Delphic Fraternity


The Delphic Fraternity, Inc., also known as Delphic of Gamma Sigma Tau, is a historic multicultural fraternity originally founded in New York State in 1871 and re-established in 1987. The fraternity can trace its origin back to the Delphic Society founded in 1850.

History

The Delphic Society was founded on October 13, 1871, at the Geneseo State Normal School in upstate New York. It was a successor organization to the Delphic Society at Rochester, which had been active until at least December 1866.
With affiliations at other schools, the college literary society at Geneseo became known as the Delphic Fraternity.
Delphic eventually became a regional fraternity with chapters at Oneonta, Jamaica, Cortland, New Paltz, Plattsburgh, and Potsdam, New York, and Mansfield, Pennsylvania. The oldest chapter, at SUNY Cortland, traces its formation back to the Young Men's Debating Club in 1847.
By the late 1930s, only the Zeta chapter at the State Teachers College at New Paltz remained active. In the early 1950s the chapter became briefly associated with Sigma Tau Gamma, a larger national fraternity.
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. On March 11, 1987, the fraternity was re-established as Delphic of Gamma Sigma Tau at SUNY New Paltz.
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. The Kappa Chapter of Delphic is also the first multicultural fraternity established at UVA.
The Delphic Fraternity, Inc. has two active undergraduate chapters, three active graduate chapters, and two alumni chapters.

Notable alumni