Greek Splinters Groups?

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Originally Posted by KAPital PHINUst

FWIW, Phi Rho Eta has been highly respected on the campuses they have been on, one chapter having a member who served as president of the local chapter's NPHC.

Good for them. But SIU-Carbondale was not an HBCU, so the group was sort of odd by demographics anyway.

Originally Posted by KAPital PHINUst

Hence, this was perhaps the precedent for Alpha Phi Omega having splinter groups. Though I was told by another brother that Alpha Phi Omega was indirectly responsible for Iota Phi Theta to come into existence, though personally I find that rather far-fetched, it's entirely possible.

I don't think of them as a splinter group mostly because the jumped directly from APO to a National Social Fraternity, seems different than what people here have used as an example. And I thought that was *after* Phi Rho Eta.

As for Iota Phi Theta, never heard of that. APO was on campus at Morgan in 1956 (Mu Gamma chapter) and Iota formed in 1963. The only name that matches up out of the 12 Iota Founders and the members of Mu Gamma chapter is "Charlie Brown" who was one of the founders at Mu Gamma, but I have no idea if it is the same person. I do know that both Alpha Phi Omega and Iota Phi Theta were both on the non-NPHC council at Morgan for quite some time with various other groups.