Phi Gamma Delta was founded on May 1, 1848 , at Jefferson College in Canonsburg , Pennsylvania . The founders of the Fraternity, reverently referred to by brothers today as the Immortal Six, were John Templeton McCarty, Samuel Beatty Wilson, James Elliott, Ellis Bailey Gregg, Daniel Webster Crofts, and Naaman Fletcher.

To go to our extensive Archives and History website maintained by Curator of Archives Towner Blackstock (Davidson 1994)

To purchase one of the books in our history series (Tomos Alpha, Tomos Beta, and Tomos Gamma), contact the Chapter Historian.