Delta Sigma Pi
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Founded: November 7, 1907, New York University, New York, N.Y.
Type: Professional
Scope: International - United States, Canada, Mexico
Colors: Royal Purple, Old Gold
Flower: Red Rose
Publication: ''The DELTASIG''
Chapters: 293 established, 223 active collegiate, 63 active alumni
Members: 13,000+ collegiate, 265,000+ lifetime
Nickname: Deltasig
Headquarters: 330 South Campus Ave. Oxford, Ohio, U.S.A.

Delta Sigma Pi is one of the largest co-ed professional business fraternities in the United States. Delta Sigma Pi was founded on November 7, 1907, at the School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance of New York University, New York, New York and is currently headquartered in Oxford, Ohio. The Fraternity has 223 active collegiate chapters and 4 colonies, as well as 63 active alumni chapters, with over 265,000 initiated members.

Purpose
Delta Sigma Pi is a professional fraternity organized to foster the study of business in universities; to encourage scholarship, social activity and the association of students for their mutual advancement by research and practice; to promote closer affiliation between the commercial world and students of commerce, and to further a higher standard of commercial ethics and culture and the civic and commercial welfare of the community.

History
The founding fathers
Delta Sigma Pi was founded by four men: Alexander Frank Makay, Henry Albert Tienken, Harold Valentine Jacobs, and Alfred Moysello. These four men, along with a fifth student, grew close to one another in their classes and from sharing the same subway route on their way home every evening. They often discussed topics of mutual interest including school affairs. One such topic that came up regularly involved the dominance of Alpha Kappa Psi, which had been founded a few years earlier as the only fraternity at NYU's School of Commerce, Accounts, and Finance. The men felt they had been ignored by the fraternity due to their race and religion, so they decided to develop a new organization to provide students with an alternative. They decided the new organization would be a club open to all students, but the idea did not take off with the student body.

In 1907, the fifth student, Charlie Cashmore, dropped from the group when he was offered the opportunity to join the aforementioned organization. Perhaps because the other organization was a Greek letter fraternity, the four abandoned their plans for a club in favor of forming another Greek letter fraternity.

About Delta Sigma Pi
Professional Business Fraternity for Men and Women
Delta Sigma Pi prepares business students for successful professional careers, but also instills values of service and principled leadership that characterize Deltasigs in all phases of life.  With more than 260,000 initiates, our members make a difference in their workplaces and communities throughout the United States and around the world.

From the day you pledge Delta Sigma Pi, you’ll have access to quality professional training, leadership education, service opportunities, and social activities through your local chapter and at regional and national conferences.  And the benefits you receive from Delta Sigma Pi membership don’t stop at graduation.  Opportunities to network, get involved in high impact service, and receive ongoing professional development are yours for life.