Delta Alpha Chapter
Delta Alpha Chapter (Founded 18 October 1998) is located at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York. The chapter was founded by alumni Mark Huebeler, Thomas Schaller and Jonah Goodman and is a member of the Northeast Region.
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Historical Overview - Founding to Present
Founding
Delta Alpha chapter was founded in 1998 by Mark, Tom and Jonah in an effort to bring a new social outlet to an otherwise highly academic focused campus. The three started looking at professional fraternities as an option to bridge the multiple disciplines of the university. Professional fraternities also allowed co-ed membership. Similar groups were non existent on the majority male campus. After not being able to find a professional fraternity that was open to multiple professions (Mark and Tom were studying engineering while Jonah was studying graphic design) the three stumbled upon the Alpha Rho chapter's website and decided to pursue bringing Phi Sigma Pi to RIT.
While the three were invited to look into expansion possibilities in 1997, it took nearly a year before they were able to get recognition from the university as a new student group. In the Fall of 1998, the three students worked with Betsy Jaquith, then Director of Expansion to set up mailings, information nights and colony events. On October 18, 1998, the charter class of the Delta Alpha chapter of Phi Sigma Pi was inducted with 38 members. A 39th member was inducted soon after.
Past Chapter Presidents
- Jonah Goodman (1998-00)
- Eric Marderness (2000-01)
- Ken VanderVeer (2001-02)
- Rebecca Alperstein (2002-03)
- Joe Abbate (2003-03)
- Christopher Mabry (2003-04)
- Josh Baker (2004-05)
- Nick Potkalesky (2005-06)
- Nikhil Nampalli (2006-07)
Active Chapter
The current Delta Alpha chapter has 50 Active brothers, led by the Executive Board. The Executive Board is made up of the President, Vice President, Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, Treasurer, Recruitment Advisor, Initiate Advisor, Historian, and Parliamentarian.
