 The Theta Zeta chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha was founded as the first historically African @-@ American fraternity at Dartmouth College in 1972 . The first members of the fraternity traveled to Boston , Massachusetts on the weekends of the 1971 spring academic term to attend pledge events at the Sigma chapter . The Dartmouth chapter was chartered as the 381st chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha on May 12 , 1972 . Early chapter meetings on campus were held in both the Choates dormitories and Cutter @-@ Shabazz Hall . The fraternity secured their own house in 1982 , a duplex structure that , since renovated , today houses the Delta Delta Delta sorority . Facing smaller membership , the fraternity decided to relocate to a smaller house near the western end of Webster Avenue in the late 1980s , and in 1992 , the fraternity again relocated to College @-@ owned apartment housing . The Dartmouth chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha sponsors an annual step performance known as the Green Key StepShow . Notable alumni of the chapter include National Football League all @-@ star Reggie Williams , class of 1976 , and current Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations in Major League Baseball , Jimmie Lee Solomon , class of 1978 . 
