[1][2] Incorporated then as Sigma Delta Rho under the laws of the State of Ohio, the chapter was the fifth social fraternity to be founded at Miami.

[3] Sigma Delta Rho honored five founders: The fraternity joined the NIC as a junior member in 1930.

[1] Additionally, financial problems caused by the Great Depression and a lack of strong leadership all led to a downfall in the spring of 1935.

[1] The national fraternity Alpha Kappa Pi absorbed the chapters at Franklin and Marshall, Toledo, and Cincinnati.

"[1][5] Sigam Delta Rho's badge was a cross paté formé purpure (formed of purple) with edges or (gold), connected by four chains of five links each; this was superimposed with a mascle (a lozenge-shaped device), or (also gold), enclosing the letters Σ, Δ and Ρ on a field of argent (silver).