Yesterday I was asked about Alpha chapters and how many NPC groups still had active Alpha chapters. Kappa Alpha Theta, which will celebrate 150 years in 2020, has the oldest continuously operating Alpha chapter, followed closely by Alpha Phi and Gamma Phi Beta.
These Alpha chapters have been in continual existence since the founding of the organization:
Alpha Chi Omega, DePauw University, 1885
Alpha Phi, Syracuse University, 1872
Chi Omega, University of Arkansas, 1895
Gamma Phi Beta, Syracuse University, 1874
Kappa Alpha Theta, DePauw University, 1870
Sigma Delta Tau, Cornell University, 1917
Sigma Sigma Sigma, Longwood University, 1898
These Alpha chapters are currently open but have been inactive for a period of time:
Alpha Gamma Delta, Syracuse University, 1904, inactive 2001-2010
Alpha Omicron Pi, Barnard College, 1897, inactive 1916-2013
Alpha Sigma Alpha, Longwood University, 1901, inactive 1919-1933
Alpha Sigma Tau, Eastern Michigan University, 1899, inactive 1977-1987
Delta Delta Delta, Boston University, 1888, inactive 1970-1984
Delta Phi Epsilon, NYU, 1917, inactive 1966-1983
Delta Zeta, Miami University, 1902, inactive 1906-1908
Kappa Delta, Longwood University, 1897, inactive 1912-1949
Kappa Kappa Gamma, Monmouth College, 1870, inactive 1878-1934
Pi Beta Phi, Monmouth College, 1867, inactive 1878-1928
Zeta Tau Alpha, Longwood University, 1898, inactive 1906-1949 and 2009-2013
These Alpha chapters are currently closed:
Alpha Delta Pi, Wesleyan College, closed by 1917, by college edict
Alpha Epsilon Phi, Barnard College, closed 1913 by college edict
Alpha Xi Delta, Lombard College, charter transferred to Knox College, closed since 1973
Delta Gamma, Lewis School, closed 1889
Phi Mu, Wesleyan College, closed by 1917, by college edict
Phi Sigma Sigma, Hunter College, closed 1976
Sigma Kappa, Colby College, 1874, closed since 1987, by college edict
Theta Phi Alpha, University of Michigan, closed since 1944
