On October 13, 1890 eleven law students at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York formed a National Law Fraternity named Delta Chi. These 11 men's names were - Albert Sullard Barnes, Myron McKee Crandall, John Milton Gorham, Peter Schermerhorn Johnson, Edward Richard O'malley, Owen Lincol Potter, Alphonse Derwin Stillman, Those A.J. Sullivan, Monroe Marsh Sweetland, Thomas David Watkins, and Frederick Moore Whitney.

 

Then, in April of 1891, Delta Chi initiated the first member from another university. This individual was John Francis Tucker from New York University. Within Delta Chi's first decade of existence 12 chapters had been founded and on February 13, 1897 the installation of the Osgoode Hall Chapter in Toronto, Canda made Delta Chi an international fraternity.

 

It was in in 1922 when Delta Chi went "general" which opened it's membership to men in all areas of study, not just law. Shortly after becomig international, Delta Chi became the first fraternity to officially abolish hazing and any practices assocaited with "Hell Week".

 

Today Delta Chi has more than 125 chapters and colonies across the United States and Canda, and has welcomed more than 100,000 men into their brotherhood. To learn more about Delta Chi's international history, click here.