Delta Tau Delta

Delta Tau Delta
ΔΤΔ
FoundedOctober 1858 (1858-10)
Bethany College
TypeSocial
AffiliationNIC
StatusActive
ScopeInternational
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Colors  Royal Purple,  , White and   Yellow Gold
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FlowerPurple Iris
PublicationThe Rainbow
The Crescent (until 1886)
PhilanthropyBreakthrough T1D
Chapters133 active
Members170,000 active
NicknamesDelt
DTD
Headquarters10000 Allisonville Road
Fishers, Indiana 46038
United States
Websitedelts.org

Delta Tau Delta (ΔΤΔ) is a United States–based international Greek letter college fraternity. Delta Tau Delta was founded at Bethany College, Bethany, Virginia, (now West Virginia) in 1858. The fraternity currently has around 130 collegiate chapters and colonies nationwide, with an estimated 10,000 undergraduate members and over 170,000-lifetime members. Delta Tau Delta is informally referred to as "DTD" or "Delts."