Phi Delta Theta Indianapolis Alumni Club

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Phi Delta Theta Indianapolis Alumni Club An information place for area Phi Delta Theta Alumni living in the central Indiana area. They firmed up their desire to establish a brotherhood.

As the Christmas holidays approached in 1848, the atmosphere on the Miami University campus in Oxford, Ohio was gloomy and uncertain. This was the mood in which Robert Morrison suggested to a close friend and classmate, John McMillan Wilson, that they consider putting together a new collegiate brotherhood. Morrison and Wilson, thinking in terms of providing a permanent base with growth potential, sought out underclassman that they believed they would be dedicated to their cause. Thus, juniors John Wolfe Lindley and Robert Thompson Drake were approached, as were sophomores Ardivan Walker Rodgers and Andrew Watts Rogers, all of who accepted the concept. All six men were among the group of Miami students who did not attempt to go home to join their families for the Christmas holidays. Winter travel conditions were difficult and could often prove perilous due to harsh winter conditions. The need for close companionship had to be evident when the six met the night of December 26, 1848 in Wilson’s second floor room in Old North Hall, directly above Morrison’s room. They met two nights later in the same room to consider an appropriate motto and constitution. Morrison and Wilson put the consensus of these ideas into the terminology that became The Bond of the Phi Delta Theta. This is the same Bond that every initiate into the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity has since signed. On December 30, the “Immortal Six” put their signatures to The Bond of the Phi Delta Theta in Wilson’s room. Their names remain a vital part of the rituals that continue today in every chapter room across the United States and Canada. The Bond has remained unchanged from that day to this. So far as it is known, it is the only document of any fraternity of such a character and it is easy to understand the veneration with which all members of Phi Delta Theta regard it.

08/27/2026
08/20/2026

General Council President Nat J. Love shares an important back-to-school message, reminding us that our greatest successes should never lead to complacency. Being a Phi Delt means looking out for one another, asking the difficult questions, and continuing to uphold the values that make our brotherhood strong. ⚔️

Read the full message and learn how we can all this fall.

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08/04/2026
07/26/2026

There’s no place quite like Mother Oxford—the birthplace of our Fraternity.

As we prepare to welcome more than 1,100 Phis back home for the Kleberg Emerging Leaders Institute, we’re grateful to the City of Oxford for celebrating this special week alongside us.

Welcome home, brothers. See you in Oxford!

07/04/2026
06/02/2026

A huge shoutout to our Spring Phikeia class that were welcomed into the brotherhood at the conclusion of May Term. We are all excited to see what the future holds for these guys in Phi Delta Theta!

04/18/2026

Serious progress being made on the new Mississippi Alpha Chapter house.

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