Alpha Delta Gamma
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Alpha Delta Gamma National Fraternity (ΑΔΓ, also known as ADG or Alpha Delt) is a National Catholic Social Fraternity. It is a member organization of the North-American Interfraternity Conference and was founded at Loyola University, Chicago in 1924. The fraternity considers St. Ignatius Loyola as its patron.
In 1924, while riding on the Chicago 'L' four students from Loyola University came up with an idea to create a new fraternity on their campus. This new fraternity would embrace the ideals of the Roman Catholic Church and the Society of Jesus. On October 10 Francis Patrick Canary, John Joseph Dwyer, William S. Hallisey and James Collins O'Brien, Jr. founded Alpha Delta Gamma. The fraternity's ideals are can often be summed up by the "Five S's":
- Spiritual
- Scholastic
- Service
- School Spirit
- Social
List of Active Chapters
- Alpha, Loyola University, Chicago
- Beta, Saint Louis University
- Epsilon, Loyola University New Orleans
- Zeta, Rockhurst College
- Eta, Quincy University
- Kappa, The Catholic University of America
- Lambda, Loyola Marymount University
- Xi, Bellarmine University
- Rho, Thomas More College
- Psi, Barry University
- Alpha Beta, Philadelphia University
- Alpha Delta (Colony), Chestnut Hill College
Notable Alumni
- Walter J. Ong, Jesuit, cultural and religious philosopher, historian
- Harry Wiggins, former Missouri State Senator
- Edward Derwinski, former Congressman and Secretary of Veterans Affairs
- Harry S. Truman, former President of the United States (Honorary)
- George Brett, Hall of Fame Baseball Player (Honorary)
- Carl Sandburg, Poet
- Babe Ruth, Hall of Fame Baseball Player (Honorary)
- Ollie Mattson, Former professional Football Player
- Hunter Wendlestadt, Major League Baseball Umpire
- Theodore Cardinal McCarrick, Archbishop of Washington
- Rt. Reverend "Buckie" Palmer-Ball, Vicar General of the St. Cloud Diocese
- William Smithburg, President and CEO Quaker Oats Co.
- Michael Quinlan, former Chairman and CEO McDonald's Corp.
- Patrick Wayne, Actor
- J. Skelley Wright, US Circuit Court of Appeals Judge
- James P. Delaney, Multi-Millionaire Philanthropist
- Benjamin Aranda III, former Justice Pro Tem of the California State Court of Appeals
- Lieutenant General Donald Lamontagne, former member of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff.
- Jack Grundhoffer, former CEO US Bankcorp.
Trivia
In 1994 the original photo of the founding fathers was deftly swiped from the Mother House (Alpha Chapter, Loyola University of Chicago) by a Chi Chapter Alumni. Absonding with the photo is a highly dangerous and difficult task. The Chi Alumnus got the Alpha Chapter active members intoxicated, and waited until they passed out. The (large) photo was then carried to the waiting vehicle of an alumnus of Xi Chapter, and transported to his reinforced bunker outside in Racine, WI. Members of Eta Chapter provided assistance in the caper without advance knowledge of their role. The photo was returned after Alpha Chapter members made a humiliating trek to Wisconsin to seek its return. The reallocation of the photo is the only successful attempt since the fraternity was founded. All previous attempts have resulted in severe beatings leveled on those who sought to take the photo.
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