Other GLOs mentioned in your founding?

[naraht]

I was thinking about the fact that the founding of Alpha Phi Omega in our pledge manual specifically mentions Sigma Alpha Epsilon (7 of our 14 founders of APO were Sigma Alpha Epsilon brothers) and was wondering in which other cases that one GLO would mention another GLO as part of their founding

The ones that I thought likely were
Delta Zeta - mention Dr. Benton's work with Phi Delta Theta
Zeta Phi Beta - mention the efforts of Phi Beta Sigma
Delta Sigma Theta - mention Alpha Kappa Alpha (I didn't say it was a friendly mention)
Gamma Sigma Sigma - would probably mention Alpha Phi Omega
Omega Phi Alpha - definitely would mention Alpha Phi Omega

Any others?

[SWTXBelle]

Gamma Phi Beta - "Instead of joining the two-year-old Alpha Phi, Frances (E. Haven) asked three friends to assist her in organizing a new women's society. They south the advice and help . . . and members of two existing fraternities."
-" A Lifetime of Gamma Phi Beta" - 2012

[Gusteau]

Delta Chi was founded as a response to Phi Delta Phi dominating the politics of the Law School at Cornell.

The school year of 1889-90 began with conversations of starting a new law fraternity, but, as school work increased, the idea was put off until the spring semester. Two incidents have been credited with providing the impetus for renewed interest in the founding of what was to become Delta Chi. One was the election of a Phi Delta Phi as the Law School Editor of the Cornell Daily Sun (the student newspaper) and the second was the election of the law school junior class president. in the case of the class presidency, Alphonse Derwin Stillman had done some campaigning for a student named Irving G. Hubbard and was unaware of any effort being made in anyone else's behalf. When the voting results were in, Charles Frenkel, a Phi Delta Phi, was declared the winner. That caused Stillman to start "asking around." It appears that what he found was a law school which was dominated by one small, closely knit group -- Phi Delta Phi.

http://deltachi.org/history/index.php

[badgeguy]

Beta Theta Pi was founded as a response to Alpha Delta Phi, Sigma Chi was founded as a response to Delta Kappa Epsilon.

Chi Omega was founded by women with direct help from a Kappa Sigma, as did the old Sigma Iota Chi have ties to Kappa Sigma.

Sigma Phi and Delta Phi were founded as a result of Kappa Alpha Society.

Is this what you mean?

BG

[LaneSig]

Originally Posted by badgeguy

Sigma Chi was founded as a response to Delta Kappa Epsilon.

Sigma Chi was founded by 6 members of Delta Kappa Epsilon (plus one independent) after a dispute in the DKE chapter at Miami(OH) that could not be resolved. Not as a response to DKE.

[DubaiSis]

Alpha Xi Delta was founded with the intention of becoming a chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma. When we decided to go it alone, we added gold to the Kappa colors of light and dark blue. Also, Sigma Nu was instrumental in helping Alpha Xi Delta establish itself. There's a super cute picture on Page 4 of The Quill.
http://www.alphaxidelta.org/clientup...lwin06full.pdf

And by the way, in a month or so, when we start getting the annual "I want to start my own sorority" threads, take heed: virtually every NPC sorority and NIC fraternity (and probably the NPHC as well) have another sorority or fraternity who helped. Bitter and alone is no way to start a successful sorority.

[amIblue?]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

Alpha Xi Delta was founded with the intention of becoming a chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma. When we decided to go it alone, we added gold to the Kappa colors of light and dark blue. Also, Sigma Nu was instrumental in helping Alpha Xi Delta establish itself. There's a super cute picture on Page 4 of The Quill.
http://www.alphaxidelta.org/clientup...lwin06full.pdf.

I did not know this. Very cool.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by amIblue?

I did not know this. Very cool.

Until about 4 years ago, it was on their national website. AOII used to include a story in our history about KKG in our founding, too. When women were first admitted to Barnard, all women students were invited to join the Kappa chapter that soon formed. After a few years, the number of members had gotten so large that the chapter began restricting membership. When the 4 Founders of AOII matriculated, the story goes that all were given bids to Kappa but Stella George Stern. The other three refused their bids and a year later formed Alpha Omicron Pi. The story has disappeared from our founding history over the years with the emphasis being placed on the bond of friendship between the four women.

[Sciencewoman]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

Bitter and alone is no way to start a successful sorority.

This reminded me of the immortal words of Dean Wormer in Animal House: "Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."

[KillarneyRose]

Originally Posted by Sciencewoman

This reminded me of the immortal words of Dean Wormer in Animal House: "Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son."

What you read DubaiSis' post? I thought the exact same thing!

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

Alpha Xi Delta was founded with the intention of becoming a chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma. When we decided to go it alone, we added gold to the Kappa colors of light and dark blue. Also, Sigma Nu was instrumental in helping Alpha Xi Delta establish itself. There's a super cute picture on Page 4 of The Quill.
http://www.alphaxidelta.org/clientup...lwin06full.pdf

And by the way, in a month or so, when we start getting the annual "I want to start my own sorority" threads, take heed: virtually every NPC sorority and NIC fraternity (and probably the NPHC as well) have another sorority or fraternity who helped. Bitter and alone is no way to start a successful sorority.

When we were chartered, our local Alpha Xi Delta chapter, which was founded about the same time as ours, gave us a really nice framed picture with an excerpt from what I'm assuming is one of Alpha Xi's main history books, commemorating that shared bit of history.

Within our chapter, it seems a disproportionate number of our brothers have ended up marrying Alpha Xis.

[pas]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

And by the way, in a month or so, when we start getting the annual "I want to start my own sorority" threads

HAHAHAHA. I'm sorry, but I wish I could give you a hug right now. This is so true. hahahahaha.

[naraht]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

And by the way, in a month or so, when we start getting the annual "I want to start my own sorority" threads, take heed: virtually every NPC sorority and NIC fraternity (and probably the NPHC as well) have another sorority or fraternity who helped. Bitter and alone is no way to start a successful sorority.

True, but I think the difference needs to be mentioned as well. There is an outside possibility that a small group of men can successfully drive the creation and extension of a social fraternity to the point where it becomes a member of the NIC. The NPC, OTOH,...

[thetalady]

Kappa Alpha Theta was founded after Bettie Locke Hamilton was invited to wear the badge of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity. She asked if this meant that she would be a fully initiated member of the fraternity. She was told "No." She refused the badge and became determined to establish the first Greek letter fraternity specifically for women. There is a special bond between Theta and Phi Gamma Delta because of this beginning.

In addition, Bettie Locke's father was a Beta Theta Pi. He helped her study and establish the foundations of Kappa Alpha Theta.

[OKXBumblebee]

Delta Gamma alumna had a major hand in Omega Kappa Chi's founding.

Two of our founding mothers are alumna and when they went back to school to become nurses, they met and found the mutual connection. They wanted to give girls at the Community College the opportunity to pursue sorority membership as they had, and that started it all.