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For the 53rd year Delta Tau Delta Fraternity recognized its top 10 chapters with the Hugh Shields Award during the Fraternity’s division conferences in February 2018.

The Hugh Shields Award for Chapter Excellence was established in 1965. It is named for the late Hugh Shields (Indiana University, 1926), the first executive vice president of the Fraternity. The award recognizes overall excellence in a chapter and is presented to the top 10 chapters in the Fraternity.

2017 Hugh Shields Chapters

• Lambda Chapter at Vanderbilt University
  
• Omicron Chapter at University of Iowa
  
• Beta Zeta Chapter at Butler University
  
• Beta Theta Chapter at Sewanee -The University of the South
  
• Gamma Pi Chapter at Iowa State University
  
• Delta Kappa Chapter at Duke University
  
• Iota Epsilon Chapter at Chapman University
  
• Iota Psi Chapter at Northeastern University
  
• Epsilon Phi Chapter at Southeastern Louisiana University
  
• Theta Xi Chapter at Eastern Michigan University
  

In addition, 20 chapters received a Court of Honor Award.

The Court of Honor Award was officially established in 1965. The annual award is presented to the top 20 chapters in the Fraternity. For the 2017 reporting year, all chapters were asked to submit the Fraternity Awards/Accreditation Report. Chapters were asked to provide documents that measure compliance with the Fraternity’s minimum operating standards, exceptional facets of their operations and Delta Tau Delta programming. Chapters were graded on excellence in chapter finance, recruitment, membership education, academics, alumni relations and community service.

2017 Court of Honor Chapters

• Alpha Chapter at Allegheny College
  
• Lambda Chapter at Vanderbilt University
  
• Omicron Chapter at University of Iowa
  
• Beta Zeta Chapter at Butler University
  
• Beta Theta Chapter at Sewanee -The University of the South
  
• Gamma Eta Chapter at George Washington University
  
• Gamma Theta Chapter at Baker University
  
• Gamma Mu Chapter at University of Washington
  
• Gamma Pi Chapter at Iowa State University
  
• Delta Gamma Chapter at University of South Dakota
• Delta Kappa Chapter at Duke University
  
• Delta Chi Chapter at Oklahoma State University
  
• Epsilon Phi Chapter at Southeastern Louisiana University
  
• Epsilon Zeta Chapter at Sam Houston University
  
• Theta Xi Chapter at Eastern Michigan University
  
• Iota Epsilon Chapter at Chapman University
  
• Iota Iota Chapter at John Carroll University
  
• Iota Psi Chapter at Northeastern University
  
• Zeta Zeta Chapter at Morehead State University
  

Founded in 1858 at Bethany College, in Bethany, W.Va., Delta Tau Delta has 133 chapters and colonies in 39 states and the District of Columbia with a membership of more than 9,000 undergraduates and 120,000 living alumni. The Fraternity posts a GPA of 3.1, making it one of the highest achieving men’s fraternities academically.

Delta Tau Delta’s Mission, “Committed to Lives of Excellence,” is what the Fraternity seeks to represent at its host institutions. Delta Tau Delta strives to develop its members’ leadership skills, seeks superior academic achievement, promotes community service efforts and helps its members launch successful careers.