Alpha Delta Gamma
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Alpha Delta Gamma National Fraternity (ΑΔΓ, also known as ADG or Alpha Delt) is an American Greek-letter social fraternity
and one of 74 members of the North-American Interfraternity Conference
(NIC). Based on Christian
principles and the traditions of the Jesuit Order
of the Catholic Church, Alpha Delta Gamma was founded at Loyola University, Chicago on October 10, 1924 as a response to the unwillingness of most national fraternities
to colonize at Catholic colleges and universities. Since its founding, Alpha Delta Gamma has expanded conservatively to keep a small but strong brotherhood; thus, the fraternity
has chartered 28 chapters in its 85 year history. Today, Alpha Delta Gamma operates 11 active chapters (at private and public colleges) across the United States
, stretching from Los Angeles, California
to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
.
on October 10, 1924 by four students: Francis Patrick Canary, John Joseph Dwyer, William S. Hallisey and James Collins O'Brien, Jr. According to the Alpha Delta Gamma National Web Site, "In effect, they wanted a fraternity founded upon Christian
ideals of true manhood, sound learning, and the unity of fraternal brotherhood. These ideals were decreed the purpose of Alpha Delta Gamma when it first came into being. And so the foundation was set, Alpha Delta Gamma was on its way to becoming a city walled!"
In 1926, members of the local organization Delta Theta at St. Louis University in Saint Louis, Missouri contacted the Alpha Chapter
at Loyola University Chicago
, requesting permission to affiliate with the then existing fraternity
. Their request was granted and, on October 26, 1927, Alpha Delta Gamma officially charted its Beta Chapter, becoming a national fraternity
. The fraternity
continued expanding to other Catholic colleges and universities and adopted the descriptive "National Catholic-College Fraternity." This was eventually changed to "National Catholic Social Fraternity" when the organization began expansion to non-Catholic colleges and universities.
Alpha Delta Gamma has remained a small national fraternity
, with a total of twenty-eight chapters, eleven of which are active and one that recolonized in February 2010. Most chapters are located at Catholic universities, but there are no religious requirements for membership.
Zeta - Rockhurst University
; Kansas City, Missouri
Theta - St. Norbert College
; De Pere, Wisconsin
Kappa - Catholic University of America; Washington, D.C.
Lambda - Loyola Marymount University
; Los Angeles, California
Xi - Bellarmine University
; Louisville, Kentucky
Rho - Thomas More College; Crestview Hills, Kentucky
Psi - Barry University
; Miami Shores, Florida
Alpha Delta - Cabrini College
; Radnor, PA
Alpha Epsilon - LaGrange College
; LaGrange, GA
Alpha Zeta - York College of Pennsylvania
; York, PA
University of Texas Colony; Austin, TX
McKendree University Colony; Lebanon, IL
; Chicago, Illinois
Gamma - DePaul University
; Chicago, Illinois
Delta - St. Mary's College
; Moraga, California
Epsilon - Loyola University New Orleans
; New Orleans, Louisiana
Eta - Quincy University
; Quincy, Illinois
Iota - Regis College
; Denver
Mu - Spring Hill College
; Mobile, Alabama
Nu - University of San Francisco
; San Francisco
Omicron - University of San Diego
; San Diego
Pi - Marquette University
; Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Sigma - St. Mary's University of Minnesota, Winona, Minnesota
Tau - Northern Kentucky University
; Highland Heights, KY
Upsilon - Saint Joseph's University
; Philadelphia
Phi - Merrimack College
; North Andover, Massachusetts
Chi - St. Cloud State University
; St. Cloud, Minnesota
Alpha Beta - Philadelphia University
; Philadelphia, PA
Alpha Gamma - Chestnut Hill College
; Chestnut Hill, PA
These names and additional Famous Alpha Delts are listed on the Alpha Delta Gamma National Fraternity website on this page *http://alphadeltagamma.org/history/famous.html
Fraternities and sororities
Fraternities and sororities are fraternal social organizations for undergraduate students. In Latin, the term refers mainly to such organizations at colleges and universities in the United States, although it is also applied to analogous European groups also known as corporations...
and one of 74 members of the North-American Interfraternity Conference
North-American Interfraternity Conference
The North-American Interfraternity Conference , is an association of collegiate men's fraternities that was formally organized in 1910, although it began on November 27, 1909. The power of the organization rests in a House of Delegates where each member fraternity is represented by a single delegate...
(NIC). Based on Christian
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
principles and the traditions of the Jesuit Order
Society of Jesus
The Society of Jesus is a Catholic male religious order that follows the teachings of the Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits, and are also known colloquially as "God's Army" and as "The Company," these being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and a...
of the Catholic Church, Alpha Delta Gamma was founded at Loyola University, Chicago on October 10, 1924 as a response to the unwillingness of most national fraternities
Fraternities and sororities
Fraternities and sororities are fraternal social organizations for undergraduate students. In Latin, the term refers mainly to such organizations at colleges and universities in the United States, although it is also applied to analogous European groups also known as corporations...
to colonize at Catholic colleges and universities. Since its founding, Alpha Delta Gamma has expanded conservatively to keep a small but strong brotherhood; thus, the fraternity
Fraternities and sororities
Fraternities and sororities are fraternal social organizations for undergraduate students. In Latin, the term refers mainly to such organizations at colleges and universities in the United States, although it is also applied to analogous European groups also known as corporations...
has chartered 28 chapters in its 85 year history. Today, Alpha Delta Gamma operates 11 active chapters (at private and public colleges) across the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, stretching from Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
.
History
Alpha Delta Gamma was founded at the Lake Shore campus of Loyola University ChicagoLoyola University Chicago
Loyola University Chicago is a private Jesuit research university located in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1870 under the title St...
on October 10, 1924 by four students: Francis Patrick Canary, John Joseph Dwyer, William S. Hallisey and James Collins O'Brien, Jr. According to the Alpha Delta Gamma National Web Site, "In effect, they wanted a fraternity founded upon Christian
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
ideals of true manhood, sound learning, and the unity of fraternal brotherhood. These ideals were decreed the purpose of Alpha Delta Gamma when it first came into being. And so the foundation was set, Alpha Delta Gamma was on its way to becoming a city walled!"
In 1926, members of the local organization Delta Theta at St. Louis University in Saint Louis, Missouri contacted the Alpha Chapter
Loyola University Chicago
Loyola University Chicago is a private Jesuit research university located in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1870 under the title St...
at Loyola University Chicago
Loyola University Chicago
Loyola University Chicago is a private Jesuit research university located in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1870 under the title St...
, requesting permission to affiliate with the then existing fraternity
Fraternities and sororities
Fraternities and sororities are fraternal social organizations for undergraduate students. In Latin, the term refers mainly to such organizations at colleges and universities in the United States, although it is also applied to analogous European groups also known as corporations...
. Their request was granted and, on October 26, 1927, Alpha Delta Gamma officially charted its Beta Chapter, becoming a national fraternity
Fraternities and sororities
Fraternities and sororities are fraternal social organizations for undergraduate students. In Latin, the term refers mainly to such organizations at colleges and universities in the United States, although it is also applied to analogous European groups also known as corporations...
. The fraternity
Fraternities and sororities
Fraternities and sororities are fraternal social organizations for undergraduate students. In Latin, the term refers mainly to such organizations at colleges and universities in the United States, although it is also applied to analogous European groups also known as corporations...
continued expanding to other Catholic colleges and universities and adopted the descriptive "National Catholic-College Fraternity." This was eventually changed to "National Catholic Social Fraternity" when the organization began expansion to non-Catholic colleges and universities.
Alpha Delta Gamma has remained a small national fraternity
Fraternities and sororities
Fraternities and sororities are fraternal social organizations for undergraduate students. In Latin, the term refers mainly to such organizations at colleges and universities in the United States, although it is also applied to analogous European groups also known as corporations...
, with a total of twenty-eight chapters, eleven of which are active and one that recolonized in February 2010. Most chapters are located at Catholic universities, but there are no religious requirements for membership.
Active Chapters
Beta - St. Louis University; St Louis, MissouriZeta - Rockhurst University
Rockhurst University
Rockhurst University is a private, coeducational Jesuit university located in Kansas City, Missouri, founded in 1910 as Rockhurst College. The school adheres to the motto etched into the stone of the campus bell tower: "Learning, Leadership, and Service in the Jesuit Tradition." It is one of 28...
; Kansas City, Missouri
Theta - St. Norbert College
St. Norbert College
St. Norbert College is a private Catholic liberal arts college in De Pere, Wisconsin. Founded in October 1898 by Abbot Bernard Pennings, a Norbertine priest and educator, the school was named after Saint Norbert of Xanten. In 1952, the college became coeducational and today enrolls about 2,175...
; De Pere, Wisconsin
Kappa - Catholic University of America; Washington, D.C.
Lambda - Loyola Marymount University
Loyola Marymount University
Loyola Marymount University is a comprehensive co-educational private Roman Catholic university in the Jesuit and Marymount traditions located in Los Angeles, California, United States...
; Los Angeles, California
Xi - Bellarmine University
Bellarmine University
Bellarmine University is an independent, private, Catholic university in Louisville, Kentucky. The liberal arts institution opened on October 3, 1950, as Bellarmine College, established by Archbishop John A. Floersh of the Archdiocese of Louisville and named after the Cardinal Saint Robert...
; Louisville, Kentucky
Rho - Thomas More College; Crestview Hills, Kentucky
Psi - Barry University
Barry University
Barry University is a private, Catholic university, which was founded in 1940 in Miami Shores, Florida, a suburb north of Downtown Miami. It is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami....
; Miami Shores, Florida
Alpha Delta - Cabrini College
Cabrini College
Cabrini College is a coeducational Roman Catholic residential college in the Philadelphia metropolitan area of Radnor Township, Pennsylvania, founded by the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in 1957. It was one of the first colleges in the United States to make community service a...
; Radnor, PA
Alpha Epsilon - LaGrange College
LaGrange College
LaGrange College is the oldest private college in the U.S. state of Georgia. Affiliated with the United Methodist Church, it is located in LaGrange, Georgia, with an enrollment of about 1,000 students. The student-to-faculty ratio is 11:1...
; LaGrange, GA
Alpha Zeta - York College of Pennsylvania
York College of Pennsylvania
York College of Pennsylvania is a private, coeducational, 4-year college located in southcentral Pennsylvania. The school offers more than 50 baccalaureate majors in professional programs, the sciences, and humanities to its 4,600 undergraduate students...
; York, PA
University of Texas Colony; Austin, TX
McKendree University Colony; Lebanon, IL
Inactive Chapters
Alpha - Loyola University ChicagoLoyola University Chicago
Loyola University Chicago is a private Jesuit research university located in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1870 under the title St...
; Chicago, Illinois
Gamma - DePaul University
DePaul University
DePaul University is a private institution of higher education and research in Chicago, Illinois. Founded by the Vincentians in 1898, the university takes its name from the 17th century French priest Saint Vincent de Paul...
; Chicago, Illinois
Delta - St. Mary's College
Saint Mary's College of California
Saint Mary's College of California is a private, coeducational college located in Moraga, California, United States, a small suburban community about east of Oakland and 20 miles east of San Francisco. It has a 420-acre campus in the Moraga hills. It is affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church...
; Moraga, California
Epsilon - Loyola University New Orleans
Loyola University New Orleans
Loyola University New Orleans is a private, co-educational and Jesuit university located in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Originally established as Loyola College in 1904, the institution was chartered as a university in 1912. It bears the name of the Jesuit patron, Saint Ignatius of Loyola...
; New Orleans, Louisiana
Eta - Quincy University
Quincy University
Quincy University a private liberal arts Catholic university in the Franciscan tradition. It is located in Quincy, Illinois and currently enrolls around 1,300 students.-History:...
; Quincy, Illinois
Iota - Regis College
Regis College
Regis College is a Roman Catholic liberal arts and sciences college located in Weston, Massachusetts. Founded as a women’s college in 1927, Regis became co-educational in 2007.-History:...
; Denver
Mu - Spring Hill College
Spring Hill College
Spring Hill College is a private, Roman Catholic Jesuit liberal arts college in the United States. It was founded in 1830 on the Gulf Coast in Mobile, Alabama, by Most Rev. Michael Portier, Bishop of Mobile, Alabama...
; Mobile, Alabama
Nu - University of San Francisco
University of San Francisco
The University of San Francisco , is a private, Jesuit/Catholic university located in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1855, USF was established as the first university in San Francisco. It is the second oldest institution for higher learning in California and the tenth-oldest university of...
; San Francisco
Omicron - University of San Diego
University of San Diego
The University of San Diego is a Roman Catholic university in San Diego, California. USD offers more than sixty bachelor's, master’s, and doctoral programs...
; San Diego
Pi - Marquette University
Marquette University
Marquette University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit, Roman Catholic university located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1881, the school is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities...
; Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Sigma - St. Mary's University of Minnesota, Winona, Minnesota
Tau - Northern Kentucky University
Northern Kentucky University
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; Highland Heights, KY
Upsilon - Saint Joseph's University
Saint Joseph's University
Saint Joseph's University is a private, coeducational Roman Catholic Jesuit university located partially in the Wynnefield section of Philadelphia and partially in Lower Merion Township and located in the Pennsylvania Main Line, Pennsylvania, United States.The school was founded in 1851 as Saint...
; Philadelphia
Phi - Merrimack College
Merrimack College
Merrimack College is an independent college in the Roman Catholic, Augustinian tradition located in North Andover, Massachusetts, north of Boston, Massachusetts. It offers undergraduate degrees in business, education, science, engineering, and the liberal arts...
; North Andover, Massachusetts
Chi - St. Cloud State University
St. Cloud State University
St. Cloud State University is a four-year public university founded in 1869 on the banks of the Mississippi River in St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States. The university is the largest member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system which is the largest single provider of higher...
; St. Cloud, Minnesota
Alpha Beta - Philadelphia University
Philadelphia University
Philadelphia University, founded in 1884, is a private university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Philadelphia University's student body consists of about 3,500 individuals from all 50 states and over 50 countries...
; Philadelphia, PA
Alpha Gamma - Chestnut Hill College
Chestnut Hill College
Chestnut Hill College is a coeducational Roman Catholic college in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. It was founded in 1924 as a women's college by the Sisters of St. Joseph. It was originally called Mount Saint Joseph College and assumed its current name in 1938. In...
; Chestnut Hill, PA
Notable Members
- Pascal F. Calogero, Jr.Pascal F. Calogero, Jr.Pascal Frank Calogero, Jr. , is the former Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. He is a graduate of Loyola University New Orleans School of Law, where he was initiated into the Alpha Delta Gamma National Fraternity. He resides in New Orleans, LouisianaHe was first elected to the Court in...
Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court (Epsilon Chapter) - Joseph Paul Clayton, President and CEO of DISH Network CorporationDish NetworkDish Network Corporation is the second largest pay TV provider in the United States, providing direct broadcast satellite service—including satellite television, audio programming, and interactive television services—to 14.337 million commercial and residential customers in the United States. Dish...
and former CEO of Sirius Satellite RadioSirius Satellite RadioSirius Satellite Radio is a satellite radio service operating in North America, owned by Sirius XM Radio.Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Sirius was officially launched on July 1, 2002 and currently provides 69 streams of music and 65 streams of...
('01-'04), chairman of Sirius XM Radio ('04-08), and President and CEO of Frontier Communications ('97-'99) (Xi Chapter) - Edward Derwinski, former United States Congressman from IllinoisIllinoisIllinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
and the first United States Secretary of Veterans AffairsUnited States Secretary of Veterans AffairsThe United States Secretary of Veterans' Affairs is the head of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the department concerned with veterans' benefits and related matters...
(Alpha Chapter) - John (Jack) GrundhofferJohn F. GrundhoferJohn F. Grundhofer is the director of Donaldson Company, Inc., Securian Financial Corp, and BJ's Restaurants. He is a Retired Chairman , Chief Executive Officer and President of U.S. Bancorp, a financial services provider.He is a graduate of Loyola High School and Loyola Marymount University...
, Former CEO and Chairman of US Bank (Lambda Chapter) - Harry Wiggins, Former State Senator of Missouri (Zeta Chapter)
- Walter J. OngWalter J. OngFather Walter Jackson Ong, Ph.D. , was an American Jesuit priest, professor of English literature, cultural and religious historian and philosopher. His major interest was in exploring how the transition from orality to literacy influenced culture and changed human consciousness...
, Jesuit, cultural and religious philosopher, historian (Zeta Chapter) - Michael R. QuinlanMichael R. QuinlanMichael Robert Quinlan is a graduate, and currently the chairman, of Loyola University Chicago, where he was initiated into the Alpha Delta Gamma National Fraternity. Quinlan served as a director of McDonald's Corporation, from 1979 until his retirement in 2002...
, Former Chairman and CEO McDonald'sMcDonald'sMcDonald's Corporation is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, serving around 64 million customers daily in 119 countries. Headquartered in the United States, the company began in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by the eponymous Richard and Maurice McDonald; in 1948...
Corp. (Alpha Chapter) - William Smithburg, Former President and CEO, Quaker Oats CompanyQuaker Oats CompanyThe Quaker Oats Company is an American food conglomerate based in Chicago. It has been owned by Pepsico since 2001.-History:Quaker Oats was founded in 1901 by the merger of four oat mills:...
(Gamma Chapter) - Patrick WaynePatrick WaynePatrick John Morrison, better known by his stage name Patrick Wayne , is an American actor, the second son of movie star John Wayne and his first wife, Josephine Alicia Saenz. He made over 40 films in his career, including nine with his father...
, Actor (Lambda Chapter) - Hunter WendelstedtHunter WendelstedtHarry Hunter Wendelstedt III is a baseball umpire who has worked in the National League in 1998-1999 and throughout both major leagues since 2000. His father Harry Hunter Wendelstedt, Jr. was an NL umpire from 1966 to 1998...
, Major League BaseballMajor League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
Umpire (Epsilon Chapter) - Phil WoolpertPhil WoolpertPhil Woolpert was an American college basketball coach. He is best known for coaching the University of San Francisco Dons to two straight national championships in 1955 and 1956....
, Head Basketball Coach, University of San FranciscoUniversity of San FranciscoThe University of San Francisco , is a private, Jesuit/Catholic university located in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1855, USF was established as the first university in San Francisco. It is the second oldest institution for higher learning in California and the tenth-oldest university of...
Dons (Lambda Chapter) - J. Skelly WrightJ. Skelly WrightJames Skelly Wright was a judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and anti-segregationist. The J...
, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia CircuitUnited States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia CircuitThe United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit known informally as the D.C. Circuit, is the federal appellate court for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Appeals from the D.C. Circuit, as with all the U.S. Courts of Appeals, are heard on a...
(Epsilon Chapter)
Notable Honorary Members
- Harry S. TrumanHarry S. TrumanHarry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States . As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice president and the 34th Vice President of the United States , he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his...
, 33rd President of the United States of America - George BrettGeorge Brett (baseball)George Howard Brett , nicknamed "Mullet", is a former Major League Baseball third baseman, designated hitter, and first baseman. He played his entire 21-year baseball career for the Kansas City Royals. Brett's 3,154 career hits are the most by any third baseman in major league history, and 15th...
, Hall of FameNational Baseball Hall of Fame and MuseumThe National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is an American history museum and hall of fame, located at 25 Main Street in Cooperstown, New York, operated by private interests serving as the central point for the study of the history of baseball in the United States and beyond, the display of...
Baseball Player - Theodore Edgar McCarrick, former Archbishop of WashingtonRoman Catholic Archdiocese of WashingtonThe Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington is a particular church of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. It comprises the District of Columbia and Calvert, Charles, Montgomery, Prince George's and Saint Mary's counties in the state of Maryland....
- de Lesseps Story MorrisonDe Lesseps Story MorrisonDeLesseps Story "Chep" Morrison, Sr., was the mayor of New Orleans from 1946-1961 who failed in three hard-fought bids for the then-pivotal Louisiana Democratic gubernatorial nomination. He also served as an appointee of U.S. President John F. Kennedy as the United States ambassador to the...
, Mayor of New Orleans and AmbassadorUnited States Ambassador to the Organization of American StatesThe following is a list of people who have served as United States Ambassador to the Organization of American States, or the full title, Representative of the United States of America to the Organization of American States, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and...
to the Organization of American StatesOrganization of American StatesThe Organization of American States is a regional international organization, headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States... - Babe RuthBabe RuthGeorge Herman Ruth, Jr. , best known as "Babe" Ruth and nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", was an American Major League baseball player from 1914–1935...
, Hall of FameNational Baseball Hall of Fame and MuseumThe National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is an American history museum and hall of fame, located at 25 Main Street in Cooperstown, New York, operated by private interests serving as the central point for the study of the history of baseball in the United States and beyond, the display of...
Baseball Player - Carl SandburgCarl SandburgCarl Sandburg was an American writer and editor, best known for his poetry. He won three Pulitzer Prizes, two for his poetry and another for a biography of Abraham Lincoln. H. L. Mencken called Carl Sandburg "indubitably an American in every pulse-beat."-Biography:Sandburg was born in Galesburg,...
, Poet - Victor H. SchiroVictor H. SchiroVictor Hugo "Vic" Schiro , was an American New Orleans, Louisiana, politician who served on the City Council and as Mayor from 1961 - 1970.- Early life and political career :...
, Mayor of New Orleans
These names and additional Famous Alpha Delts are listed on the Alpha Delta Gamma National Fraternity website on this page *http://alphadeltagamma.org/history/famous.html