Oldest Fraternity on your Campus

[OleMissGlitter]

Delta Kappa Epsilon--Chi Chapter--1850
Delta Psi--Pi Chapter--1855
Phi Kappa Psi--Mississippi Alpha Chapter--1857
Chi Psi--Gamma Chapter--1858
Phi Delta Theta--Mississippi Alpha Chapter--1877
Beta Theta Pi--Beta Beta Chapter--1879
Delta Tau Delta--Pi Chapter--1848 est. as Rainbow Fraternity and consolidated with DTD in 1886, no longer on campus
Kappa Alpha Order--Alpha Upsilon Chapter--1900
Kappa Sigma--Delta Xi Chapter--1926
Alpha Tau Omega--Delta Psi Chapter--1927
Pi Kappa Phi--Apha Lambda Chapter--1927, no longer here
Sigma Nu--Epsilon Xi Chapter--1927
Pi Kappa Alpha--Gamma Iota Chapter--1927
Phi Pi Phi--Omicron Chapter--1927, no longer here
Sigma Phi Epsilon--Mississippi Alpha Chapter--1928
Sigma Alpha Epsilon--Mississippi Gamma
Phi Kappa Tau--Delta Gamma Chapter--1969

[DeltAlum]

The Beta Chapter of Delta Tau Delta was established on the Ohio University Campus in 1862 and has been in continuous operation ever since, making it the longest/oldest continuous Chapter in the Fraternity.

However, it was not the first fraternity on the Ohio campus. I believe that honor goes to Beta Theta Pi, although I don't know when they were founded or whether they have operated continuously since then.

[mu_agd]

Originally posted by g41965
DU was chartered at Miami of Ohio in 1868, went inactive when school closed in 1873, revived in 1908.
DKE is also very old at Miami, in fact Sigma Chi formed over a dispute in DKE chapter any Sig's want to tell the story ?

i'll do some more digging when i get a minute. i didn't have too much time really when i found those.

[Lady Pi Phi]

The Delta Chapter of Omega Tau Sigma (Professional Veterinary fraternity...co-ed) is the oldest fraternity on our campus. They were charted in 1914.

Next is Delta Upsilon and I believe they were chartered in 1989.

[RedhawkPike]

Im not sure how old these fraternities/sororities are on our campus, but their all Alpha chapters, so maybe you guys can tell me.


Alpha of Sigma Chi
Alpha of Beta Theta Pi
Alpha of Phi Delta Theta
Alpha of Phi Kappa Tau

Delta Zelta (or at least the HQ is here)??


edit: someone else from Miami beat me to it.

[chideltjen]

Ok... our websites aren't updated so I can't find accurate information. Matt (CSUSigEp), if you are lurking, maybe you can help me out.

From what I found, Sig Ep seems to be the oldest fraternity on our campus now. They were founded as a local in the 1950s and became a chapter in the 1960s. My only other guess of anything older would be Sigma Chi's chapter (but it doesn't say on their website when they were founded at CSUS.) We also have had Delta Chi and SAE on our campus but their chapters are no longer in IFC. Everyone else is relatively new. (I didn't realize the TKE chapter here is only about 10 years old.)

And I believe AXO is the first NPC sorority on our campus. Quite a few others started off as locals as well... but I don't know when.

[mu_agd]

Originally posted by RedhawkPike
Im not sure how old these fraternities/sororities are on our campus, but their all Alpha chapters, so maybe you guys can tell me.


Alpha of Sigma Chi
Alpha of Beta Theta Pi
Alpha of Phi Delta Theta
Alpha of Phi Kappa Tau

Delta Zelta (or at least the HQ is here)??


edit: someone else from Miami beat me to it.

another miamian on the boards?

[RedhawkPike]

Originally posted by mu_agd
another miamian on the boards?

yeah, I know a couple AGDs... Katie Wright and her big, Amy?

[mu_agd]

Originally posted by RedhawkPike
yeah, I know a couple AGDs... Katie Wright and her big, Amy?

i pm'd you.

[TSteven]

Originally posted by OleMissGlitter
Delta Kappa Epsilon--Chi Chapter--1850
Delta Psi--Pi Chapter--1855
Phi Kappa Psi--Mississippi Alpha Chapter--1857
Chi Psi--Gamma Chapter--1858
Phi Delta Theta--Mississippi Alpha Chapter--1877
Beta Theta Pi--Beta Beta Chapter--1879
Delta Tau Delta--Pi Chapter--1848 est. as Rainbow Fraternity and consolidated with DTD in 1886, no longer on campus
Kappa Alpha Order--Alpha Upsilon Chapter--1900
Kappa Sigma--Delta Xi Chapter--1926
Alpha Tau Omega--Delta Psi Chapter--1927
Pi Kappa Phi--Apha Lambda Chapter--1927, no longer here
Sigma Nu--Epsilon Xi Chapter--1927
Pi Kappa Alpha--Gamma Iota Chapter--1927
Phi Pi Phi--Omicron Chapter--1927, no longer here
Sigma Phi Epsilon--Mississippi Alpha Chapter--1928
Sigma Alpha Epsilon--Mississippi Gamma
Phi Kappa Tau--Delta Gamma Chapter--1969

Sigma Chi--Eta Chapter--1857

[TSteven]

Originally posted by Betarulz!
I'm pretty sure that Phi Delta Theta was the first at the University of Nebraska. Would have been between 1880 and 1888. Greek Affairs took that information down with the re-design of their website, so I don't have any way to check right now.

1875 Phi Delta Theta
1883 Sigma Chi
1888 Beta Theta Pi

[TSteven]

Still active

1958 Pi Kappa Alpha
1959 Sigma Chi
1959 Alpha Tau Omega
1959 Alpha Gamma Rho

Inactive

1959 Tau Kappa Epsilon
1960 Sigma Nu

[OleMissGlitter]

Originally posted by TSteven
Sigma Chi--Eta Chapter--1857

Sorry I didn't mean to leave them out!

[seraphimsprite]

At the University of Oregon, Sigma Nu was the first fraternity. They were founded in 1900.

I don't know about the other fraternities, but I can do most of the sororities. . .
Gamma Phi - 1908
*Kappa Alpha Theta - 1909 (technically, they were founded as a local in 1904 and are considered "first sorority" by some.)
Chi Omega - 1909
*Tri Delta - 1910
Delta Gamma - 1913
Alpha Phi - 1915
Pi Phi - 1915
*ADPi - 1920
*Delta Zeta - 1920
Alpha Chi Omega - 1921
*Alpha Xi Delta - 1922
*AOII - 1923
*AGD - 1924
*Phi Mu - 1927
*Sigma Kappa - 1928
*Zeta Tau Alpha - 1929

I don't know the founding dates of Kappa Kappa Gamma or Kappa Delta, but they're somewhere in the middle and they're both still open.

* means dormant chapter

[kk_bama]

The first fraternity at Alabama was Delta Kappa Epsilon, founded in 1847 as their Psi chapter.

The first sorority at Alabama was Kappa Delta, founded in 1904 as their Zeta chapter.

Sigma Alpha Epsilon was founded at Alabama in 1856.