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Original Chartering Dates

The dates listed below are the original chartering year for each chapter. The chapters listed in italics are currently recognized and active at The George Washington University. Click on the links below for additional information about the history of each chapter at GW.

IFC Fraternities

1858    Sigma Alpha Epsilon (revived in 1905)
1864    Sigma Chi (rechartered in 1892, 1973, 2007)
1997    Phi Kappa Psi (colony in 1868)
1874    Alpha Tau Omega
1884    Phi Delta Phi
1892    Kappa Sigma
1894    Kappa Alpha Order (rechartered in 2008)
1896    Theta Delta Chi
1899    Phi Sigma Kappa
1902    Beta Lambda Beta (local)
1903    Delta Tau Delta (recolonizing in Fall 2008)
1903    Psi Omega
1903    Psi Upsilon
1904    Phi Chi
1904    Alpha Beta Phi (local)
1905    Delta Phi (local)
1905    Alpha Kappa Kappa
1906    Kappa Sigma Pi (local)
1909    Sigma Phi Epsilon
1913    Kappa Psi
1914    Phi Alpha (became Phi Sigma Delta in 1959)
1915    Sigma Nu
1921    Kappa Tau Omega (local)
1921    Travelers (local)
1920    Acacia
1924    Phi Kappa Delta
1924    Theta Upsilon Omega (merged with Sigma Phi Epsilon in 1938)
1925    Sigma Mu Sigma (became Tau Kappa Epsilon in 1935)
1925    Tau Alpha Omega
1925    Gamma Alpha Pi
1925    Sigma Theta Delta (local)
1927    Omicron Alpha Tau
1930    Phi Epsilon Pi
1930    The Friars (local)
1932    Tau Epsilon Phi
1932    Alpha Mu Sigma
1935    Tau Kappa Epsilon
1938    Tau Sigma Rho (local)
1941    Pi Kappa Alpha (rechartered in 2003)
1947    Alpha Epsilon Pi (rechartered in 2003)
1959    Phi Sigma Delta
1967    Sigma Alpha Mu
1969    Zeta Beta Tau (recolonized in 2007)
1977    Alpha Phi Delta
1995* Chi Psi
1996* Phi Gamma Delta (Fiji)
1995    Lambda Chi Alpha
1997    Beta Theta Pi
2002    Pi Kappa Phi

Panhellenic Sororities

1889    Pi Beta Phi (rechartered in 2007)
1901    Phi Alpha (local)
1903    Chi Omega (recolonizing in Fall 2008)
1903    Omega Alpha (local)
1906    Sigma Kappa (rechartered in 1988)
1915    Phi Mu
1918    Gamma Phi Theta (local)
1920 Theta Lambda Sigma (local)
1920    Coalition Club (local)
1920    Gamma Delta Rho (local)
1920    Gamma Beta Pi (local)
1920    Phi Lambda Mu (local)
1921    Phi Sigma (local)
1921    Alpha Delta (local)
1922    Alpha Delta Pi (rechartered in 1997)
1922    Delta Zeta
1922    Kappa Delta
1924    Phi Sigma Sigma (rechartered in 1997)
1924    Zeta Tau Alpha
1926    Alpha Sigma Theta (local)
1926    Alpha Delta Theta
1927    Phi Delta
1929    Kappa Kappa Gamma
1930    Alpha Epsilon Phi (rechartered in 1959, 1985)
1935    Beta Phi Alpha
1945    Delta Gamma (rechartered in 1990)
1946    Kappa Alpha Theta
1956    Wandering Greeks
1962    Sigma Delta Tau (rechartered in 1985)
1966    Delta Phi Epsilon
1982    Alpha Omega (local)
1986    Delta Phi (local)
1988    Alpha Theta Beta (local)
1990* Sigma Gamma Phi (Arethusa)
2001    Alpha Phi

Multicultural Fraternities and Sororities

1976*    Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc. (colony)
            Iota Nu Delta
            Lambda Pi Chi
City       La Unidad Latina, Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity, Inc.
2007      Pi Delta Psi
            Sigma Psi Zeta
            Sigma Lambda Upsilon
          Kappa Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc.

National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) Fraternities & Sororities

1975    Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
1978     Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
1977    Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. (multi-campus chapter)
City       Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
            Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.
2006      Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.

*Organizations noted with an asterisks indicate that the files contain records of these groups attempting to start a chapter, but no indications of success beyond initial interest.