Founding Fathers

From September to November of 1975, a group of students, from which would eventually emerge the Founding Fathers of Lambda Theta Phi, met to find the solution to uniting the different Latino groups on campus.

These meetings were initiated by Founding Father García, who had already spearheaded a important breakthrough for Latino students by becoming the first Latino elected to the Kean College student government. The major topics of discussion at these meetings were the need to become politically conscious and active as Latino students and the unification of all Latinos, since at the time "Latin Unity" was not common among students of different Latino national origins.

At a meeting on November 11, 1975, Founding Father García proposed the idea of founding a fraternity. Having become familiar with the workings of the college administration and student government he recognized that a fraternity could promote Latin unity through brotherhood. He also understood that fraternities were an organizational structure that college administrators acknowledged and one with which they were accustomed. Lambda Theta Phi was founded as a Latin Fraternity, which was specifically stated in its original constitution, making it the first "Latino" fraternity in the United States.

Founding Fathers:
Wilfredo Ayes           Juan Hernández               
Hiram Cardona         Rinaldo Lago
Rafael Crespo          Luis Miranda I
David Díaz               Henry Muñoz
Agustín García         Walter Pardo-Villa
Enrique García         Raul Roger
José Ginarte            Raymond Rosa

Alpha Chapter - 1979