The Phi Chi Chapter of Delta Phi Epsilon (originally Lambda Gamma Sigma, ΛΓΣ) was founded May 21, 1983, at UMBC by 17 enterprising and innovative women. The Delta Phi Epsilon International Sorority was founded at New York University School of Law-Washington Square on March 17, 1917 by five women: Dorothy Cohen Schwartzman, Ida Beinstock Landau, Minna Goldsmith Mahler, Eva Effron Robin, and Sylvia Steirman Cohn. Delta Phi Epsilon was the first non-sectarian sorority and one of the only founded at a professional school. There are more than 50,000 initiated members with chapters throughout the United States and Canada. Delta Phi Epsilon has a strong international policy against hazing, which helps to develop a meaningful New Member Program.