Phi_Beta_Delta_(fraternity)

Phi Beta Delta
Phi Beta Delta
ΦΒΔ
Founded	April 4, 1912; 112 years ago; Columbia University
Type	Social
Affiliation	NIC (former)
Scope	National
Colors	Blue and Gold
Symbol	star. crossed keys
Flower	Hyacinth
Jewel	Pearl
Publication	The Phi Beta Delta News Letter; The Tripod of Phi Beta Delta
Chapters	16 at merger
Merged with	Pi Lambda Phi (1941)
Headquarters	36 Mill Plain Rd, Ste 309; Danbury, CT 06811; USA

Phi Beta Delta (fraternity)

Defunct national collegiate fraternity

Phi Beta Delta (ΦΒΔ) was a college social fraternity in the United States founded at Columbia University on April 12, 1912. In 1941 the fraternity merged with Pi Lambda Phi.

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There were eight founders:

David H. Cohen
Henry C. Fenton
William Haas
Darcy M. Heinemann

Joseph Michtom
Samuel Null
Julius Rudd
Bernard Shapiro ^[1]

Null would go on to become a NY State Appellate Judge, serving in that role from 1943-'49^[2] The Founders stated, "Its purpose is to inculcate among its membership a fine spirit of loyalty, activity and scholarship toward their Alma Mater, to develop the highest ideals of conduct and to promote a close fraternal bond through means of carefully selected associates."^[1]

While entering the ranks of national fraternities somewhat later than its national peers, the organization quickly grew with chapters quickly formed at a number of eastern schools.

In 1934, Phi Beta Delta absorbed the UPenn chapter of Omicron Alpha Tau, a smaller Jewish fraternity that was dispersing that year. This group either merged with the existing Phi Beta Delta chapter on the campus, or re-established it. Four of ΟΑΤ's other chapters went to Tau Delta Phi.^[3]

Phi Beta Delta effectively merged into Pi Lambda Phi on February 1, 1941. Baird's (19th ed.) notes the merger documents were signed on October 1, 1940. At the time, Pi Lambda Phi had 20 active chapters and Phi Beta Delta had 16. Considering duplications, the combined post-merger fraternity had a net of 33 chapters. All members and alumni of Phi Beta Delta were admitted into Pi Lambda Phi.^[4]

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[6] At its 1934 restoration, this chapter incorporated nine-year old Phi Delta Mu (local) that had formed at Cornell in 1925.

[7] In 1934 Eta chapter absorbed the Lambda chapter of Omicron Alpha Tau as that national fraternity was disbanding. ΟΑΤ had formed on the UPenn campus in 1922, apparently as a colony.

[8] This chapter originated as Kappa Omega (local), previously established on the University of Chicago campus.

[9] Another predecessor of ΠΛΦ at MIT had formed in 1897. The Phi Beta Delta merger restored Pi Lamb to the campus, and allows the chapter to claim the earlier founding date.

[10] This chapter originated as Lambda Beta (local), previously established on the Tandon campus.

[11] This chapter originated as Sigma Beta Tau (local), previously established at Oklahoma in 1921.

[12] This chapter originated as the Chi Club (local), previously established at Madison in 1922.

[13] This chapter originated as Sigma Delta Phi (local), previously established at Drake in 1923.

[14] This chapter originated as Delta Gamma Tau (local), previously established at Pittsburgh in 1923.

[15] This chapter originated as Alpha Beta Phi (local), previously established at Denver in 1922.

[16] This chapter originated as Omega Phi (local), previously established at Lehigh in 1926.

[18] This chapter originated as Sigma Iota Sigma (local), previously established at Temple in 1924.

[19] This chapter originated as Phi Delta Gamma (local), previously established at OSU in 1923.

[20] This chapter originated as The Evergreen Club (local), previously established at USC in 1927.

[21] This chapter originated as The Pioneers Club (local), previously established at Alabama.

[22] This chapter originated as Gamma Tau (local), previously established at Indiana in 1927.

[23] This chapter originated as The Alpha Club (local), established at Boulder in 1929.

[24] This chapter originated as Delta Pi (local), previously established at Illinois in 1925.

[Baird_1940-1] [1]
Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities, 14th Edition, 1940.

[2] [2]
"Justices of the Court : Max Bloom". Nycourts.gov. Retrieved 2010-12-18.

[Baird's_Manual_Online-3] [3]
William Raimond Baird; Carroll Lurding (eds.). "Almanac of Fraternities and Sororities (Baird's Manual Online Archive)". Student Life and Culture Archives. University of Illinois: University of Illinois Archives. Retrieved 6 Aug 2021. The main archive URL is The Baird's Manual Online Archive homepage.

[Baird's-4] [4]
Anson, Jack L.; Marchenasi, Robert F., eds. (1991) [1879]. Baird's Manual of American Fraternities (20th ed.). Indianapolis, IN: Baird's Manual Foundation, Inc. p. VIII-13. ISBN 978-0963715906.

[Bairds1923-5] [5]
Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities. G. Banta Company. 1923. p. 220.

[17] [6]
Noted in the Templar yearbook of 1928, p.153. Accessed 16 February 2022.

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Name	Chartered	Institution	Location	Status	Notes	Reference
Alpha	April 5, 1912–1929	Columbia University	New York, NY	Dormant
Gamma	1912–1935	College of the City of New York	New York, NY	Dormant
Lambda	1912–1926	New York College of Dentistry	New York, NY	Dormant
Sigma	1913–1918, 1934–1941	Cornell University	Ithaca, NY	Merged	Joined the NY Delta chapter of ΠΛΦ	^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Zeta	1915–1934	New York University	New York, NY	Dormant
Beta	1916–1935	Fordham University	New York, NY	Dormant
Eta	1919–1941	University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, PA	Merged	Joined the PA Epsilon Zeta chapter of ΠΛΦ	^{[lower-alpha 2]}
Epsilon	1919–1939	University of Chicago	Chicago, IL	Dormant		^{[lower-alpha 3]}
Theta	1920–1941	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Boston, MA	Merged	Became the MA Theta chapter of ΠΛΦ	^{[lower-alpha 4]}
Mu	1920–1941	University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati, OH	Merged	Became the OH Mu chapter of ΠΛΦ
Nu	1920–1935	Polytechnic Institute of New York (Tandon)	New York, NY	Dormant		^{[lower-alpha 5]}
Kappa	1921–1941	University of Southern California	Los Angeles, CA	Merged	Became the CA Kappa chapter of ΠΛΦ
Omicron	1921–1941	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	Merged	Joined the MI Epsilon chapter of ΠΛΦ
Rho	1921–1925	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Worcester, MA	Dormant
Xi	1921–1930	Tufts University	Medford, MA	Dormant
Pi	1921–1941	Washington University in St. Louis	St. Louis, MO	Merged	Became the MO Pi chapter of ΠΛΦ
Tau	1922–1941	University of California, Berkeley	Berkeley, CA	Merged	Became the CA Tau chapter of ΠΛΦ
Upsilon	1922–1941	University of California, Los Angeles	Los Angeles, CA	Merged	Became the CA Upsilon chapter of ΠΛΦ
Iota	1922–1941	University of Oklahoma	Norman, OK	Merged	Became the OK Iota chapter of ΠΛΦ	^{[lower-alpha 6]}
Phi	1922–1936	University of Iowa	Iowa City, IA	Dormant
Chi	1924–1934	University of Wisconsin	Madison, WI	Dormant		^{[lower-alpha 7]}
Psi	1924–1930	Drake University	Des Moines, IA	Dormant		^{[lower-alpha 8]}
Delta	1925–1941	University of Florida	Gainesville, FL	Merged	Became the FL Delta chapter of ΠΛΦ
Omega	1925–1931	University of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh, PA	Dormant		^{[lower-alpha 9]}
Alpha Alpha	1925–1933	University of Minnesota	Minneapolis, MN	Dormant
Alpha Beta	1927–1934	University of Denver	Denver, CO	Dormant		^{[lower-alpha 10]}
Alpha Gamma	1927–1933	Lehigh University	Bethlehem, PA	Dormant		^{[lower-alpha 11]}
Alpha Delta	1927–1933, 19xx–1941	Temple University	Philadelphia, PA	Merged	Became the PA Alpha Delta chapter of ΠΛΦ	^[6]^{[lower-alpha 12]}
Alpha Epsilon	1927–1941	Ohio State University	Columbus, OH	Merged	Became the OH Alpha Epsilon chapter of ΠΛΦ	^{[lower-alpha 13]}
Alpha Zeta	1928–1941	University of South Carolina	Columbia, SC	Merged	Became the SC Alpha Zeta chapter of ΠΛΦ	^{[lower-alpha 14]}
Alpha Eta	1928–1937	University of Alabama	Tuscaloosa, AL	Dormant		^{[lower-alpha 15]}
Alpha Theta	1928–1941	Indiana University	Bloomington, IN	Merged	Became the IN Alpha Theta chapter of ΠΛΦ	^{[lower-alpha 16]}
Alpha Iota	1931–1934	University of Colorado	Boulder, CO	Dormant		^{[lower-alpha 17]}
Alpha Kappa	1934–1941	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Champaign, IL	Merged	Became the IL Tau Delta chapter of ΠΛΦ	^{[lower-alpha 18]}

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Phi Beta Delta
ΦΒΔ

Founded	April 4, 1912; 112 years ago (1912-04-04) Columbia University
Type	Social
Affiliation	NIC (former)
Scope	National
Colors	Blue and Gold
Symbol	star. crossed keys
Flower	Hyacinth
Jewel	Pearl
Publication	The Phi Beta Delta News Letter The Tripod of Phi Beta Delta
Chapters	16 at merger
Merged with	Pi Lambda Phi (1941)
Headquarters	36 Mill Plain Rd, Ste 309 Danbury, CT 06811 USA