta Kappa Gamma- 2002 (local)
Lambda Chi Alpha- 2001, colony
Lambda Theta Phi- 1997
Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI)- 1998, colony
Phi Kappa Sigma- 1996
Phi Sigma Kappa- 1991
Pi Kappa Alpha- 1994
Pi Kappa Phi- 2001
Sigma Alpha Mu- 1991
Sigma Phi Epsilon- 1987
Tau Kappa Epsilon- 1988

(i dunno about dormant or expelled chapters though....)