Oxford, Ohio, November 17 - On Friday, November 13, 2009, The General Council of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity voted to suspend the charter of the Iowa Delta chapter at Drake University. In addition, the university has withdrawn recognition of Phi Delta Theta as a student organization. This decision was made after an investigation that uncovered violations of the Fraternity risk management policies in regard to alcohol and hazing.

Members of the former chapter currently living in the facility will be offered university housing for the remainder of the year, but must move out of the chapter house no later than November 30, 2009.

“The General Council regrets the need to take this most serious form of action; however, it is felt the best way to ensure a bright future on the Drake University campus is to suspend the charter until a time when Phi Delta Theta can return to campus,” said Jacob Kingdon, Director of Chapter Services. “We plan to return in four years with a new group of students that will be in alignment with the values of the Fraternity.”

Founded at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio on December 26, 1848, Phi Delta Theta International Fraternity has 162 chapters and 114 alumni clubs across the United States and Canada.  To date the Fraternity has initiated over 230,000 men into the society whose founding principles are friendship, sound learning and rectitude. For more information about the leadership of Phi Delta Theta, please call Bob Biggs, Executive Vice President, at 513-523-6345.