Projects
Greek Life at the University of Nebraska

Project Editor: J.V. Dorsey, UCARE, 2008

Table of Contents

A Brief History of The Greek System
The Greek Timeline
The Greek Hall of Fame
Greek News
Dean Gustavson and the Greek Riot of 1952
Greeks and Minorities
Theta Nu Epsilon (Sub Rosa)
Senior Scroller Society (Sub Rosa)
Greek Life in Images and Artifacts
The Greek Grave Yard

Fraternity and Sorority Timelines (* = closed, ~ = closed then reopened, x = local, + = org. a local)

Fratenities

  • 1875 Phi Delta Theta ~

  • 1883 Sigma Chi

  • 1888 Beta Theta Pi

  • 1893 Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Delta Tau Delta

  • 1895 Phi Kappa Psi, Chi Phi ~

  • 1897 Alpha Tau Omega, Kappa Sigma*

  • 1898 Delta Upsilon, Phi Gamma Delta

  • 1905 Alpha Kappa Alpha Kappa (Acacia)

  • 1909 Sigma Nu

  • 1911 Farm House, Sigma Phi Epsilon

  • 1915 Pi Kappa Psi*, Pi Kappa Phi *

  • 1917 Alpha Gamma Rho

  • 1921 Lambda Chi Alpha

  • 1922 Zeta Beta Tau*

  • 1924 Pi Kappa Alpha+(Bushnell Guild)

  • 1925 Beta Sigma Phi*, Delta Sigma Phi*, Theta Chi~, Tau Kappa Epsilon +~(Alpha Delta)

  • 1926 Sigma Alpha Mu*

  • 1927 Theta Xi

  • 1929 Beta Sigma Psi~

  • 1953 Alpha Gamma Sigma

  • 1963 Triangle

  • 1976 Alpha Gamma Nu x

  • 2007 Phi Beta Sigma



The members of Pi Beta Phi pose for a group photo.

Pi Beta Phi in 1939




Sororities
  • 1884 Kappa Kappa Gamma

  • 1886 Kappa Alpha Theta

  • 1887 Delta Gamma

  • 1894 Delta Delta Delta

  • 1895 Pi Beta Phi

  • 1903 Alpha Omicron Pi, Chi Omega

  • 1906 Alpha Phi

  • 1912 Alpha Xi Delta

  • 1914 Gamma Phi Beta

  • 1915 Alpha Delta Pi +~ (Owasco)

  • 1920 Kappa Delta

  • 1921 Phi Mu

  • 1926 Alpha Chi Omega

  • 1988 Phi Beta Chi*

  • Dates Missing: Delta Zeta*, Zeta Tau Alpha*, Sigma Kappa*