On this day, October 29, in 1832, Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity was founded at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. It is the fourth-oldest continuous Greek-letter fraternity in the United States and Canada. The fraternity, which was originally a literary society, was founded by Samuel Eells, a 19th-Century American philosopher, essayist and orator. Alpha Delta Phi is said to be the first fraternity to establish a chapter west of the Allegheny Mountains. The organization has a co-ed division formed in 1992 called the Alpha Delta Phi Society. Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity has about 30 chapters and over 50,000 alumni. Notable alumni include U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Happy 178th Anniversary to all members of Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity!
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