Alpha Delta Pi - Timeline

Timeline

• 1851 Adelphean was founded by Eugenia Tucker Fitzgerald on May 15 as The Adelphean Society. The society was founded for the purpose of mental, moral, and social and domestic betterment.
• 1904 A committee of three, led by Jewel Davis, conferred with Attorney Dupont Guerry, the President of Wesleyan, as to the procedure to become a national organization. They secured a charter of incorporation from the state of Georgia.
• 1905 The Adelphean Society changed its name to Alpha Delta Phi. At the time of nationalization, Alpha Delta Phi had 60 active members and 3,000 alumnae.
• 1905 Beta Chapter is established at Salem College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina by two members of Alpha Chapter. The chapter had seven members and fifteen new initiates. It thrived for three years until the administration abolished sororities.
• 1906 Gamma Chapter was founded at Mary Baldwin Seminary. Visitors were not allowed at the school, so the chapter charter and special instructions were delivered to the new group by mail.
• 1906 Jewel Davis, an Adelphean, entered the University of Texas as a graduate student, organized a group, and installed them as Delta Chapter, the fourth chapter of Alpha Delta Phi. Jewel Davis is listed as a charter member as there was no precedent for affiliation.
• 1906 Epsilon Chapter, the fifth chapter of Alpha Delta Phi, was founded at Sophie Newcomb College of Tulane University.
• 1912 Upsilon Chapter was founded at Washington State University in Pullman, WA.
• 1912 Tau Chapter was founded at The University of Kansas, becoming the first chapter of the then Alpha Delta Phi west of the Mississippi River.
• 1913 Alpha Delta Phi officially changed its name to Alpha Delta Pi.
• 1948 Mrs. Carolee Strock Stanard retires as Grand President and part of her keynote address becomes The Creed of Alpha Delta Pi.
• 1960 Alpha Delta Pi’s 100th chapter, Delta Omicron, was installed at East Carolina University.
• 1979 Alpha Delta Pi adopts Ronald McDonald Houses as the National Philanthropy.
• 1983 Alpha Delta Pi Foundation established.
• 2001 Alpha Delta Pi celebrates its 150th Anniversary in Atlanta, Georgia.
• 2006 Delta chapter, the oldest open chapter of ADPi, at University of Texas celebrates 100th anniversary.
• 2006 Delta Beta Chapter, at Lamar University, celebrates 50th anniversary.
• 2007 Eta chapter at the University of Alabama celebrates 100th anniversary.
• 2007 Zeta chapter, the second oldest open chapter of ADPi, at Southwestern University celebrates 100th anniversary.
• 2007 Delta Delta chaper at the University of Arkansas celebrates 50th anniversary.
• 2007 Theta Gamma Chapter at Sonoma State University is colonized
• 2008 Delta Eta Chapter, at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana celebrates its 50th anniversary.
• 2009 Theta Theta, at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut was installed. Theta Theta is the 200th chapter to be installed. heth

2009- Theta Eta, at Drake University is colonized.

• 2010 Lambda chapter, at Brenau University in Gainesville, Georgia celebrates its 100th anniversary.
• 2010 Kappa chapter, at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama celebrates its 100th anniversary.
• 2010 Eta Zeta chapter, at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi celebrates its 25th anniversary.
• 2010 Delta Pi chapter, at Ripon College in Ripon, Wisconsin celebrates its 50th anniversary.
• 2011 Eta Kappa Chapter, at California State University, San Bernardino in California, celebrates its 25th anniversary.
• 2011 Omicron chapter, at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, celebrates its 100th anniversary.
• 2011 Delta Rho chapter, at Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, celebrates its 50th anniversary.
• 2011 Delta Upsilon chapter,at University of Tennessee at Martin, Tennessee, celebrates its 50th anniversary.
• 2012 Sigma chapter at University of Illinois Champaign- Urbana celebrates its 100th anniversary.