200 Years of Fraternities at Dartmouth: A Brief Chronology

1783 The Society of Social Friends established 1786 The United Fraternity organized 1841 Psi Upsilon founded (first national fraternity on campus) 1842 Kappa Kappa Kappa Society founded (local) 1847 Alpha Delta Phi Society founded (local) 1936 Larmon Report on Undergraduate Life (recommended all fraternities cut national ties) 1943 Fraternities close for wartime 1946 Fraternities re-open 1978 Epperson Proposal (to abolish fraternities) 1983 Jennings Report (Stephen Jennings '83 commissioned by Dean to do a study of fraternity life and propose a plan for action) Minimum Standards implemented Residential Life Plan developed