JOHN TEMPLETON McCARTY

Nickname: "Johnty" or "Mac"
Graduated in 1848
Born: August 28, 1828 - Brookville, Indiana
Died: February 4, 1860 - Marysville, California
After transferring from Miami, John McCarty designed our Badge. He was known as "The Spirit of the Delta Association." His room was used for the first meetings.

SAMUEL BEATTY WILSON

Nickname: "Sam B."
Graduated in 1848
Born: February 20, 1824 - New Castle, Pennsylvania
Died: January 17, 1889 - Beaver, Pennsylvania
Samuel Wilson not only Wrote the Constitution of Phi Gamma Delta, but also served as its first president. He was the greatest scholar of the "Immortal Six."

NAAMAN FLETCHER

Nickname: "Nancy"
Graduated in 1849
Born: February 27, 1824 - Zanesville, Ohio
Died: December 20, 1864 - Wabash, Indiana
Naaman served as the first secretery second president. He was the only Founder not to graduate in 1848.

DANIEL WEBSTER CROFTS

Nickname: "Dan'l"
Graduated in 1848
Born: December 3, 1828 - Columbiana County, Ohio
Died: January 1852 - Clinton, Louisiana
At the young age of 23, Daniel Crofts was the first Founder to die. Daniel actually had to sell his badge to defray the costs of burial.

JAMES ELLIOTT, JR.

Nickname: "Jim"
Graduated in 1848
Born: December 6, 1824 - Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania
Died: November 10, 1883 - Chicago, Illinois
James Elliot, Jr. was the only Founder to wear a soldier's uniform in the Civil War, and was also the irst to wear the Badge.

ELLIS BAILEY GREGG

Graduated in 1848
Born: August 17, 1827 - Carmichaels, Pennsylvania
Died: December 18, 1854 - Carmichaels, Pennsylvania
After graduation, Ellis Gregg moved to Peoria, Illinois to start a successful law firm.