Delta Chi

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Delta Chi (ΔΧ) (del-ta Kai) is an international fraternity formed on October 13, 1890 at Cornell University as a fraternity for law students. In fact, the open motto of the Fraternity remains Leges, the Latin word for law. In 1922 the Fraternity officially started accepting general male student membership. Delta Chi abolished "hell week" in 1929, becoming the first American fraternity to do so. The Fraternity is headquartered at 314 Church Street in Iowa City, Iowa. The values and ideals of the Order can be summed up in the preamble to its Constitution:

"We, the members of The Delta Chi Fraternity, believing that great advantages are to be derived from a brotherhood of college and university men, appreciating that close association may promote friendship, develop character, advance justice, and assist in the acquisition of a sound education, do ordain and establish this Constitution."

The spiritual founder of the fraternity is Sir Edward Coke. His idealism is best exemplified with one of his most famous quotes: "No man is above the law, not even the king." This and many other of Coke's theories of law and justice are those that Delta Chi strives to emulate.

There are now over 120 chapters and colonies of Delta Chi across North America. The Fraternity counts among its members many accomplished men including current (2004) US Senators Larry Craig, Richard Shelby and Craig Thomas; former US President Benjamin Harrison; former US Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson;former FBI chief William S. Sessions; former general manager ot the Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners Pat Gillick; actors Kevin Costner, G. D. Spradlin and Ashton Kutcher.