National
In the Fall of 1987, seven distinct men of vision; Joe Cereceres, Eugene Dominguez, Arturo Barraza, Juan Barraza, Tommy Hurtado, Chris Forbes, Elliot Bazaan came together at Texas Tech University to form a brotherhood.
The purpose of this Brotherhood, a Service/Social fraternity dedicated to the needs and concerns of the community, is and shall be to promote and maintain the traditional values of Unity, Honesty, Integrity, and Leadership. This Brotherhood was founded in order to provide, to ANY man, a diverse fraternal experience which coincides with a higher education.
Since founding in 1987, Omega Delta Phi has been an organization perpetually dedicated to the idea of constant growth and improvement. We must work to form an organization which not only challenges the traditional perception of fraternities, but also deals with the issues of culture and race in a completely new perspective. Thinking out of the box is no longer an acceptable plateau; the box must now be removed completely.
Much of the fraternity's early expansion is attributed to Jaime Mendez, founder of the Beta chapter at the University of Texas at El Paso. The chapter was founded without the consent of the original Texas Tech Chapter. After some minor controversy, the chapters reconciled their differences and set up an expansion strategy that spread across the country.
In the early 1990s, Omega Delta Phi chapters were established in university systems such as the Texas A&M University System, University of Texas System, New Mexico and Arizona systems. Later on, because of the increasing popularity of the Internet, the fraternity experienced growth and chapters were founded in cities such as the Dallas / Arlington / FT. Worth Metroplex area, Houston, and Seattle. The fraternity established a short-lived chapter in Mexico City, Mexico as well.
In 2000, Omega Delta Phi founded an alumni association to provide a support group for its alumni base. The fraternity now has several alumni chapters throughout the U.S. and Mexico. The organization continues to grow beyond the Southwest and Midwest United States and now has chapters, colonies, and clubs in both the west and east coasts.
