Editing Pi Lambda Phi (section)

===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>