Delta Zeta was founded on October 24, 1902 at Miami University
in Oxford, Ohio. Six women--Alfa Lloyd, Anna Keen, Mabelle Minton,
Mary Collins, Julia Bishop, and Anne Simmons--felt the need for a
sisterhood in a predominantly male school. After seeing the fellowship
the men projected through their fraternities, the ladies decided to
form their own sorority, and the idea of Delta Zeta was born. Guy
Potter Benton, president of the university at that time and a member
of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity, was very influential in helping the
women form the sorority, and as a result is the only man ever to
wear the Delta Zeta badge. The women met at Alfa Lloyd's house to
discuss the matters of the sorority, including the writing of the
Constitution and Code of Regulations.


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