Category Archives: Alpha Phi Delta

December 7, 1941 About a Week After the Joint NIC-NPC Meeting

December 7, 1941, is a day that has lived in infamy. A little more than a week earlier, fraternity men and women were meeting in New York City at the first joint meeting of the National Interfraternity Conference (NIC) and … Continue reading

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Alpha Phi Delta’s 99th Birthday and the Fraternity’s Connection to Frank Sinatra

As a Syracuse University alumna and an American whose roots are Italian,* I offer Alpha Phi Delta best wishes upon its 99th birthday. Alpha Phi Delta was founded on November 5, 1914 when seven young men, all of Italian descent, … Continue reading

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