List of fraternities and sororities at Cornell University

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The Wily Goat (1877), an early monograph of a theme referenced by Phi Kappa Psi fraternity.[1][2]

The Cornell University Greek system dates to the first months of university operation during the autumn of 1868. Cornell's co-founder and first president, Andrew Dickson White was a strong promoter of fraternities as a means of teaching self-governance to young students. Among its leaders, other strong supporters of the Greek system were Presidents Edmund Ezra Day and Frank H.T. Rhodes.

Among general ("social") organizations, Cornell currently recognizes 28 Interfraternity Council fraternities,[3] 13 Panhellenic Association sororities, and 11 Multicultural Greek & Fraternal Council fraternities and sororities.[4]

Interfraternity Council[]

Alpha Delta Phi on West Campus

Fraternities constituting the Interfraternity Council (IFC) are listed by dates of local founding and noted with national conference membership. These are (with two exceptions) men's organizations, voluntarily coordinating their efforts within the IFC. As part of IFC or national organization self-governance or University disciplinary action, chapters may be suspended ("de-recognized") or closed for a time. For consistency, if a chapter is closed and/or forfeits its housing, it will be listed here as a dormant chapter, italicized, while active chapters or those suspended for a brief time are in bold. See the Office of Student Life for current recognized IFC members.

NIC indicates current members of the North American Interfraternity Conference;
PFA indicates current and former members of the Professional Fraternity Association.

Active chapters

Chapters whose names changed

Panhellenic Council[]

Delta Delta Delta on Cornell's North Campus

Sororities constituting the Panhellenic Council (PHC) are listed with dates of local founding and national conference membership, these are women's organizations, voluntarily coordinating their efforts within the PHC. As part of PHC or national organization self-governance, or University disciplinary action, chapters may be suspended ("de-recognized") or closed for a time. If a chapter is closed and/or forfeits its housing, it will be listed as a dormant chapter. Active groups in bold, dormant groups in italics. See the Office of Student Life for current PHA members.

NPC indicates members of the National Panhellenic Conference.

Active chapters

Multicultural Greek Letter Council[]

Sororities and Fraternities constituting the Multicultural Greek Letter Council (MGLC) were originally affiliated with specific ethnicities or languages. Most of these organizations are now fully integrated as are the rest of Cornell's Greek letter organizations. All MGLC chapters are. Listed with dates of local founding and national conference membership, these are men's and women's organizations that voluntarily coordinate their efforts within the MGLC. As part of MGLC or University self-governance during disciplinary action, chapters may be suspended ("de-recognized") for a time. Unless the suspensions result in long-term closure of the chapter or forfeiture of a building, they should not be removed from this list. Active groups in bold, dormant groups in italics. See the Office of Student Life for current MGLC members. The inter-Greek councils often cooperate on programs and policies, as do individual chapters from among the several Greek councils.

NALFO indicates members of the National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations;
NAPA indicates members of the National APIDA Panhellenic Association;
NPHC indicates members of the National Pan-Hellenic Council.

Men's

Women's

Chapters whose names changed

Su Ye She, 1916-1917, Chinese men's group, see Rho Psi
Club Hispania, 1929-1931, local Hispanic men's group, see Phi Lambda Alpha
ΦΛΑ - Phi Lambda Alpha, 1931-1931, Hispanic men's group, see Phi Iota Alpha [138]

Dormant chapters

ΑΖ - Alpha Zeta, 1890-1894, Hispanic men's group. [139]
ΡΨ - Rho Psi, 1917-1931, Chinese men's group, no longer active at the collegiate level. [140][40]:16th ed
ΦΙΑ - Phi Iota Alpha, 1931-1940? (NALFO, NIC), men's group [138]
ΦΘΧ - Phi Theta Chi, 199x-20xx?, Latina, women's group [45][141]

Honor, professional, and service societies[]

These organizations have a similarly long pedigree on the Cornell campus, but are largely non-residential. Members of the social and academic fraternities and sororities may join or be asked to join, as may non-Greek students. Multiple affiliations are allowable. The cut-off line where any campus organization falls within these headings or without is somewhat arbitrary; those formed prior to 1990 are listed under these subheadings in various volumes of the Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities, which for more than a century has been the data source of record for such organizations. Newer groups have been placed in categories which match Baird's categories. The latest, 1991 version of Bairds was published before the national development of some of the societies here, and therefore, position and inclusion is, in some cases, assumptive.[40]

Honor and recognition societies[]

Honor societies recognize students who excel academically or as leaders among their peers, often within a specific academic discipline. Many honor societies invite students to become members based on scholastic rank (the top x% of a class) and/or grade point, either overall, or for classes taken within the discipline for which the honor society provides recognition. In cases where academic achievement would not be an appropriate criterion for membership, other standards are usually required for membership (such as completion of a particular ceremony or training program). These societies recognize past achievement. Pledging is not required, and new candidates may be immediately inducted into membership after meeting predetermined academic criteria and paying a one-time membership fee. Because of their purpose of recognition, most honor societies will have much higher academic achievement requirements for membership than professional societies. It is also common for a scholastic honor society to add a criterion relating to the character of the student. Some honor societies are invitation only while others allow unsolicited applications. Finally, membership in an honor society might be considered exclusive, i.e., a member of such an organization cannot join other honor societies representing the same field. Governance varies from faculty-guided to purely student run.

Listed by date of local founding with national conference membership, these are co-ed, non-residential, achievement-based organizations that self-select members based on published criteria.

ACHS indicates members of the Association of College Honor Societies.

Active chapters

  • ΦΒΚ - Phi Beta Kappa, 1882, academic honors[40]
  • ΣΞ - Sigma Xi, 1886, graduate science & engineering honors[40]
  • ΦΔΦ - Phi Delta Phi, 1888, law honors[142]
  • Sphinx Head Society, 1890, local, character, leadership and service
  • Quill and Dagger, 1893, local, character, leadership and service
  • Scabbard and Blade, 1906 (ACHS), military[143]
  • ΑΩΑ - Alpha Omega Alpha, 1910, graduate medical honors[40]
  • ΤΒΠ - Tau Beta Pi, 1910 (ACHS), engineering honors[143]
  • ΗΚΝ - Eta Kappa Nu, 1912, electrical engineering, computer engineering honors[40]
  • Order of the Coif, 1914, law school graduates honors[40]
  • Mortar Board, 1918 (ACHS), scholarship, leadership and public service honors[143]
  • ΚΟΝ - Kappa Omicron Nu, 1919 (ACHS), humanities honors[143]
  • Ye Hosts, 1926, local, hotel administration honors, service[144]
  • ΠΑΞ - Pi Alpha Xi, 1923, horticulture honors[145]
  • ΑΚΔ - Alpha Kappa Delta, 1925 (ACHS), sociology honors[143]
  • ΦΖ - Phi Zeta, 1925, graduate veterinary medicine honors[40]
  • ΧΕ - Chi Epsilon, 1925 (ACHS), civil engineering honors[143]
  • ΠΔΦ - Pi Delta Phi, 1936 (ACHS), French honors[40]
  • Block and Bridle Club, 1937, animal livestock honors[40]
  • ΑΕΔ - Alpha Epsilon Delta, 1946 (ACHS), pre-health honors[143]
  • ΠΤΣ - Pi Tau Sigma, 1948 (ACHS), mechanical engineering honors[146]
  • ΨΧ - Psi Chi, 1948 (ACHS), psychology honors[143]
  • ΠΜΕ - Pi Mu Epsilon, 1953, mathematics honors[40]
  • ΦΤΣ - Phi Tau Sigma, 1957, food science and technology honors
  • ΟΔΕ - Omicron Delta Epsilon, 1961 (ACHS), economics honors[143]
  • ΣΘΤ - Sigma Theta Tau, 1968 (ACHS), nursing honors[143]
  • ΣΔΠ - Sigma Delta Pi, 1975 (ACHS), Spanish and Portuguese honors[143]
  • Order of Omega, 1979, Greek society leadership honors[40][147]
  • Golden Key International Honour Society, 1989, high achievement in academics, leadership & service[40]
  • ΦΣΠ - Phi Sigma Pi, 1994, scholastic and leadership honors
  • ΩΡ - Omega Rho, 1995 (ACHS), operations research, management science honors[143]
  • ΑΕ - Alpha Epsilon, 1998 (ACHS), agricultural, food, and biological engineering honors[143]
  • NSCS - National Society of Collegiate Scholars, 1999 (ACHS), high achievement[143]
  • ΛΠΗ - Lambda Pi Eta, 2001 (ACHS), communications honors[143]
  • ΠΣΑ - Pi Sigma Alpha. 2003 (ACHS), political science honors[143]
  • ΒΓΣ - Beta Gamma Sigma, 2004 (ACHS), business academic honors[143]
  • ΠΑΑ - Pi Alpha Alpha, 2006 (ACHS), public administration honors[143]
  • Red Key Society, 2007, local, Athletics and community-building honors
  • NRHH - National Residence Hall Honorary, 2007, residence hall leadership honors
  • ΔΑΠ - Delta Alpha Pi, 2012, high achievement with disabilities[148]
  • Irving Literary Society, 1868-1887, restarted 2014, local, literary honors
  • AAS - Arnold Air Society, 19xx, Air Force cadet honors[40]

Dormant chapters

  • ΔΣΡ-ΤΚΑ - Delta Sigma Rho-Tau Kappa Alpha, 1911-1999 ?, forensics honor, dormant?[149][150]
  • ΦΚΦ - Phi Kappa Phi, 1920-1979, 1983-2013, honors, all disciplines, dormant[151]
  • ΣΓΕ - Sigma Gamma Epsilon, 1921-1965, earth sciences honors, dormant[152]
  • ΔΦΑ - Delta Phi Alpha, 1933-20xx, German honors, dormant[153]
  • ΠΕΔ - National Collegiate Players or Pi Epsilon Delta, 1960-19xx, theater honors, national disbanded[40]
  • ΑΛΔ - Alpha Lambda Delta, 1961-1986, (ACHS) freshmen honors, dormant[40]
  • ΦΗΣ - Phi Eta Sigma, 1961-1973, freshman honors, dormant[40]
  • ΑΠΜ - Alpha Pi Mu, 1968-1972 (ACHS), industrial engineering honors, dormant[40]
  • ΠΣΑ - Pi Sigma Alpha. 2003-20xx (ACHS), political science honors, dormant?[143]

Professional societies[]

Professional societies work to build friendship bonds among members, cultivate their strengths that they may promote their profession, and provide mutual assistance in their shared areas of professional study.

Listed by date of local founding with national conference membership, these are primarily co-ed and non-residential organizations, of an array of professional interests. Membership in a professional fraternity may be the result of a pledge process, much like a social fraternity, and members are expected to remain loyal and active in the organization for life. Within the group of societies dedicated to a professional field of study, for example, law societies, membership is exclusive; however, these societies may initiate members who belong to other types of fraternities. Professional Societies are known for networking and post-collegiate involvement. Governance varies from faculty-managed to purely student run.

PFA indicates members of the Professional Fraternity Association

Active chapters

  • ΓΑ - Gamma Alpha, 1899 biological science graduate students (co-op)
  • ΦΔΕ - Phi Delta Epsilon, 1904 (PFA), medical[41]
  • ΑΨ - Alpha Psi, 1907, veterinary medicine, (residential)
  • ΩΤΣ - Omega Tau Sigma, 1911 (PFA), veterinary (residential)
  • ΑΧΣ - Alpha Chi Sigma, 1913 (PFA), chemistry (residential)
  • ΣΔΕ - Sigma Delta Epsilon or GWIS, 1921, graduate women in science
  • ΦΑΔ - Phi Alpha Delta, 1925 (PFA), pre-law
  • ΦΣΠ - Phi Sigma Pi, 1994 (PFA), leadership and scholarship
  • ΑΚΨ - Alpha Kappa Psi, 1998 (PFA), business
  • ΣΑ - Sigma Alpha, 2002 (PFA), women's, agriculture
  • ΔΣΠ - Delta Sigma Pi, 2004 (PFA), business
  • ΦΓΝ - Phi Gamma Nu, 2008 (PFA), business
  • ΠΛΣ - Pi Lambda Sigma, 2017, government
  • ΠΣΕ - Pi Sigma Epsilon, 2011 (PFA), sales and marketing
  • ΚΑΠ - Kappa Alpha Pi, 2011, pre-law
  • ΘΤ - Theta Tau, 2012 (PFA), engineering
  • ΦΒΛ - Phi Beta Lambda-FBLA, 19xx, business[40]

Dormant chapters

  • ΝΣΝ - Nu Sigma Nu, 1900-19xx, medical professional, national disbanded [154]
  • ΑΚΚ - Alpha Kappa Kappa, 1901-1941, medical professional, national disbanded [40]
  • ΑΕΙ - Alpha Epsilon Iota, 1901-1913, medical professional, national disbanded [40]:VIII-37
  • ΔΘΦ - Delta Theta Phi, 1903-1953 (PFA), law, dormant [40]
  • ΓΗΓ - Gamma Eta Gamma, 1909-1918, law, dormant [40]
  • ΣΔΧ - Sigma Delta Chi, 1920-1959, [now SPJ] journalism, dormant [40]
  • ΦΧ - Phi Chi, 1921-1956, medical, dormant [40]
  • ΚΒΠ - Kappa Beta Pi, 1921-1939 (PFA), was women's legal, dormant [155]
  • ΦΛΚ - Phi Lambda Kappa, 1928-1947?, medical, dormant [40][41]
  • ΚΔΕ - Kappa Delta Epsilon, 1933-1960 (PFA), education, dormant [40]
  • ΚΦΚ - Kappa Phi Kappa, 1934-1956, education, dormant [40]
  • ΦΔΓ - Phi Delta Gamma, 1940-1953, women graduate students, dormant [40]

Service societies[]

Service societies are listed with dates of local founding and national conference membership, if any; these are non-residential, co-ed organizations designed to provide campus and community service. These organizations are self-governed.

  • ΑΦΩ - Alpha Phi Omega, 1927 (PFA), service
  • Greeks Go Green, 20xx, local, environmentalism

Building and property ownership[]

Cornell University Residence Plan of 1966[]

The Delta Phi house at Cornell

During AY 1948-1949, Cornell University President Edmund Ezra Day formally distanced the University leadership from the increased discrimination which he observed at Cornell since 1910. His speech at the time marked the beginning an effort to end such unlawful practices, a goal to which the University remains committed.[citation needed] Following hearings into discrimination within Cornell's system of private fraternities and sororities, fifteen fraternities liquidated private holdings and entered into the Cornell University Residence Plan of 1966, or CURP'66, an agreement which required all signatories to refrain from unlawful discrimination.[156] The majority of CURP ’66 houses are on the Cornell West Campus. The Plan created a system of 'living and learning' by Small Residence.

Each Group House was to be maintained by a Priority Group electing its Group Sponsor. Phi Kappa Psi, for instance, sponsored Group House No. IV d/b/a/ The Irving Literary Society, and developed its parcel on Cornell's West Campus. Cornell desired an academic atmosphere in student residence “units” providing appropriate facilities for intellectual and cultural activities and by encouraging student participation in these pursuits.[157] CURP ’66 was not simply the creation of University-owned fraternities and sororities, but a plan to provide a supplement to the University-maintained dormitory complex, the existing Cornell Greek System, off-campus apartments and rooming houses. The vision was to organize “Small Residences” together, regardless of their national or local orientation as fraternities or cooperatives.[157] The University program provided for no discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color or national origin. The issue of gender was addressed in the equal promotion of female, male and gender neutral Group Houses.[158] In 1997, Cornell's president, Hunter Rawlings, reaffirmed the Board of Trustees' commitment to the Cornell University Residence Plan of 1966.[159]

The current CURP ’66 was created from an existing University leasing system dating to the 1881 decision by Andrew Dickson White to favor fraternities over dormitories. White thought fraternities “’[would] arouse in the students a feeling of responsibility both for the care of the property and for the reputation of the house . . . [and] fastens upon [students’] duties and responsibilities similar to those of men in the active world was among the better solutions of the problems [of] . . . students in American universities.’”[160]:33–34 White’s vision, in turn, develop from the professional analysis of American architect and planner, Frederick Law Olmsted, who saw the erection of residential clubhouses on Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act as a reform over the barracks-like dormitories used by existing American universities and colleges.[161] Like White, Olmsted felt clubhouses maintained by the students would form part of the educational experience. They were to be modeled on the typical rural household of the era, small country villas thought to avoid the negative aspects of the Industrial revolution.[160]:21–23

The Delta Kappa Epsilon house at Cornell

CURP signatories

  • Group House No. I, possessed by Delta Kappa Epsilon, signatory since 1960, 13 South Avenue (in residence);
  • Group House No. II, possessed by Delta Tau Delta, signatory since June 8, 1960, 104 Mary Anne Wood Drive (in residence);
  • Group House No. III, Chi Phi ("Craigielea"), signatory since Nov. 15, 1960, 107 Edgemoor Lane (in residence);
  • Group House No. IV, "Ivy," possessed by Phi Kappa Psi ("The Gables"), signatory since Nov. 30, 1959, 525 Stewart Avenue, service deliveries to 120 Mary Anne Wood Drive; Phi Psi is also the successor organization to the Irving Literary Society. First to sign into the revised Group Housing Plan in 1959, it was fourth in accession due to negotiations over the sale of its property at 312 Thurston Avenue, the former Wyckoff Mansion (in residence);
  • Group House No. V, possessed by Sigma Phi Epsilon, signatory since 1962, 109 McGraw Place (in residence);
  • Group House No. VI, possessed by Delta Upsilon, signatory since 1962, 6 South Avenue (in residence);
  • Group House No. VII, occupied by Phi Sigma Sigma, and formerly possessed by Kappa Alpha, which was a signatory in 1991 (signing was delayed for three decades, for reasons unknown), 14 South Avenue;
  • Group House No. VIII, possessed by Zeta Psi, signatory since 1963, 534 Thurston Avenue, (in residence);
  • Group House No. IX, since been torn down, once occupied by Sigma Alpha Mu, and formerly possessed by Chi Omega, signatory since 1963, 10 Sisson Place, on North Campus;[162]
  • Group House X, occupied by University Residence Life, 201 Thurston Avenue, and formerly possessed by Lambda Upsilon Lambda, signatory since 1965, when the CURP program was closed out in favor of a return to individual leasing.

Chapters with University-owned facilities under other agreements[]

The Cornell University Residence Plan of 1966 was based on agreements with other institutions, dating from 1933 to 1952, and after 1965:

Chapters with privately owned facilities[]

Many fraternities and sororities have remained outside the ambit of University ownership. As of October 2017, these chapters include the following:

References[]

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  7. ^ ΑΔΦ address in 2016, 777 Stewart Avenue, Ithaca, NY 14850
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  36. ^ The local organization in 2016 opted to cease participation in IFC, and in 2020 voted to go co-ed.
  37. ^ Acacia address in 2016, 318 Highland Road, Ithaca, NY 14850
  38. ^ ΖΒΤ address in 2016, 1 Edgecliff Lane, Ithaca, NY 14850
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  43. ^ ΣΑΜ address in 2016, 10 Sisson Place, Ithaca, NY 14850
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  47. ^ ΑΓΡ address in 2016, 203 Highland Ave., Ithaca, NY 14850
  48. ^ ΑΕΠ address in 2016, 140 Thurston Ave., Ithaca, NY 14850
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  51. ^ ΣΠ address in 2016, 730 University Avenue, Ithaca, NY 14850
  52. ^ ΠΚΦ address in 2016, 55 Ridgewood Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850
  53. ^ ΦΚΤ address in 2016, 106 The Knoll, Ithaca, NY 14850
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  69. ^ ΟΑΤ was a national Jewish fraternity, founded at Cornell. It was noted (Sanua, p.79) as "the most Jewish of fraternities". Its house kept a kosher kitchen. All chapters closed during the Great Depression; most of these were absorbed by Tau Delta Phi
  70. ^ The dormant Cornell chapter of Phi Beta Delta was absorbed in 1941 by the older Delta chapter of Pi Lambda Phi, welcoming its alumni into that fraternity.
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  75. ^ This was the Alpha chapter of ΒΣΡ. Baird's Manual notes that the fraternity's name was changed to ΒΣΡ at the addition of its third chapter, at Columbia, in 1919. It is fair to say that ΒΣΡ began in 1910, albeit under the earlier name.
  76. ^ Sigma Omega Psi was a small Jewish fraternity that merged in 1940 with the larger Alpha Epsilon Pi. At the time of the merger, Cornell's Phi chapter was dormant, it having been founded sometime after 1923 according to Baird's 10th edition. [the online Baird's Archive pins this somewhere after 1926 considering the fraternity's known chapter order.] Sigma Omega Psi alumni were accepted into ΑΕΠ as a result of the merger.
  77. ^ This small national was founded in 1920 at CCNY. Its Zeta chapter at Cornell merged into Phi Beta Delta in 1934, to re-establish ΦΒΔ.
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  79. ^ This was the Theta chapter of θΚΦ during its existence, though its national was later renamed.
  80. ^ Eleusis was founded as a local in 1912, becoming ΘΚΝ in 1931; only a few years later this small national merged with Lambda Chi Alpha.
  81. ^ Jump up to: a b The short-lived Alpha Pi chapter of Beta Kappa didn't survive its mid-Depression founding. Six years later, in 1942 this national fraternity merged into Theta Chi, already present on the Cornell campus. As part of the national terms of merger, Beta Kappa's 56 young alumni were accepted as alumni of Theta Chi. However, the Baird's Archive notes this group, perhaps a portion of its actives only, was absorbed by ΑΤΩ.
  82. ^ The Alpha Beta chapter of the small national fraternity Kappa Nu petitioned to join Phi Sigma Epsilon in 1962, having chosen not to participate in Kappa Nu's merger with Phi Epsilon Pi in 1961 as both fraternities (ΚΝ and ΦΕΠ) were then present on the Cornell campus. The resulting Phi Tau chapter of Phi Sigma Epsilon later was released (a second time) when that fraternity merged with Phi Sigma Kappa. National fraternity Phi Epsilon Pi itself later became part of Zeta Beta Tau.
  83. ^ Jump up to: a b Cornell was the only campus where active chapters of both Phi Sigma Kappa and Phi Sigma Epsilon existed at the time of their merger in 1985. Rather than merge the chapters, Phi Sigma Epsilon's Phi Tau chapter was released to seek another national affiliation, and after a search, joined Theta Chi, also in 1985. To explain, two years prior, in 1983, Theta Chi on the campus had lost their charter due to rules violations, as noted in a historical piece from AEPi, accessed 14 Jun 2017. AEPi's campus history had noted this situation as the former (1983) Theta Chi members had been absorbed en masse into the AEPi chapter on the campus. The new, 1985 edition of Theta Chi (from Phi Sigma Epsilon) had no connection to the former Theta Chi chapter, but was granted its Lambda Chapter name and occupied its building. Meanwhile, Alpha Chi Omega sorority occupied the former Phi Sigma Epsilon chapter's former building, according to a local real estate blog at the time, accessed 14 Jun 2017. As a postscript, Theta Chi was again closed in 1999 due to drug use violations, and a 2003 recolonization attempt was unsuccessful.
  84. ^ Formed as a continuation of ΦΔΘ at its 1970 closure, this group successfully re-emerged three years later to re-join the parent fraternity.
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  86. ^ Not to be confused with the Jewish professional dentistry fraternity of the same name.
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  89. ^ ΦΚΨ address in 2016, 120 Mary Ann Wood Drive, Ithaca, NY 14850
  90. ^ This small, now-dormant national was formed at Dartmouth in 1858, also known by the name Vitruvian. Its Beta Chapter was placed at Cornell. Not to be confused with the professional business fraternity of the same name.
  91. ^ This chapter originated as ΦΚΨ, vacating that original chapter in 1876, long prior to the formation of the NIC and rules against such "poaching". ΦΚΨ would return a decade later. Both groups were stable on the Cornell campus for well over a century.
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  93. ^ ΨΥ address prior to May, 2016 closure, 2 Forest Park Lane, Ithaca, NY 14850
  94. ^ The 1889/90 Cornellian yearbook notes ΘΝΕ without a founding date, in a reference accessed 20 Jan 2020. This is in keeping with the affected secrecy of the group. Somewhat of a pariah, it was rejected by the NIC early in its life because of fears of membership drain of sophomores from other societies, and behavioral issues. Some time after Cornell's Delta chapter of the fraternity died, the national made efforts to reform and was eventually admitted into the NIC. Active dates from the Theta Nu Epsilon Wikipedia page.
  95. ^ This was the Alpha chapter of this small, short-lived national.
  96. ^ ΑΤΩ's address, prior to its 2013 closing, was 625 University Ave., Ithaca, NY 14850
  97. ^ Q.T.V. was the only Greek society whose esoteric name used Latin letters.
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  99. ^ In its first restoration at 1911, this chapter came from a local, coincidently named Beta Sigma, that had formed the year prior in 1910. This earlier local had no organizational connection with the later-developed Beta Sigma Rho.
  100. ^ Bier, Karen (November 24, 1969), "Fraternity Seeks Coed Pledges", Cornell Daily Sun, retrieved 16 May 2014
  101. ^ According to the 2009-2010 OFSL Annual Report, accessed 21 Jan 2019, Theta Xi chose to disband in 2010. It had been targeting transfer students since its recolonization in 2007.
  102. ^ Baird's shows this as the Theta chapter of ΔΣΦ.
  103. ^ This chapter originated two years prior in a local club formed with the unfortunate name Swastika in 1906. Adopting this ancient symbol was a coincidence; the group had no relation to the later national socialist party of Germany (NAZIs). In 1910 the young ΑΧΡ chapter absorbed another local club called Obelisk, formed in 1907.
  104. ^ Noted in remarks by Acting President Crane, two years after the group's inception. The Huntington Club was named after an important bishop of the church, and already had 34 residents at its first home, the former Court Inn, on Dryden Road. staff (1913). "The Fraternity and the Larger Club". Cornell Alumni News. 15: 51. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
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  106. ^ ΣΦΕ address in 2016, 109 McGraw Place, Ithaca, NY 14850
  107. ^ Sigma Phi Epsilon suspended for four years, according to a July 26, 2019 Cornell Sun article, accessed 28 July 2019.
  108. ^ "Fall 2012 Tau Epsilon Phi", Hazing.Cornell.edu, retrieved 16 May 2014
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  110. ^ This small, now-dormant national was formed in New York for graduate students in 1913, placing its Beta chapter at Cornell. Not to be confused with a fraternity formed at Eastern Michigan University under the same name.
  111. ^ ΑΦΔ was non-residential as of 2016. ΑΦΔ'd Mu chapter no longer recognized by Cornell IFC, as accessed 20 Jan 2019.
  112. ^ Cornell Sun: TKE Will Lose Recognition After Reported Hospitalization, accessed 17 May 2014
  113. ^ Baird's Manual names this chapter the Scorpion chapter of that fraternity, indicating the Scorpion local's role as the primary of several groups that merged to form ΤΚΕ at Cornell at its re-establishment in 1940.
  114. ^ This chapter had been the Theta chapter of Theta Kappa Phi during its brief active tenure. It kept that chapter name as a dormant chapter at the time of the merger with Phi Kappa Theta in 1959.
  115. ^ Delta Sigma Lambda absorbed the two remaining chapters of Theta Alpha in 1933, including Cornell's Beta chapter, which was renamed Lambda chapter of the larger fraternity, but the chapter at Cornell died, likely in 1936 and no later than 1937 at the demise of the entire national.
  116. ^ Cornell's was the Tau Beta chapter.
  117. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20200211192931/https://www.cornellifc.org/
  118. ^ ΣΧΔ is non-residential in 2016
  119. ^ https://www.alphalambdamu.org/current-chapters
  120. ^ ΑΛΜ is non-residential as of 2019. Campus entry of the fraternity's Gamma Chapter noted on the Cornell IFC website, accessed 20 Jan 2019
  121. ^ ΚΑΘ address in 2016, 519 Stewart Ave., Ithaca, NY 14850
  122. ^ ΚΚΓ address in 2016, 508 Thurston Ave., Ithaca, NY 14850
  123. ^ Apparently the chapter continued as a local, ΚΚΨ for an 8-year period while ΚΚΓ was 'dormant', 1969-1977.
  124. ^ ΔΓ address in 2016, 117 Triphammer Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850
  125. ^ ΑΦ address in 2016, 411 Thurston Ave., Ithaca, NY 14850
  126. ^ ΠΒΦ address in 2016, 330 Triphammer Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850
  127. ^ ΔΔΔ address in 2016, 118 Triphammer Road, Ithaca, NY 14850
  128. ^ ΚΔ address in 2016, 109 Triphammer Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850
  129. ^ This national sorority was born at Cornell.
  130. ^ ΣΔΤ address in 2016, 115 Ridgewood Rd., Ithaca, NY 14850
  131. ^ ΑΞΔ address in 2016, 40 Ridgewood, Ithaca, NY 14850
  132. ^ ΑΈΦ address in 2016, 435 Wyckoff Ave Ithaca, NY 14850
  133. ^ ΦΣΣ address in 2016, 14 South Ave., Ithaca, NY 14850
  134. ^ ΑΧΩ address in 2016, 509 Wyckoff Road, Ithaca, NY 14850
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  136. ^ The archaic word "sennight" means "weekly".
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  138. ^ Jump up to: a b This organization merged twice in 1931. The original Club Hispania joined Phi Lambda Alpha and that fraternity nationally merged into Phi Iota Alpha in late December of that same year, according to Phi Iota Alpha records.
  139. ^ The first "International Latino Fraternity" was founded at Cornell, with the establishment of Alpha Chapter of Alpha Zeta, not to be confused with the Professional (Agricultural) fraternity of that same name, also on the Cornell campus. While short-lived, this group sparked many imitators, as noted by Oliver Fajardo in an article in "the Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, accessed 17 Jan, 2017.
  140. ^ ΡΨ, for Chinese students, was founded at Cornell in 1916 with the Chinese name Su Ye She, at a time when Chinese students were unable to join other fraternities. It became a national organization in 1925, and international in 1929. The Cornell chapter ceased in 1931, but other chapters of the national organization continued, becoming co-educational in 1975. Rho Psi continues elsewhere as a Chinese interest club. The fraternity adopted the name Rho Psi Society, indicating its co-educational status, also in 1975.
  141. ^ This national sorority, founded at Binghamton University, is dormant.
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  158. ^ Compare C.U.R.P. ’66, Sections 5, 6 and 10.
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