Greek Facts & Firsts
Sorority
First Secret Society for Women - 1851, Alpha Delta Pi Fraternity
First Sorority to be Called a Sorority - Gamma Phi Beta
First Sorority to Use Greek Letters - Kappa Alpha Theta (1870)
Only NPC in Hawaii - Alpha Gamma Delta
First to Adopt a Philanthropy - 1919, Alpha Gamma Delta
First Non-Caucasian Initiate - Alpha Gamma Delta (UBC, 1953)
Widest Span of Chapters - Alpha Gamma Delta Manoa HI to Halifax NS 5403 miles (8695 km)
First NPC Sorority in Canada - Kappa Alpha Theta (Toronto)
Oldest Sorority in Canada - Alpha Phi (Toronto)
Only Sorority to Have a Male Initiate - Delta Gamma (George Banta)
Oldest Founding Chapter Still In Existence - Kappa Alpha Theta
First Alumnae Initiate - Alpha Phi 1875
First to Publish a Book Length History - Delta Delta Delta
First Divine Nine Sorority - Alpha Kappa Alpha 1908
First to Publish a Magazine - Kappa Kappa Gamma (1882)
Most Initiates (NPC) - Chi Omega, 225,000+
Most Chapters (NPC) - Chi Omega, 176
Most Chapters (NPHC) - Delta Sigma Theta, 300+
Most Chapters in One State - Alpha Phi (22 in California)
Fraternity
Oldest Continuously Published Magazine - Beta Theta Pi (since 1872)
Most First Chapters On Each Campus - 13, Beta Theta Pi
Create Alumni Chapters - Beta Theta Pi 1867
Most Initiates - Sigma Alpha Epsilon (262,000+)
Most Chapters - Lambda Chi Alpha (364)
First Dry House - Delta Sigma Phi
Largest Fraternity Merger - Theta Kappa Nu with Lambda Chi Alpha, 1939
First Divine Nine Fraternity - Alpha Phi Alpha 1906
First to Publish A Magazine - Theta Delta Chi 1869
Longest Continuously Open Chapter - Theta Delta Chi's Kappa Charge (since 1856)
First Fraternity to Abolish Membership Restrictions Based on Religion, Ethnicity etc - Sigma Phi Epsilon
General
Largest Greek System (# of Students Participating) - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Most Chapters - Penn State

