International History

Founding: Alpha Gamma Delta was officially founded on May 30, 1904 at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York

Founders: Marguerite Shepard, Estelle Shepard Beswick, Georgia Alberta Dickover, Jennie Titus Smith Morris, Ethel Evelyn Brown Distin, Grace Mosher Harter, Edith MacConnell Hickok, Mary Louise Snider, Georgia Otis Chipman, Emily Helen Butterfield, Flora Knight Mayer

International Chapters: Alpha Gamma Delta went international in 1919 when the Tau chapter was installed at the University of Toronto in Toronto, Canada

Collegiate Chapters: Since the founding, Alpha Gamma Delta chapters have been installed at 181 colleges and universities across North America and in Canada

Alumnae Chapters/Clubs: more than 250 alumnae Alpha Gamma Delta organizations exist internationally

Sisters: More than 145,000 women have become Alpha Gam sisters since the founding

History at the University of Akron - Omega Chapter

Our Founding Date: 3/24/1922