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| Alpha
Chi Omega Fraternity
Letters: ACW
Chapters: 132
Members:
180,000
Founded: Oct 15 1885, DePauw
Univ, IN
Founders: 7 (Anna Allen, Olive
Burnett, Bertha Deniston, Amy DuBois, Nellie Gamble, Bessie Grooms and
Estelle Leonard)
Nickname: Alpha Chi, A Chi
O, AXO
Colors: scarlet red and olive
green
Flower: red carnation
Symbol: lyre
Mascot: lyre, or locally chosen
Jewel: pearl
Magazine: The Lyre
Patron: Hera
Open Motto: Together Let Us
Seek The Heights
Philanthropy: Alpha Chi Omega
Foundation, The Fight Against Domestic Violence |
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Delta Pi Sorority
Letters: ADP
Chapters: 138
Members:
215,000
Founded: May 15 1851, Wesleyan
Coll, GA
Founders: 6 (Eugenia Tucker
Fitzgerald, Octavia Andrew Rush, Ella Pierce Turner, Mary Evans Glass,
Sophronia Woodruff Dews, Elizabeth Williams Mitchell)
Nickname: ADPi
Colors: azure blue and white
Flower: woodland violet (purple)
Symbol: diamond
Mascot: Alphie the Lion
Jewel: diamond
Magazine: The Adelphean
Patron: None
Open Motto: We Live For Each
Other
Philanthropy: Ronald McDonald
House |
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| Alpha
Epsilon Phi Sorority
Letters: AEF
Chapters: 47 (and 6 colonies)
Members: 80,000
Founded: Oct 24 1909, Barnard
Coll, NY
Founders: 7 (Helen Phillips,
Ida Beck, Rose Gerstein, Augustina Hess, Lee Reiss, Rose Salmowitz, Stella
Strauss)
Nickname: AEPhi
Colors: green and white
Flower: lily of the valley
Symbol: columns
Mascot: giraffe
Jewel: pearl
Magazine: Columns
Patron: None
Open Motto: Multa Corda, Una
Causa "Many Hearts, One Purpose"
Philanthropy: Elizabeth Glaser
Pediatric AIDS Foundation and
Sharsheret |
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| Alpha
Gamma Delta Fraternity
Letters: AGD
Chapters: 112
Members: 145,000
Founded: May 30 1904, Syracuse
Univ, NY
Founders: 11 (Marguerite Shepard,
Estelle Shepard Beswick, Georgia Alberta Dickover, Jennie Titus Smith Morris,
Ethel Brown Distin, Grace Mosher Harter, Edith MacConnel Hickok, Mary Louise
Snider, Georgia Otis Chipman, Emily Helen Butterfield, Flora Knight Mayer)
Nickname: Alpha Gam, AGD (unoff)
Colors: red, buff, green
Flower: red and buff roses
with green asparagus fern
Symbol: 14 pearls/squirrel
Mascot: Squirrel
Jewel: pearl
Magazine: The Quarterly
Patron: None
Open Motto: No official motto,
but Inspire the Woman, Impact the World and Surrounded by Sisterhood are
used.
Philanthropy: Alpha Gamma Delta
Foundation, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation |
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Omicron Pi Fraternity
Letters: AOP
Chapters: 117
Members: 131,000
Founded: Jan 2 1897, Barnard
Coll, NY
Founders: 4 (Jessie Wallace
Hughan, Helen St. Clair Mullan, Elizabeth Heywood Wyman, Stella George
Stern Perry)
Nickname: AOII (also seen as
AOPi)
Colors: cardinal red
Flower: Jacqueminot red rose
Symbol: rose, wheat
Mascot: panda (unofficial)
Jewel: ruby
Magazine: To Dragma
Patron: None
Open Motto: One motto, one
badge, one bond and singleness of heart
Philanthropy: Arthritis research,
American Juvenile Arthritis Foundation |
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| Alpha
Phi Fraternity
Letters: AF
Chapters: 154 (and 3 colonies)
Members:
200,000+
Founded: Sep 30 1872, Syracuse
Univ, NY
Founders: 10 (Clara Bradley
Burdette, Florence Chidester Lukens, Martha Foote Crow, Ida Gilbert Houghton,
Jane Higham, Kate Hogoboom Gilbert, Elizabeth Hubbell Shults, Rena Michaels
Atchison, Louise Shepard Hancock, Clara Sittser Williams)
Nickname: APhi, Phi's
Colors: silver and bordeaux
Flower: lily of the valley,
forget me not
Symbol: ivy leaf
Mascot: Phi Bear
Jewel: ruby
Magazine: The Alpha Phi Quarterly
Patron:
Open Motto: Union Hand In Hand
Philanthropy: Alpha Phi Foundation
for Cardiac Care |
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| Alpha
Sigma Alpha Sorority
Letters: ASA
Chapters: 83
Members:
100,000
Founded: Nov 15 1901, Longwood
Univ, VA
Founders: 5 (Virginia Boyd
Noell, Juliette Hundley Gilliam, Calva Watson Wootton, Louise Cox Carper,
Mary Williamson Hundley)
Nickname: Alpha Sig, ASA
Colors: crimson, pearl white,
palm green, gold
Flower: aster (yellow), narcissus
(white)
Symbol: star, crown, palm tree,
phoenix
Mascot: Dot the ladybug
Jewel: pearl, ruby
Magazine: The Phoenix of Alpha
Sigma Alpha
Exemplars: Christ, King Asa,
Hermes, St. Valentine
Open Motto: Aspire, Seek, Attain
Philanthropy: Special Olympics,
S. June Smith Center |
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| Alpha
Sigma Tau Sorority
Letters: AST
Chapters: 83
Members: 34,205
Founded: Nov 4 1899, East Michigan
Univ, MI
Founders: 8 (Helene Rice, May
Gephart, Mable Chase, Eva O'Keefe, Adriance Rice Settles, Mayene Tracy,
Ruth Dutcher, Harriett Marx Pfeiffer)
Nickname: Alpha Tau, Tau's,
AST
Colors: emerald green and gold
Flower: yellow rose
Symbol: anchor
Mascot: chosen by chapter
Jewel: pearl
Magazine: The Anchor
Patron: None
Open Motto: Active, Self-Reliant,
Trustworthy
Philanthropy: Pine Mountain
Settlement School, Habitat for Humanity |
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| Alpha
Xi Delta Fraternity
Letters: AXD
Chapters: 114
Members: 150,000
Founded: Apr 17 1893, Lombard
Coll, IL
Founders: 10 (Cora Bollinger
Block, Alice Bartlett Bruner, Almira Lowry Cheney, Frances Elizabeth Cheney,
Bertha Cook Evans, Eliza Drake Curtis Everton, Julia Maude Foster, Lucy
W. Gilmer, Harriet Luella McCollum, Lewie Strong Taylor)
Nickname: Alpha Xi, AZD, AXiD,
Fuzzies
Colors: light and dark blue,
gold
Flower: pink rose
Symbol: quill
Mascot: BetXi Bear
Jewel: pearl and diamond (on
badge)
Magazine: The Quill of Alpha
Xi Delta
Patron: None
Open Motto: The Pen is Mightier
Than the Sword
Philanthropy: Autism Speaks |
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| Chi
Omega Fraternity
Letters: CW
Chapters: 174
Members: 290,000
Founded: Apr 5 1895, Univ of
Arkansas, AK
Founders: 5 (Jobelle Holcombe,
Jean Vincenheller, Ina May Boles, Alice Cary Simonds, Dr. Charles Richardson)
Nickname: Chi O, XO
Colors: cardinal and straw
Flower: white carnation
Symbol: owl
Mascot: owl
Jewel: pearl
Magazine: The Eleusis
Patron: Demeter
Open Motto: Hellenic Culture
and Christian Ideals
Philanthropy: Make A Wish Foundation |
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| Delta
Delta Delta Fraternity
Letters: DDD
Chapters: 136
Members:
192,578
Founded: Nov 27 1888, Boston
Univ, MA
Founders: 4 (Sarah Ida Shaw,
Eleanor Dorcas Pond, Isabel Morgan Breed, Florence Isabelle Stewart)
Nickname: Tri Delt, Tri Delta,
DDD, Delta
Colors: silver, gold and blue
Flower: pansy
Symbol: trident, pine tree
Mascot: dolphin
Jewel: pearl
Magazine: The Trident
Patron: Poseidon
Open Motto: Let Us Steadfastly
Love One Another
Philanthropy: Children's Cancer |
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| Delta
Gamma Fraternity
Letters: DG
Chapters: 145
Members: 190,000
Founded: Dec 25 1873, Lewis
School for Girls, MS
Founders: 3 (Mary Comfort Leonard,
Eva Webb Dodd, Anna Boyd Ellington)
Nicknames: Dee Gee (DG), Delta Gam
Colors: bronze, pink, blue
Flower: cream rose
Symbol: anchor
Mascot: Hannah doll
Jewel: none
Magazine: Anchora
Patron: none
Open Motto: Do Good
Philanthropy: Service for Sight |
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| Delta
Phi Epsilon Sorority
Letters: DFE
Chapters: 71
Members: 45,000
Founded: Mar 17 1917, NY Univ,
NY
Founders: 5 (Minna Goldsmith
Mahler, Eva Effron Robin, Ida Bienstock Landau, Sylvia Steierman Cohn, Dorothy
Cohen Schwartzman)
Nickname: DPhiE
Colors: royal purple and gold
Flower: purple iris
Symbol: Triangle
Mascot: unicorn
Jewel: pearl
Magazine: The Triad (formerly
Triangle)
Patron: None
Open Motto: Esse Quam Videri
"To Be Rather Than To Seem To Be" and Dedication, Pride & Excellence
Philanthropy: Anorexia, Cystic
Fibrosis |
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| Delta
Zeta Sorority
Letters: DZ
Chapters: 158
Members: 220,000
Founded: Oct 24 1902, Miami
Univ, OH
Founders: 6 (Anne Simmons Friendline,
Anna Keene Davis, Mary Collins Galbraith, Mabelle Minton Hageman, Alfa
Lloyd Hayes, Julia Bishop Coleman)
Nickname: Dee Zee (DZ), Delta
Z
Colors: rose and green
Flower: pink Killarney rose
Symbol: roman lamp
Mascot: turtle (unoff)
Jewel: diamond
Magazine: The Lamp of Delta
Zeta
Patron:
Open Motto:
Philanthropy: Hearing impaired |
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| Gamma
Phi Beta Sorority
Letters: GFB
Chapters: 120
Members: 160,000
Founded: Nov 11 1874, Syracuse
Univ, NY
Founders: 4 (Helen M Dodge,
Frances E Haven, E Adeline Curtis, Mary A Bingham)
Nickname: Gamma Phi, GPhiB
Colors: brown, mode (official),
blue, gold (informal)
Flower: pink carnation
Symbol: crescent moon
Mascot: none, or chosen by
chapter
Jewel: pearl
Magazine: The Crescent
Patron: None
Open Motto: Founded Upon A
Rock
Philanthropy: Campfire USA |
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| Kappa
Alpha Theta Fraternity
Letters: KAQ
Chapters:
125
Members: 210,000
Founded:
Jan
27 1870, DePauw Univ, IN
Founders: 4 (Bettie Locke Hamilton,
Alice Allen Brant, Bettie Tipton Lindsey, Hannah Fitch Shaw)
Nickname: Theta, KAT
Colors: black and gold
Flower: black and gold pansy
Symbol: kite
Mascot: cat (unofficial)
Jewel: no official jewel
Magazine: Kappa Alpha Theta
Patron:
Open Motto: Sisterhood, Unity,
Support
Philanthropy: Court Appointed
Special Advocates |
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| Kappa
Delta Sorority
Letters: KD
Chapters: 138
Members: 200,000
Founded:
Oct
23 1897, Longwood Univ, VA
Founders: 4 (Lenora Ashmore
Blackinson, Julia Gardiner Tyler Wilson, Sarah Turner White, Mary Sommerville
Sparks Hendrix)
Nickname: Kay Dee (KD)
Colors: olive green and pearl
white
Flower: white rose
Symbol: nautilus shell, dagger
Mascot: teddy bear, katydid
Jewel: emerald, diamond, pearl
Magazine: The Angelos
Patron:
Open Motto: Ta Kala Diokomen
"Let us strive for that which is Honorable, Beautiful, and Highest"
Philanthropy: Girl Scouts &
Child Abuse Prevention, Richmond Children's Hospital, Orthopaedic Surgeon's
Research Awards |
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| Kappa
Kappa Gamma Fraternity
Letters: KKG
Chapters:
136
Members: 230,000
Founded:
Oct
13 1870, Monmouth Coll, IL
Founders: 6 (Mary Louise Bennett,
Hannah Jeanette Boyd, Martha Louisa Stevenson, Mary Moore Stewart, Susan
Burley Walker, Anna Elizabeth Willits)
Nickname: Kappa, KKG
Colors: light and dark blue
Flower: blue fleur de lis (iris)
Symbol: key
Mascot: owl
Jewel: sapphire
Magazine: The Key
Patron: Minerva
Open Motto:
Philanthropy: Reading Is Fundamental,
Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation |
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| Phi
Mu Fraternity
Letters: FM
Chapters: 120
Members: 150,761
Founded:
Jan
4 1852, Wesleyan Coll, GA
Founders: 3 (Mary Dupont Lines,
Martha Bibb Hardaway Redding, Mary Myrick Daniels)
Nickname: Phi Mu
Colors: rose and white
Flower: rose carnation
Symbol: quatrefoil
Mascot: Sir Fidel the Lion
Jewel: Not known
Magazine The Aglaia
Patron: None
Open Motto: Les Soeurs Fideles
"The Faithful Sisters"
Philanthropy: Children's Miracle
Network |
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| Phi
Sigma Sigma Fraternity
Letters: FSS
Chapters:
107
Members: 56,600
Founded: Nov 26 1913, Hunter
Coll, NY
Founders: 10 (Lillian Gordon,
Ethel Gordon, Josephine Ellison, Shirley Cohen, Fay Chertkoff, Claire Wunder,
Estelle Melnick, Rose Sher, Jeanette Lipka, Gwen “Rae” Zaliels)
Nickname: Phi Sig
Colors: king blue and gold
Flower: American Beauty rose
Symbol: sphinx
Mascot: sphinx, or locally
chosen
Jewel: sapphire
Magazine: The Sphinx
Patron:
Open Motto: Diokete Hupsala
"Aim High"
Philanthropy: Phi Sigma Foundation,
National Kidney Foundation |
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| Pi
Beta Phi Fraternity
Letters: PBF
Chapters:
134
Members: 240,000
Founded:
Apr
28 1867, Monmouth Coll, IL
Founders: 12 (Jennie Nichol,
Rosa Moore, Libbie Brook Gaddis, Nancy Black Wallace, Inez Smith Soule,
Ada Bruen Grier, Clara Brownlee Hutchinson, Emma Brownlee Kilgore, Fannie
Thomson, Margaret Campbell, Fannie Whitenack Libbey, Jennie Horne Turnbull)
Nickname: Pi Phi
Colors: wine and silver blue
Flower: wine carnation
Symbol: arrow
Mascot: angel
Jewel: pearl
Magazine: The Arrow
Patron: None
Open Motto: Cultivating Sincere
Friendship
Philanthropy: Arrowmont Settlement
School, Links to Literacy, Arrows in the Arctic |
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Delta Tau Sorority
Letters: SDT
Chapters:
62
Members: 40,000
Founded: Mar 25 1917, Cornell
Univ, NY
Founders: 7 (Dora Bloom Turtletaub,
Amy Apfel Tishman, Marian Gerber Greenberg, Grace Srenco Grossman, Inez
Dane Ross, Regene Freund Cohane, Lenore Rubinow )
Nickname: SDT, Sig Delt
Colors: old blue and cafe au
lait
Flower: golden tea rose
Symbol: torch
Mascot: teddy bear
Jewel: lapis lazuli
Magazine: The Torch
Patron:
Open Motto: Patriae Multae
Spes Una "One Hope of Many People"
Philanthropy: Prevent Child
Abuse In America |
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| Sigma
Kappa Sorority
Letters: SK
Chapters:
108
Members: 125,000
Founded:
Nov
9 1874, Colby Coll, ME
Founders: 5 (Mary Low Carver,
Elizabeth Gorham Hoag, Ida Fuller Pierce, Frances Mann Hall, Louise Helen
Coburn)
Nickname: Snakey K, Sig Kap,
Sigma K, SK
Colors: lavender, maroon
Flower: purple violets
Symbol: dove, heart
Mascot: none, or chosen by
chapter
Jewel: pearl
Magazine: The Sigma Kappa Triangle
Patron:
Open Motto: One Heart, One
Way
Philanthropy: Gerontology,
Maine Sea Coast Mission, Alzheimer's Disease |
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Sigma Sigma Sorority
Letters: SSS
Chapters: 110
Members: 107,000
Founded: Apr 20 1898, Longwood
Univ, VA
Founders: 8 (Margaret Batten,
Louise Davis, Martha Trent Featherson, Isabella Merrick, Sallie Michie,
Lelia Scott, Elizabeth Watkins, Lucy Wright)
Nickname: Tri Sigma, Sigma,
SSS
Colors: royal purple and white
Flower: purple violet
Symbol: sailboat
Mascot: none
Jewel: pearl
Magazine: The Triangle
Patron:
Open Motto: Faithful Unto Death
Philanthropy: Robbie Page Memorial,
Children's play therapy |
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| Theta
Phi Alpha Fraternity
Letters: QFA
Chapters: 40
Members: 15,000
Founded:
Aug
30 1912, Univ of Michigan, MI
Founders: 10 (Dorothy Caughey
Phalan, Katrina Caughey Ward, Mildred Connely, Selma Gilday, Otilia Leuchtweis
O'Hara, Amelia McSweeney, Camilla Ryan Sutherland, Helen Ryan Quinlan,
May C. Ryan, Evah Stroh Bauer Everson)
Nickname: Theta Phi
Colors: blue, gold, silver
Flower: white rose
Symbol: compass
Mascot: penguin
Jewel: sapphire, pearl
Magazine: The Compass
Patron: St. Catherine of Siena
Open Motto: Nothing great is
ever achieved without much enduring
Philanthropy: Glenmary Home
Missioners |
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Tau Alpha Fraternity
Letters: ZTA
Chapters:
148
Members: 200,000
Founded: Oct 15 1898, Longwood
Univ, VA
Founders: 9 (Alice Maud Jones
Horner, Frances Yancey Smith, Alice Bland Coleman, Ethel Coleman Van Name,
Ruby Bland Leigh Orgain, Mary Campbell Jones Batte, Helen May Crawford,
Della Lewis Hundley, Alice Grey Welsh)
Nickname: Zeta, ZTA
Colors: turquoise and steel
grey
Flower: white violet
Symbol: crown, strawberry
Mascot: none
Jewel:
Magazine: Themis
Patron: Themis
Open Motto: Seek The Noblest
Philanthropy: Breast Cancer
Foundation |
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