DELTA GAMMA
Tarkio College

FOUNDED ON
10.10.1970

LOCATION
Tarkio, MO

HISTORY
Tarkio College was founded in 1883. In 1908, the Athenian Literary Society was established. In 1939, it changed its name to Alpha Lambda Sigma. In 1970, Tarkio enrollment was 563 and the campus prohibition against national fraternities was lifted. Alpha Lambda Sigma petitioned Alpha Sigma Phi for a charter. Grand Province Chief Louis De Luca, Wagner ‘58, presented the colonization certificate to Michael Vagnino, Tarkio ‘70, first president of the the Colony.

On October 10, 1970, the Chapter was installed by Grand Councilor Robert Allen, Purdue ‘43, Grand Province Chiefs Richard Gibbs, Oklahoma ‘53, Larry Grimes, Bethany ‘61, and Field Representative James Mulligan, with 20 undergraduate charter members. Alpha Sigma Phi was the first national fraternity to enter Tarkio College. The Chapter maintained a mule barn which was used as a theater on the campus. Inflationary pressures of the mid 1970’s, coupled with an enrollment decline as the “baby boom” ended, brought budget, enrollment, and program cuts to Tarkio College. The charter was withdrawn in 1976 and the College lost accreditation shortly thereafter. 

The chapter roll contains names of 55 initiates.

In April 1982, contact was made by a Tarkio College student, Earl Spellman, interested in reviving Delta Gamma. After investigation by Grand Province Chief Kent Porter, Missouri Valley ‘78, it was decided conditions did not warrant a return at that time. In 1992, Tarkio College ceased operations.

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