List of fraternities and sororities in Puerto Rico
Encyclopedia
This is a list of social fraternities and sororities
in Puerto Rico
. There are a number of service, professional, and honorary fraternities and sororities from the United States which have chapters in Puerto Rico. The following list is composed of Greek Letter social organizations founded in Puerto Rico, by Puerto Ricans. The large majority don't have chapters outside the island. An exception to this is those organizations that are members of the Concilio Interfraternitario Puertorriqueño de la Florida
, the five fraternities that are members of the CIPFI are also members of the "Concilio Interfraternitario de Puerto Rico"'along with the two oldest Puerto Rican sororities.
Fraternities and sororities
Fraternities and sororities are fraternal social organizations for undergraduate students. In Latin, the term refers mainly to such organizations at colleges and universities in the United States, although it is also applied to analogous European groups also known as corporations...
in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
. There are a number of service, professional, and honorary fraternities and sororities from the United States which have chapters in Puerto Rico. The following list is composed of Greek Letter social organizations founded in Puerto Rico, by Puerto Ricans. The large majority don't have chapters outside the island. An exception to this is those organizations that are members of the Concilio Interfraternitario Puertorriqueño de la Florida
Concilio Interfraternitario Puertorriqueño de la Florida
The Concilio Interfraternitario Puertorriqueño de la Florida, Inc. is an umbrella council for the Florida chapters of 5 oldest Puerto Rican fraternities established in 2002.-Members:-History:...
, the five fraternities that are members of the CIPFI are also members of the "Concilio Interfraternitario de Puerto Rico"'along with the two oldest Puerto Rican sororities.
Fraternity | Nickname | Founding Date | Type | Scope |
---|---|---|---|---|
Phi Eta Mu (ΦHM)* | Phi Etas | 1923 | University | International |
Phi Sigma Alpha Phi Sigma Alpha Phi Sigma Alpha Fraternity commonly known as La Sigma, is a Puerto Rican fraternity established originally as the Sigma Delta Alpha Fraternity on October 22, 1928 at the University of Puerto Rico by 12 students and a professor... (ΦΣΑ)* |
Sigmas | 1928 | University | International |
Nu Sigma Beta Nu Sigma Beta Nu Sigma Beta Fraternity is a non-profit Puerto Rican fraternity. It was established in 1937 at the University of Puerto Rico by several young students from diverse backgrounds.... (NΣB)* |
Nu Sigmas | 1937 | University | International |
ACACIA Acacia Acacia is a genus of shrubs and trees belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae, first described in Africa by the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1773. Many non-Australian species tend to be thorny, whereas the majority of Australian acacias are not... (FJA) |
Acacistas | 1938 | High School and University | National |
Alpha Beta Chi (ABX)* | Alpha Betas | 1941 | University | International |
Phi Delta Gamma Phi Delta Gamma Phi Delta Gamma of Puerto Rico is the first is a Puerto Rican organization of Greek letters, which is founded in the western town of Mayagüez. Phi Delta Gamma of Puerto Rico is founded in April 25 of 1942. This fraternity surges from a high school fraternity, Alpha Iota Omega, which was founded... (ΦΔΓ)* |
Phi Deltas | 1942 | University | International |
Zeta Mu Gamma (ΖΜΓ) | Zetas | 1943 | High School | Local |
Phi Epsilon Chi Phi Epsilon Chi Phi Epsilon Chi Fraternity Fi Epsilon Cai is commonly known as La Phi Epsilon, is a Puerto Rican fraternity established at originally University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez with the name Fraternidad De Estudiantes Cristianos on September 26, 1943 by 2 woman and 7 students of University of Puerto... (ΦEX) |
Phi Epsilon | 1943 | University | International |
Phi Delta Sigma (ΦΔΣ) | Phi Delta Sigma | 1953 | University | National |
Alpha Omicron Sigma (AOΣ) | Omicrones | 1957 | University | National |
Rho Omicron Rho(POP) | Rhomicrones | 1957 | University | National |
Zeta Phi Beta (ZΦB) | Zetas | 1957 | University | National |
Delta Phi Delta (ΔΦΔ) | - | 1957 | Non-collegiate | Local |
Phi Zeta Chi (ΦZX) | Phi Zetas | 1958 | University | International |
Phi Eta Sigma (ΦHΣ) | - | 1959 | High School | Local |
Delta Phi Theta (ΔΦΘ) | Los Deltas | 1961 | University | National |
Lambda Phi Sigma (ΛΦΣ) | - | 1986 | University | National |
Alpha Sigma Upsilon (ΑΣΥ) | - | 1990 | University | National |
Sorority | Nickname | Founding Date | Type | Scope |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mu Alpha Phi Mu Alpha Phi Mu Alpha Phi is a sorority established in Puerto Rico on October 24, 1927. It is considered to be the first Puerto Rican sorority founded in the island. The sorority has Alumni and University chapters across the Island and even has an alumni chapter in Florida.-History:The sorority was... (MAΦ)* |
Mus | 1927 | University | National |
Eta Gamma Delta Eta Gamma Delta Eta Gamma Delta is a Puerto Rican sorority established on 1928.-History:On March 1928 a group of young ladies enrolled in the University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras founded Eta Gamma Delta Sorority. Their first president was Margarita Ortiz Toro. During the presidency of Beatriz del Toro in... (HΓΔ)* |
Etas | 1928 | University | International |
Mu Iota Alpha (MΙA) | - | 1936 | Non-collegiate | Local |
Joy Seekers Sorority (JSS) | Joys | 1952 | High School | Local |
Phi Delta Kappa (ΦΔK) | Kappas | 1958 | High School | Local |
Zeta Phi Sigma (ΖΦΣ) | Zetas | 1965 | University | National |
Eta Phi Zeta (HΦΖ) | - | 1969 | University | National |
Rho Omicron Chi (POX) | Las Chi | 1970 | University | Local |
Delta Phi Eta (ΔΦH) | Las Deltas | 1982 | University | National |
Rho Omicron Sigma (POΣ) | Las Rho | 1986 | University | ?? |
Eta Sigma Alpha (HΣA) | - | 1990 | University | National |
- *) Indicates a member of Concilio Interfraternitario de Puerto Rico (Inter-Fraternity Council of Puerto Rico)
See also
- List of social fraternities and sororities
- List of fraternities and sororities in the Philippines
- List of fraternities and sororities in Europe