Editing Pi Lambda Phi (section)

==Merging fraternities ==

===Phi Beta Delta===

[[Phi Beta Delta (fraternity)|Phi Beta Delta]] was founded at [[Columbia University]], April 4, 1912. The Founders stated, "Its purpose is to inculcate among its membership a fine spirit of loyalty, activity and scholarship toward their Alma Mater, to develop the highest ideals of conduct and to promote a close fraternal bond through means of carefully selected associates."<ref name="Baird 1940">[[William Raimond Baird]] Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities, 14th Edition, 1940. Baird's Manual is also available online here: [https://www.library.illinois.edu/slc/welcome/fraternity-sorority-almanac/ The Baird's Manual Online Archive homepage].</ref> Phi Beta Delta merged into Pi Lambda Phi on February 1, 1941.  At the time, Pi Lambda Phi had 20 active chapters and Phi Beta Delta had 16, considering duplications, the combined Pi Lambda Phi fraternity was a net of 33 chapters. It was at this time that Pi Lambda Phi chapters were prefixed by a state designation to distinguish duplicate Greek letter names. All members and alumni of Phi Beta Delta were admitted into Pi Lambda Phi.

The founders of Phi Beta Delta were David H. Cohen, Henry C. Fenton, William Haas, Darcy M. Heinemann, Joseph Michtom, Samuel Null, Julius Rudd, and Bernard Shapiro. All of them were students at [[Columbia University]].<ref name="Baird 1940"/><ref name="2010directory">Membership Directory, 2010, Pi Lambda Phi Inc.</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.northeastern.edu/sccj/PDF/Nwsltr_Spring05.pdf | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101116164504/http://www.northeastern.edu/sccj/PDF/Nwsltr_Spring05.pdf|title=Northwestern University College of Chriminal Justice Newsletter|date=Spring 2005|archivedate=November 16, 2010}}</ref>

===Beta Sigma Tau===

[[Beta Sigma Tau]] was founded in 1948 at Baldwin–Wallace College, which was later renamed [[Baldwin Wallace University]]. The Founders stated that the purpose of the fraternity was "to end barriers among people and to have a foundation based upon a brotherhood and democracy which transcends racial, national and religious differences." Beta Sigma Tau was merged into Pi Lambda Phi November 1, 1960. At the time of the merger there were 8 active chapters of Beta Sigma Tau. The Baldwin–Wallace College (OH Beta Tau) chapter is the sole surviving chapter of Beta Sigma Tau.<ref>Memorandum of Agreement as to the Merger of Pi Lambda Phi and Beta Sigma Tau, October 1, 1960</ref> The founder of Beta Sigma Tau was [[Stanley Tolliver]] of Baldwin–Wallace College (1947).<ref name="2010directory"/>

The University of Toledo also recognized a local chapter called Beta Sigma Tau from {{dts|1996}}–{{dts|2005}}, without legal or institutional connection to the national fraternity, but which nevertheless professed to continue its "ideal of transcending racial, national, and religious differences."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Torbenson |first1=Craig LaRon |last2=Parks |first2=Gregory S. |title=Brothers and Sisters: Diversity in College Fraternities and Sororities |date=2009 |publisher=Farleigh Dickinson University Press |location=Madison, New Jersey |isbn=978-0-8386-4194-1 |page=158 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lJ0hFQlKx4oC&dq=%22Beta+Sigma+Tau%22+toledo&pg=PA158 |access-date=15 July 2022}}</ref>

===Beta Sigma Rho===

[[Beta Sigma Rho]] was founded at [[Cornell University]] on October 12, 1910. Beta Sigma Rho was organized under the name Beta Samach, the Greek letter [[Beta]] and the Hebrew letter [[Samekh|Samach]] suggesting the application of the Greek society idea to the social and cultural life of the Jewish undergraduate student.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findingaids.cjh.org/?pID=365619|title=Guide to the Beta Sigma Rho, 1955–1956}}</ref>

In 1950 the Beta Sigma Rho ritual was changed to reflect a non-sectarian viewpoint.

Beta Sigma Rho merged into Pi Lambda Phi on December 12, 1972, adding 5 active chapters, and merging 2 chapters. The existing two chapters at the [[Pennsylvania State University]] would not merge, thus at that school Beta Sigma Rho's ''Beta chapter'' became local, '''Beta Sigma Beta'''. The merger agreement stipulated "Each Honorary Fellow, Associate Fellow and Alumni Fellow of Beta Sigma Rho will become an accredited member of Pi Lambda Phi."<ref>Agreement of Merger between Pi Lambda Phi and Beta Sigma Rho, September 21, 1972</ref>