Phi Delta Theta is an international college fraternity founded in 1848.[1] Chapter designation is determined by the order in which each chapter was awarded its charter in the state or province in which it is located (i.e., the first chapter established in a state/province is designated "Alpha", the second is "Beta", the third "Gamma", and so on). Exceptions to this rule have occurred when two universities, each with their own chapter, merge, causing the chapters to merge. This results in the hyphenated name of the two chapters that make up the new one (see Illinois Delta-Zeta).
Provinces
Phi Delta Theta groups chapters together in a province to assist with the administration of its many chapters.[2] Each province has a Greek letter as its name.
^In 1879, Kentucky Alpha absorbed Delta Kappa (local), established in 1867. Kentucky Alpha was renamed Kentucky Alpha-Delta in 1901.
^ abcKentucky Alpha" and "Kentucky Delta" consolidated to form the Kentucky Alpha-Delta chapter when Centre College absorbed the financially-troubled Central University in 1901. After its closure, Central University's campus was sold to the new Eastern Kentucky University in 1906.
^Chapter was restored in 1934 by the absorption of Theta Phi (local), established in 1897.
^Chapter was restored in 1969 by absorbing Chi Kappa Epsilon (local), established in 1968.
^ abcIllinois Delta chapter absorbed Illinois Zeta chapter in 1930, at the demise of Lombard College.
^ abGeorgia Alpha chapter was briefly installed at Oglethorpe in June of 1871, but the charter was moved to the nearby University of Georgia in 1872. Both chapters are cited with the same 1871 founding date.
^In the Bond says September 19, 1902, doesn't seem to make sense that it is after Iowa Beta. Scroll of Phi Delta Volume XXXII says 1871
^After the campus banned national fraternities and sororities in 1913, the Wooster chapter became Phi Delta Sigma (local), also known as "V Section" of Kinarden Hall, active from 1913 to 2005. See List of fraternities and sororities at the College of Wooster.
^This chapter was restored in 1973 by absorbing Phi Delta Alpha (local), established in 1970 when the existing Phi Delta Theta chapter reverted to local status.
^Chapter formed from Upsilon Beta (local), established in 1868.
^This chapter was reestablished in 1931 by absorption of Phi Delta (local), which had formed at the closure of the Phi Delt chapter in 1898. It had survived for over thirty years as a local.
^This chapter was restored in 2001 by absorbing Phi Delta Alpha (local), which had been created when the Phi Delt chapter closed during the prior year.
^This chapter absorbed the Upsilon chapter of Kappa Sigma Kappa in 1886, at the demise of that small national.
^This chapter was restored in 1924 by the absorption of Zeta Alpha Epsilon (local), established in 1896. This local may have been a successor organization to the earlier Phi Delt chapter, that had closed that same year.
^This chapter absorbed the Nu chapter of Kappa Sigma Kappa in 1886, at the demise of that small national. In its 1939 restoration, it absorbed Phi Delta Omega (local), established in 1926.
^ abcThe chapter at Lehigh was originally called Pennsylvania Delta when formed in 1876. It closed three years later, but by the time a chapter re-opened on that campus, its original name had been reassigned to the chapter at Allegheny College. Lehigh's new chapter was renamed Pennsylvania Eta.
^At its 2006 restoration, this chapter absorbed Sigma Alpha Chi (local), established in 1945.
^This chapter absorbed the founding Gamma chapter of Kappa Sigma Kappa in 1886, at the demise of that small national.
^Chapter reformed in 1926 by absorbing Epsilon Alpha Sigma (local), established in 1924.
^Chapter formed from Phi Sigma (local), established in 1857. It went inactive when Lombard College closed.
^This chapter absorbed the Omega chapter of Kappa Sigma Kappa in 1886, at the demise of that small national. Omega was ΚΣΚ's youngest chapter, only having formed in 1885.
^At its 1956 restoration, this chapter absorbed the Phi Delta club (local), established in 1953, likely a continuation of the Phi Delt chapter that had failed.
^Chapter formed from the R. of V. chapter of the Rainbow Fraternity, established in 1882. It left that fraternity in 1886, but retained its original date of installation as this was a minor merger, adding two chapters to Phi Delta Theta.
^Chapter formed from Sigma Phi (local), established in 1871. It was not a part of the small national of the same name.
^Chapter formed from the Epsilon chapter of Kappa Sigma Kappa, at the demise of that small national. It was established in 1871.
^Southern University merged with Birmingham College in 1918. Birmingham-Southern College ceased operations in 2024.
^This chapter originated as the Incognito Society (local), established in 1889.
^Chapter formed from the Textra Club, established in 1888.
^Chapter formed from Alpha Nu (local), established in 1893.
^Chapter formed from Phi Lambda Omicron (local), established in 1895.
^Chapter formed from Sigma Rho (local), established in 1888.
^Chapter formed from Gamma Nu Sigma (local), established in 1897.
^Chapter formed from Phi Tau (local), established in 1899.
^Chapter formed from Lambda Gamma (local), established in 1901.
^Chapter formed from Beta Phi (local), established in 1902.
^This chapter originated as Delta Chi (local), established in 1903. There was no connection to the national fraternity of that same name.
^Chapter formed from Zeta Sigma Nu (local), established in 1902.
^Chapter formed from the Tridentia Club, established in 1902.
^Chapter formed from Kappa Phi Alpha (local), established in 1900.
^Chapter formed from Delta Phi (local), established in 1905.
^Chapter formed from Delta Sigma (local), established in 1910.
^Chapter formed from Alpha Tau Delta (local), established in 1908.
^Chapter formed from the Varsity Bachelors in 1905.
^Chapter formed from the Aztec Society, established in 1904.
^Chapter formed from Alpha Nu Sigma (local), established in 1911.
^Chapter formed from the Illahee Club (local), established in 1908.
^Chapter formed from the Amici Fidissimi Society (local), established in 1902.
^Chapter formed from Kappa Sigma Nu (local), established in 1906.
^Chapter formed from the Delta Club (local), established in 1911.
^Chapter formed from Delta Sigma Pi (local), established in 1908. At its 1971 restoration, it absorbed Gamma Tau Alpha (local), established in 1968.
^Chapter formed from Sigma Alpha (local), established in 1909. At its 1973 restoration, it absorbed Phi Delta Zeta (local), which had formed in 1968 with the demise of the original chapter. The local was likely a continuation.
^Chapter formed from Delta Theta (local), established in 1916.
^Chapter formed from Tau Alpha Omicron (local), established in 1907.
^Chapter formed from Sigma Phi Delta (local) in 1914.
^Chapter formed from Delta Rho (local), established in 1916.
^Chapter formed from Alpha Pi Lambda (local), established in 1909. At its 1952 restoration, it absorbed Phi Delta Gamma (local), established in 1947.
^Chapter formed from Kappa Theta Phi (local), established in 1919.
^Chapter formed from Omega Kappa (local), established in 1919.
^Chapter formed from Phi Kappa Kappa (local), established in 1919.
^Chapter formed from Beta Pi (local), established in 1921.
^Chapter formed from Delta Theta Chi (local), established in 1921.
^Chapter formed from Alpha Rho Tau (local), established in 1929.
^Chapter formed from Alpha Chi (local), established in 1927.
^Chapter formed from Lambda Sigma Delta (local), established in 1927.
^Chapter formed from Nu Sigma Omicron (local), established in 1916.
^Chapter formed from Kappa Alpha Phi (local), established in 1929.
^Chapter formed from Psi Delta (local), established in 1922.
^Chapter formed from Delta Mu Alpha (local), established in 1922.
^Chapter formed from Kappa Phi Sigma (local), established in 1926. At its 1968 reorganization, it absorbed Phi Delta Beta (local), established in 1966.
^Chapter formed from Delta Phi (local), established in 1937.
^Chapter formed from Phi Delta (local), established in 1946.
^Chapter formed from Zeta Chi (local), established in 1946.
^Chapter formed from Alpha Psi Delta (local), established in 1920.
^Chapter formed from Delta Theta (local), established in 1946.
^Chapter formed from Phi Delta (local), established in 1948.
^Chapter formed from Phi Delta (local), established in 1946.
^Chapter formed from Digamma Alpha Upsilon (local), established in 1906.
^Chapter formed from Beta Phi (local), established in 1947.
^Chapter formed from Delta Kappa Phi (local), established in 1922.
^Chapter formed from the Silver Key Club (local), established in 1928.
^Chapter formed from Kappa Iota Pi (local), established in 1919.
^Chapter formed from Phi Delta (local), established in 1949.
^Chapter formed from Phi Gamma Theta (local), established in 1947.
^Chapter formed from the Calpha Club (local), established in 1911.
^Chapter formed from Phi Delta (local), established in 1954.
^Chapter formed from Phi Delta Beta (local), established in 1955.
^Chapter formed from Phi Upsilon Sigma (local), established in 1928.
^Chapter formed from Alpha Phi Omega (local), established in 1919.
^Chapter formed from Phi Delta Beta (local), established in 1960.
^Chapter formed from the Foresters Club (local), established in 1943.
^Chapter formed from Phi Delta Gamma (local), established in 1962.
^Chapter formed from Alpha Beta Mu (local), established in 1956.
^Chapter formed from Phi Kappa Delta (local), established in 1963.
^Chapter formed from the Mystic Thirteen Club (local), established in 1929.
^Chapter formed from Alpha Delta Fraternity (local), established in 1926.
^Chapter formed from Delta Rho (local), established in 1963.
^Chapter formed from Phi Delta Chi (local), established in 1962.
^Chapter formed from Phi Delta Sigma (local), established in 1964.
^Chapter formed from Phi Phi Phi (local), established in 1955. It had no connection with the small national fraternity that dissolved around 1905.
^Chapter formed from the Arete Club, established in 1960.
^Chapter formed from Phi Sigma Tau (local), established in 1958.
^Chapter formed from Phi Delta Beta (local), established in 1965.
^Chapter formed from Phi Delta Delta (local), established in 1953.
^Chapter formed from Alpha Sigma Chi (local), established in 1961.
^Chapter formed from Beta Sigma Tau (local), established in 1966.
^Chapter formed from Alpha Chi Iota (local), established in 1966.
^A previous chapter of Phi Delt had existed at Eastern Kentucky University when that property was owned by Central University. That group merged into the chapter at Centre College.
^Chapter formed from Sigma Tau Omega (local), established in 1966.
^Chapter formed from Chi Kappa Epsilon (local), established in 1964.
^Chapter formed from Delta Phi Kappa (local), established in 1962.
^Chapter formed from Phi Delta Beta (local), established in 1964.
^Chapter formed from Kappa Theta (local), established in 1968.
^Chapter formed from Pi Alpha Alpha (local), established in 1923.
^Chapter formed from the College Diners Club (local), established in 1966. At its 2011 restoration, it absorbed Kappa Gamma Beta (local), which had formed in 2002.
^Chapter formed from Phi Delta Alpha (local), established in 1969.
^Chapter formed from Sigma Alpha Kappa (local), established in 1956.
^Chapter formed from Phi Delta (local), established in 1971.
^Chapter formed from Sigma Beta Phi (local), established in 1969.
^Chapter formed from the Tryon Coterie Club (local), established in 1946.
^Chapter formed from Phi Delta Iota (local), established in 1977.
^Chapter formed from Phi Delta (local), established in 1978.
^At its 1964 restoration, this chapter absorbed Phi Delta Beta (local), established in 1962.
^Chapter formed from Delta Phi Omega (local), established in 1980.
^Chapter formed from Phi Delta (local), established in 1980.
^Chapter formed from Pi Delta Theta (local), established before 1983.
^Chapter formed from the L.K.S. chapter of the Rainbow Fraternity, established in 1883. It left that fraternity in 1886, but retained its original date of installation as this was a minor merger, adding two chapters to Phi Delta Theta. At its 2000 restoration, it absorbed the Texas B.K. Club, established in 1999.
^Chapter formed from Delta Sigma Pi (local), established in 1961.
^Chapter formed from Phi Delta Omega (local), established in 1986.
^Chapter formed from Alpha Sigma Omega (local), established in 1960.
^Chapter reformed as a colony on November 22, 2024.
^At its reorganization in 2014 this chapter absorbed Delta Kappa Sigma (local).
^Chapter formed from Phi Beta Delta (local), established in 1989.
^Chapter formed from Gamma Chi (local), established in 1989.
^Chapter formed from the New Brotherhood Club (local), established in 1989.
^Chapter formed from Alpha Sigma Beta (local), established in 1975.
^Chapter formed from Alpha Delta Nu (local), established in 1994.
^Chapter formed from Phi Delta Zeta (local), established in 1993.
^Chapter formed from Theta Phi Delta (local), established in 1967.
^Chapter formed from Sigma Tau (local), established in 1990.
^Chapter formed from Phi Delta Delta (local), established in 1957.
^Chapter formed from Delta Zeta Pi (local), established in 2005.
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