Delta Sigma Pi: Module 1

Founding Date

November 7th, 1907

Founding Location

New York University School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance

Pi Rho Founding

May 17, 2008

Founders

Alexander Frank Makay, Alfred Moysello, Henry Albert Tinken, Harold Valentine Jacobs

Alexander Frank Makay

First President of his chapter, served Delta Sigma Pi board for 6 years

Alfred Moysello

Served as chapters first secretary

Henry Albert Tinken

First Vice President

Henry Valentine Jacobs

Chapters first treasurer

Purpose

Delta Sigma Pi is a professional fraternity organized to foster the study of business in universities; to encourage scholarship, social activity and the association of students for their mutual advancement by research and practice; to promote closer affiliation between the commercial world and students of commerce, and to further a higher standard of commercial ethics and culture and the civic and commercial welfare of the community.

H. G. Gig Wright

6th Grand Prez, 7th exec. director, helped establish 1st central official in Chicago 1924

Current Central Office

330 South Campus Ave, Oxford Ohio 1956

Kathy Jahnke

1st Female Prez, of Eta Mu Northern Illinois

Onuka Ibe

1st African American Prez of Iota NU Truman State MO

Magazine

The Deltasig

Colors

Old Gold and Royal Purple

Flower

Red rose

Rose of Delta Sig - Song

Flow'rs that bloom in life's fair gardenBlossoming bring thoughts of life and love,You can see their petals fallingAs the season's days roll by;The fairest flower in the gardenBudding with a life that ne'er will die,Is a flower that we love so dear,The Rose of Delta Sigma Pi. Rose of Deltasig I love you,Rose of Delta Sigma Pi,When the shades of night are falling I dream of days gone by;As I go thru life's long journey,Memories will never die,I will always hear you calling,Rose of Delta Sigma Pi.

National members

Over 300,000

Collegiate Chapters

Over 300

Alumni Chapters

50

GCC

Grand Chapter Congress, held in odd numbered years

Vision

To be a lifelong community of inclusive leaders committed to creating a world in which everyone can prosper in business and beyond.

Co - ed

Unanimous decision by the board to become coed in 1975

Nickname

Deltasig