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| Founded | October 10, 1924 Loyola University, Chicago |
| Type | Social |
| Scope | National |
| Motto | "Γνωοσθεντες εφ Φιλων" |
| Colors | Scarlet Red and Gold |
| Flower | Red Carnation |
| Publication | Alphadelity, History of ADG, Mark of Honor |
| Philanthropy | Habitat for Humanity |
| Chapters | 28 Chapters - 11 Active |
| Founders | Francis Patrick Canary John Joseph Dwyer William S. Hallisey James Collins O'Brien, Jr. |
| Headquarters | 946 Sanders Drive St. Louis, Missouri, USA |
| Homepage | http://www.alphadeltagamma.org/ |
Alpha Delta Gamma National Fraternity (ΑΔΓ, also known as ADG or Alpha Delt) is a National Catholic Social Fraternity. It is a member organization of the North-American Interfraternity Conference (NIC). The Fraternity was founded at Loyola University, Chicago in 1924 by four students, Francis Patrick Canary, John Joseph Dwyer, William S. Hallisey and James Collins O'Brien, Jr. as a response to the unwillingness of most national fraternities to colonize at Catholic colleges and universities.
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!"[1]
In 1926, members of a local organization at St. Louis University in Saint Louis, Missouri made contact with Alpha Chapter, 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, thus becoming a national fraternity.[2] 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. ADG is one of the smallest nationals in the NIC. Most chapters are located at Catholic universities, but there are no religious requirements for membership.
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Active Chapters
Beta - St. Louis University; St Louis, Missouri
Epsilon - Loyola University New Orleans; New Orleans, Louisiana
Zeta - Rockhurst University; Kansas City, Missouri
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 - Philadelphia; Montgomery County, PA
Alpha Epsilon - LaGrange College; LaGrange, GA
Alpha Zeta - York College of Pennsylvania; York, PA
Inactive Chapters
Alpha - Loyola University; Chicago, Illinois
Gamma - DePaul University; Chicago, Illinois
Delta - St. Mary's College; Moraga, California
Eta - Quincy University; Quincy, Illinois
Theta - St. Norbert College; De Pere, Wisconsin
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
Notable alumni
- Pascal F. Calogero, Jr. Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court (Epsilon Chapter)
- Edward Derwinski, former United States Congressman from Illinois and the first United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Alpha Chapter)
- John (Jack) Grundhoffer, Former CEO and Chairman of US Bank (Lambda Chapter)
- Harry Wiggins, Former State Senator of Missouri (Zeta Chapter)
- Walter J. Ong, Jesuit, cultural and religious philosopher, historian (Zeta Chapter)
- Michael R. Quinlan, Former Chairman and CEO McDonald's Corp. (Alpha Chapter)
- William Smithburg, Former President and CEO, Quaker Oats Company (Gamma Chapter)
- Patrick Wayne, Actor (Lambda Chapter)
- Hunter Wendelstedt, Major League Baseball Umpire (Epsilon Chapter)
- Phil Woolpert, Head Basketball Coach, University of San Francisco Dons (Lambda Chapter)
- J. Skelly Wright, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (Epsilon Chapter)
Notable Honorary Members
- Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States of America
- George Brett, Hall of Fame Baseball Player
- Theodore Cardinal McCarrick, former Archbishop of Washington
- de Lesseps Story Morrison, Mayor of New Orleans and Ambassador to the Organization of American States
- Babe Ruth, Hall of Fame Baseball Player
- Carl Sandburg, Poet
- Victor H. Schiro, Mayor of New Orleans
These names and additional Famous Alpha Delts are listed on the Alpha Delta Gamma National Fraternity website on this page *[1]
References
- ^ >"National History". 2007. http://www.alphadeltagamma.org/history. Retrieved 2007-10-10.
- ^ >"List of Chapters". 2009. http://alphadeltagamma.org/actives/chapters.html. Retrieved 2009-12-18.
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