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Our STORY

It wasn’t a single event that brought about the creation of Delta Sigma Pi more than 115 years ago, but the association of five students at New York University who, coincidentally, used a common path to their homes following classes. These five men were motivated by the same forces that have caused others to organize fraternities, namely, common goals and the desire to pursue these goals together. Plans were made by these five men in the spring and summer of 1907 to form a social club composed of students in the School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance at New York University, which at the time conducted classes in the evening. Regular sessions were held at one of the ice cream parlors in Central Park, a concession operated by the father of one of the five men. When fall came, the time set for the formal launching of this club, one of the five members accepted the invitation of a Greek letter organization at NYU and left the group. This incident changed the thinking of the remaining four and the existing plans for a club were abandoned in favor of a Greek letter fraternity. Thus, Delta Sigma Pi was created on November 7, by Alexander Frank Makay, Alfred Moysello, Henry Albert Tienken and Harold Valentine Jacobs.

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Harold Valentine 
Jacobs
Alexander Frank
Macay
Alfred Moysello
Henry Albert Tienken

Our 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.

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VALUES AND MISSION

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

Deltasig provides opportunities to strengthen leadership skills.

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY

Our commitment to diversity makes us better business leaders.

SERVICE & PHILANTHROPY

We strengthen our communities by giving time, talent and treasure.

SOCIAL & PROFESSIONAL NETWORKING

Add value to your personal and professional life.

FACTS ABOUT ALPHA KAPPA CHAPTER

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Our Chapter was legally incorporated on December 14th, 1952.
 

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Delta Gamma Nu was the name of our chapter nationalizing with Delta Sigma Pi.

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Women were first admitted into our national Brotherhood in 1975. Marilyn W. Shower was the first female to be initiated into the Alpha Kappa Chapter on December 4th, 1976.

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Brother Francis H. Striker, AK79, has been credited with creating “The Lone Ranger”.

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Two Alpha Kappa’s have served the Fraternity by occupying the highest elected office - Brother Franklin Albert Tobber, AK121 (1961) and
Brother Richard John Parnitzke, AK568 (1983).

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The City of Buffalo officially named November 7th, 2000 Alpha Kappa Chapter/Delta Sigma Pi Day with the provision of Brother Ray Matthew, AK1394.

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