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Alpha Tau Delta

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Alpha Tau Delta
ΑΤΔ

Founded	February 15, 1921; 103 years ago (1921-02-15) University of California, Berkeley, California
Type	Professional
Affiliation	Independent
Former Affiliation	PFA
Status	Active
Emphasis	Nursing
Scope	National
Motto	United in Service
Colors	Yellow, White, Blue and Gold
Symbol	Caduceus, Lamp, Star
Flower	Yellow Rose
Jewel	Pearl
Publication	T.P.R. of ATD Cap’tions' The Pulse (as of 2000)
Chapters	10 collegiate, 3 alumni
Members	10,000 lifetime
Headquarters	1904 Poinsettia Avenue Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 United States
Website	Official website
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Alpha Tau Delta (ΑΤΔ) is a professional fraternity for students and industry professionals in the nursing fields. It was founded in 1921 at University of California, Berkeley as Alpha Tau.

History

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Alpha Tau Sorority

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Nursing students at the University of California at Berkeley after holding conferences with the Dean, the faculty of the University, and the Director of the School of Nursing founded a Nurses’ Sorority on February 15, 1921, on the Berkeley campus.^[3]^[4] They decided to name the organization Alpha Tau, and the first chapter was named Alpha–the Lady of the Lamp, after Florence Nightingale.

Alpha Tau Delta Fraternity

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Soon after, the organizing committee decided that the sorority should be designated as a fraternity since it was professional. The name was changed to Alpha Tau Delta in 1924. The Greek letter Delta was added when it was learned that a male fraternity had a prior claim to the name Alpha Tau.^[5] Alpha Tau Delta and its insignia were registered with the United States Patent Office. Alpha Tau Delta became the first nursing fraternity in the United States.

Invitations were then sent to eligible collegiate Schools of Nursing throughout the states to join Alpha Tau Delta. The second chapter to be chartered was Beta, at the University of Minnesota in 1927, followed by Gamma chapter at the University of California of Los Angeles in 1928. Since new chapters were being founded on different campuses in different cities, a central office was established at Berkeley.

Its first national publication, the T.P.R. of ATD, was published in 1931. Later, the name was changed to Cap’tions of ALPHA TAU DELTA and was changed to The Pulse in 2000.

ATD’s first national convention was held in 1932, in conjunction with the American Nurses Association Biennial Convention with six chapters participating. The fraternity has met in national conventions each biennium from 1931 to the present time, except during World War II in 1944 or under exceptional circumstances.

In the early 1970s, Alpha Tau Delta opened membership to male nursing students, and the Articles of Incorporation of Alpha Tau Delta were changed to reflect this decision. The fraternity became a charter member of the Professional Fraternity Association in 1978.^[6] This association was the consolidation of the Professional Panhellenic Association founded in 1925 and the Professional Interfraternity Conference founded in 1928.

In 1992, Alpha Tau Delta replaced pledging with a membership orientation period.^[6]

Symbols

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Alpha Tau Delta's colors are yellow, white, blue, and gold.^[7] Its flower is the yellow rose and its jewel is the pearl.^[7] The fraternity's motto is "United in Service".^[7]

Chapters

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Chapters of Alpha Tau Delta include the following. Alumni chapters end in Pi. Those in bold are active, those italicized are inactive:^[2]^[8]

Chapters	Chartered/Range	Institution	Location	Status	Reference
Alpha	February 15, 1921 – 1946	University of California, Berkeley	Berkeley, California	Inactive
Beta	1927–198x ?	University of Minnesota	Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota	Inactive
Gamma	1928	University of California, Los Angeles	Los Angeles, California	Active
Delta prime	1928–1936	University of Idaho	Moscow, Idaho	Inactive
Zeta	1931–1956	University of Southern California	Los Angeles, California	Inactive
Eta	1932–xxxx ?	Oregon Health & Science University	Portland, Oregon	Inactive
Delta second	1936–xxxx ?	University of Washington	Seattle, Washington	Inactive
Theta	1938–xxxx ?	Duquesne University	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Active
Iota	1938–xxxx ?	Marquette University	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Inactive
Kappa	1939–xxxx ?	College of St. Scholastica	Duluth, Minnesota	Inactive
Lambda	1940–xxxx ?	Montana State University	Bozeman, Montana	Inactive
Mu	1945–xxxx ?	University of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Inactive
Nu	1945–1965	Seattle University	Seattle, Washington	Inactive
Epsilon	1953–xxxx ?	Ohio State University	Columbus, Ohio	Inactive
Omicron	1957–1965	University of Utah	Salt Lake City, Utah	Inactive
Xi	1957–xxxx ?	Loyola University Chicago	Chicago, Illinois	Inactive
Rho	1958–xxxx ?	University of Illinois Chicago	Chicago, Illinois	Inactive
Sigma	1959–xxxx ?	University of Wisconsin–Madison	Madison, Wisconsin	Inactive
Tau	1961–xxxx ?	University of Portland	Portland, Oregon	Inactive
Upsilon	May 16, 1964 – xxxx ?	Illinois Wesleyan University	Bloomington, Illinois	Inactive	^[9]
Phi	1965	California State University, Los Angeles	Los Angeles, California	Active
Chi	1966–xxxx ?	University of Evansville	Evansville, Indiana	Inactive
Omega	1966–xxxx ?	California State University, Long Beach	Long Beach, California	Inactive
Alpha Gamma	1976–xxxx ?	University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Inactive
Alpha Epsilon	May 4, 2011	University of California, Irvine	Irvine, California	Active
Alpha Theta		Mount Saint Mary's University, Los Angeles	Los Angeles, California	Active
Alpha Iota		Millikin University	Decatur, Illinois	Active
Alpha Kappa	2011	Gannon University	Erie, Pennsylvania	Active
Alpha Lambda		Indiana University of Pennsylvania	Indiana County, Pennsylvania	Active	^[10]
Alpha Omicron		University of Rhode Island	Kingston, Rhode Island	Active	^[11]
Alpha Rho	October 18, 2014	San Jose State University	San Jose, California	Active
Gamma Pi			Manhattan Beach, California	Active
Phi Pi			Los Angeles, California	Active
Alpha Theta Pi			Los Angeles, California	Active

References

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^ Alpha Delta Tau - Traditions

^ ^a ^b Anson, Jack L.; Marchenasi, Robert F., eds. (1991) [1879]. Baird's Manual of American Fraternities (20th ed.). Indianapolis, IN: Baird's Manual Foundation, Inc. p. V-10–11. ISBN 978-0963715906.

^ Alpha Delta Tau - History

^ White Mortar Board [yearbook]. University of California Training School for Nurses. 1926. pp. 46–.

^ Was this Alpha Tau Omega? Note too, that the national sorority Alpha Sigma Tau uses "Alpha Tau" as a nickname on some campuses.

^ ^a ^b "History". Alpha Tau Delta. 2014-01-23. Retrieved 2023-02-03.

^ ^a ^b ^c "Traditions". ATD Nursing. 23 January 2014. Retrieved 2023-02-03.

^ "Chapters". Alpha Tau Delta. 2014-01-23. Retrieved 2023-02-03.

^ Illinois Wesleyan University. Wesleyana. Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. Bloomington, Ill. : Illinois Wesleyan University.

^ "Alpha Tau Delta: Nursing - Crimson Connect". Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2023-02-03.

^ "Alpha Tau Delta – Nursing Fraternity". The University of Rhode Island. Retrieved 2023-02-03.

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Currently active members of the Professional Fraternity Association	Alpha Zeta Alpha Kappa Psi Alpha Rho Chi Alpha Phi Omega Alpha Chi Sigma Alpha Omega Epsilon Delta Chi Xi Delta Epsilon Mu Delta Theta Phi Delta Kappa Alpha Delta Omicron Delta Sigma Pi Delta Sigma Chi Epsilon Nu Tau Theta Tau Kappa Epsilon Kappa Epsilon Psi Kappa Eta Kappa Kappa Kappa Psi Kappa Lambda Chi Kappa Psi Lambda Kappa Sigma Mu Beta Phi Mu Phi Epsilon Pi Sigma Epsilon Rho Pi Phi Sigma Alpha Sigma Alpha Iota Tau Beta Sigma Phi Alpha Delta Phi Beta Phi Gamma Nu Phi Delta Epsilon Phi Delta Chi Phi Sigma Pi Phi Chi Theta
Former and formerly active members of the Professional Fraternity Association or its predecessors: Professional Panhellenic Association or Professional Interfraternity Conference	Alpha Delta Theta Alpha Delta Sigma Alpha Kappa Kappa Alpha Sigma Alpha Alpha Tau Delta Alpha Omega Beta Alpha Psi Gamma Eta Gamma Gamma Iota Sigma Delta Epsilon Iota Delta Sigma Delta Delta Psi Kappa Epsilon Eta Phi Zeta Phi Eta Theta Kappa Psi Theta Sigma Upsilon Theta Sigma Phi Iota Sigma Pi Kappa Alpha Pi Kappa Beta Pi Kappa Delta Epsilon Kappa Phi Kappa Nu Sigma Nu Xi Psi Phi Omicron Delta Kappa Omicron Nu Pi Lambda Theta Sigma Delta Chi Sigma Nu Phi Sigma Sigma Sigma Sigma Phi Delta (now social) Phi Beta Gamma Phi Beta Pi Phi Delta Delta Phi Delta Gamma Phi Delta Kappa Phi Delta Pi Phi Delta Phi (now honor society) Phi Epsilon Kappa Phi Lambda Kappa Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (now social) Phi Rho Sigma Phi Upsilon Omicron Phi Chi Chi Beta Phi Psi Omega Omega Tau Sigma Omega Upsilon Phi Pershing Rifles Scabbard and Blade Scarab
North American Interfraternity Conference	Alpha Gamma Rho Alpha Gamma Sigma
Active independent professional fraternities	Alpha Gamma Kappa Alpha Zeta Omega Alpha Eta Rho Alpha Iota Alpha Psi Gamma Epsilon Tau Delta Sigma Theta Delta Theta Sigma Delta Kappa Gamma Delta Kappa Phi Delta Phi Epsilon Kappa Gamma Psi Kappa Pi Nu Beta Epsilon Phi Delta Kappa (sorority) Phi Sigma Gamma Phi Psi Chi Delta Mu Chi Eta Phi Block and Bridle
Inactive independent professional fraternities	Aleph Yodh He Alpha Epsilon Iota Alpha Tau Sigma Chi Zeta Chi Delta Omicron Alpha Pi Delta Nu