Delta Sigma Pi () (officially the International Fraternity of Delta Sigma Pi, Inc.) is a
coeducational
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professional business fraternity
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and one of the largest in the
United States
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. Delta Sigma Pi was founded on November 7, 1907, at the
School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance of
New York University
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(NYU) in
New York,
New York and is currently headquartered in
Oxford
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,
Ohio
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. The Fraternity has 224 active collegiate chapters, 7 colonies, 57 active alumni chapters, and 300,000 initiated members.
History
Delta Sigma Pi was established on at
New York University's School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance. Its founders were:
* Alexander F. Makay
* H. Albert Tienken
* Harold V. Jacobs
* Alfred Moysello
Purpose
Delta Sigma Pi was established to foster the study of business at the university level. Its goals include:
* to encourage social activity among business students,
* to build relationships with the commercial world,
* to promote strong ethical standards, and
* to enhance the civic and commercial welfare of the community.
Expansion
The second chapter was founded at
Northwestern School of Commerce. National meetings, called the Grand Chapter Congress, became a regular tradition and to this day the national fraternity meets every other year to conduct business and elect its national leaders.
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After rapid expansion in the early 1920s, the fraternity opened its national headquarters in Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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. In 1957, the central office moved to Oxford
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, Ohio
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adjacent to the campus of Miami University
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.
The biggest change in the history of the Fraternity took place in 1975, as the Board of Directors mandated that chapters were allowed to initiate female business students, to conform with Title IX
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.
Symbols and traditions
In 1911 the fraternity published its first newsletter, which soon would be named ''The Deltasig''.
The official badge of Delta Sigma Pi is a skull and crossbones, superimposed on a wreath of leaves. The letters , , and are inscribed on the skull, set with amethyst eyes, a crown on top highlighted in red lacquer, often enhanced with surrounding pearls.
The official colors of Delta Sigma Pi are old gold and royal purple.
The red rose was adopted as the official flower of Deltasig at the first Board of Directors meeting in 1921. It was primarily the gift given to the wives and courted women of Deltasig brothers (which at the time was still all male). One of the founding members, Harold V. Jacobs, suggested a rose as the official fraternity flower because his wife loved roses and it was also her first name (Rose Jacobs). Five years later, in 1926, Jacobs also suggested that the song currently sung at LEAD schools and Grand Chapter Congress events, ''Rose of Deltasig'' be adopted as the official song of the fraternity.
The Central Office
Delta Sigma Pi's national administrative headquarters was established in Chicago, Illinois, in 1924. In the fall of 1956, it moved to 330 South Campus Avenue in Oxford, Ohio (near Cincinnati and adjacent to the Miami University campus). In 1970, the original building nearly doubled in size with the addition of wings on either side of the building. Later in 2010 extensive renovations, including a courtyard featuring engraved bricks, were completed to make the building more functional and accessible. The Executive Director manages day-to-day functions of the Central Office and leads a full-time staff.
Chapters
Collegiate chapters
Since its inception in 1907, Delta Sigma Pi has installed 298 chapters, of which 224 are currently active. In addition to these chapters, Delta Sigma Pi currently has active colonies at 7 universities.[Delta Sigma Pi Chapter List](_blank)
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The organization is distinctly separate from U.S. social fraternities with similar names, including Delta Sigma Phi
Delta Sigma Phi (), commonly known as Delta Sig or D Sig, is a fraternity established in 1899 at The City College of New York (CCNY). It was the first fraternity to be founded on the basis of religious and ethnic acceptance. It is also one of th ...
and Sigma Pi.
Alumni chapters
Delta Sigma Pi has 57 franchised Alumni Chapters on its roll for the 2018-2019 year in the United States, and over 40 more locations worldwide have Brothers with an interest in starting a new Alumni Chapter.[Delta Sigma Pi Alumni Chapters](_blank)
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External links
Official website
Delta Sigma Pi LinkedIn
See also
* Alpha Kappa Psi , professional
* Phi Gamma Nu , professional, originally women's
* Phi Chi Theta , professional, originally women's
* Epsilon Eta Phi , merged into ()
* Beta Gamma Sigma
Beta Gamma Sigma () is the International Business Honor Society. Founded in 1913 at the University of Wisconsin, University of Illinois and the University of California, it has over 980,000 members, selected from more than 600 collegiate chapters i ...
, honor, ( AACSB schools)
* Delta Mu Delta
Delta Mu Delta () is an international honor society that recognizes academic excellence in Baccalaureate, Master's, and Doctorate degree business administration programs at Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP)-accredited ...
, honor, (ACBSP
The Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP), formerly the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs, is a U.S. organization offering accreditation services to business programs focused on teaching and learni ...
)
* Pi Omega Pi
Pi Omega Pi () is a scholastic honor society recognizing academic achievement among students in the field of business education.
The society was founded at Northeast Missouri State Teachers College in Kirksville on June 13, 1923, and admitted ...
, honor, business education teachers
* Sigma Beta Delta
Sigma Beta Delta () is a scholastic honor society that recognizes academic achievement among students in the fields of business, management, and administration
.
History
Sigma Beta Delta was founded by Beta Gamma Sigma on January 16, 1994, in La ...
, honor, (non-AACSB schools)
* Alpha Beta Gamma
Alpha Beta Gamma () is an international business honor society established in 1970 in Manchester, Connecticut, to recognize and encourage scholarship among two-year college students in business curricula.
Purpose
To confer distinction for high ...
, honor, (2-yr schools)
* Kappa Beta Delta , honor, (2-yr schools, (ACBSP)
* Professional Fraternity Association
The Professional Fraternity Association (PFA) is an American association of national, collegiate, professional fraternities and sororities that was formed in . Since PFA groups are discipline-specific, members join while pursuing graduate (law, me ...
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Professional fraternities and sororities in the United States
Student organizations established in 1907
Professional Fraternity Association
1907 establishments in New York City