Delphic Fraternity

The Delphic Fraternity, Inc., also known as Delphic of Gamma Sigma Tau (), is an American multicultural fraternity. It was originally founded in New York State in 1871 as a literary society and was re-established in 1987 as a multicultural fraternity. It was a founding member of the National Multicultural Greek Council.

History The Delphic Society was founded on October 13, 1871, at the Geneseo Normal and Training School (SUNY Geneseo) in upstate New York.The Normalian (1915), SUNY Geneseo Yearbook, p. 57. It was a literary debating society. It was a successor organization to the Delphic Society at Rochester, which had been active until at least December 1866.

Its founders were:

With affiliations at other schools, the college literary society at Geneseo became known as the Delphic Fraternity.Grimm, R. (1963), A Brief History of Fraternities and Sororities at the State University College at Oneonta, New York.

Delphic eventually became a regional fraternity with chapters at Oneonta, Jamaica, Cortland, New Paltz, Plattsburgh, and Potsdam, New York, and Mansfield, Pennsylvania.Delphic Fraternity Grand Council Held In New Paltz, Kingston Daily Freeman, 27 October 1908, p. 8. The oldest chapter, at SUNY Cortland, traces its formation back to the Cortland Academy Debating Club in 1842.Bessie L. Park (1960), Cortland - Our Alma Mater: A History of Cortland Normal School and State University of New York Teachers College at Cortland.

By the late 1930s, only the Zeta chapter at the State Teachers College at New Paltz (SUNY New Paltz) remained active. In the early 1950s, the chapter became briefly associated with Sigma Tau Gamma, a larger national fraternity.Velez, P. (2004), The Delphic Fraternity, Inc. - A Historical Perspective In 1962, the organization became a legal not-for-profit membership entity by incorporating in the state of New York as the Delphic Fraternity of New Paltz, Inc.

After fifteen years of dormancy, the fraternity was re-established as Delphic of Gamma Sigma Tau at SUNY New Paltz on March 11, 1987. It reformed as a multicultural fraternity. The fraternity recognizes the brothers who reestablished the fraternity as its second set of founders, including:

Delphic of Gamma Sigma Tau Fraternity became a founding member of the National Multicultural Greek Council in 1998.

In 2003, the Theta chapter at Binghamton University was founded, becoming the first Delphic chapter established in the 21st century. In 2009, the first Delphic chapter outside of the northeast region was chartered at the University of Virginia. Known as the Kappa chapter of Delphic, this chapter is also the first multicultural fraternity established at UVA.About Delphic at UVA https://www.uvadelphic-gst.com/about

The Delphic Fraternity, Inc. has chartered fourteen chapters. As of 2026, it has two active undergraduate chapters and three active graduate chapters. Its national philanthropy is the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

Symbols The Delphic Fraternity was named for Delphi, Greece. The fraternity's motto is "Friendship, Fellowship, and Fidelity." Its maxim is "Unity AmonGST All."

Its colors are red, white, and royal blue. The fraternity's flowers are the white rose and the red dahlia. Its jewel is the ruby. Its mascot is the dragon. Its nickname is the Delphics.

Chapters Collegiate chapters In the following list of undergraduate chapters, active chapters are indicated in bold and inactive chapters and institutions are in italics.

ChapterCharter date and rangeInstitutionLocationStatusAlpha 1871–1938Geneseo Normal SchoolGeneseo, New YorkInactiveBeta 1889–1910Oneota State Normal SchoolOneonta, New YorkInactiveGamma1897–1918Jamaica Training School for TeachersQueens, New YorkInactiveDelta 1898–1915Mansfield Normal SchoolMansfield, PennsylvaniaInactiveEpsilon 1899–1917Cortland Normal SchoolCortland, New YorkInactiveZeta Alumni 1899–1951; 1955–1972;

March 11, 1987 – 2004State University of New York at New PaltzNew Paltz, New YorkInactiveEta 1900–1907Plattsburgh State Normal and Training SchoolPlattsburgh, New YorkInactiveBaconian 1906–1933Potsdam Normal School Potsdam, New YorkInactiveTheta 2003–2010Binghamton UniversityBinghamton, New YorkInactiveKappa 2009University of VirginiaCharlottesville, VirginiaActiveLambda 2015State University of New York at DelhiDelhi, New YorkActive

Graduate chapters In the following list of graduate chapters, active chapters are indicated in bold and inactive chapters are in italics.

Chapter Charter date and rangeLocationStatusTau Alpha2014New York City, New YorkActiveTau Beta2014Washington, D.C.ActiveTau Gamma2019Charlotte, North CarolinaActive

Notable members John Beach Abbott, New York county judge and a State Democratic Leader Heinz Ahlmeyer Jr., Lieutenant in the US Marines who died during the Vietnam War and the namesake of a US Post Office Rowland L. Davis, New York Supreme Court justice Henry Albert Dickinson, New York State Assembly memberHenry Albert Dickinson Alfred Harcourt, founder of the Harcourt Publishing Company Louis Jay Heath foreign correspondent for United Press International and an organizer of the American Newspaper Guild R. Paul Higgins, physician and president of the board of visitors at the Cortland State Teachers College for 24 years Clayton R. Lusk, New York State Senate and Acting Lieutenant Governor of New York James M. Milne, first principal of the State University of New York at Oneonta William James Milne, president of the New York State Normal School at Albany and principal of the Geneseo Normal and Training School Charles T. Saxton, New York State Senate and Lieutenant Governor of New York David Eugene Smith, mathematician, educator, and editor considered one of the founders of the field of mathematics education Harold G. Strait, namesake of a Pennsylvania state highway Frank E. Welles, professor at the Geneseo Normal School

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