Delta Omega

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Template:Short description Template:Third-party Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Delta Omega Society (Script error: No such module "Lang".) is an international honorary society for studies in public health. It was founded in 1924 at the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. The society has chartered 122 chapters.

History

Delta Omega was founded in 1924 by two graduate students at the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. The founders were Edgar Erskine Hume and Claude W. Mitchell.[1]

The idea for Delta Omega came while sharing the daily commute between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. Both men sought to elevate the relatively young profession of public health to a level similar to other professions, and as such, that it should have a fraternity of its own. Hume was the first to insist that the fraternity be honorary, and while Mitchell had originally suggested a social basis, he soon agreed with his friend that the groups should be formed as an honor society. They consulted with members of other fraternities and health experts in other fields.

A group of seventeen students, one faculty member, and one alumnus were chosen to become the charter members of the Johns Hopkins chapter. The charter members were Charles A. Bailey, Milford E. Barnes, Yves M. Biraud, James B. Black, John W. Brown, James Angus Doull, Thurber Fales, Martin Frobisher Jr., Raymond D. Fear, John F. Kendrick, Shelton S. King, Edward A. Lane, Hilario Lara, Hynek J. Pelc, Persis Putnam, George H. Ramsey, and William Henry Welch.[1] This group formed committees to work out the constitution and symbolism. A constitution was ratified on Template:Dts.[1]

Expansion began within the first year. Upon return from the summer recess, Hume reported success around the East Coast, while Richard Bolt, a charter member, worked to organize groups in the West. By the Template:Dts meeting, chapters were approved at Harvard University (Beta chapter) and MIT (Gamma chapter). Soon, these would be followed by the University of Michigan (Delta chapter) and Yale University (Epsilon chapter). Expansion and growth continued quickly despite some growing pains due to the fast pace. The first California chapter, at the University of California (Zeta chapter) effectively spanned the nation by March 1926.[1]

Delta Omega's activities were severely constrained during World War II, and were fully suspended between 1942 and 1944 because of wartime priorities. However, additional pressure came from organizational disagreements. At the time, Delta Omega offered membership only after completion of a year of residency. This effectively resulted in control of the society becoming vested in faculty membership. At Johns Hopkins University, the activities of the fraternity were in some cases duplicative of those offered by the school itself. A debate ensued concerning the fact that some members, soon upon election, would resign from the practice of public health on an official level to go into private practice. Founder Mitchell, who had led the Alpha chapter, resigned from his leadership position when he left for private practice. The result of this debate, explained further in the Fraternity's History,[1] was to suspend operations at Alpha chapter, which would not resume at the school until 1978. The other chapters sputtered along. In 1948, a revitalization was sparked, but it took time, and some chapters did not re-emerge. The lecture series was expanded in the 1960s and 1970s. But it appears that it took the revitalization of the Alpha chapter in 1978 to spark a new round of expansion that continues to the present day.[1]

Currently,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". there are over 110 chapters with over 20,000 members throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, Beirut, and Taiwan.[2] The society's mission is to promote excellence in contributing to the field of public health and advancing the health of people in every aspect, both in the United States and internationally.[2]

Symbols

Delta Omega's emblem is a circular gold key with the Greek letters Script error: No such module "Lang". engraved vertically.[3] Its colors are black and gold. Its stole is peach, with a black binding and lettering.[4]

Membership

Delta Omega has regular and honorary members.[3] Regular members include students, faculty, and alumni of institutions with chapters.[3] Honorary members are inducted by the national officers.[3]

Membership in Delta Omega reflects the dedication of an individual to quality in the field of public health and to the protection and advancement of the health of all people. Election to the society is based on outstanding performance, including scholarship in students, teaching and research in faculty members, and community service in alumni. Election to membership in Delta Omega is intended not only to recognize merit, but also to encourage further excellence in, and devotion to, public health work.[5]

Each chapter must be associated with a Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH)- accredited school and is limited to inducting no more than 20% of the graduating student body and ten percent of undergraduates. GPA requirements are up to each chapter; historically, each inductee has been in the top 25% of their class for academic performance. Public health faculty and alumni may also be inducted, but no more than 3% of faculty may be inducted from one program.[6]

Activities

Delta Omega hosts a national student poster competition, honoring exceptional student research, and a national curriculum award, to honor innovative public health curricula.[7][8] Each year the selected poster presenters are allowed to present their award-winning research at the Delta Omega/American Public Health Association (meeting.[7] The curriculum award winners also present their work at the annual meeting.[8]

During National Public Health Week, Delta Omega's hold an annual day of service, coordinated at the chapter level.[9] It also hosts a monthly professional webinar series to provide professional development for its members.[10] The society identifies and reprints classic works in public health; it also shared these works on its website.[11]

Governance

Delta Omega is governed by its national officers who are elected by representatives from its active chapters at an annual meeting, including president, immediate-past president, two to four members-at-large, and a president-elect who served as treasurer and executive secretary.[3] The society also has a national council that consists of its national officers and a representative from each active chapter.[3] The society's annual business meeting is held in conjunction with the meeting of the American Public Health Association.[12]

Delta Omega's national headquarters are in Arlington, Virginia.[2]

Chapters

Delta Omega has chartered 122 chapters, most of which remain active. Active chapters are noted in bold, inactive chapters noted in italics.[1][2][13]

Chapter Charter date and range Institution State Status Reference
Alpha Template:Dts – Template:Dts; Template:Dts Johns Hopkins University Maryland Active
Beta Template:Dts – Template:Dts; Template:Dts–Template:Dts Harvard University Massachusetts Inactive
Gamma (First) Template:Dts – Template:Dts Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Inactive, Reassigned Template:Efn
Delta Template:Dts – Template:Dts;
Template:Dts–Template:Dts 		University of Michigan Michigan Inactive Template:Efn
Epsilon Template:Dts–Template:Dts Yale University Connecticut Inactive Template:Efn
Zeta Template:Dts–Template:Dts; Template:Dts–Template:Dts; 19xx ? University of California, Berkeley California Active
Eta Template:Dts Tulane University Louisiana Active
Theta Template:Dts University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill North Carolina Active
Iota Template:Dts University of California, Los Angeles California Active
Kappa Template:Dts Loma Linda University California Active
Mu Template:Dts University of South Carolina South Carolina Active
Nu 1978–20xx ? University of Washington Washington Inactive
Xi Template:Dts University of Oklahoma Oklahoma Active
Lambda Template:Dts University Illinois Illinois Active
Omicron Template:Dts University of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Active
Pi Template:Dts University of Minnesota Minnesota Active [14]
Rho Template:Dts University of Massachusetts Amherst Massachusetts Active
Sigma Template:Dts San Diego State University California Active [15]
Tau Template:Dts University of South Florida Florida Active
Alpha Beta Template:Dts Boston University Massachusetts Active
Upsilon Template:Dts University of Alabama at Birmingham Alabama Active
Phi Template:Dts Emory University (Rollins) Georgia Active
Chi 1993 ? –20xx ? University of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Active ?
Psi Template:Dts Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Maryland Active
Omega 1995 George Washington University District of Columbia Active [16]
Alpha Delta Template:Dts Saint Louis University Missouri Active
Alpha Epsilon Template:Dts Ohio State University Ohio Active
Alpha Gamma Template:Dts University at Albany, SUNY New York Active
Alpha Theta Template:Dts University of Utah Utah Active
Alpha Eta Template:Dts Rutgers School of Public Health New Jersey Active
Alpha Iota Template:Dts University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Texas Active
Alpha Kappa Template:Dts Eastern Virginia Medical School Virginia Active
Alpha Lambda Template:Dts Morehouse School of Medicine Georgia Active
Alpha Mu Template:Dts Florida A&M University Florida Active
Alpha Zeta Template:Dts Northern Illinois University Illinois Active
Alpha Nu Template:Dts University of Arizona Arizona Active
Alpha Omicron Template:Dts–20xx ? Medical College of Wisconsin Wisconsin Inactive
Alpha Phi Template:Dts University of Iowa Iowa Active
Alpha Pi Template:Dts East Tennessee State University Tennessee Active
Alpha Sigma Template:Dts University of North Texas Health Science Center Texas Active
Alpha Tau Template:Dts Texas A&M School of Public Health Texas Active
Alpha Upsilon Template:Dts Colorado School of Public Health Colorado Active Template:Efn
Alpha Rho Template:Dts Tufts University School of Medicine Massachusetts Active
Alpha Chi Template:Dts Consortium of Eastern Ohio Master of Public Health (CEOMPH) Ohio Active Template:Efn
Alpha Xi Template:Dts Nova Southeastern University Florida Active
Beta Alpha Template:Dts–20xx ? East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Inactive
Alpha Omega Template:Dts Florida International University Florida Active
Alpha Psi Template:Dts Louisiana State University Louisiana Active
Beta Delta Template:Dts University of Arkansas Arkansas Active
Beta Epsilon Template:Dts Morgan State University Maryland Active
Beta Zeta 2006 Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis Indiana Active
Beta Iota Template:Dts SUNY Downstate College of Medicine New York Active
Beta Xi Template:Dts West Chester University Pennsylvania Active
Beta Gamma Template:Dts University of Kentucky Kentucky Active
Beta Eta Template:Dts–20xx ? Northwestern University Illinois Inactive
Beta Kappa Template:Dts–20xx ? Georgia Southern University Georgia Inactive
Beta Theta Template:Dts–20xx ? Temple University Pennsylvania Inactive
Beta Omicron Template:Dts Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York Active
Beta Pi Template:Dts University of Louisville Kentucky Active
Beta Rho Template:Dts University of Connecticut Health Center Connecticut Active
Beta Lambda Template:Dts University of Southern California California Active
Beta Nu 2009 University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Inactive
Beta Sigma Template:Dts University of Miami Florida Active [17]
Beta Psi Template:Dts–20xx ? Meharry Medical College Tennessee Inactive
Beta Chi Template:Dts University of Georgia Georgia Active
Beta Omega Template:Dts Drexel University Pennsylvania Active
Beta Phi Template:Dts University of North Carolina at Charlotte North Carolina Active
Beta Tau Template:Dts University of Maryland, College Park Maryland Active
Beta Upsilon Template:Dts University of Florida Florida Active
Gamma (Second) 2010 University of Hawaiʻi Hawaii Active
Gamma Alpha Template:Dts Wright State University Ohio Active
Beta Mu Template:Dts Northwest Ohio Consortium for Public Health (NOCPH) Ohio Active Template:Efn
Gamma Delta Template:Dts American University of Beirut Beirut, Lebanon Active
Gamma Epsilon Template:Dts University of New Mexico New Mexico Active
Gamma Lambda Template:Dts University at Buffalo, SUNY New York Active
Gamma Zeta Template:Dts University of Maryland School of Public Health Maryland Active
Gamma Eta Template:Dts University of Missouri Missouri Active
Gamma Theta Template:Dts Georgia Southern University (Jiann-Ping Hsu) Georgia Active
Gamma Iota Template:Dts University of Alaska Anchorage Alaska Active
Gamma Kappa Template:Dts St. George's University School of Medicine Grenada, Caribbean Islands Active
Gamma Mu 2012 West Virginia University West Virginia Active [18]
Gamma Nu Template:Dts Northeastern University Massachusetts Active
Gamma Omicron Template:Dts University of Nebraska Nebraska Active
Gamma Pi Template:Dts University of Virginia Virginia Active
Gamma Xi Template:Dts University of Wisconsin–Madison Wisconsin Active
Gamma Rho Template:Dts University of Cincinnati Ohio Active
Gamma Sigma Template:Dts Washington University in St. Louis Missouri Active
Gamma Beta Template:Dts Indiana University Indiana Active
Gamma Tau Template:Dts George Mason University Virginia Active
Gamma Upsilon Template:Dts Georgia State University Georgia Active
Gamma Phi Template:Dts Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science California Active
Gamma Chi 2014 University of New England (United States) Maine Active [19]
Gamma Psi 2014 National University (California) California Active
Delta Alpha Template:Dts New York Medical College (Touro) New York Active
Gamma Omega Template:Dts Benedictine University Illinois Active
Delta Epsilon Template:Dts Claremont Graduate University California Active
Delta Gamma Template:Dts A.T. Still University Arizona (or Missouri?) Active
Delta Theta Template:Dts University of Nevada, Las Vegas Nevada Active
Delta Zeta Template:Dts Mercer University Georgia Active
Delta Eta Template:Dts Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Active
Delta Iota Template:Dts Dartmouth College New Hampshire Active
Delta Kappa Template:Dts Hofstra University New York Active
Delta Mu Template:Dts Virginia Tech Virginia Active
Delta Omicron Template:Dts Loyola University Chicago Illinois Active
Delta Nu Template:Dts University of Texas Medical Branch Texas Active
Delta Xi Template:Dts – 20xx ? University of North Florida Florida Inactive
Delta Phi Template:Dts University of Nevada, Reno Nevada Active
Delta Pi Template:Dts Columbia University (Mailman) New York Active
Delta Sigma Template:Dts East Carolina University North Carolina Active
Delta Tau Template:Dts La Salle University Pennsylvania Active
Delta Upsilon Template:Dts William Paterson University New Jersey Active
Delta Lambda Template:Dts Stony Brook University New York Active
Delta Chi Template:Dts National Taiwan University Taiwan, Republic of China Active
Delta Beta Template:Dts NYU New York Active
Delta Psi Template:Dts Thomas Jefferson University Pennsylvania Active
Delta Rho Template:Dts UC, Irvine California Active
Epsilon Alpha Template:Dts University of San Francisco California Active
Epsilon Beta Template:Dts University of Montana Montana Active
Epsilon Chi Template:Dts CUNY Graduate SPH New York Active
Epsilon Delta Template:Dts Louisiana State University Shreveport Louisiana Active
Epsilon Eta Template:Dts Eastern Washington University Washington Active
Epsilon Gamma Template:Dts Kent State University Ohio Active
Epsilon Iota Template:Dts Brown University Rhode Island Active
Epsilon Kappa Template:Dts Wayne State University Michigan Active [20]

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Notable members

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See also

References

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