Delta Sigma Pi

Delta Sigma Pi
Delta Sigma Pi
ΔΣΠ
Founded	November 7, 1907 (age 116); New York University
Type	Professional
Scope	International
Colors	Royal Purple and Old Gold
Flower	Red Rose
Chapters	264 chartered, 205 active
Nicknames	Deltasigs
Headquarters	330 South Campus Ave.; Oxford, Ohio; USA
Website	http://www.dspnet.org/

ΔΣΠ (Delta Sigma Pi) is a co-ed professional business fraternity in the United States of America. It was founded on November 7, 1907 at the School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance, New York University, New York, New York and is currently headquartered in Oxford, Ohio. The Fraternity has 205 active chapters and colonies with over 200,000 initiated members.^[1]

Fraternity chapters and members focus on four areas to better themselves: professional, finance, community service, and social.

Purpose

Delta Sigma Pi is a professional fraternity organized to foster the study of business in universities; to encourage scholarship, social activity and the association of students for their mutual advancement by research and practice; to promote closer affiliation between the commercial world and students of commerce, and to further a higher standard of commercial ethics and culture and the civic and commercial welfare of the community.

History

The Founding Fathers

Delta Sigma Pi was founded by Mr. Alexander Frank Makay, Mr. Henry Albert Tienken, Mr. Harold Valentine Jacobs, and Mr. Alfred Moysello. These four men, along with a fifth student, grew close to one another in their classes and from sharing the same subway route on their way home every evening. They often discussed topics of mutual interest including school affairs. One such topic revolved around the only fraternity at NYU's School of Commerce, Accounts, and Finance. These men were not invited to join Alpha Kappa Psi, so they decided to form a club that would be open to all business students.

In 1907, the fifth student dropped from the group when he was offered the opportunity to join Alpha Kappa Psi, which was at that time the only fraternity at the School of Commerce, Accounts, and Finance. At this time, Makay, Tienken, Jacobs, and Moysello were not invited to join, so they decided that there was a need for two fraternities in the school. They abandoned the plans for their club in favor of forming another Greek letter fraternity.

Progress

In 1911, the fraternity published its first newsletter, which soon would be named The Deltasig.

The second chapter was founded at Northwestern School of Commerce. National meetings, called the Grand Chapter Congress, became a regular tradition and to this day the national fraternity meets every other year to conduct business and elect its national leaders.^[2]

After rapid expansion in the early 1920s, the fraternity opened its national headquarters in Chicago, Illinois.^[3] In 1957, the central office moved to Oxford, Ohio adjacent to the campus of Miami University.^[3]

The biggest change in the history of the Fraternity took place in 1975, as the Board of Directors mandated that chapters were allowed to initiate female business students, to conform with Title IX. Initially this move was very unpopular among many members,^[3] but today all chapters initiate females.

Distinguished Alumni

The following Brothers have, through their personal and professional achievements, distinguished themselves as exemplary Brothers of the fraternity. They have made significant contributions to business, government, education, entertainment, or the Fraternity.^[4]

Eduardo Aguirre, Jr., Ambassador of the United States of America to Spain and Andorra
Gordon Bethune, Chairman and CEO, Continental Airlines
Henry W. Bloch, Honorary Chairman of the Board, H & R Block
S. Truett Cathy, Founder and Chairman, Chick-fil-A, Inc.
James F. Geer, Controller for Manufacturing, Coca-Cola USA
Harold S. Hook, President, Main Event Management Corporation
Gregory W. Jones, President & CEO, State Farm General Insurance Company
Gilman G. Louie, President & CEO, In-Q-Tel, Inc.
Robert E. Lowder, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Colonial BancGroup, Inc.
Russell G. Mawby, Chairman Emeritus, W. K. Kellogg Foundation
R. Michael Mondavi, Chairman of the Board, Robert Mondavi Winery
Michael P. Morley, Chief Administrative Officer - Executive V.P., Eastman Kodak Company
Dean R. O'Hare, Chairman and CEO, The Chubb Corporation
Robert B. Pamplin, Chairman Emeritus, Georgia Pacific Corporation
Joseph A. Pichler, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Kroger Company
Sam J. Sebastiani, Former Owner and President, Viansa Winery
John G. Smale, Chairman of the Board and CEO (Retired), Procter and Gamble Company
Dominic A. Tarantino, Chairman Emeritus, PriceWaterhouseCoopers

Chapters of the Fraternity

Collegiate Chapters

Since its inception in 1907, Delta Sigma Pi has installed 264 chapters, of which 192 remain active. In addition to these chapters, Delta Sigma Pi currently has active colonies at 13 universities.^[5]

Alumni Chapters

Delta Sigma Pi has 60 alumni franchised Alumni Chapters on its roll for the 2007-2008 year in the United States, and over 40 more locations worldwide have Brothers with an interest in starting a new Alumni Chapter.^[6] ^[7]

References

[about-1] ttp://www.dspnet.org/site/about_us/default.asp

[bylaws-2] ttp://www.dspnet.org/site/pdf/bylaws/Bylaws.pdf

[history-3] ttp://www.dspnet.org/site/about_us/history.asp

[DistinguishedAlumni-4] ttp://www.dspnet.org/site/about_us/distinguished_alumni.asp

[ChapterList-5] ttp://www.dspnet.org/site/about_us/chapter_list2.asp?MODE=GREEK

[AlumniChapterList-6] ttp://www.dspnet.org/site/about_us/alumnichapters.asp

[AlumniContactList-7] ttp://www.dspnet.org/site/about_us/alumnicontacts.asp

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Former and formerly active members of the Professional Fraternity Association or its predecessors: Professional Panhellenic Association or Professional Interfraternity Conference	Alpha Delta Theta Alpha Delta Sigma Alpha Kappa Kappa Alpha Sigma Alpha Alpha Tau Delta Alpha Omega Beta Alpha Psi Gamma Eta Gamma Gamma Iota Sigma Delta Epsilon Iota Delta Sigma Delta Delta Psi Kappa Epsilon Eta Phi Zeta Phi Eta Theta Kappa Psi Theta Sigma Upsilon Theta Sigma Phi Iota Sigma Pi Kappa Alpha Pi Kappa Beta Pi Kappa Delta Epsilon Kappa Phi Kappa Nu Sigma Nu Xi Psi Phi Omicron Delta Kappa Omicron Nu Pi Lambda Theta Sigma Delta Chi Sigma Nu Phi Sigma Sigma Sigma Sigma Phi Delta (now social) Phi Beta Gamma Phi Beta Pi Phi Delta Delta Phi Delta Gamma Phi Delta Kappa Phi Delta Pi Phi Delta Phi (now honor society) Phi Epsilon Kappa Phi Lambda Kappa Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (now social) Phi Rho Sigma Phi Upsilon Omicron Phi Chi Chi Beta Phi Psi Omega Omega Tau Sigma Omega Upsilon Phi Pershing Rifles Scabbard and Blade Scarab
North American Interfraternity Conference	Alpha Gamma Rho Alpha Gamma Sigma
Active independent professional fraternities	Alpha Gamma Kappa Alpha Zeta Omega Alpha Eta Rho Alpha Iota Alpha Psi Gamma Epsilon Tau Delta Sigma Theta Delta Theta Sigma Delta Kappa Gamma Delta Kappa Phi Delta Phi Epsilon Kappa Gamma Psi Kappa Pi Nu Beta Epsilon Phi Delta Kappa (sorority) Phi Sigma Gamma Phi Psi Chi Delta Mu Chi Eta Phi Block and Bridle
Inactive independent professional fraternities	Aleph Yodh He Alpha Epsilon Iota Alpha Tau Sigma Chi Zeta Chi Delta Omicron Alpha Pi Delta Nu