The Panhellenic / Beekman Tower (Panhellenic) cornerstone
I took this picture of the cornerstone at the Beekman Tower Hotel when I visited the hotel about 10 years ago. It shows the Greek letters near the doorway. If you’d like to read more about the Panhellenic / Beekman Tower (Panhellenic) / Beekman Tower Hotel, please click on the links to the right.
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I was the last person anyone would have suspected of joining a sorority in college. I am sure I would have agreed with them, too.
When I made my way to Syracuse University, I saw the houses with the Greek letters that edged Walnut Park, and wished I could tour them. My roommate suggested I sign up for rush (as it was then called, today it’s known as recruitment) and go through the house tour round and then drop out of rush. It sounded like a plan. I didn’t realize that I would end up feeling at home at one of the chapters. And that I would become a member.
In this blog I will share the history of GLOs and other topics. I wrote a dissertation on “Coeducation and the History of Women’s Fraternities 1867-1902.″ It chronicles the growth of the system and the birth of the National Panhellenic Conference.
My Master’s thesis details the history of the fraternity system at Southern Illinois University Carbondale from 1948-1960. The dates are significant ones and the thesis is available on the top menu.
I have done research at the Student Life Archives and have written several histories of University of Illinois fraternity chapters for the Society for the Preservation of Greek Housing.
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NPC
Alpha Chi Omega
Alpha Delta Pi
Alpha Epsilon Phi
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Alpha Gamma Delta
Alpha Omicron Pi
Grace Humiston
Alpha Phi
Alpha Sigma Alpha
Alpha Sigma Tau
Elsie Katherine Bergegrun, M.D.
Alpha Xi Delta
Chi Omega
Delta Delta Delta
Dr. “Mattibelle” Boger Shattuck
Delta Gamma
Carlotta Joaquina Maury, Ph.D.
Delta Phi Epsilon
Delta Zeta
Crown Princess Martha of Norway
Gamma Phi Beta
Kappa Alpha Theta
Kappa Delta
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Meghan Markle, HRH The Dutchess of Sussex
Phi Mu
Phi Sigma Sigma
Pi Beta Phi
Mary Elizabeth Lasher Barnette
Marguerite “Peg” Lindsley (Arnold)
Sigma Delta Tau
Sigma Kappa
Sigma Sigma Sigma
Theta Phi Alpha
Mildred “Millie” Lonergan McAuliffe
Zeta Tau Alpha
NPHC
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Delta Sigma Theta
Sigma Gamma Rho
Zeta Phi Beta
Focus on Fraternity HistoryMarch 1, 1868 – Pi Kappa Alpha
March 1, 1918 – Phi Mu Delta
March 4, 1827 – Sigma Phi Society
March 4, 1852 – Phi Mu
March 9, 1856 – Sigma Alpha Epsilon
March 9, 1995 – Kappa Phi Lambda
March 9, 1997 – Lambda Phi Delta
March 10, 1990 – Alpha Pi Sigma
March 11, 1986 – Lambda Theta Nu
March 15 – Delta Gamma (Founders’ Day celebrated)
March 15 – Phi Delta Theta (Founders’ Day celebrated)
March 15, 1989 – Omega Phi Beta
March 15, 1873 – Phi Sigma Kappa
March 15, 1925 – Phi Lambda Chi
March 17, 1906 – Phi Kappa Tau
March 17, 1917 – Delta Phi Epsilon
March 21, 1895 – Pi Lambda Phi
March 21, 1988 – Gamma Phi Delta
March 23, 1994 – Sigma Phi Zeta
March 25, 1917 – Sigma Delta Tau
March 25, 1925 – Phi Lambda Chi
April 2, 1994 – Delta Tau Lambda
April 2, 1998 – Alpha Sigma Rho
April 4, 1986 – Sigma Beta Lambda
April 5, 1895 – Chi Omega
April 5, 1979 – Lambda Sigma Upsilon
April 6, 1987 – Kappa Delta Chi
April 9, 1990 – Sigma Lambda Gamma
April 10, 1856 – Theta Chi
April 11, 1924 – Sigma Phi Delta
April 11, 1997 – Theta Nu Xi
April 14, 1990 – Kappa Delta Phi
April 15, 1905 – FarmHouse
April 15, 1907 – Triangle
April 17, 1893 – Alpha Xi Delta
April 17, 1925 – Beta Sigma Psi
April 17, 1991 – Gamma Phi Omega
April 20, 1898 – Sigma Sigma Sigma
April 20, 1994 – Delta Xi Phi
April 22, 1914 – Alpha Kappa Lambda
April 28, 1867 – Pi Beta Phi
April 29, 1864 – Theta Xi
April 29, 1889 – Phi Kappa Theta
April 29, 1980 – Chi Psi Sigma
April 30, 1912 – Theta Phi Alpha
April 30, 1931 – Beta Sigma Phi