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Delta Kappa Alpha (ΔΚΑ) is a co-educational professional fraternity founded in 1936, at the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California. According to USC's cinema website, "Recognized by the School of Cinematic Arts as the official professional cinema fraternity at the University of Southern California, DKA engages the community through philanthropic, social, and professional events. The goal of this co-ed fraternity is to establish meaningful relationships and camaraderie between students highly committed and interested in the film industry and in the cinematic arts."〔(USC School of Cinematic Arts website )〕 ==History== Delta Kappa Alpha was founded in 1936, at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California, originally as a group for cinematographers. Soon the Alpha chapter encompassed all undergraduate divisions at the School of Cinematic Arts, including Film & TV Production, Critical Studies, Writing for Screen & Television, Animation & Digital Arts, and most recently Interactive Entertainment.〔(SCA Undergraduate Programs )〕 Today, ten men are honored as Delta Kappa Alpha's founding members:〔()〕 * Allen K. Dallas * William A. Halpern * John W. Findlater * Donald Fischer * Jack H. McClelland * Terry Bissinger * Robert V. Rogers * Louis Tarleton * Robert Turner * Peter Kinnel Allen K. Dallas served as the first President of Delta Kappa Alpha. The Alpha chapter had considerable influence in its first incarnation from 1936 until the mid-1980s. The fraternity had its own office within the School of Cinematic Arts building, equivalent to the current Student Production Office in today's SCA complex. The fraternity also held annual banquets to honor notable contributors to the cinematic arts. Film legends such as Alfred Hitchcock and Fred Astaire were inducted into the fraternity as honorary members.〔(DKA Alpha chapter website )〕 Hollywood heavyweights such as Sophia Loren, George Cukor, and Judy Garland were known to attend these events.〔("USC President Rufus von KleinSmid, Sophia Loren, George Cukor, and Judy Garland at a DKA event circa 1959." )〕 The fraternity was in its heyday in the 1960s and 1970s, when Dirty Dozen members George Lucas and Howard Kazanjian were among its members. There were 5 national chapters with a membership of 1500 in 1965.〔(USC's El Rodeo Yearbook 1965 p178 )〕 However, by the mid-1980s the Alpha chapter as well as other chapters in the United States and South America had disbanded.〔(DKA Beta chapter website )〕 Despite no longer being on campus, USC still held a "DKA film series" of screenings from 1982 until the late 2000s at the Norris Cinema Theater on campus, drawing hour-long lines every Friday.〔(Daily Trojan article, "DKA movies a Friday tradition" )〕〔("Oct 2, 2007 ... Friday, DKA Film Series is showing Pirates of the Caribbean." )〕 All of the chapters deactivated because the National Fraternity lacked an Executive Office, keeping it from surviving the anti-establishment period that shut down chapters and Greek organizations across the country. Former National President and National Secretary Herbert E. Farmer protected the Fraternity’s History through his well-preserved archive. This made it possible for the Fraternity to be resurrected at the University of Southern California in 2009 by Grace Lee and Hillary Levi. With the help of leading fraternity experts and consultants, the Fraternity now thrives with its overhauled and significantly improved national structure, growing expansion projects, passionate membership, and close-knit alumni. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Delta Kappa Alpha」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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