Eastern Illinois University (EIU) is a public university in Charleston,Illinois. Established in 1895 as the Eastern Illinois State Normal School,a teacher's college offering a two-year degree,Eastern Illinois University gradually expanded into a comprehensive university with a broad curriculum,including bachelor's and master's degrees in education,business,arts,sciences,and humanities.
The North American Interfraternity Conference is an association of intercollegiate men's social fraternities that was formally organized in 1910,although it began at a meeting at the University Club of New York on November 27,1909. The power of the organization rests in a House of Delegates in which each member fraternity is represented by a single delegate. However,the group's executive and administrative powers are vested in an elected board of directors consisting of nine volunteers from various NIC fraternities. Headquartered in Indianapolis,Indiana,the NIC has a small professional staff.
Dartmouth College is host to many fraternities and sororities,and a significant percentage of the undergraduate student body is active in Greek life. In 2005,the school stated that 1,785 students were members of a fraternity,sorority,or gender-inclusive Greek house,comprising about 43 percent of all students,or about 60 percent of the eligible student body. Greek organizations at Dartmouth provide both social and residential opportunities for students and are the only single-sex residential option on campus. Greek organizations at Dartmouth do not provide dining options,as regular meal service has been banned in Greek houses since 1909.
Iowa Wesleyan University was a private university in Mount Pleasant,Iowa,United States. It was Iowa's first co-educational institution of higher learning and the oldest of its type west of the Mississippi River. The institution was affiliated with the United Methodist Church. It closed at the end of the 2022–23 academic year due to financial challenges.
Phi Delta Theta (ΦΔΘ),commonly known as Phi Delt,is an international secret and social fraternity founded at Miami University in 1848 and headquartered in Oxford,Ohio. Phi Delta Theta,along with Beta Theta Pi and Sigma Chi form the Miami Triad. The fraternity has over 190 active chapters and colonies in over 43 U.S. states and five Canadian provinces and has initiated more than 277,000 men between 1848 and 2021. There are over 160,000 living alumni. Phi Delta Theta chartered house corporations own more than 135 houses valued at over $141 million as of summer 2015. There are nearly 100 recognized alumni clubs across the U.S. and Canada.
Irving McNeil Ives was an American politician and founding dean of the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations. A Republican,he served as a United States Senator from New York from 1947 to 1959. He was previously a member of the New York State Assembly for sixteen years,serving as Minority Leader (1935),Speaker (1936),and Majority Leader (1937–1946). A liberal Republican,he was known as a specialist in labor and civil rights legislation. Ives voted in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
Delta Phi (ΔΦ) is a fraternity founded in 1827 at Union College in Schenectady,New York consisting of ten active chapters along the East Coast of the United States. The fraternity also uses the names "St. Elmo," "St. Elmo Hall," or merely "Elmo" because of its relation to Erasmus of Formia with some chapters known almost exclusively by one of these names on their respective campuses. Delta Phi was,after the Kappa Alpha Society and Sigma Phi Society,the third and last member of the Union Triad.
Salem State University is a public university in Salem,Massachusetts. Established in 1854,it is the oldest and largest institute of higher education on the North Shore and is part of the state university system in Massachusetts.
Bernard William Rogers was a United States Army general who served as the 28th Chief of Staff of the United States Army,and later as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander,Europe and Commander in Chief,United States European Command.
Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity,International is the largest professional law fraternity in the United States. Founded in 1902,P.A.D. has since grown to 717 established pre-law,law,and alumni chapters and over 330,000 initiated members. Application for membership to Phi Alpha Delta is available to undergraduate students,law school students,lawyers,judges,and politicians.
The Zeta Phi Society (ΖΦ) was a fraternal organization founded in 1870 at the University of Missouri. The Alpha chapter of the society became a chapter of Beta Theta Pi in 1890. The Missouri unit is the oldest fraternity in continuous existence at the university and the second fraternity founded west of the Mississippi River. Its second chapter,Sigma chapter joined Phi Gamma Delta in 1886. Zeta Phi Society's other two units disbanded.
The Professional Fraternity Association (PFA) is an American association of national,collegiate,professional fraternities and sororities that was formed in 1978. Since PFA groups are discipline-specific,members join while pursuing graduate degrees as well as undergraduate degrees. PFA groups seek to develop their members professionally in addition to the social development commonly associated with Panhellenic fraternities. Membership requirements of the PFA are broad enough to include groups that do not recruit new members from a single professional discipline. The PFA has welcomed service and honor fraternities as members;however,Greek letter honor societies more commonly belong to the Association of College Honor Societies.
Phi Chi (ΦΧ) is one of the oldest and largest international medical fraternities of its kind in the world. Phi Chi evolved from the merging of two professional medical fraternities bearing the same name. Phi Chi Society was founded on March 31,1889,at the University of Vermont,Burlington,Vt. Phi Chi Medical Fraternity was founded on October 26,1894,at the Louisville Medical College,Louisville,Ky. These two organizations did not know that they shared a similar name when they were founded. On March 5,1905,in Burlington,Vt.,Phi Chi Society and Phi Chi Medical Fraternity,Inc.,were consolidated taking the name Phi Chi Medical Fraternity,Inc.
Donald Read Heath was a member of the United States Foreign Service for more than four decades including service as the Minister to Laos (1950–1954),and Ambassador to Cambodia (1950–1954),Vietnam (1952–1955),Lebanon (1955–1957) and Saudi Arabia (1958–1961). During his tenure as Ambassador to Vietnam,Heath advocated and carried out American policy under Secretary of State John Foster Dulles that helped set the stage for American military involvement.
Joshua Soule Zimmerman was an American lawyer,politician,and orchardist in the U.S. state of West Virginia. In the early years of the 20th century,Zimmerman served as the Prosecuting Attorney for Hampshire County and as a Democratic member of the West Virginia House of Delegates.
Lapsley Walker Hamblen Jr. was a judge of the United States Tax Court from 1982 to 1996.
