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| Founded | November 27, 1888 Boston University, (Boston, Massachusetts) |
| Type | Social |
| Scope | International |
| Motto | Let us steadfastly love one another |
| Colors | Silver, Gold, and Cerulean blue |
| Symbol | Dolphin and Pine |
| Flower | Pansy |
| Jewel | Pearl |
| Publication | The Trident |
| Philanthropy | Children's Cancer Research; Tri Delta has a partnership with St. Events 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a For similarly-named academic institutions see Education in Boston MA. Silver is the metallic shade resembling Gray, closest to that of polished Silver. Gold, also called golden, is a Yellowish orange Color which is a representation of the color of the element Cerulean may be applied to a range of colors from deep Blue, sky-blue bright blue or azure color through greenish blue colors Dolphins are Marine mammals that are closely related to Whales and Porpoises There are almost forty species of dolphin in seventeen genera. This article is about the tree For other uses of the term "pine" see Pine (disambiguation. The pansy or pansy violet s are a large group of plants cultivated as garden Flowers Pansies are derived from Viola tricolor and can include Jude Children's Hospital |
| Members | 186,000+ currently lifetime |
| Headquarters | 2331 Brookhollow Plaza Drive Arlington, Texas, USA |
| Homepage | http://www.deltadeltadelta.org |
Delta Delta Delta (ΔΔΔ), also known as Tri Delta, is an international collegiate women's fraternity founded on November 27, 1888. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the College ( Latin collegium) is a term most often used today to denote an Educational Institution. Events 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a With 136 chapters in the United States and Canada it is one of the largest women's organizations in the world.
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History
Delta Delta Delta was founded by Sarah Ida Shaw, Eleanor Dorcas Pond, Florence Isabelle Stewart and Isabel Morgan Breed at Boston University. For similarly-named academic institutions see Education in Boston MA.
Three women's groups were already represented at Boston University in 1888 (Kappa Kappa Gamma, Gamma Phi Beta and Alpha Phi). Kappa Kappa Gamma ( ΚΚΓ) is a college women's fraternity, founded at Monmouth College, Illinois. Gamma Phi Beta ( ΓΦΒ) is an international Sorority that was founded on November 11 1874 at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New Alpha Phi ( ΑΦ) is a fraternity for women founded at Syracuse University on September 18, 1872. However, Sarah Ida Shaw saw a need for another group which would be different from the others. She enlisted the help of Eleanor Dorcas Pond and told her: "Let us found a society that shall be kind alike to all and think more of a girl's inner self and character than of her personal appearance. "
The two young women began the work of creating a new national fraternity. Later Sarah wrote, ". . . The two enthusiastic friends were unaware of the fact that there was something stupendous about the task they had set hands, heads and hearts to accomplish. They were working for a principle, and it never occurred to them that there could be such a thing as failure. Earnestness of purpose, energy and enthusiasm had brought them both success in college and why should not these same qualities bring assurance of good fortune to the new venture. "
Shaw and Pond not only founded a fraternity, but also wrote the rituals and constitution as well as designing the emblems. The choosing of the name was a mutual decision. Eleanor suggested a triple letter while Sarah chose the actual letter and developed Greek mottos and passwords. The inspiration for these came from a variety of sources such as Egyptian Lore, Hindu mysticism, Greek and astronomy, which reflected the wide and various interests of Sarah Ida Shaw. Ancient Egypt was an Ancient Civilization in eastern North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now A Hindu ( Devanagari: हिन्दू is an adherent of the philosophies and scriptures of Hinduism, a set of religious, Philosophical Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly Astronomy (from the Greek words astron (ἄστρον "star" and nomos (νόμος "law" is the scientific study
The Founders of ΔΔΔ:
 Sarah Ida Shaw |
 Eleanor Dorcas Pond |
 Florence Isabelle Stewart |
 Isabel Morgan Breed |
Famous Firsts
- First women's fraternity to be founded as a national organization with complete plans for governmental structure and expansion.
- First to plan an alumnae system.
- First to publish a book-length history: A Detailed Record of Delta Delta Delta, 1888-1907.
- First women's fraternity to hold a national Leadership Conference.
- First to establish a central office (now called Executive Office).
- First women's fraternity to have a social networking tool online. (InCircle)
- Tri Delta was the first NPC group to adopt a central accounting system for its collegiate chapters.
- Tri Delta pioneered chapter visitation in 1905, appointing an officer to visit all chapters.
- In 2002, Tri Delta created a life member program (Life Loyal) to recognize members who want to support the continued growth and development of the Fraternity.
Traditions and Legacy
- Tri Delta's colors are silver, gold and cerulean blue. Green is also significant for Tri Delta as it represents the union of the three colors.
- Each newly inducted member receives a hand made gold pin with three deltas painted on a crescent moon. Above this are three stars; each holds a small pearl inside.
- Tri Delta began regular publication of its quarterly magazine earlier in its existence than any other women's fraternity. The Trident has been published continuously since 1891.
Philanthropy
In the early 1970s, a national survey established that Tri Delta chapters were interested in "children", "hospitals" and "cancer". At the 1974 Tri Delta Convention, it was decided to combine the 3 and support Children's Cancer Charities as the designated Philanthropy.
In March 2007, Tri Delta made a commitment to support St. Jude through a "10 in 10" campaign. This campaign is focused on raising $10 million dollars in 10 years, to build a new floor that will focus on patient treatment and brain tumor research.
Many chapters would also observe "Sleighbell Day" on the first Tuesday of December. Sleighbell Day followed in the tradition of the Sleighbell Luncheon, which was first held in the 1940's by 13 Southern California chapters to benefit a doctor researching blood diseases at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
The month of September is National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
In 1999, Tri Delta joined with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital to form a national partnership. St Jude Children's Research Hospital, founded in 1962 is a leading pediatric treatment and research facility focused on children's catastrophic diseases With this arrangement St. Jude (through the fundraising branch, ALSAC) assists Tri Delta chapters to plan philanthropy events that will directly benefit the children and subsidize research costs at St. Jude.
In 2002, Tri Deltas across the nation committed to raising $1 million dollars in four years to build a Teen Room at the Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Memphis is a City in the southwest corner of Tennessee, and the County seat of Shelby County. In 2005 Tri Delta fulfilled the million dollar commitment.
Tri Deltas are committed to helping St. Jude in every way possible. To date, Tri Delta has raised $3. 5 million for St. Jude's. The month of March has now also been designated as St. Jude / Tri-Delta month.
In addition to the national partnership, Tri Delta also continues to raise money annually to support various local Children's Cancer Charities, including the long-running Sleighbell Luncheon.
Notable alumnae
- Donna Axum (Delta Iota) - Miss America 1964, public service[1]
- Lee Phillip Bell (Upsilon) - talk show host[1]
- Sara Blakely (Alpha Eta) - founder of SPANX and celebrity judge[1]
- Lisa Boscola (Gamma Beta) - Pennsylvania State Senate[1]
- Bobbe Bridge (Theta Alpha) - former Associate Justice of the Washington Supreme Court[1]
- Dixie Carter (Delta Sigma) - actress[1]
- Kathy Castor (Alpha Omega) - Democratic congresswoman for Florida's 11th congressional district[1]
- Kiran Chetry (Alpha Pi) - news anchor[1]
- Kellie Coffey (Theta Gamma) - musician[1]
- Nellie Connally (Theta Zeta) - former First Lady of Texas[1]
- Leanza Cornett (Beta Gamma) - Miss America 1993 and television host[1]
- Katie Couric (Beta Sigma) - TV personality[1]
- Catherine Crier (Theta Zeta) - judge, TV personality[1]
- Mary Frances Crosby (Theta Zeta) - actress[1]
- Elizabeth Dole (Alpha Omicron) - U. Donna Axum was Miss America in 1964 Axum from El Dorado, Arkansas, now lives in Fort Worth and is a member of the boards of the National Committee The Miss America pageant is a long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the 50 states plus the District of Columbia and the US Virgin Islands Lee Phillip Bell is a former Talk show host and Soap opera creator Sara Blakely was born February 21, 1971 in Clearwater, Florida. SPANX Inc is a US company which mainly manufactures Footless Pantyhose and other Undergarments for women particularly "body shaping" Lisa M Boscola is a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing the 18th Senate District which includes portions of Lehigh, Northampton The Pennsylvania State Senate is the upper house of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the Legislative branch of Pennsylvania government The Washington Supreme Court is the highest Court in the Judiciary of the U Dixie Virginia Carter (born May 25, 1939, in McLemoresville Tennessee) is an American Emmy Award -nominated Actress Katherine Anne Castor usually known as Kathy Castor (born August 20, 1966 in Miami Florida) is the Democratic congresswoman The Democratic Party is one of two major Political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. Florida's 11th congressional district encompasses most of the city of Tampa and its suburbs and the shoreline of southeastern Hillsborough County. Kiran Carrie Chetry (born August 26 1974 in Kathmandu, Nepal) is co-anchor of CNN 's morning news program, American Morning Kellie Coffey (born April 22 1971 in Moore Oklahoma) is an American Country music artist who made her debut in 2002 with the release of her single "When You Idanell Brill "Nellie" Connally ( February 24 1919 – September 1 2006) was the First Lady of Texas from First Lady is a term used in the United States to describe the wife of an elected male Head of state. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. Leanza Cornett (born June 10, 1971 in Big Stone Gap Virginia; raised in Jacksonville Florida) was crowned Miss Jacksonville and The Miss America pageant is a long-standing competition which awards scholarships to young women from the 50 states plus the District of Columbia and the US Virgin Islands Katherine Anne "Katie" Couric (born January 7, 1957) is an American Journalist who became well-known as co-host of NBC Catherine Crier 2 by David Shankbonejpg|thumb|Crier discussing her book about the Susan Polk case Mary Frances Crosby (born September 14, 1959) is an American actress. Mary Elizabeth Hanford "Liddy" Dole (born July 29 1936 is an American politician who served in both the Ronald Reagan and George H S. Senator from North Carolina[1]
- Terry Gabreski (Delta Omega) - Vice Commander, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base[1]
- Joanna Garcia (Alpha Eta) - actress[1]
- Rita B. Garman (Delta Pi) - fourth district justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois[1]
- Cynthia Geary (Chi) - actress[1]
- Leeza Gibbons (Alpha Lambda) - actress[1]
- Doris Kearns Goodwin (Alpha Upsilon) - Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian[1]
- Cathy Guisewite (Iota) - comic-strip author[1]
- Hoda Kotb (Beta Nu) - news anchor[1]
- Deborah Norville (Alpha Rho) - news anchor[1]
- Kathy Orr (Omicron) - meteorologist[1]
- Anne Rivers Siddons (Phi Theta) - author[1]
- Molly Sims (Delta Gamma) - actress, model[1]
- Mindy Burbano Stearns (Theta Delta) - television entertainment anchor and reporter; radio personality[1]
- Shawn Weatherly (Beta Theta) - Miss Universe 1980, actress[1]
- Tyler Willis (Phi Eta) - Miss Texas USA 2005, Top 15 at Miss USA 2005[1]
- Melissa Witek (Alpha Psi) - Miss Florida USA 2005, 4th Runner-up at Miss USA 2005[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad Distinguished Deltas Directory. Lieutenant General Terry Walter Gabreski is the Vice Commander Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, which conducts research Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC is a major command of the United States Air Force. Joanna Leanna García (born August 10 1979 is an American Television and Film actress. Rita B Garman (born 19 November 1943 in Aurora, Illinois) is a fourth district justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois. Cynthia Geary (b March 21 1965, Jackson Mississippi) is a US Actress best known for her role as the beautiful (and slightly Leeza Kim Gibbons (born March 26, 1957) is an American Talk show host Doris Kearns Goodwin (born January 4, 1943 in Brooklyn New York) is an award-winning American Author and Historian. The Pulitzer Prize, ˈpʊlɨtsɚ PULL-it-sər is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in Newspaper journalism, An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created See also History An historian is an individual who studies and writes about History, and is regarded as an Authority on it Cathy Lee Guisewite (born September 5, 1950) is the Cartoonist who created the Comic strip Cathy in 1976 Hoda Kotb (commonly pronounced HO-dah COT-bee born 9 August 1964 in Norman Oklahoma) is an American Television news anchor Deborah Norville (born August 8, 1958 in Dalton Georgia) is an American television broadcaster and journalist Kathy Orr may refer to Kathy Orr (meteorologist, chief meteorologist Kathy Orr (writer, romance writer Anne Rivers Siddons (born January 9, 1936) is an American Novelist who writes stories set in the Southern United States. Molly Sims (born May 25, 1973 in Murray Kentucky) is an American model and Actress. Shawn Nichols Weatherly (born July 24 1959 in Sumter South Carolina) is a beauty queen and entertainer from South Carolina. Miss Universe is an annual international Beauty contest run by the Miss Universe Organization. Tyler Colie Willis is a beauty queen from Brownfield Texas who has competed in the Miss USA pageant Melissa Witek (born April 9, 1981) is an entrepreneur and beauty queen who competed in the Miss USA pageant and appeared on the Reality television Delta Delta Delta. Retrieved on 2007-04-22. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1500 - Portuguese Navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral becomes the first European to sight Brazil.
- ^ Melissa Witek - About Me. Melissa Witek Online. Retrieved on 2007-10-02. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule
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