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Alpha Delta Phi started out as a literary society founded by Samuel Eells (a 19 th century American philosopher, essayist, and orator) in 1832 at Hamilton College. It was the first fraternity to start a chapter west of the Appalachian Mountains when a Miami University chapter was founded in 1835.

The oldest, yet one of the newest fraternities at Miami University is the Miami Chapter of Alpha Delta Phi, founded by Samuel Eells. Established on campus in 1835 as the second chapter of Alpha Delta Phi, the Miami Chapter was not only the first fraternity at Miami but the first chapter of any fraternity to be established west of the Allegheny Mountains.

In 1833, Samuel Eells founded Alpha Delta Phi (ΑΔΦ), the first fraternity west of the Allegheny Mountains and the first fraternity at Miami University. The formation of Miami's Alpha (founding) chapters followed in the next two decades. In 1839 Beta Theta Pi (ΒΘΠ) was founded, Miami's first Alpha chapter. Phi Delta Theta (ΦΔΘ) was ...