Interesting FACTS That Some May Not Know About Your Organization

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by AlphaGamUGAAlum

I love this factoid. And I love Green Bean Casserole so much that personally, I'd put this member's name at the top of the famous/accomplished alumna lists anytime I could. This accomplishment has done more to make America a better place than more one term state attorney generals, surely.

[hijack]

Did you see that you can actually buy THE Green Bean Casserole in the frozen food section? Green Giant makes it, in the square box.

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One of our founders was all of 13!

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

The inventor of Campbell's orginal Green Bean Cassarole Recipe was an ASA.

I don't care how long this thread goes on -- I don't think anyone is going to be able to top that.

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

Several of the founders of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., were NOT traditional undergraduates. Charles Henry Chapman was a 30-year old agriculture student, while Eugene Kinckle Jones (22 at the founding) already had a Bachelor's from Virginia Union.

Alpha Phi Alpha is also the only NIC fraternity to be founded at an Ivy League school.

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

Alpha Phi Alpha is also the only NIC fraternity to be founded at an Ivy League school.

I think you mean NPHC, which is true. But we are also part of NIC.

[adpiucf]

ADPi's original mascot was a unicorn, not a lion.

Our organization's original name was the Adelphean Society. When the Adelpheans' joined the NPC, they changed the name to Alpha Delta Phi. A few years later, the Phi became a Pi to avoid confusion with a men's fraternity of the same name.

[KyleMcGuire1983]

Sigma Nu was the first fraternity founded specifically on the principle of being a non-hazing brotherhood.

[polarpi]

Originally Posted by adpiucf

ADPi's original mascot was a unicorn, not a lion.

And to further this (which I just found on our website during the past few days)...

1911 The unicorn was adopted as a symbol replacing the dragon which had been on the original Coat-of-Arms.

Pretty cool!

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

I think you mean NPHC, which is true. But we are also part of NIC.

Oh, no, I meant NIC. I figure most people know that the NPHC groups (with the exception of Alpha, Kappa and SGRho, right?) were founded at Howard. I actually suspect it might be the only major GLO founded at an Ivy, which is pretty special.

[AGDem]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

Oh, no, I meant NIC. I figure most people know that the NPHC groups (with the exception of Alpha, Kappa and SGRho, right?) were founded at Howard. I actually suspect it might be the only major GLO founded at an Ivy, which is pretty special.

Actually, Alpha Sigma Phi and DKE were both founded at Yale, and I'm sure there are a few others.

[SalukiPhiSig]

Originally Posted by AGDem

Actually, Alpha Sigma Phi and DKE were both founded at Yale, and I'm sure there are a few others.

Pi Lambda Phi was also founded at Yale. Delta Chi was founded at Cornell and Chi Phi was founded at Princeton.

There might be more, but those are the others that I know of.

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

Oh, no, I meant NIC. I figure most people know that the NPHC groups (with the exception of Alpha, Kappa and SGRho, right?) were founded at Howard. I actually suspect it might be the only major GLO founded at an Ivy, which is pretty special.

NICs founded at an Ivy

Columbia
Delta Psi (1847)
Zeta Beta Tau (1898) - Formed at several New York City universities including Columbia
Tau Epsilon Phi (1910)

Cornell
Delta Chi (1890)
Alpha Phi Alpha (1906)

Pennsylvania
Phi Kappa Sigma (1850)

Princeton
Chi Phi (1824)

Yale
Delta Kappa Epsilon (1844)
Alpha Sigma Phi (1845)
Pi Lambda Phi (1895)

NPCs founded at an Ivy

Barnard College at Columbia
Alpha Omicron Pi (1897)
Alpha Epsilon Phi (1909)

Cornell
Sigma Delta Tau (1917)

[summer_gphib]

On to my organization, does anyone remember that the original Doublemint chewing gum twins were both Pi Phi's from the University of Kentucky Chapter?

I thought Joan and Jayne Boyd were the original Doublemint twins, from the fifties? I was also thinking they were Gamma Phis.... someone correct me, because I could eaisly be wrong.

[DEVODUDE]

ZBT was founded at Columbia University in 1898 as the first secret society for Jewish men. It operated as the universal organization under a "city" charter from New York City from 1898 to 1903. In April of 1903 it was voted by the membership to change the organization to the First Greek-Letter Fraternity for Jewish men. ZBT was also the first Jewish fraternity to establish a Canadian Chapter in 1910 and the first Jewish Fraternity to receive full recognition by the NIC in 1912.

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ZBT: "Inspiring today's college men to become leaders of tomorrow."

[MysticCat]

^^^ Thanks.

Originally Posted by TSteven

NPCs founded at an Ivy

Barnard College at Columbia
Alpha Omicron Pi (1897)
Alpha Epsilon Phi (1909)

Just to keep the terminology straight, Barnard maintains some independence from Columbia and is usually classified as one of the Seven Sisters rathar than as part of the Ivy League.

[Drolefille]

I didn't know that SGR was a teacher's sorority, that's cool!