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Delta Sigma Theta (professional)

{{Short description|International pharmacy fraternity}}

{{About|the professional fraternity|the social sorority|Delta Sigma Theta}}

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| name = Delta Sigma Theta

| letters = {{lang|grc|ΔΣΘ}}

| crest = Delta_Sigma_Theta_professional_crest.png

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| founded = Fall {{start date and age|1914}}

| birthplace = Brooklyn College of Pharmacy

| affiliation = Independent

| status = Defunct

| type = Professional

| emphasis = Pharmacy

| scope = International

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| chapters = 18

| philanthropy =

| lifetime = 24,000+

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| city = New York City

| state = New York

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| country = United States

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| footnotes = {{cite book|title=Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oT8nPwAACAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Baird's Manual Foundation, Incorporated|pages=V–77–78}}

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Delta Sigma Theta ({{lang|grc|ΔΣΘ}}) was an international pharmacy fraternity founded in the fall of 1914. It was created to promote the healing arts of pharmacy, medicine, and dentistry. The fraternity went inactive sometime after 1992.

History

In the fall of 1914, Delta Sigma Theta was established at Brooklyn College of Pharmacy as an outgrowth of the Mortar and Pestle club (local). It was created to promote the healing arts of pharmacy, medicine, and dentistry. There were six founders led by A. Bertram Lemon. The organization was started on December 11, 1915, and one year later was incorporated in New York State as Alpha chapter of Delta Sigma Theta.[http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/Brooklyn_College_Pharmacy_Pharmakon_Yearbook/1927/Page_213.html Brooklyn College of Pharmacy Pharmakon yearbook, 1927, p.213]

The fraternity then expanded within New York and across New England. It also expanded to include other healthcare professions, including medicine and dentistry. Some notable chapters founded during this era include Rutgers' Epsilon chapter and Columbia's Delta chapter. By 1926, it had eight chapters and 700 members.{{Cite journal |last=Fischelis |first=Robert P. |date=September 1926 |title=Pharmaceutical Fraternities |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Bulletin_of_Pharmacy/G5u2lp5zcukC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22delta%20sigma%20theta%22%20 |journal=The Bulletin of Pharmacy |volume=40 |issue=9 |pages=382-383 |access-date=April 1, 2025 |via=Google Books}}

By the late 1920s, Delta Sigma Theta became an international fraternity by establishing chapters in Beirut, Rome, and Great Britain. The growing fraternity paused in its growth like other such societies when the start of World War II led to a decrease in fraternity enrollment nationwide. However, once the war concluded, Delta Sigma Theta expanded westward; the Chi chapter was founded in May 1963 by a Mu chapter alumnus, Alfonso Tobias. However Chi was its last chapter to be established and, in 1963, it had six active chapters and eleven inactive chapters. Eventually, all chapters ceased operations and the fraternity went defunct.

Governance

Delta Sigma Theta was governed by a Supreme Royal Council, elected at an annual national convention. Its officers include a supreme royal chancellor, supreme royal vice chancellor, supreme royal scribe, supreme royal assistant scribe, supreme royal treasurer, supreme royal assistant treasurer, supreme royal historian, and a supreme royal sentinel. Its national headquarters were in New York City, New York.

Chapters

In the following list, inactive chapters and institutions are in italics.Robson, John, ed. (1963). Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (17th ed.). Menasha, Wisconsin: The Collegiate Press, George Banta Company, Inc. p. 501

class="wikitable sortable"

!Chapter

!Charter date and range

!Institution

!Location

!Status

!Reference

Alpha

|1917–xxxx ?

|St. Louis College of Pharmacy

|Brooklyn, New York

|Inactive

|{{Efn|Chapter formed at the Brooklyn College of Pharmacy, now St. Louis College of Pharmacy.}}

Beta

|1917–19xx ?

|Columbia University College of Dental Medicine

|Manhattan, New York City, New York

|Inactive

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Gamma

|1917–19xx ?

|New York University College of Dentistry

|New York City, New York

|Inactive

|

Delta

|1923–{{Circa|1976}}

|Columbia University College of Pharmaceutical Sciences

|New York City, New York

|Inactive

|{{Cite journal |last=Karen Berger |first=PharmD |date=2020-04-30 |title=Pharmacy's History: Columbia’s Pharmacy School Shut Its Doors in 1976 |url=https://www.pharmacytimes.com/view/columbias-pharmacy-school-shut-its-doors-in-1976 |journal=Pharmacy Times |series=April 2020 |language=en |volume=88 |issue=4}}{{Efn|Columbia University closed its pharmacy school in 1976.}}

Epsilon

|1924–xxxx ?

|Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy

|New Brunswick, New Jersey

|Inactive

|{{Efn|Chapter formed at the Rutgers College of Pharmacy, now the Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy.}}

Zeta

|1924–19xx ?,

|University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine

|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

|Inactive

|

Eta

|1924–19xx ?

|New York Flowers Hospital Medical

|Valhalla, New York

|Inactive

|

Theta

|1924–19xx ?

|Tufts University School of Medicine

|Boston, Massachusetts

|Inactive

|

Iota

|1924–19xx ?

|Temple University School of Dentistry

|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

|Inactive

|

Kappa

|1924–19xx ?

|Long Island University - School of Medicine

|Long Island, New York

|Inactive

|

Lambda

|1924–19xx ?

|Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

|Boston, Massachusetts

|Inactive

|

Mu

|1927

|St. John's University College of Pharmacy and Health Science

|Brooklyn, New York

|Inactive ?

|

Rho

|1927–19xx ?

|University of Rome Medical College

|Rome Italy

|Inactive

|

Sigma

|1927–19xx ?

|American University of Beirut

|Beirut, Lebanon

|Inactive

|

Tau

|1927–19xx ?

|Edinburgh Medical College

|Edinburgh, Scotland

|Inactive

|

Omega

|1953

|Northeastern University School of Pharmacy

|Boston, Massachusetts

|Inactive ?

|{{Efn|Chapter formed at the New England College of Pharmacy, which merged with Northeastern University to become the Northeastern University College of Pharmacy in 1962.}}

Phi

|1958–{{Circa|1960s}}

|Hampden College of Pharmacy

|Chicopee, Massachusetts

|Consolidated

|{{Cite web |title=Willimansett, Massachusetts in the 1960s: The 1960s |url=https://willimansett.com/willimansett_1960s.htm |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=willimansett.com}}{{Efn|The chapter consolidated with Lambda chapter when the Hampden College of Pharmacy closed and was absorbed by the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.}}

Chi

|1963–xxxx ?

|University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis

|St. Louis, Missouri

|Inactive

|{{Efn|Chapter was formed at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy, now the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis.}}

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See also

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