About Us
In the spring semester of 2012, a group of twenty men came together with a shared appreciation for the mission of the Alpha Delta Phi: that a fraternity man is both social, intellectual, literary, and athletic: a "whole man," as our founder, Samuel Eells, put it.
The newly founded Eliot Chapter of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity has quickly became a prominent part of the Washington University campus, hosting social gatherings, literary panels, and philanthropic events.
Our brothers are involved in every aspect of campus, from residential advisors and class presidents to varsity athletes and Reserve Officer Training Corps members.
We challenge our members to grow every aspect of themselves, every day of their lives. Through candidacy and ultimately a lifetime of brotherhood, Alpha Delts explore ways in which they can cultivate themselves as true renaissance men.
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About Alpha Delta Phi
The story of Alpha Delta Phi is an old one, dating back over 180 years. We were founded at Hamilton College in 1832 by Samuel Eells, a man who wished to start a literary and fraternal society, where members could amicably discuss news, share poetry, and belong to an organization greater than the sum of its parts.
We are the fourth oldest fraternity in North America, and were the first fraternity to expand to the Midwest, to Miami University. Our fraternity model provided the basis for the "Miami Triad" of fraternities: Beta Theta Pi, Phi Delta Theta, and Sigma Chi.
Over the years our fraternity's chapters and appearance have changed, but our tradition holds strong: ADPhi takes young men and shapes them into gentlemen and scholars. They become a member of a brotherhood whose base include Theodore Roosevelt, Ben Stein, Franklin D. Roosevelt, a dozen senators, a half dozen supreme court justices, Fortune 500 CEOs, and others.
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