Pi Delta Psi - History

History

Pi Delta Psi Fraternity was founded at Binghamton University (SUNY) on February 20, 1994.

The founding fathers of Pi Delta Psi consists of 11 individuals from a variety of Asian ethnicities. These individuals saw that although Asian-American attendance in higher education institutions was gradually increasing in the early 1990s, they continued to lack unity on campuses throughout the country; where Asian-American subgroups tended to segregate amongst other ones whom did not share the same Asian ethnicity (i.e. Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Filipino, Taiwanese, and Vietnamese). These 11 individuals believed that this disunity amongst Asian-Americans was directly related to the level of awareness and understanding they had of each other's cultures. It was in this environment that the 11 founding individuals envisioned creating an Asian-American organization that could serve to educate its members in the area of cultural awareness, help bridge the gap between all various subgroups, and bring about Asian-American unity.

A year after its founding, Pi Delta Psi was officially incorporated in the State of New York on April 19, 1995.

After 5 years, the fraternity had expanded too large for the Pi Delta Psi National Council to maintain. Thus in 1999, it was decided by the National Council to restructure itself in an effort to grow in proportion to the fraternities expansion rate, standardize chapters nationwide, and increase inter-chapter cohesion. The National Council was also renamed the "National Executive Board" during this period.

After 18 years, this fraternity has expanded to 30 campuses spanning 13 States (New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Connecticut, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, California, Florida, Washington, D.C., Colorado, Minnesota, and Virginia.)