Kappa Delta Phi (fraternity)
Kappa Delta Phi, also known as KDPhi, is a social fraternity that was founded on April 14, 1900, at the Bridgewater State Normal School, now known as Bridgewater State University. The fraternity currently boasts 9 active chapters. A sorority, Kappa Delta Phi National Affiliated Sorority or NAS, was formed in 1971, and remains closely affiliated with the fraternity.
Mission statement
The purpose of this fraternity shall be to bring together males of good character who are studying in institutions of higher education and who manifest a keen interest in higher education; to promote the highest ideals and educational practices; to promote a spirit of good citizenship and to seek change in our institution only through duly constituted authority; to actively support the fight against discrimination on the basis of race, color, or creed; and to strengthen and preserve the bonds of brotherhood which link men together working toward a common cause.Founding fathers
;Cyrus M. Benson;Louis D. Cook
;Edward L. Curran
;Sumner W. Cushing
;Joseph A. Cushman
;Herman Gammons
;Arthur L. Gould
;William R. Kramer
;Nahum Leonard
;Alfred K. Lowe
;Leon E. Maglathlin
;Louis T. Morse
;William E. Smith
;Henry M. Vaughan
Timeline
Milestones from the national website include:;April 14, 1900
- 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