# of Single Letter Chapters Still Active?

[AZ-AlphaXi]

For Alpha Xi Delta

Open 14 ... will be 15 when Kappa at Illinois is recolonized next year
Beta - Iowa Wesleyan 1902
Gamma - Mt. Union College 1902
Delta - Bethany College 1903
Epsilon - Univ. Of So. Dakota 1903
Eta - Syracuse 1904
Iota - Univ. Of West Virginia 1905
Kappa - Univ. Of Illinois 1905 - 1995 restablishing in 2008
Nu - Univ. Of Washington 1907 - 1974, 1979
Pi - Ohio Univ. 1911
Rho - Univ. Of Nebraska 1912
Sigma - Univ. Of Iowa 1912
Tau - Univ. Of New Hampshire 1914
Phi - Albion College 1915
Psi - Ohio State 1916
Omega - Stetson 1917

closed - 9

Alpha Lombard/Knox 1893-1973
Zeta Wittenburg 1904 - 1992
Theta Univ. Of Wisconsin 1905 - 1972, 1980 - 199?
Lambda Tufts 1907 - 1957
Mu Univ. Of Minnesota 1907 - 1960, 1983-1986
Xi Univ. Of Kentucky 1908 - 2004
Omicron UC-Berkeley 1909 - 1969
Upsilon Univ. Of Vermont 1915 - 1947
Chi Univ. Of Kansas 1915 - 1935, 1992 - 1998

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

Beta chapters seem doomed.

Our Beta chapter is still going strong .. and in fact enjoys the distinction of actually being older as an organized group than our Alpha chapter. Beta chapter of Alpha Xi Delta was chapter S of PEO until PEO decided to withdraw collegiate chapters.

[OleMissGlitter]

For Alpha Omicron Pi, 10 out of 23.

Active
Omicron-U of TN at Knoxville, 1902-present
Zeta-U of Nebraska, 1903-present
Sigma-California (Berkeley), 1907-present
Delta-Tufts, 1908-present (rechartered In 1987)
Gamma-Maine, 1908-present
Epsilon-Cornell, 1908-present (rechartered in 1989)
Iota-Illinois, 1911-present
Tau-Minnesota, 1912-present
Omega, Miami (OH), 1919-present
Xi-Oklahoma, 1924-1933, then rechartered recently

Inactive
Alpha-Barnard College, 1897-1915
Pi-Newcomb (Tulane), 1898-1976, and then like they were open again in the 1990s I think but closed again.
Nu-NYU, 1900-1961
Kappa-Randolph-Macon, 1903-1960
Theta-DePauw, 1907-1999? (I think it closed within the past 10-15 years)
Beta-Brown, 1908 (never really functioned as a chapter since I believe Brown banned sororities altogether)
Rho-Northwestern, 1909-1973
Lambda-Stanford, 1910-1944 (Stanford discontinued sororities)
Chi-Syracuse, 1914-1958, recharterd in 1985 but closed about 10-12 years later.
Upsilon-Washington, 1915-1995
Eta-Wisconsin, 1917-1942
Psi-Pennsylvania, 1918-1958
Phi-Kansas, 1918-1969, 1980-1996

There has never been a Mu chapter of AOII

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by OleMissGlitter

For Alpha Omicron Pi, 10 out of 23.

Active
Omicron-U of TN at Knoxville, 1902-present
Zeta-U of Nebraska, 1903-present
Sigma-California (Berkeley), 1907-present
Delta-Tufts, 1908-present (rechartered In 1987)
Gamma-Maine, 1908-present
Epsilon-Cornell, 1908-present (rechartered in 1989)
Iota-Illinois, 1911-present
Tau-Minnesota, 1912-present
Omega, Miami (OH), 1919-present
Xi-Oklahoma, 1924-1933, then rechartered recently

Inactive
Alpha-Barnard College, 1897-1915
Pi-Newcomb (Tulane), 1898-1976, and then like they were open again in the 1990s I think but closed again.
Nu-NYU, 1900-1961
Kappa-Randolph-Macon, 1903-1960
Theta-DePauw, 1907-1999? (I think it closed within the past 10-15 years)
Beta-Brown, 1908 (never really functioned as a chapter since I believe Brown banned sororities altogether)
Rho-Northwestern, 1909-1973
Lambda-Stanford, 1910-1944 (Stanford discontinued sororities)
Chi-Syracuse, 1914-1958, recharterd in 1985 but closed about 10-12 years later.
Upsilon-Washington, 1915-1995
Eta-Wisconsin, 1917-1942
Psi-Pennsylvania, 1918-1958
Phi-Kansas, 1918-1969, 1980-1996

There has never been a Mu chapter of AOII

And, because AOII does not name its chapters in order, there are a few double-letter chapters that are older than single-letter ones, so the game doesn't work so well for us. (Although most of the oldest chapters are single-letter.)

[DeltAlum]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

Beta chapters seem doomed.

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.

[Leslie Anne]

I did Delta Tau Delta for you, DeltAlum.

I have no idea how naming chapters was done for Delt 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!

[bluefish81]

Originally Posted by Leslie Anne

I did Delta Tau Delta for you, DeltAlum.

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

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

Theta – Bethany College 1859 active
Gamma – West Liberty College 1859
Gamma – Washington and Jefferson College 1861 active
Beta – Ohio University 1862 active
Alpha – Allegheny College 1863 active
Kappa – Poughkeepsie Collegiate Institute 1865
Lambda – Monmouth College 1865
Mu – Waynesburgh College 1865
Mu – Ohio Wesleyan University 1866 active
Kappa – Hillsdale College 1867
Iota – Jamestown Collegiate Institute 1868
Chi – Westminster College 1868
Lambda – Lombard College 1869
Delta – University of Michigan 1871
Rho – Lake Shore Seminary 1871
Phi – Hanover College 1872
Tau – Pennsylvania State 1872 active
Chi – Franklin College 1872
Iota – Michigan State 1872
Eta – Buchtel College 1873
Xi – Simpson College 1873
Rho – Stevens Institute of Technology 1874 active
Tau – Franklin and Marshall 1874
Nu – Lafayette College 1874
Chi – Iowa Wesleyan 1874
Sigma – Mt. Union 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
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)

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.

[Leslie Anne]

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!

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by DeltAlum

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.

Um, I was only teasing about this, everyone.

[LucyKKG]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

Um, I was only teasing about this, everyone.

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...

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by LucyKKG

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!

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by NutBrnHair

There are 24 letters in the Greek Alphabet -- how many single-letter chapters does your GLO have which are still open/active?

For Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, 10, arguably 12, out of 26 (we've had two Gamma chapters and two Zeta chapters -- I'm not sure how that happened):

Delta -- Ithaca College (1901-present)
Epsilon -- University of Michigan (1902-1967, 1991-present)
Theta -- Syracuse university (1904-1972, 2005-present)
Zeta -- University of Missouri - Columbia (1907-present)
Iota -- Northwestern University (1910-present)
Mu -- University of Oklahoma (1912-present)
Xi -- University of Kansas (1914-1988, 1997-present)
Pi -- Simpson College (1917-present)
Tau -- Kansas State University (1921-1934, 1960-1985, 1999-present)
Phi -- University of Wisconsin - Madison

In addition, our Eta Chapter (Cincinnati College of Music, 1903-1955) and our Omicron Chapter (Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, 1914-1955) merged in 1955 when their hosting institutions merged. The resulting chapter -- Eta-Omicron -- has existed continuously since 1955 and is our only chapter with a "hyphenated" name, which is done to commemorate the chapter's double history.

[luv n tpa]

Theta Phi Alpha (As of Dec 2005)

Active - 3/24
Epsilon - University of Cincinnati
Kappa - University of Pittsburgh
Chi - The Creighton University

Inactive - 21/24
Alpha - University of Michigan
Beta - University of Illinois
Gamma - Ohio State University
Delta - Ohio University
Zeta - Indiana University
Eta - Boston University
Theta - University of Missouri
Iota - University of Kansas
Lambda - Syracuse University
Mu - University of Nebraska
Nu - University of Wisconsin
Xi - University of Iowa
Omicron - University of Denver
Pi - University of California at Los Angeles
Rho - Pennsylvania State University
Sigma - University of Akron
Tau - Marquette University
Upsilon - Loyola University
Phi - University of Detroit
Psi - Quincy College
Omega - St. Louis Missouri

[banditone]

Sigma Nu

17/23 (no Omega)

Alpha - CLOSED. Virginia Military Institue. No longer allows Fraternities.
Beta - OPEN. University of Virginia.
Gamma - OPEN. Duke University.
Delta - OPEN. South Carolina.
Epsilon - OPEN. Bethany College.
Zeta - CLOSED. Central College?
Eta - OPEN. Mercer.
Theta - OPEN. University of Alabama.
Iota - OPEN. Samford University.
Kappa - OPEN. North Georgia College.
Lambda - OPEN. Washington and Lee.
Mu - OPEN. University of Georgia.
Nu - OPEN. University of Kansas (just back on campus).
Xi - OPEN. Emory University.
Omicron - CLOSED. I think.. Bethel College.
Pi - CLOSED. Lehigh University.
Rho - OPEN. University of Missouri.
Sigma - OPEN. Vanderbilt University.
Tau - CLOSED. South Carolina Military.
Upsilon - CLOSED. University of Texas.
Phi - OPEN. Louisiana State University.
Chi - OPEN. Cornell College.
Psi - OPEN. University of North Carolina.
Omega - There are no Omega chapters as we have no ending


*** Leader so far is Chi Omega with 18 of 24. Niiice.

[agrphi]

Alpha Gamma Rho

Active - 22/24

Alpha - University of Illinois
Beta - The Ohio State University
Gamma - Penn State University
Delta - Purdue University
Epsilon - North Dakota State University
Zeta - Cornell University
Eta - Iowa State University
Theta - University of Missouri - Columbia
Iota - University of Wisconsin - Madison
Kappa - University of Nebraska
Lambda - University of Minnesota
Nu - North Carolina State University
Xi - Auburn University
Omicron - University of Kentucky
Pi - Oklahoma State University
Rho - Colorado State University
Sigma - Washington State University
Tau - Michigan State University
Phi - University of California, Davis
Chi - (University of California, Berkeley, 1923) Recharterd, Cal Poly State University, San Louis Obispo 1970
Psi - University of Maine
Omega - University of New Hampshire

Inactive - 2/24

Mu - University of Massachusetts
Upsilon - University of Connecticut

[Benzgirl]

15 Active/11 Inactive
Alpha* Syracuse University 5/30/1904 Syracuse NY
Beta* University of Wisconsin 6/16/1905 Madison WI
Gamma* Wesleyan University 1/12/1906 Middletown CT
Delta University of Minnesota 2/14/1908 Minneapolis MN
Epsilon University of Kentucky 5/14/1908 Lexington KY
Zeta Ohio University 6/2/1908 Athens OH
Eta* DePauw University 6/8/1908 Greencastle IN
Theta* Goucher College 10/10/1908 Baltimore MD
Iota University of Washington 3/12/1909 Seattle WA
Kappa* Allegheny College 2/24/1912 Meadville PA
Lambda* Northwestern University 2/22/1913 Evanston IL
Mu Brenau University 5/2/1913 Gainesville GA
Nu* Boston University 9/20/1913 Boston MA
Xi Illinois Wesleyan University 8/13/1914 Bloomington IL
Omicron* Univ of California, Berkeley 3/12/1915 Berkeley CA
Pi* Coe College 6/5/1917 Cedar Rapids IA
Rho Iowa State University 9/8/1917 Ames IA
Sigma University of Illinois 6/12/1918 Urbana IL
Tau University of Toronto 3/7/1919 Toronto ON
Upsilon University of Oklahoma 5/2/1919 Norman OK
Phi Oregon State University 5/21/1921 Corvallis OR
Chi* Michigan State University 10/1/1921 East Lansing MI
Psi University of Alabama 11/18/1921 Tuscaloosa AL
Omega University of Akron 3/24/1922 Akron OH
* Inactive Chapters