As part of the Cultural Heritage Fund initiative, we are putting together an on-line history of our chapters. If you have any historical information, articles, pictures, documents and stories from your chapter, we want to see it! Please reach out to the cultural heritage committee at this link and we will add it to the below.
Alpha Phi Delta National Archives
257 E. Camden-Wyoming Ave. Suite A
Camden, DE 19934
- Any photos from your undergrad days, alumni reunions, physical memorabilia (or pictures of memorabilia) like mugs, glasses, jackets, anything that is about your chapter.
- Do you have interesting stories/anecdotes? Send them, we'll format them and include them in your history.
- Are there distinguished/famous brothers from your chapter? Let's acknowledge them. We can profile them here, in the Kleos, or if their contributions are significant they can be considered for our Century Society.
Alpha Phi Delta National Archives
257 E. Camden-Wyoming Ave. Suite A
Camden, DE 19934
Some text about the chapter and its history. Can be long (Psi), voluminous (Beta Sigma), or brief (like many)
Below are ideas only, the presentation can be customized to whatever chapter information we have, and should not be limited to the below.
Photos provided by Whomever has them -> These photos would be in a gallery (thumbnails) or a slideshow) below. Theta Beta has their pictures organized by era. They can be organized in many ways
- History: How / Why Chapter Started and any ties to Italian Heritage (use Chapter and College archives)
- Notable Events: Chapter Events and Activities i.e. social, cultural, charitable
- Notable Alumni: Are any worthy of specific mention due to accomplishments in the personal, professional, or fraternal life?
- Pictures: Composites and other Chapter photos with description / names
- Memorabilia: Pledge paddles, books, memorabilia, songs
Below are ideas only, the presentation can be customized to whatever chapter information we have, and should not be limited to the below.
Photos provided by Whomever has them -> These photos would be in a gallery (thumbnails) or a slideshow) below. Theta Beta has their pictures organized by era. They can be organized in many ways
Brothers United Against Racism: Alpha Phi Delta Brothers who played on the 1958 University of Buffalo football team were profiled on ESPN’s Outside the Lines in 2008. APD brothers on the football Team were Joe Oliverio, Nate Bliss (Belissio), Lou Reale, and Ray Paolini.
In that year, the football team won the coveted Lambert Cup, emblematic of supremacy in Eastern U.S. small-college football. That led to the team’s first bowl invitation, the Tangerine Bowl against Florida State University.
The Orlando Elks Lodge, sponsor for the bowl game, told the University that the team would be allowed to participate only if the two black players on the team did not play. Despite protests from the sponsor, the Athletic Association that operated the stadium where the game would be played refused to rescind the rule against integrated events.
The team stood behind the two black players and unanimously refused the bowl offer. Buffalo would not be invited to a bowl or be bowl eligible for another 50 years.
This courageous team was profiled on ESPN’s Outside the Lines in 2008.
Felix Infausto, '29, a very successful attorney, has endowed an Alpha Phi Delta Scholarship and is one of the first members of the Century Society, and has also endowed an ERICSA scholarship, the Felix Infausto award (click here).
Epsilon '27, '29, and '32 Yearbooks
Photos provided by Al Digiulio Epsilon ' 55.
Ways to Donate to the Cultural Heritage Initiative
Be sure to note your funds should be directed to the Cultural Heritage Initiative with your donation
Be sure to note your funds should be directed to the Cultural Heritage Initiative with your donation
1) Mail a check or wire funds payable to Alpha Phi Delta Foundation, Inc.
Send to: Alpha Phi Delta Foundation, Inc. P.O. Box 23188 Pittsburgh, PA 15222-6188 2) Venmo: The easiest and quickest way to make a contribution up to $5,000.
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