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A HISTORY OF THE FRATERNITY SYSTEM AT
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FROM 1948 THROUGH 1960
by Frances DeSimone Becque
Men’s Fraternities
1953 Phi Kappa Tau (Beta Chi Chapter) An Acacia Colony existed between 1952 and 1954, when it was merged with the Phi Kappa Tau chapter. Phi Kappa Tau began as a local, Chi Delta Chi, in December 1, 1932.
1951 Theta Xi (Beta Delta Chapter) Theta Xi began as a local, Kappa Delta Alpha, in September 15, 1933.
1934 Alpha Phi Alpha (Beta Eta Chapter)
1951 Sigma Tau Gamma (Alpha Sigma Chapter) Sigma Tau Gamma began as a local, Sigma Beta Mu, in January, 1939.
1949 Tau Kappa Epsilon (Beta Chi Chapter) Tau Kappa Epsilon began as a local, Delta Delta Chi, in September, 1940.
1954 Sigma Pi (Beta Nu Chapter) Sigma Pi began as a local, Nu Epsilon Alpha, in 1942.
1950 Kappa Alpha Psi (Gamma Upsilon Chapter)
1955 Delta Chi (Southern Illinois Chapter) Delta Chi began as a local, Delta Epsilon Chi, in November, 1954.
1957 Phi Kappa Sigma (Kappa Tetarton Chapter) Phi Kappa Sigma began as a local, Alpha Sigma, in November, 1955. It became a colony of Sigma Phi Epsilon in May, 1956. It later became a local, Alpha Sigma Epsilon, in January, 1957.
Women’s Fraternities
1957 Alpha Gamma Delta (Beta Eta Chapter) When Delta Sigma Epsilon merged with Delta Zeta in 1956, the Alpha Delta Chapter of Delta Sigma Epsilon was released from the terms of the merger; from 1956 to September 1957, it was a local, Nu Delta Sigma. The Alpha Delta Chapter of Delta Sigma Epsilon traced its lineage to 1923 when it began as a local, Epsilon Beta.
1931 Sigma Sigma Sigma (Gamma Kappa Chapter)
1941 Alpha Kappa Alpha (Gamma Kappa Omega Carbondale Chapter)
1953 Delta Zeta (Gamma Omega Chapter) Delta Zeta began as a local, Alpha Eta, in 1952.
1955 Sigma Kappa (Kappa Gamma Chapter) Sigma Kappa began as a local Sigma Kappa Gamma, in December, 1954. The Alpha Xi Chapter of Pi Kappa Sigma became part of the Kappa Gamma Chapter of Sigma Kappa in May, 1959, after its national organization merged with that of Sigma Kappa.
