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==History== Delta Sigma Pi was established on {{dts|1907|11|07}} at [[New York University Stern School of Business|New York University's School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance]]. Its founders were: * Alexander F. Makay * H. Albert Tienken * Harold V. Jacobs * Alfred Moysello<ref name="Baird's">{{cite book |editor1-first=Jack L. |editor1-last=Anson |editor2-first=Robert F. |editor2-last=Marchenasi |title=Baird's Manual of American Fraternities |edition=20th |year=1991 |origyear=1879 |publisher=Baird's Manual Foundation, Inc. |location=Indianapolis, IN |isbn=978-0963715906 |page=V-14-18}}</ref> Delta Sigma Pi was established to foster the study of business at the university level. Its goals include: * to encourage social activity among business students, * to build relationships with the commercial world, * to promote strong ethical standards, and * to enhance the civic and commercial welfare of the community.<ref name="Baird's" /> The second chapter was founded at [[Kellogg School of Management|Northwestern School of Commerce]]. National meetings, called the Grand Chapter Congress, became a regular tradition and to this day the national fraternity meets every other year to conduct business and elect its national leaders.<ref name="bylaws">[http://www.dspnet.org/site/images/pdfs/manuals/Bylaws.pdf Delta Sigma Pi National Bylaws (34th Edition)]</ref> After rapid expansion in the early 1920s, the fraternity opened its national headquarters in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] in 1924.<ref name="history">{{cite web |url=http://www.dspnet.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26&Itemid=20 |title=History of Delta Sigma Pi |author=James Prescott |work=Delta Sigma Pi Website |publisher=Delta Sigma Pi |access-date=November 15, 2010 |archive-date=January 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150116214657/http://www.dspnet.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26&Itemid=20 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 1957, the central office moved to [[Oxford, Ohio|Oxford]], [[Ohio]] adjacent to the campus of [[Miami University]].<ref name="history" /><ref name="Baird's" /> The biggest change in the history of the Fraternity took place in 1975, as the Board of Directors mandated that chapters were allowed to initiate female business students, to conform with [[Title IX]].
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