Delta Tau Delta
| Delta Tau Delta Facts | |
|---|---|
| Chapter Designation: | Zeta |
| Current Active Members: | 64 |
| Local Founding Date: | 1882 |
| National Founding Date: | 1858 |
| Previous Semester GPA: | 3.374 (Rank: 1 of 17) |
| Previous Standards Score: | 89.5 |
| Chapter Colors: | Purple, White, & Gold |
Delta Tau Delta (ΔΤΔ, DTD, or "Delts") is a U.S.-based international college fraternity.
Delta Tau Delta was founded in 1858 at Bethany College, Bethany, Virginia (now West Virginia). It currently has around 115 student chapters nationwide, as well as over 25 alumni associations organized regionally. Its national community service initiative is Adopt-a-School. The fraternity will celebrate its 150th anniversary in Pittsburgh, PA at the 2008 Karnea (international convention).
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[edit] History
Delta Tau Delta fraternity was founded in 1858 at Bethany College in Bethany, Virginia (now West Virginia). The social life on campus was typical of the small colleges of the day, with activities centered around the Neotrophian Society, a literary society. Two secret groups, named in the original documents of the Fraternity, were operating an attempt to gain control of the society and its honors.
According to a report by Jacob S. Lowe written in 1859, in late 1858 a group of students met in Lowe's room in the Dowdell boarding house to discuss means to regain control of the Neotrophian Society and return control to the students at large. A constitution, name, badge, ritual and motto were devised, and Delta Tau Delta was born.
Important in the early history of Delta Tau Delta was the initiation of two men, Rhodes Sutton and Samuel Brown, into the fraternity. They were required to ride from what was then Jefferson College in Washington to Canonsburg, Pennsylvania to deliver the Alpha Charter to Ohio Wesleyan College in an effort to keep the fraternity alive.
In 1886, Delta Tau Delta merged with the Rainbow Fraternity, an old and respected southern fraternity founded in 1848 at the University of Mississippi. This was in response to Delta Tau Delta's declining number of chapters in the South.
After the Ohio Wesleyan chapter disappears in 1875, Allegheny chapter, the fourth and final chapter to hold Alpha designation, assumes control of the Fraternity. James S. Eaton, Alpha (Allegheny) 1875, a “hero” of the Fraternity, travels to Delaware, Ohio to collect what remains of the organization’s records he can find. After discovering what little he can about the loss of the Ohio Wesleyan members, he brings the “Alpha” designation back with him to Allegheny. There, a well-managed group of undergraduates handle their own chapter affairs as well as the supervision of the whole Fraternity. Delta Tau Delta flourishes during Allegheny’s era of control; a magazine is established; 15 chapters are founded, of which eight survive (several others are reestablished later).
Delta Tau Delta now has one-hundred sixteen undergraduate chapters and colonies, over six thousand active undergraduates, over one-hundred fifteen thousand living alumni, and has initiated over one-hundred fifty thousand members since its founding.
[edit] Founding Fathers
The eight men considered to be the Founders of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity (who attended the two formal meetings which led to the founding in 1858) are:
William Randolph Cunningham was only a freshman at the time Delta Tau Delta was formed. Because he was older and had become a Mason, however, he exerted much influence in the group. Cunningham, the picture of integrity, was probably responsible for much of the early language in both the Constitution and Ritual. He served as President of the Karnea in 1883. He was also a minister and held public office in the state of Washington.
Alexander C. Earle, the youngest of the group of eight founders of Delta Tau Delta, went on to become a Captain in the Second South Carolina Volunteers, where he commanded his own company. For many years his whereabouts were unknown and he was believed dead, but he was finally located living in Arkansas.
Richard H. Alfred, at 26 the oldest of the group of founders of Delta Tau Delta, became a minister and a physician.
Henry K. Bell, a Kentuckian, lived only six years after graduation. His contribution to the Fraternity was immense; without him, there would be no Delta Tau Delta today. Bell responded to a call for help from the last remaining members of the Bethany chapter who were leaving to join the armed forces.
John C. Johnson was a native West Virginian (although at that time the area was still a part of Virginia). He became a lawyer and politician. He was the political advisor to John W. Davis, the Democratic nominee for President in 1924. One of Johnson's favorite pastimes was conducting tours of Bethany and pointing out the room where Delta Tau Delta was founded. He outlived the other founders by eight years.
Jacob Lowe hosted the first meetings of the group in his quarters in a rooming house which has now become an international shrine for the Fraternity. Lowe became a professor and later a college president.
Eugene Tarr was a "townie" whose home was only a short six miles from Bethany. He stayed in West Virginia after college. Tarr became a noted speaker, lawyer, and editor of the local newspaper.
John Hunt was the scholar of the group. After graduating from Bethany, Hunt went on to become the valedictorian of his class at New York University's School of Law. He then served for several years as New York's Commissioner of Education.
[edit] Famous Delts
Current government officials
* New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson * Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry * Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher * South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson * Delaware Senator Thomas R. Carper * Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan * Ohio Representative Tim Ryan * Kentucky Representative Ed Whitfield * U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Chris Cox
Former government officials
* U.S. Vice President Henry Agard Wallace * U.S. Vice President and Senator (KY) Alben Barkley * U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan * U.S. Supreme Court Justice and U.S. Attorney General Thomas C. Clark * U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark * U.S. Secretary of the Treasury John W. Snow * Canadian Speaker of the House of Commons James Jerome * U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives Champ Clark * Florida Governor Reubin Askew * Kansas Governor and Senator Henry Justin Allen * Kentucky Lt. Governor and Attorney General Steve Beshear * Colorado Senator Hank Brown * Connecticut Governor and Senator Raymond Baldwin * Michigan Governor James J. Blanchard * Indiana Senator William E. Jenner * U.S. Ambassador to China Nelson T. Johnson * West Virginia Senator Henry Kilgore * White House Press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater * Ohio Representative Donald Pease * Illinois Representative James Robert Mann * U.S. District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Judge George MacKinnon * Nebraska Governor Adam McMullen * Nebraska Governor Arthur J. Weaver
Business and philanthropy
* Cintas Founder Richard T. Farmer * America's Second Harvest Food Bank Founder John van Hengel * CEO of General Motors Richard Wagoner * Vice President of ESPN Vince Doria * Noted Attorney Melvin Belli * Sakrete Chairman Arthur Avril * Columbia Sportswear President Tim Boyle * Halliburton CEO Thomas Cruikshank * Ball Corporation Chairman Emeritus John W. Fisher * Daimler Group Robert C. White, Jr. * Hardee's Restaurants Chairman Jack Laughery * Dow Corning Chairman John Ludington * Albertson's Chairman Gary Michael * Mirant Vice-President Robert McClure * Devon Energy Chairman J. Larry Nichols * Fuddruckers Founder Marno McDermott * Anheuser Busch Vice Chairman Jerry Reidel * The Wharf (Holdings) Limited Chairman Peter Woo * J.C. Penney CEO Myron Ullman * Tenneco Chairman Michael Walsh * SBC CEO Edward Whitacre * ARCO President Robert Wycoff
Astronauts
* M. Scott Carpenter * Ken Mattingly, Auburn University
Academics
* Peter Likins, former President, The University of Arizona * Ralph Cicerone, President, National Academy of Sciences * Hank Brown, former Senator and current President of the University of Colorado * William Kirwan, Chancellor of the University of Maryland System * Martin C. Jischke, President of Purdue University * Tom Huddleston, Vice President of the University of Central Florida * Denny Roberts, Associate Vice President of Miami University * Duane Cummins, Dean, Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University
Print and journalism
* Sports Writer Tony Barnhart * Academy Award winner Stephen Gaghan * Forrest Gump author Winston Groom * Harper's editor and author Willie Morris * NBC-TV Reporter Bob Dotson * The New Republic founder Willard Straight * Novelist John D. MacDonald * Author James Houston Turner * MSNBC Host Dan Abrams of The Abrams Report * Mythology writer Joseph Campbell * Max Ehrmann * Chuck Clark, journalist * Author Richard North Patterson
Actors, directors, and comedians
* Actor Colin Bain * Actor Drew Carey * Comedian Chip Chinnery * Actor Will Ferrell * Film director Fielder Cook * Actor Bill Fagerbakke * Actor Frederic Forrest * Actor Joel Higgins * Comedian Eddie Ifft * Actor Roy Jenson * Actor Aron Kincaid * Actor Thad Luckinbill * Actor James Marsden * Actor Matthew McConaughey * Actor Austin Miller * Documentary host Roger Mudd * Actor Jim Nabors * Host Pat O'Brien * Actor Robert Peters * Actor David Schwimmer * Actor Johnny Sheffield * Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo
Music
* Oak Ridge Boys vocalist Duane Allen * R.E.M. lead guitarist Peter Buck * Singer John Denver * Singer Jim Fredley * Bread lead vocalist David Gates * Restless Heart guitarist Greg Jennings * Red Dirt Rangers singer Rob Piccolo * Singer Al Staehely * Dog's Eye View singer Peter Stuart * Singer/Songwriter Creede Williams * Country singer Keith Anderson * French Hornist Sir Charles Halsted III
Sportscasters
* Bill Flemming * Bill Macatee * Jay Randolph * Craig Sager
SPORTS
Football
* Joe Avvezano * Carmen Cozza * Boyd Dowler * John Elway * Jason Fisk * Les Horvath * Chad Hutchinson * Dante Lavelli * Alphonse "Tuffy" Leemans * John Lynch * Howard Mudd * Jim Parady * Jim Plunkett * Jon Ritchie * Mark Rypien * Jeff Siemon * Gene Washington, now National Football League Director of Football Operations
Baseball
* Mike Aldrete * Steve Buechele * Shawn Green * Rick Helling * A.J. Hinch * Mark Marquess, Head Coach at Stanford University * Dave McCarty * Mike Mussina * Branch Rickey * Eppa Rixey * George Sisler * Ed Sprague * Paul Kuhr
Basketball
* Mike Bratz * Pete Carril * Ward Lambert * Bob Leonard * Charles Murphy * Ed Nealy * Pat Page * Andy Phillip * Brian D'Orazio
Other sports
* "Skeet" Chadwick * Scott Dunlap * John Galbreath * Francis Gonzales * Tom Keigler * Bob Lewis * Todd Martin * Al Oerter * Jay Randolph * Kyle Rote, Jr. * Roy Saari * Jim Sheldon * Brian Steere * Brian Stevens * Hugh Stewart * John Dunn * Jay Howland
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[edit] Delt Facts & Figures
| 2006-2007 | |||
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| Chapter Size: | 60 | Standards Score: | |
| Fall GPA: | 3.171 | Spring GPA: | 3.374 |
| National Awards: | University Awards: | ||
| 2005-2006 | |||
| Chapter Size: | 64 | Standards Score: | 89.5 |
| Fall GPA: | 3.384 | Spring GPA: | 3.384 |
| National Awards: | Hugh Shields Award for Chapter Excellence, Highest GPA in Fraternity | University Awards: | Completed 103% of 365 Days of Service |
| 2004-2005 | |||
| Chapter Size: | 48 | Standards Score: | 88.5 |
| Fall GPA: | 3.214 | Spring GPA: | 3.442 |
| National Awards: | University Awards: | ||
| 2003-2004 | |||
| Chapter Size: | 63 | Standards Score: | 87 |
| Fall GPA: | 3.295 | Spring GPA: | 3.247 |
| National Awards: | Rush Award, Website Award, Ritual Award, Adopt-A-School, Academic Award, 10% Challenge (increasing size) | University Awards: | Philanthropy and Community Service Pytte Cup, Greek Community Creed Award (Code of Conduct) |
| 2002-2003 | |||
| Chapter Size: | 57 | Standards Score: | 88.5 |
| Fall GPA: | 3.295 | Spring GPA: | 3.247 |
| National Awards: | University Awards: | Completed 212% of 365 Days of Service, Exceeded Greek Community Standards, 9th Place in Greek Week, Winner of Greek Community Creed Award for Ritual Education | |
| 2001-2002 | |||
| Chapter Size: | 32 | Standards Score: | 86.5 |
| Fall GPA: | 3.331 | Spring GPA: | 3.328 |
| National Awards: | University Awards: | Exceeded Greek Community Standards, Completed 365 Days of Service | |
| 2000-2001 | |||
| Chapter Size: | 42 | Standards Score: | 91 |
| Fall GPA: | 3.216 | Spring GPA: | 3.229 |
| National Awards: | University Awards: | Exceeded Greek Community Standards, Completed 135% of 365 Days of Service, Fraternity Sportsmanship Award | |
The street address for Delta Tau Delta is 11130 Magnolia Drive.
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| Street address | 11130 Magnolia Drive + |
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