# of Single Letter Chapters Still Active?

[rockthecasbah]

PHI GAMMA DELTA

Active (10 of 24):
Alpha 1848 Washington and Jefferson College PA
Epsilon 1851 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Theta 1855 University of Alabama
Kappa 1856 Baylor University
Lambda 1856 DePauw University (originally called Indiana Asbury University)
Omicron 1858 University of Virginia
Xi 1858 Gettysburg College (originally called Pennsylvania College)
Tau 1864 Hanover College
Phi 1865 Northwestern University (originally given to Baker University)
Psi 1866 Wabash College

INACTIVE (14 of 24):
Beta 1848 Washington College PA / (merged into Alpha in 1865)
Gamma 1850 University of Nashville / Ceased 1851
Delta 1851 Union University / Ceased 1873
Zeta 1852 Maryville College / Ceased 1852
Eta 1855 Marietta College / Ceased 1897
Iota 1855 Centre College / Ceased 1856
Mu 1856 Samford University / Ceased 1861
Nu 1856 Bethel College / Ceased 1912
Pi 1860 Allegheny College / Ceased 1998
Rho 1860 Transylvania University / Ceased 1862
Sigma 1863 University of Pittsburgh / Ceased 1998
Upsilon 1865 City College of New York / Ceased 1906
Omega 1866 Columbia University / Ceased 1999
Chi 1869 Monmouth College / Ceased 1871

Then there are later chapters that still have single letter names...

Zeta 1871 Indiana University
Phi 1878 University of Maryland (originally called Phi, now called Phi Deuteron)
Gamma 1881 University of California at Berkeley (now called Delta Xi)
Delta 1882 Bucknell University (originally called University at Lewisburg)
Sigma 1884 Wittenberg College


Chi 1880 Racine College / Ceased 1887
Iota 1880 Williams College / Ceased 1965
Beta 1881 University of Pennsylvania / Ceased 1998
Mu 1893 University of Wisconsin / Ceased 1995
Chi 1893 Union College / Ceased 2001

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by rockthecasbah

PHI GAMMA DELTA

Ohio State University is Omicron Deuteron, and was founded in 1878. They were reinstalled in 2005. At least this is what the website siad
The chapter was the first fraternity on Ohio State's campus and their most famous member is Jack Nicklaus. That I know to be true

[rockthecasbah]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

Ohio State University is Omicron Deuteron, and was founded in 1878. They were reinstalled in 2005. At least this is what the website siad
The chapter was the first fraternity on Ohio State's campus and their most famous member is Jack Nicklaus. That I know to be true

The dates are right... I don't know if that chapter was OSU's first fraternity or not. What does that have to do with single-letter chapters, though?

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by rockthecasbah

The dates are right... I don't know if that chapter was OSU's first fraternity or not. What does that have to do with single-letter chapters, though?

Phi Gamma Delta WAS Ohio State's first fraternity. That was simply a statement that I made.

Typically, Omicron Deuteron would indicate that it was the Omicron chapter (single-letter) that was re-established. FIJI was re-established at Ohio State. I don't know if your GLO names their chapters in the same manner

[bluefish81]

Originally Posted by Janerz222

We could also add Phi deuteron, Stanford (1892-1944, 1978-)

Our confusing Phi/Phi deuteron chapter history: Our Phi chapter was established at Univ. of the Pacific (then in San Jose) in 1889. The Phi chapter charter was transferred to Stanford in 1892. Stanford "outlawed" sororities in 1944. In 1959, a chapter was established at the new University of the Pacific in Stockton as Phi. When Theta was able to return to the Stanford campus in 1979, the re-established chapter was given the Phi deuteron (Phi the second) designation. Both Phi/UoP and Phi deuteron/Stanford still exist.

Added Phi dueteron.

Originally Posted by Cutie_Hootie

Nu Chapter at Hanover College was rechartered in 1959, not 1989.

Fixed it, not sure why I was off by 30 years.