Gamma Sigma Delta

The Honor Society of Agriculture Gamma Sigma Delta began as a professional agricultural fraternity called Delta Theta Sigma at Ohio State University on December 1, 1905. Its founders were the dean of the college, several faculty members, and a number of undergraduate students in the College of Agriculture of that institution. While the group's original intention was for the organization to be strictly honorary, it developed into a social fraternity and maintained living quarters for some of its members. Later the fraternity acquired a chapter house. On April 6, 1907, an agricultural fraternity bearing the name of Delta Theta Sigma and located at Ohio State University was incorporated in the State of Ohio " . . . for the purpose of promoting agriculture in all its branches, to secure a high degree of scholarship, to foster the spirit of brotherhood and to insure social culture." GSD History - Gamma Sigma Delta: The Honor Society for Agriculture webpage http://www.gammasigmadelta.org/ (Retrieved November 24, 2010)