General Facts

  • <> Our Founders<>

    (From left to right: Eugenia Tucker Fitzgerald,Ella Pierce Turner, Octavia Andrew Rush, Mary Evan Glass, Sophronia Woodruff Rush. Not pictured, Elizabeth Williams Mitchell)

 
  • Founded Nationally: May 15, 1851 at Weslyan College in macon Georgia.


    Founders: Eugenia Tucker Fitzgerald (Founder), Ella Pierce Turner, Octavia Andrew Rush, Mary Evan Glass, Sophronia Woodruff Rush, Elizabeth Williams Mitchell.


    Founded LocallyMarch 26, 1945

  • Number of collegiate chapters worldwide: Alpha Delta Pi has 138 active chapters in the United States and Canada.


    Number of initiates worldwide: Alpha Delta Pi has over 200,000 initiates worldwide making it one of the largest chapters in the National Panhellenic Conference.


    Number of alumnae chapters: Alpha Delta Pi has over 150 alumnae chapters worldwide; graduates are fortunate to have one here in Springfield, Missouri.