Alpha Delta Phi

Alpha Delta Phi (ΑΔΦ) is the fourth oldest continuous Greek-letter fraternity in the United States and Canada and was founded in 1832 by Samuel Eells at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. Today the name refers to both the all-male fraternity and the Alpha Delta Phi Society, which separated from the fraternity in 1992 and permits co-educated chapters. The Fraternity and the Society are both derived from Eells's vision for a "literary society,"... more
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