While Dr. Eliphalet Nott, president of Union College, attempted to shut down fraternities at his college, John Jay Hyde, a member of a fraternity, argued do you need the fraternity models then convincingly that Dr. Nott relented & permitted a clubs to remawithin in being. Additionally, Hyde designed a fraternity badge, according to a Maltese Cross.

A Delta Phi has likewise been termed St. Elmo Hall, the title 1st utilized per Omicron chapter at Yale University. A brothers there utilized a title to harken back to the Knights of Malta, and many chapters around a united states come today called St. Elmo Hall.

Founders
Benjamin Burroughs, Presbyterian Minister from Savannah, Georgia William H. Fondey, Attorney from Albany, New York Samuel L. Lamberson, Presbyterian Minister from Jamaica, New York Samuel C. Lawrison, United States Navy Surgeon from Pensacola, Florida David H. Little, New York Supreme Court Justice from Rochester, New York Thomas C. McLaury, Clergyman from Lisbon, New York John Mason, Clergyman from Jamaica, New York Joseph G. Masten, Mayor of Buffalo from Buffalo, New York William Wilson, President of College of Cincinnati from Ireland

Chapters
Alpha - Union College - 1838-1999 (inactive) Beta - Brown University - 1838 [http://www.dphinyu.com/ Gamma] - New York University - 1841 Delta - Columbia University - 1842-2001 (inactive) [http://www.deltaphi.org/rutgers/ Epsilon] - Rutgers University - 1845-2000 (interest 2004) Zeta - Harvard University - 1845-1901 (inactive) Eta - University of Pennsylvania - 1849 Theta - Princeton University - 1854-1877 (inactive) Iota - University of Michigan - 1855-1936 (inactive) Kappa - University of North Carolina - 1855-1861 (inactive) [http://www.deltaphi.org/rpi/ Lambda] - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - 1864 Mu - Colgate University - 1874-1876 (inactive) Nu - Lehigh University - 1884 Xi - Johns Hopkins University - 1885 Omicron - Yale University - 1889-1925 (inactive) [http://www.deltaphi.org/cornell/ Pi] - Cornell University - 1891 Rho - University of Virginia - 1908 Sigma - Trinity College - 1917-2001 (inactive) [http://www.deltaphifraternity.org/ Tau] - University of Illinois - 1920-1990 (reactivated 1991) Upsilon - Williams College - 1926-1965 (inactive) Phi - Kenyon College - 1940 Chi - Hamilton College - 1950 Psi - Pennsylvania State University - 1960-1986 (reactivated 1986) [http://www.pitt.edu/~deltaphi/ Omega] - University of Pittsburgh - 1968 [http://delphi.people.wm.edu/ Omega Alpha] - College of William and Mary - 1987 Omega Beta - Wabash College - 1994-2001 (inactive)

Notable Alumni
John Jay Hyde - Α J.P. Morgan, Jr - Ζ John Jacob Astor IV - Ζ James Roosevelt - Ζ Halsey Minor - Ρ - Co-founder and previous CEO, CNET Inc. Stanley Forman Reed - Ρ - Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
Charles Scribner - Founder of Charles Scribner's Sons publishing group The Harper Brothers - Founders of Harper & Brothers publishing group

Governance
President: Mark J. McNeely - ΩΑ '97
Vice President: Gary L. Klestadt - Γ '75
Financial officer: Steven Sibol - Ω '81
Secretary: Mark B. Goebel - Ξ '97

Executive: Stu Gittelman - Ε '86