Delta Phi Epsilon (professional)

Delta Phi Epsilon (professional)

Delta Phi Epsilon (ΔΦΕ) is the only national professional foreign service fraternity and sorority. Founded at Georgetown University on January 25, 1920, the society's mission is to promote good fellowship and brotherhood among persons studying or engaged in foreign service. The Alpha chapter went on to colonize at many other universities throughout the country in the first half of the twentieth century. The society has notable members in a variety of fields.

As of 2009, there are six active chapters. Active chapters are Georgetown's Alpha chapter, New York University's Beta Chapter, George Washington University's Eta Chapter, University of California, Berkeley's Epsilon Chapter, American University's Pi Chapter, and University of Pacific's Psi Chapter. The organization has three chapters in The District of Columbia. Other chapters are currently in the process of being chartered and re-chartered.

The current president of Delta Phi Epsilon's national board is James-Michael von Stroebel and the current president of Alpha Chapter is Andrew Mullikin. The current acting president of the Sorority's Alpha Chapter is Geneve Bergeron. The Alpha, Beta, Eta, and Pi chapters do not admit women, but in 1973 the Alpha Chapter of Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority was founded at Georgetown University. Since its creation, the sorority has grown to include chapters at several additional universities, such as Eta chapter in 2006 and Pi in 2009, and has inducted notable national sisters including former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.