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VA Gamma Chapter
Facts and Useful Information The Virginia Gamma Chapter of Phi Delta Theta was founded here at Randolph-Macon College on February 2, 1874. The Virginia Gamma Chapter has initiated 1,018 Brothers to date since our founding here at R-MC. The Virginia Gamma Chapter House is owned by the VA Gamma Housing Corporation, specifically created to maintain and service the house to keep it in excellent physical condition to house 16 of our brothers each year. Doug Crosby (R-MC ‘75) serves the chapter as Housing Corporation President and continues to provide unparalleled assistance and guidance to the chapter. Chapter Dues are $650 per year, which goes towards Insurance Costs, National Dues, Conference Registrations, Chapter Events, and Funding Community Service/Philanthropy Projects. Housing Dues average slightly over $3,000 per year, a significant savings over on-campus dorms (Conrad and Moreland Dorms cost $4,440 for the 2007-2008 school year). |
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Brothers Fallon, Bell, Faulkner, Shaner, Sullivan, Ruppert, and Crawford in the Spring of 2007. |
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Brothers Bolen, Faulkner, Bell, Sullivan, Ruppert, and Ceto outside of the chapter house in the Spring of 2007. |
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Brothers Stahl, Ray, Hassett, Crawford, Hanks, and Moore compete in the “Tug-o’-War” at the 2007 Greek Games… and won convincingly. |
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Phi Delta Theta |
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Brothers Shaner, Parrish, Farmer, Boggs, Ray, and Hanks in February ‘05. |
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Phi Delta Theta International Fraternity
History As the Christmas holidays approached in 1848, the atmosphere on the Miami University campus in Oxford, Ohio was gloomy and uncertain. This was the mood in which Robert Morrison suggested to a close friend and classmate, John McMillan Wilson, that they form a secret Greek society to band together men of high moral, intellectual, and social conscience. On the frigid evening of December 26, 1848, Morrison and Wilson, accompanied by classmates Robert Thompson Drake, John Wolfe Lindley, Ardivan Walker Rodgers, and Andrew Watts Rogers, set forth a Greek society to be known as Phi Delta Theta. The men’s ideas were verbalized and recorded by Morrison and Wilson, and are found in “The Bond”, Phi Delta Theta’s most sacred document. From this document, which every Phi signs upon initiation, we derive our three cardinal principles of Friendship, Sound Learning, and Moral Rectitude. Known as the “Immortal Six”, these six men founded The Phi Delta Theta International Fraternity on December 26, 1848.
Famous Phi Delts Neil Armstrong—Astronaut Benjamin Harrison—23rd President of The U.S. Lou Gehrig—Yankees Baseball Star “Iron Horse” Frank Lloyd Wright—Architect Burt Reynolds—Movie Star Bob Schieffer—CBS News Anchor Adlai Stevenson—Vice President of The U.S. Robert Ebert—Film Critic Jim Otto—NFL Hall of Fame Jack Ham—NFL Hall of Fame Doak Walker—NFL Hall of Fame |
