It shall be the Roman lamp in gold, resting upon an Ionic column and having upon each side three wings of Mercury. The official jeweling shall be a diamond in the flame, and four pearls at the base of the lamp. The lamp shall bear the Greek letters ΔΖ in black enamel. Article XVI, Section 1.
From our founding to the present, the design of our badge has changed very little. This is a direct tie to our Founders as they had the general idea for the badge but the design is credited to a Miami art student, Arthur Bairnsfather, who was a friend of Alfa Lloyd. In the Spring 1957 issue of The LAMP, Jaunita Kelly Bednar (Nu – Knox College), interviewed Mr. Bairnsfather while he was living in Birmingham, Alabama. Without knowing each other, he immediately recognized her as a Delta Zeta when he saw her badge.
The original badge in the Sorority archives had no pearls in the base of the column. A badge of a Beta (Cornell) charter member shows a variation on the size of the column and the location of the pearls. The first badge was created by the Newman Jewelry Company who became the first official jewelers.
Today, the Delta Zeta badge continues to identify members to each other, much as it did in our early days. The moment that a member has her new member pin removed and receives the badge is significant and memorable. As you wear your Delta Zeta badge remember the connection it brings to our Founders and the ideals they set forth for this sisterhood.
This blog post begins our celebration of the National Panhellenic Conference’s International Badge Day, which will be celebrated on Monday, March 7, 2016 For more information on International Badge Day, please follow #BadgeDay16 or visit the NPC website. As Delta Zeta members participate in Badge Day, send us your photos using the hashtag #DZBadge to @DeltaZetaNatl on Instagram or Twitter or post them on our Facebook page on March 7.
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