Delta Zeta
Our Story
In 1902, six young women named Alfa Lloyd, Mary Collins, Anna Keen, Julia Bishop, Mabelle Minton and Anne Simmons came together to form a social sorority with the common ideals and values that they shared. The six women bonded while facing the challenges of starting a sorority on a prominently male campus, and as women, they had just been granted full status as students at Miami University. The six then met with Dr. Guy Potter Benton, the president of their university at the time, to make their idea a reality.
The Delta Zeta Sorority was founded at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, in 1902, and it was the first sorority to be found there. Today, Delta Zeta has enriched the lives of over 247,000 alumnae and collegiate members in the United States and Canada and continues to keep expanding.
Purpose
"The purpose of this sorority shall be to unite its members in the bonds of sincere and lasting friendship, to stimulate one another in the pursuit of knowledge, to promote the moral and social culture of its members, and to develop plans for guidance and unity in action; objects worthy of the highest aim and purpose of associated effort. The purpose of this sorority shall be advanced through the National Convention, the National Council, and the college and alumnae chapters."
