Founders

Tau Delta Phi’s National History

Tau Delta Phi began on June 22, 1910. First known as a local fraternity, Phi Sigma Beta, they started at the Community Center of the Greenwich section of New York as a fraternity for Jewish men who were otherwise barred from fraternity life at that time. The Alpha class was initiated on July 16, 1914. Gus Schieb and Leo Epstein created the Beta class at the New York School of Dentistry. Maxime Klaye, Samuel Klaye, Ben Gray and Mac Goldman created Gamma at N.Y.U. (School of Commerce). Soon to follow were a string of chapters and pledges. The 1910s saw a steady increase in membership and idealism. The Pyramid grew and expansion took its course from a local to a national level.

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