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Alpha Phi Alpha is an international fraternity established at Cornell University in 1906 as the first intercollegiate fraternity for African American men. [1] As of 2023, Alpha Phi Alpha has chartered 979 chapters; 686 chapters are active in the United States and the Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, Germany, Korea, and the Virgin Islands. [2]
Alpha Phi Alpha opened chapters at other colleges, universities, and cities, and named them with Greek letters. Members traditionally pledge into a chapter, although some members were granted honorary status before the fraternity discontinued the practice of granting honorary membership. A chapter name ending in "Lambda" denotes an alumni ...
Alpha Phi sorority was established at Syracuse University in 1872. [1] Called a women's fraternity when it was created, it was the fourth Greek-letter organization for women. Collegiate chapters
The university-owned property at 722 University Avenue was also leased to several Greek-letter groups, including Pi Kappa Phi, Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha Chi Rho, Alpha Epsilon Phi, and finally Lambda Upsilon Lambda, which vacated in 2006. The house was demolished in 2017. [97]
Chapter Name Year Chartered Year Founded Alpha Phi Alpha: Beta Epsilon (ΒΕ) 1929 1906 Alpha Kappa Alpha: Alpha Phi (ΑΦ) 1932 1908 Kappa Alpha Psi: Alpha Nu (ΑΝ) 1933 1911 Omega Psi Phi: Mu Psi (ΜΨ) 1927 1911 Delta Sigma Theta: Alpha Mu (ΑΜ) 1932 1913 Phi Beta Sigma: Eta (Η) 1915 1914 Zeta Phi Beta: Zeta Alpha (ΖΑ) 1934 1920 Sigma ...
Alpha Phi Alpha, Iota Delta Lambda Chapter (Chicago), and the March of Dimes began a collaborative program called Project Alpha in 1980. The project consists of a series of workshops and informational sessions conducted by Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity brothers to provide young men with current and accurate information about teen pregnancy prevention.
Chapter name Charter date and range Status References Alpha Delta (local) 1928 Active [a] Alpha Epsilon Pi: Upsilon Rho: May 15, 1954 – 1965; 1966–c. 1969. Inactive [1] [b] Alpha Phi Alpha: Upsilon Gamma: 2009: Active [2] Alpha Tau Omega: Alpha Alpha: September 15, 1878 – c. 1883: Inactive Beta Theta Pi: Alpha Kappa: December 1871 – c ...
Name Chapter and year Class Notability References William John Cooper Nu: US Commissioner of Education: C. Everett Koop: Alpha Eta: 1934 Surgeon General of the United States: Ross Swimmer: Alpha Alpha: 1961 Special Trustee at the US Bureau of Indian Affairs: Francis Amasa Walker: Gamma: Superintendent of the 1870 and 1880 censuses,