:: Brief History ::

• Founded - March 8, 1911 by the University of Illinois Education Club

Truman Lee Kelley
a co-founder of Kappa Delta Pi.

• 1925 - The Laureate Chapter was created to recognize exceptional living educators.

• John Dewey was the first member

• Other members include Jean Piaget, Howard Gardner, Eleanor Roosevelt, George Washington Carver, and Albert Einstein

• 1981 - First international chapter installed in Canada

• Today - The Society incorporates over 550 active chapters around the world 60,000 members worldwide

• Top 20% of educators in the country
  Educators in all stages of their careers students, novice and practicing teachers, administrators, collegiate professors, and retirees