Delta Phi Epsilon (professional)

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Delta Phi Epsilon
(ΔΦΕ)
Founded January 25, 1920
Georgetown University
Type Professional
Scope National
Motto Latreuo
Colors Black and Gold
Flower Morning glory
Chapters 3 active
Headquarters Post Office Box 25401
Washington, D.C. (202) 337-9702, USA
Homepage Delta Phi Epsilon
This article is about the professional fraternity and sorority. For the social sorority, see Delta Phi Epsilon (social).

Delta Phi Epsilon (ΔΦΕ) is the name given to several college fraternities and sororities.

Delta Phi Epsilon is the first and only national professional foreign service fraternity and sorority. Founded at Georgetown University on January 25, 1920, the fraternity's mission is to promote good fellowship among persons studying or engaged in foreign service. The Alpha chapter went on to colonize at many other universities throughout the country, although many chapters have since become inactive due to the fraternity being identified with "The Establishment" during the Vietnam War era and subsequent decline in interest in foreign service. Currently active chapters are Georgetown's Alpha chapter, The George Washington University's Eta Chapter, and University of California, Berkeley's Epsilon Chapter. Several other chapters are currently in the process of being chartered and re-chartered.

The current president of Alpha Chapter is Justin W. Charity. The current president of Delta Phi Epsilon's national board is Richard B. Beal.

Notable alumni of the Eta Chapter at Washington, D.C.'s The George Washington University include: Ambassador Edward "Skip" Gnehm, a well-known ambassador and former Director General of the Foreign Service; Kenneth Starr, a former Solicitor General of the United States who gained national recognition for his investigations of President Bill Clinton during his second term; as well as Robert Ames Alden, a former National Press Club president.

Alpha Chapter has inducted several notable Georgetown faculty members as national brothers, including former U.S, Ambassador and Deputy Secretary of State Howard Schaffer, former Ford executive Philip Karber, who also served as Special Advisor to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and renowned Jesuit scholar Father Thomas King.

The Alpha Chapter of Delta Phi Epsilon admits no women, but in 1973 the Alpha Chapter of Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority was founded at Georgetown University. Since its creation, the sorority has grown to include chapters at several additional universities and has inducted notable national sisters including former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.

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[edit] Founding

The four founders of the fraternity are Alfred O. Arsenau, Wesley O. Ash, Samuel C. Bartlett, and T.J. Patrick O'Connell. The first three, undergraduates in Georgetown University's then new School of Foreign Service, at first held in common only their experience in overseas military service and their interest in foreign service careers. Later they were drawn together by their common vision for a professional foreign service fraternity for future graduates of the School of Foreign Service and others in the field. The fourth founder had developed a similar vision independently, which he discussed with Arsenau.

Later these men joined with seven interested undergraduates (future brothers Sandager, Butts, Ash, MacKenzie, Brooks, Sullivan Scott, and Bates) and signed the Articles of Agreement. After choosing a name and nominating officers, Delta Phi Epsilon Foreign Service Fraternity was founded at the Catholic Community House on E Street on January 25, 1920.

[edit] Chapters

3401 Prospect Street is home to Alpha Chapter
3401 Prospect Street is home to Alpha Chapter

Alpha Chapter is the longest-lived active chapter of Delta Phi Epsilon. The short-lived reactivation of Gamma Chapter at Boston University in May 1993 was followed by the reactivation of Epsilon Chapter in 2003 at the University of California at Berkeley as a co-educational fraternity and the reactivation of Eta Chapter in November 2005 at George Washington University.

[edit] Active chapters

[edit] Defunct chapters

[edit] Famous Members

Madeleine Albright (sorority) Alpha Chapter-'91, former United States Secretary of State.[1]

Robert Ames Alden Et-'53, former national press club president.[2]

Boye DeMente La-'52, writer and Japan expert.[3]

Walt Disney De-'50, late film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, and animator.[4]

Edward "Skip" Gnehm Et-'64, former ambassador.[5]

Thomas M. King, S.J. Al-'05, professor of theology at Georgetown University.[6]

Roy S. MacElwee Al-'20, dean of Georgetown School of Foreign Service 1919-1923.[7]

Jesse A. Mann, Al-'68, dean of Georgetown School of Foreign Service 1968-1970.[8]

Grady McMurtry, Ep-'54, late occultist and revivor of Ordo Templi Orientis.[9]

William E. Moran Al-'64, dean of Georgetown School of Foreign Service 1961-1966.[10]

William F. Notz Al-'20, dean of Georgetown School of Foreign Service 1923-1935.[11]

Kenneth Starr Et-'67, former Solicitor General of the United States.[12]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sisters_List.html
  2. ^ Eta_IV_Directory
  3. ^ Lambda_Directory
  4. ^ Delta_II_Directory
  5. ^ Eta_VI_Directory
  6. ^ Alpha Alumni Directory IV
  7. ^ Frequently Asked Questions
  8. ^ Frequently Asked Questions
  9. ^ Thelema Lodge Calendar for August 1999 e.v
  10. ^ Frequently Asked Questions
  11. ^ Frequently Asked Questions
  12. ^ Eta_VI_Directory

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