Pi Delta Epsilon

Pi Delta Epsilon was established in 1909 at Syracuse University by ten students who were on the staff of The Daily Orange. The founders wanted to form a closer bond around their common interest in journalism. In later years, there was a prize and a trophy. By 1963, Pi Delta Epsilon had chartered 135 chapters (103 were active) and had initiated 42,000 members. In 1956, Louis Ingelhart, the president of a similar organization Alpha Phi Gamma, contacted Pi Delta Epsilon and other collegiate journalism organizations to propose a merger. It merged with Alpha Phi Gamma to form the Society for Collegiate Journalists formed on June 1, 1975. At the time of the merger, it was the oldest honorary collegiate journalism fraternity in the United States. == Symbols ==

The society's badge was a hexagonal gold key with a black enamel face. The Greek letters ΠΔΕ were inscribed on its face as an inverted triangle, with ΠΔ above Ε. Pi Delta Epsilon's colors were olive green and grey. Its flower was the white carnation. Its quarterly publication was The College Publisher. == Membership ==

Members of Pi Delta Epsilon were required to have served at least one year in the editorial or business department of an accredited campus publication. Thus, membership was open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. It had four classes of members: active (student), faculty, honorary, and associate. == Chapters ==

Pi Delta Epsilon chartered at least 174 chapters before its merger in 1975. ==Notable members==

• Otis Bigelow (Hamilton College), Broadway actor, playwright, and stage manager • Craven Crowell (Lipscomb University), former chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority • Fitzhugh Dodson (Johns Hopkins University), clinical psychologist, lecturer and educator • Geary Eppley (University of Maryland), former University of Maryland athletic director • John Robert Greene, historian and professor at Cazenovia College • Curtis D. MacDougall (Ripon College), journalist, professor, and writer • Alfred Prettyman, publisher • Barbara Rosenthal, avant-garde artist, writer and performer • William L. Shirer (Coe College), journalist, author, and war correspondent • W. Harry Vaughan (Georgia Tech), professor of ceramic engineering at the Georgia School of Technology • Earl Larkin Williams (Swarthmore College), astronomer and mathematician ==See also==