Delta Sigma Delta
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Delta Sigma Delta is the oldest international professional dental
fraternity
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Two dental students, Lou Mitchell and Chas Howard, at the University of Michigan
School of Dentistry in Ann Arbor were invited to join Nu Sigma Nu, a medical fraternity. However, they decided to decline as their intentions were to create a dental fraternity. On November 15, 1882, seven dental students met at Mrs. Slattery's boarding house
at #10 North State St., Ann Arbor, Michigan, and founded the first dental fraternity in the world. For a name, they transpose
d the initials of the D.D.S. degree, which they were soon to receive, to D.S.D. and substituted the Greek
letters DSD for the English. Thus, Delta Sigma Delta was born and the new chapter became known as the Alpha Chapter.
After graduation these men became scattered in all directions but they strongly desired to maintain their associations and friendships of college days. This was the beginning of the Supreme (or Alumni) Chapter, which was also founded in Ann Arbor at the time of their graduation from dental school in 1884.
Soon a second chapter, Beta, was formed at the Chicago College of Dental Surgery in 1885 by Dr. L.L. Davis who had migrated there to practice dentistry. Then a third, Gamma, at Harvard was begun.
Undergraduate Chapters are located in dental schools and Graduate Chapters are located throughout the United States, as well as Europe
and Australia
. The Supreme Council is designated as the administrative or governing body of the fraternity.
Dentistry
Dentistry is the branch of medicine that is involved in the study, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases, disorders and conditions of the oral cavity, maxillofacial area and the adjacent and associated structures and their impact on the human body. Dentistry is widely considered...
fraternity
Fraternities and sororities
Fraternities and sororities are fraternal social organizations for undergraduate students. In Latin, the term refers mainly to such organizations at colleges and universities in the United States, although it is also applied to analogous European groups also known as corporations...
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Two dental students, Lou Mitchell and Chas Howard, at the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
School of Dentistry in Ann Arbor were invited to join Nu Sigma Nu, a medical fraternity. However, they decided to decline as their intentions were to create a dental fraternity. On November 15, 1882, seven dental students met at Mrs. Slattery's boarding house
Boarding house
A boarding house, is a house in which lodgers rent one or more rooms for one or more nights, and sometimes for extended periods of weeks, months and years. The common parts of the house are maintained, and some services, such as laundry and cleaning, may be supplied. They normally provide "bed...
at #10 North State St., Ann Arbor, Michigan, and founded the first dental fraternity in the world. For a name, they transpose
Transpose
In linear algebra, the transpose of a matrix A is another matrix AT created by any one of the following equivalent actions:...
d the initials of the D.D.S. degree, which they were soon to receive, to D.S.D. and substituted the Greek
Greek alphabet
The Greek alphabet is the script that has been used to write the Greek language since at least 730 BC . The alphabet in its classical and modern form consists of 24 letters ordered in sequence from alpha to omega...
letters DSD for the English. Thus, Delta Sigma Delta was born and the new chapter became known as the Alpha Chapter.
After graduation these men became scattered in all directions but they strongly desired to maintain their associations and friendships of college days. This was the beginning of the Supreme (or Alumni) Chapter, which was also founded in Ann Arbor at the time of their graduation from dental school in 1884.
Soon a second chapter, Beta, was formed at the Chicago College of Dental Surgery in 1885 by Dr. L.L. Davis who had migrated there to practice dentistry. Then a third, Gamma, at Harvard was begun.
Undergraduate Chapters are located in dental schools and Graduate Chapters are located throughout the United States, as well as Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
and Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. The Supreme Council is designated as the administrative or governing body of the fraternity.