Kappa Delta Phi

Mission statement

Founding fathers

Timeline

• Kappa Delta Phi is founded at the Bridgewater Normal School in room #60 of the Normal School Building.

• Official badge is adopted

• Nahum Leonard is named "Father of the Fraternity"

• Fraternity Grip is adopted

• First Convention is held at Young's Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts

• Black and gold colors are adopted

• Scholarship Cup is adopted

• General Fraternity is established with 36 active members

• Kappa Delta Phi becomes National Fraternity

• President's Cup is adopted

• Coat of Arms is adopted

• Official Key is adopted

• National Relations Award is adopted

• Philanthropy Award is adopted

• Display Award adopted

• National Emblem, the crow, adopted

• National Flower, the yellow rose, adopted

• National Fraternity reorganized

• New National Constitution adopted
• Edward F. Webber Scholarship Award adopted
• Nahum Leonard Scholarship adopted
• Senior Scholarship adopted
• The Golden Key published

  1971

• Sorority founded in Bangor, Maine at Husson University with the help of the Lambda Chapter

• Summer Workshops for Chapters established

• Distinguished Service Award Scholarship adopted

• Outstanding Chapter Award adopted
• Outstanding Leadership Award adopted

• National Rushing and Pledging Manual established

• National Alumni Association is incorporated

• Kappa Delta Phi joins the North American Interfraternity Conference

• Alpha Stone is dedicated
• Paul G. Collette Award for Excellence is adopted