List of MIT fraternities and sororities
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The following is a list of MIT's fraternities, sororities
and independent living groups.
neighborhood, and had no dormitories to house its students.
MIT moved to its current Cambridge campus in 1916, and newer independent living groups have sprouted up or moved in around it.
From the 1860s through the first half of the 1900s, MIT students were almost entirely male. In the 2000s, the Institute's undergraduate gender ratio reached nearly 50-50. A period of demographic and political change in the 1960s and 1970s, which followed larger national trends, resulted in the conversion of several all-male, nationally affiliated living groups into local co-ed groups, and led to the expansion of all-female and co-ed housing options.
FSILG rush was an intense experience for all involved, cramming the entire process of choosing among dozens of housing options into essentially three days. It always began with an event known as the "Killian Kickoff," held in Killian Court in the middle of campus. MIT's president would deliver a welcoming speech to the incoming class, which always ended with, "Let the rush begin!" Immediately, upperclassmen removed their overshirts to display their letters (an upperclassman wearing anything which identified his or her living group prior to the start of rush was a serious violation of rush rules), and fanned out through the crowd in search of freshmen. For the incoming students, rush was a whirlwind of cookouts, parties and field trips all over the Boston area. For the upperclassmen, it was a marathon of 18 hour days, trying to meet as many freshmen as possible while competing with other living groups for the most popular prospects. For both sides, rush could be stressful, exhausting, and highly emotional. In many ways, rush was a microcosm
of the broader MIT experience.
The old rush was supported behind the scenes by the 24-hour week-long "R/O Clearinghouse", a system for keeping track of freshman students as they threaded their way through a maze of fraternity rush events interleaved with other MIT orientation activities. Whenever a freshman "checked into" or "checked out of" a fraternity activity, that frat's R/O liaison person was supposed to call the R/O Clearinghouse to update what was essentially a real-time database to track the whereabouts of the new students. R/O Clearinghouse physically consisted of a bank of telephones staffed by volunteers in a large room equipped with computer terminals, located in the MIT EECS Department. The volunteers were drawn from MIT service fraternities and dorm residents who were supposed to be "impartial" with respect to the different competing fraternities. The dorm volunteers were motivated at least in part by the knowledge that an unsuccessful fraternity rush would result in even greater overcrowding of the MIT dormitory system. which simply lacked the physical space to accommodate every new student.
Freshman housing rush was eliminated in an initiative led by MIT president Charles Vest in the wake of the September 1997 death of Fiji
(Phi Gamma Delta, since disbanded at MIT) freshman Scott Krueger. Beginning with the 2002 - 2003 academic year, all freshmen were required to live on campus. This was made possible by the completion of a new undergraduate dorm which opened that year, Simmons Hall. Since then, MIT has continued to build or renovate more dormitories, including an expansion of choices for graduate students as well (see "List of Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate dormitories").
A much-toned-down echo of the old rush still occurs with the so-called "dormitory rush" process, in which new students decide their dormitory preferences, based in part upon special events staged by various dorms to introduce newcomers to their distinctive living arrangements. However, dormitories do not "choose" which new students to admit, but can only influence prospective new members to express greater or lesser preference for specific dorms on their respective entries in the dorm lottery process. Pressure to quickly find housing has been lifted by MIT's guarantees that every freshman student will find space in an on-campus dorm, and that undergraduate students can remain in the dorm system for up to 4 years. The old fraternity rush has been depressurized, with recruiting spread out throughout the first academic year, and less frantic rush events for prospective new members.
fraternity is located at 351 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA. The chapter was founded in 1976 through the assistance of the brothers of the Lambda Phi fraternity, which was a local fraternity at MIT from 1906 to 1925. That was a literary fraternity that had unsuccessfully petitioned to join the Alpha Delta Phi international. Their petition had been rejected because ADP considered MIT at that time to be an engineering trade school and so not compatible with their literary tradition. Henry Leeb, MIT'1915 remained friends with members of ADP, but died only 3 weeks after the current chapter was approved.
fraternity is located at 155 Bay State Rd in Boston, MA. The chapter was founded in 1948 at MIT. It is the only Jewish fraternity at MIT.
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was located at 405 Memorial Drive on MIT's campus in Cambridge, MA. The Beta Gamma Chapter had been on MIT's campus since 1885. ATO had one of MIT's highest participation rates among fraternities in NCAA varsity athletics before they ceased to be an MIT fraternity in 2009.
fraternity was established on September 26, 1989. The chapter encompasses men from MIT, Harvard University, and Tufts University. The chapter website is http://web.mit.edu/rhonu/www/pnhtml/.
chapter was both the first social fraternity founded at MIT as well as the first social fraternity in Boston but folded some years later. When Harvard expelled fraternities and other secret organizations in the late 1880s, the Beta Chapter was relocated to MIT. The Beta Chapter of Chi Phi has inhabited three houses in its history, 44 Fenway (1910–1930), 22 Fenway (1930–1950), and 32 Hereford (1950–present). 32 Hereford is a recognized historic landmark designed by McKim, Mead, and White
and was formerly the home to John F. Andrew
, a prominent 19th century Boston politician and son of Governor John Andrew
.
(ΔKE) is located on Amherst Street (403 Memorial Drive) in the center of MIT's west campus. Brothers are highly involved in campus activities, more than half are varsity athletes. ΔKE is currently composed of 30 Brothers.
Website: http://web.mit.edu/dke/www/
. It is also the only nationally-affiliated co-ed residential fraternity on MIT campus. (Epsilon Theta is a local co-ed fraternity, and Alpha Phi Omega
is a co-ed service fraternity.) The fraternity is more commonly known in its other chapters as St. Anthony Hall
.
The house is now situated in Cambridge
, on the MIT campus along "Dorm Row". It is home to over 40 members from around the world. The four-story, ivy-covered house is owned and operated by its own members.
(ΔTΔ), or Delts, is a fraternity located at 416 Beacon Street. The stated mission of the society is "Committed to Lives of Excellence". ΔTΔ is known for its active social program, particularly its annual Goldfish Party.
Their current residence is a brownstone mansion with five stories and a roof deck. The house is currently home to about 30 initiated members.
(ΔY) is a social fraternity, located at 526 Beacon Street. The home to about forty or so active brothers is a six-story brownstone building located directly across from MIT and is situated in the middle of Boston's Back Bay; the house is owned and operated by its brothers. Delta Upsilon is a non-secret brotherhood as well as the sixth oldest fraternity in the nation, established in 1834 at Williams College. The stated mission of the society is defined by four founding principles: The Promotion of Friendship, The Development of Character, The Advancement of Justice, and The Diffusion of Liberal Culture.
The Technology Chapter was chartered in 1891, and has thrived at MIT over 100 years. The brotherhood of around forty men come from diverse backgrounds and participate in a wide range of activities both on and off campus, including athletics, community service, and leadership.
(ΚΣ) national social fraternity, Gamma-Pi, is located in a 5-story townhouse on the Charles River
at 407 Memorial Drive in Cambridge
, in MIT's west campus. The chapter was chartered in 1914, and bears the honor of being the first chapter to racially integrate within the national fraternity, as well as being a recent recipient of the Founders' Circle award for chapter excellence, the highest honor throughout Kappa Sigma. In 2010, it was was awarded the Chapter of the Year by MIT's Interfraternity Council (IFC) It is currently the largest fraternity at MIT, at approximately 70 members.
(ΛΧΑ) or LCA is a social fraternity, located at 99 Bay State Road. The chapter was chartered in 1912, making it the oldest chapter with continuing operations on the fraternity's roster. Their 6 story house was the home of a former governor of Massachusetts
, with a roof-top deck view of the Charles River, Cambridge, Boston and Fenway Park. The international measurement of a Smoot
was created by the brothers when measuring the Harvard Bridge
using pledge Oliver R. Smoot
as a ruler.
fraternity was established on March 5, 1994. The chapter incorporates MIT, Tufts University, Harvard University, Boston College, and Northeastern University. The chapter website can be found at http://launidadlatina.org/chapters/nu/index.asp.
of Boston
and is separated from the MIT campus by the Charles River
. The house's resident population is about 30. Founded in 1922 under the national fraternity of Phi Mu Delta
, NΔ has since broken from the national and is now a standalone fraternity. NΔ is often involved in many events on campus, especially with respect to intramural sports.
, or "PBE" is a local fraternity affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
. Founded on April 1, 1890, Phi Beta Epsilon is one of the oldest fraternities at MIT. Currently located at 400 Memorial Drive in Cambridge, MA, Phi Beta Epsilon has a resident population of about 40.
, or "Phi Delts," is located at 97 Bay State Rd. in Boston
. Founded as a local fraternity, Psi Delta, the chapter affiliated with Phi Delta Theta in 1932.
Fraternity, also known as "Skullhouse", is located at 530 Beacon Street. It hosts a bi-annual party, "Skuffle," where, in the past, a giant skull was built around the facade and a maze was constructed in the basement. This practice was halted after an incident in which Boston officials declared the structure a fire hazard and ordered the building evacuated.
(ΦΚΘ), or "PKT", is located at 229 Commonwealth Avenue. The Chapter was originally founded at MIT on April 3, 1918, under the name Alpha Epsilon, and had its first official meeting in Senior House, Holman 303. Ten days later, the group voted to join Phi Kappa, and were charted on January 1, 1919. On April 29, 1959, the PKT Chapter at MIT, along with others across the nation, merged with Theta Kappa Phi as the Massachusetts Eta chapter of Phi Kappa Theta fraternity.
The brothers live in a four-story, century-old brownstone in Boston's affluent Back Bay. The house overlooks the tree-lined Commonwealth Avenue Mall. One block away is Newbury Street, famous for its restaurants, boutiques, and popular stores. A short walk brings you to Fenway Park, the Prudential Mall, Boston Common, and the Boston Public Library. Also, the Copley T station is two blocks away from its location, and MIT campus is a five minute bike ride away.
Official site of Phi Kappa Theta at MIT
The MIT chapter of Phi Sigma Kappa
(ΦΣΚ) or "Phi Sig" is located at 487 Commonwealth Avenue, in the heart of Boston's Kenmore Square. It was originally built as the Lieutenant Governor's mansion by noted architect R. Clipston Sturgis. Three MIT sorority houses, two BU dormitories, and Fenway Park surround PSK's two stately townhouses. The five storied Phi Sig chapter house features a commercial chef's kitchen, historic paneled library, billiard room, gym facilities on the lower level, screening room, and dramatic roof deck. The magnificent Back Bay private residence is home to 45 brothers.
Notable chapter alumni include:
(Physics, 1939). The Massachusetts Theta chapter of Pi Lambda Phi was founded in 1897 and continues to hold a strong presence at the Institute today. As the first non-sectarian fraternity, Pi Lambda Phi was the first to welcome men of all creeds.
pilam.mit.edu
also has strong support from its dedicated base of alumni.
It was disbanded in 1999.
http://sae.mit.edu/
The MIT chapter of Sigma Chi
was founded in 1882 by 10 undergraduates. It is the oldest continuously-running fraternity at the school, having been founded only after Chi Phi. The chapter house, leased by the fraternity in 1919, and purchased in 1924, is located at 532 Beacon St. in the Back Bay
neighborhood of Boston. Famous alumni of the chapter http://sigmachi.mit.edu/chapter/ include:
Companies founded by Alpha Theta alumni have an overall worth of over 90 billion dollars.
Delta Pi was formed in April 1990 as a local fraternity to continue the brotherhood experienced by the members of the Mu Tau Chapter of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity. A house was acquired for the new fraternity in the spring of 1991 and members began moving into the house during the summer of that year. Rush 1991 proved successful for Delta Pi as seven men pledged but the following year the house became not financially viable. Members moved to apartments in Boston and Cambridge. At this point members also decided to cancel fall Rush because of their doubt in the fraternity’s future. Another reason was that the move out of the house in Boston fell on the same weekend as Rush, making it impossible to accomplish both tasks at the same time. The fall of 1992 proved to be a turning point as the younger members decided that the ideals of the fraternity were extremely important and must live on. With this new direction the fraternity looked at several options. One of the options was to affiliate with a national fraternity.
Affiliation with Sigma Nu
The decision to affiliate with Sigma Nu
came after much research and discussion. It was decided that the stability of a national fraternity would aid in maintaining the brotherhood. Sigma Nu was the first choice of the members and they expressed interest in rechartering the Epsilon Theta Chapter. With this as their goal, the members of Delta Pi formally disbanded and became the MIT Colony of Sigma Nu. Throughout the fall of 1994 the members of the MIT Colony worked on preparing a petition to send to Sigma Nu National requesting a charter. This document was completed later that year and was officially submitted to Sigma Nu on December 4, 1994. On April 22, 1995, Sigma Nu officially rechartered the Epsilon Theta Chapter (#100) at MIT. Brothers from the Zeta Eta Chapter at Tufts University initiated the first members and the chapter was once again active.
The Sigma Nu chapter house, located at 28 Fenway in the Back Bay Fens, is currently home to 40 brothers.
The Xi chapter of Tau Epsilon Phi
(known around MIT campus as tEp) has a reputation for being very open and welcoming—a tradition which started with the founding of the national fraternity in 1910 as a place where Jewish men were welcomed. At that time, membership in most fraternal organizations was limited to Christian (primarily Protestant) Caucasian men. tEp was one of the first chapters of its national fraternity to include non-Caucasians and has also had openly gay members since the late 1960s. The chapter house is located at 253 Commonwealth Avenue in the Back Bay
neighborhood of Boston. tEps distinguish themselves with their fraternity color, purple, and an intriguing attachment to the number 22
. tEps also originated the expression "eit!".
A few of the famous and/or interesting alumni of the chapter:
External Site:
The MIT Chapter of Theta Chi fraternity (Beta Chapter) is the oldest active chapter of the international Theta Chi fraternity. It was founded in 1902 by Park Valentine Perkins, a former member of Theta Chi's Alpha Chapter at Norwich University. The chapter is located at 528 Beacon St in Boston, MA.
is known as the Theta Deuteron Charge.
The Theta Deuteron Charge is the local charge of Theta Delta Chi
fraternity
affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
. Known to its members as "Theta Deut," the charge was founded on March 21, 1890. The charge lasted only 2 years before disbanding. In 1902, a group of MIT undergrads founded a local fraternity, Alpha Epsilon, with the intention of becoming the new Theta Delta Chi. On June 2, 1906, the new Theta Deuteron was chartered.
The charge is now located at 372 Memorial Drive in Cambridge, MA, overlooking Memorial Drive
and the Charles River
. Theta Deuteron acquired the property and the house, a former MIT dean's mansion, in 1966. During the 1980s the fourth floor was added to the house.
Noted alumni include
http://tdc.mit.edu
was chartered in 1885. Now a general fraternity, Theta Xi is located at 64 Bay State Road in Boston, MA, in the Back Bay area of Boston. Most members are housed in the fraternity's two brownstones overlooking the Charles River
, less than a block away from Kenmore Square
. Notable alumni include Charles Hayden
, Delta 24, whose philanthropic efforts were recognized by the naming of a library at MIT, a Boston University
business building, and planetariums at both the Boston Museum of Science and the American Museum of Natural History
.
is located at MIT. It is located at 58 Manchester Rd, Brookline, a suburb of Boston.
MIT ZBT's Homepage
is located at 233 Massachusetts Ave. in Cambridge, MA.
The Theta Omicron Chapter of Alpha Chi Omega
was instantiated at MIT in 1986. Since 1994, the chapter has occupied a brownstone in Kenmore Square
, where approximately 25 sisters in the chapter reside each year.
is the Beta Epsilon chapter, Founded at MIT in 1995. The sorority's philanthropies are Sharsheret and the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. The chapter's website is http://web.mit.edu/aephi/www/index.shtml.
Alpha Kappa Alpha
The "Lovely & Uppermost" Lambda Upsilon chapter of the historically black Alpha Kappa Alpha
sorority was established at MIT on October 8, 1977. The chapter encompasses women from the campuses of MIT, Harvard University, and Wellesley College. The chapter website is http://web.mit.edu/akas/www.
was founded in 1984, making it MIT's first Panhellenic sorority. Since 1991, the chapter has occupied a brownstone in Kenmore Square
, where approximately 60 of the sisters live. The current president of Alpha Phi International, Laura Malley-Schmitt, is an alumna Zeta Phi chapter.
The Xi Tau chapter of Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority, Inc was established in 1980. The chapter's charter includes Babson College, Bentley University, Brandeis University, Harvard University, Lesley University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tufts University, and Wellesley College.
Chapter Website
became MIT's fourth Panhellenic sorority in 1991. 40 sisters live in Green Hall, the Kappa Alpha Theta House, on the MIT campus. The chapter has about 130 active members, with a diverse range of interests and backgrounds.
. MIT's newest sorority. Recruited its first sisters in the fall of 2008.
was founded in 1988. The chapter has 120 members.
Chapter Website
.
In the 2000s, the Inter-Fraternity Council decided to focus on male, Greek houses only, and the ILGs formed the independent student government organization, the Living Group Council. All FSILGs alumni corporations (usually the legal entity which owns the physical house, distinct from the mainly undergraduate student government entities which govern each house) are still members of the Association of Independent Living Groups.
The term "Independent Living Group" is sometimes used to refer to all FSILGs, because they are all independent of MIT.
. (It is listed as an ILG because it is a member of the Living Group Council.) It is one of two local co-ed fraternal living groups, along with No. 6.
ET was originally the Epsilon Theta chapter of the national Sigma Nu
fraternity. It split from the national in the 1970s, not long after it became co-ed. It is not affiliated with the present-day MIT chapter of Sigma Nu, which was formed in the 1990s.
Epsilon Theta's webpage
in Boston. It houses about 20 men and women from a diverse background and with diverse interests in sciences, engineering, and the arts. Fenbeings value openness and compromise, which creates a very tight-knit community. Visit the Fenway House website.
, a neighborhood of Cambridge. It was founded in 1970 as a chapter of the national all-male Pi Kappa Alpha
fraternity, but split in the early 1980s after growing differences with the national over the house's co-ed status. MIT assisted in this process by assuming the mortgage of the house from the national fraternity.
"pika", when referring to the ILG, is always written with a lowercase p. It is unrelated to the animal known as the pika
.
pika's website
in Boston. Part of its mission is to make MIT housing affordable to low-income students, and as a result has access to special funding resources.
(an all-male, traditionally black national fraternity) is non-residential service fraternity.
Alpha Phi Omega
is a co-ed service fraternity.
Alpha Kappa Psi
, a co-ed professional business fraternity, is also colonizing on campus in fall 2010.
The Phi Beta Kappa Society
is a Greek-letter honor society.
Fraternities and sororities
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and independent living groups.
MIT FSILG History
Many MIT fraternities are located in Boston because the Institute was originally located in the Back BayBack Bay, Boston, Massachusetts
Back Bay is an officially recognized neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts famous for its rows of Victorian brownstone homes, which are considered one of the best-preserved examples of 19th-century urban design in the United States, as well as numerous architecturally significant individual...
neighborhood, and had no dormitories to house its students.
MIT moved to its current Cambridge campus in 1916, and newer independent living groups have sprouted up or moved in around it.
From the 1860s through the first half of the 1900s, MIT students were almost entirely male. In the 2000s, the Institute's undergraduate gender ratio reached nearly 50-50. A period of demographic and political change in the 1960s and 1970s, which followed larger national trends, resulted in the conversion of several all-male, nationally affiliated living groups into local co-ed groups, and led to the expansion of all-female and co-ed housing options.
Residence Selection
Traditionally, rush at MIT occurred during "Residence/Orientation" (R/O) Week, which was the final week of each summer before the start of the fall semester. All incoming freshmen and transfer students would arrive on campus a week before Registration Day, the official start of the fall semester. During R/O Week, the incoming class would participate in orientation activities, take the so-called "writing test" to attempt to test out of the MIT Writing Requirement, and participate in residence selection. All students were free to participate in fraternity, sorority and independent living group rush. Those students who did not end up in an off-campus living group would also participate in the dorm selection process (see "List of Massachusetts Institute of Technology undergraduate dormitories").FSILG rush was an intense experience for all involved, cramming the entire process of choosing among dozens of housing options into essentially three days. It always began with an event known as the "Killian Kickoff," held in Killian Court in the middle of campus. MIT's president would deliver a welcoming speech to the incoming class, which always ended with, "Let the rush begin!" Immediately, upperclassmen removed their overshirts to display their letters (an upperclassman wearing anything which identified his or her living group prior to the start of rush was a serious violation of rush rules), and fanned out through the crowd in search of freshmen. For the incoming students, rush was a whirlwind of cookouts, parties and field trips all over the Boston area. For the upperclassmen, it was a marathon of 18 hour days, trying to meet as many freshmen as possible while competing with other living groups for the most popular prospects. For both sides, rush could be stressful, exhausting, and highly emotional. In many ways, rush was a microcosm
Macrocosm and microcosm
Macrocosm and microcosm is an ancient Greek Neo-Platonic schema of seeing the same patterns reproduced in all levels of the cosmos, from the largest scale all the way down to the smallest scale...
of the broader MIT experience.
The old rush was supported behind the scenes by the 24-hour week-long "R/O Clearinghouse", a system for keeping track of freshman students as they threaded their way through a maze of fraternity rush events interleaved with other MIT orientation activities. Whenever a freshman "checked into" or "checked out of" a fraternity activity, that frat's R/O liaison person was supposed to call the R/O Clearinghouse to update what was essentially a real-time database to track the whereabouts of the new students. R/O Clearinghouse physically consisted of a bank of telephones staffed by volunteers in a large room equipped with computer terminals, located in the MIT EECS Department. The volunteers were drawn from MIT service fraternities and dorm residents who were supposed to be "impartial" with respect to the different competing fraternities. The dorm volunteers were motivated at least in part by the knowledge that an unsuccessful fraternity rush would result in even greater overcrowding of the MIT dormitory system. which simply lacked the physical space to accommodate every new student.
Freshman housing rush was eliminated in an initiative led by MIT president Charles Vest in the wake of the September 1997 death of Fiji
Phi Gamma Delta
The international fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta is a collegiate social fraternity with 120 chapters and 18 colonies across the United States and Canada. It was founded at Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, in 1848, and its headquarters are located in Lexington, Kentucky, USA...
(Phi Gamma Delta, since disbanded at MIT) freshman Scott Krueger. Beginning with the 2002 - 2003 academic year, all freshmen were required to live on campus. This was made possible by the completion of a new undergraduate dorm which opened that year, Simmons Hall. Since then, MIT has continued to build or renovate more dormitories, including an expansion of choices for graduate students as well (see "List of Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate dormitories").
A much-toned-down echo of the old rush still occurs with the so-called "dormitory rush" process, in which new students decide their dormitory preferences, based in part upon special events staged by various dorms to introduce newcomers to their distinctive living arrangements. However, dormitories do not "choose" which new students to admit, but can only influence prospective new members to express greater or lesser preference for specific dorms on their respective entries in the dorm lottery process. Pressure to quickly find housing has been lifted by MIT's guarantees that every freshman student will find space in an on-campus dorm, and that undergraduate students can remain in the dorm system for up to 4 years. The old fraternity rush has been depressurized, with recruiting spread out throughout the first academic year, and less frantic rush events for prospective new members.
The Action Man
The Action Man (MIT) was a mysterious fixture of the MIT fraternity scene from the late 1980s through the early 1990s. He was known for calling MIT fraternities, offering "some action" to anyone who would talk to him.Alpha Delta Phi
The Lambda Phi chapter of the Alpha Delta PhiAlpha Delta Phi
Alpha Delta Phi is a Greek-letter social college fraternity and the fourth-oldest continuous Greek-letter fraternity in the United States and Canada. Alpha Delta Phi was founded on October 29, 1832 by Samuel Eells at Hamilton College and includes former U.S. Presidents, Chief Justices of the U.S....
fraternity is located at 351 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA. The chapter was founded in 1976 through the assistance of the brothers of the Lambda Phi fraternity, which was a local fraternity at MIT from 1906 to 1925. That was a literary fraternity that had unsuccessfully petitioned to join the Alpha Delta Phi international. Their petition had been rejected because ADP considered MIT at that time to be an engineering trade school and so not compatible with their literary tradition. Henry Leeb, MIT'1915 remained friends with members of ADP, but died only 3 weeks after the current chapter was approved.
Alpha Epsilon Pi
The Mu Tau chapter of the Alpha Epsilon PiAlpha Epsilon Pi
Alpha Epsilon Pi , the Global Jewish college fraternity, has 155 active chapters in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Israel with a membership of over 9,000 undergraduates...
fraternity is located at 155 Bay State Rd in Boston, MA. The chapter was founded in 1948 at MIT. It is the only Jewish fraternity at MIT.
MIT AEPi Website
Alpha Tau Omega
Alpha Tau OmegaAlpha Tau Omega
Alpha Tau Omega is a secret American leadership and social fraternity.The Fraternity has more than 250 active and inactive chapters, more than 200,000 initiates, and over 7,000 active undergraduate members. The 200,000th member was initiated in early 2009...
was located at 405 Memorial Drive on MIT's campus in Cambridge, MA. The Beta Gamma Chapter had been on MIT's campus since 1885. ATO had one of MIT's highest participation rates among fraternities in NCAA varsity athletics before they ceased to be an MIT fraternity in 2009.
Alpha Phi Alpha
The "Rheckless" Rho Nu Chapter of the historically black organization, Alpha Phi AlphaAlpha Phi Alpha
Alpha Phi Alpha is the first Inter-Collegiate Black Greek Letter fraternity. It was founded on December 4, 1906 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Its founders are known as the "Seven Jewels". Alpha Phi Alpha developed a model that was used by the many Black Greek Letter Organizations ...
fraternity was established on September 26, 1989. The chapter encompasses men from MIT, Harvard University, and Tufts University. The chapter website is http://web.mit.edu/rhonu/www/pnhtml/.
Chi Phi
MIT's first Chi PhiChi Phi
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chapter was both the first social fraternity founded at MIT as well as the first social fraternity in Boston but folded some years later. When Harvard expelled fraternities and other secret organizations in the late 1880s, the Beta Chapter was relocated to MIT. The Beta Chapter of Chi Phi has inhabited three houses in its history, 44 Fenway (1910–1930), 22 Fenway (1930–1950), and 32 Hereford (1950–present). 32 Hereford is a recognized historic landmark designed by McKim, Mead, and White
McKim, Mead, and White
McKim, Mead & White was a prominent American architectural firm at the turn of the twentieth century and in the history of American architecture. The firm's founding partners were Charles Follen McKim , William Rutherford Mead and Stanford White...
and was formerly the home to John F. Andrew
John F. Andrew
John Forrester Andrew was a United States Representative from Massachusetts. He was born to John Albion Andrew and Eliza Jane Andrew in Hingham on November 26, 1850. He attended private schools, including Phillips School and Brooks School. He graduated from Harvard University in 1872 and from...
, a prominent 19th century Boston politician and son of Governor John Andrew
John Albion Andrew
John Albion Andrew was a U.S. political figure. He served as the 25th Governor of Massachusetts between 1861 and 1866 during the American Civil War. He was a guiding force behind the creation of some of the first U.S. Army units of black men—including the famed 54th Massachusetts Infantry.-Early...
.
Delta Kappa Epsilon
The Sigma Tau Chapter of Delta Kappa EpsilonDelta Kappa Epsilon
Delta Kappa Epsilon is a fraternity founded at Yale College in 1844 by 15 men of the sophomore class who had not been invited to join the two existing societies...
(ΔKE) is located on Amherst Street (403 Memorial Drive) in the center of MIT's west campus. Brothers are highly involved in campus activities, more than half are varsity athletes. ΔKE is currently composed of 30 Brothers.
Website: http://web.mit.edu/dke/www/
Delta Psi/No. 6
The Number Six Club is the Tau Chapter of Delta Psi, a nationally affiliated literary fraternityFraternities and sororities
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. It is also the only nationally-affiliated co-ed residential fraternity on MIT campus. (Epsilon Theta is a local co-ed fraternity, and Alpha Phi Omega
Alpha Phi Omega
Alpha Phi Omega is the largest collegiate fraternity in the United States, with chapters at over 350 campuses, an active membership of approximately 17,000 students, and over 350,000 alumni members...
is a co-ed service fraternity.) The fraternity is more commonly known in its other chapters as St. Anthony Hall
St. Anthony Hall
St. Anthony Hall, also known as Saint Anthony Hall and The Order of St. Anthony, is a national college literary society also known as the Fraternity of Delta Psi at colleges in the United States of America. St...
.
The house is now situated in Cambridge
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...
, on the MIT campus along "Dorm Row". It is home to over 40 members from around the world. The four-story, ivy-covered house is owned and operated by its own members.
Delta Tau Delta
The Beta Nu Chapter of Delta Tau DeltaDelta Tau Delta
Delta Tau Delta is a U.S.-based international secret letter college fraternity. Delta Tau Delta was founded in 1858 at Bethany College, Bethany, Virginia, . It currently has around 125 student chapters nationwide, as well as more than 25 regional alumni groups. Its national community service...
(ΔTΔ), or Delts, is a fraternity located at 416 Beacon Street. The stated mission of the society is "Committed to Lives of Excellence". ΔTΔ is known for its active social program, particularly its annual Goldfish Party.
Their current residence is a brownstone mansion with five stories and a roof deck. The house is currently home to about 30 initiated members.
Delta Upsilon
Delta UpsilonDelta Upsilon
Delta Upsilon is the sixth oldest international, all-male, college Greek-letter organization, and is the oldest non-secret fraternity in North America...
(ΔY) is a social fraternity, located at 526 Beacon Street. The home to about forty or so active brothers is a six-story brownstone building located directly across from MIT and is situated in the middle of Boston's Back Bay; the house is owned and operated by its brothers. Delta Upsilon is a non-secret brotherhood as well as the sixth oldest fraternity in the nation, established in 1834 at Williams College. The stated mission of the society is defined by four founding principles: The Promotion of Friendship, The Development of Character, The Advancement of Justice, and The Diffusion of Liberal Culture.
The Technology Chapter was chartered in 1891, and has thrived at MIT over 100 years. The brotherhood of around forty men come from diverse backgrounds and participate in a wide range of activities both on and off campus, including athletics, community service, and leadership.
Kappa Sigma
The MIT chapter of the Kappa SigmaKappa Sigma
Kappa Sigma , commonly nicknamed Kappa Sig, is an international fraternity with currently 282 active chapters and colonies in North America. Kappa Sigma has initiated more than 240,000 men on college campuses throughout the United States and Canada. Today, the Fraternity has over 175,000 living...
(ΚΣ) national social fraternity, Gamma-Pi, is located in a 5-story townhouse on the Charles River
Charles River
The Charles River is an long river that flows in an overall northeasterly direction in eastern Massachusetts, USA. From its source in Hopkinton, the river travels through 22 cities and towns until reaching the Atlantic Ocean at Boston...
at 407 Memorial Drive in Cambridge
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Greater Boston area. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders. Cambridge is home to two of the world's most prominent...
, in MIT's west campus. The chapter was chartered in 1914, and bears the honor of being the first chapter to racially integrate within the national fraternity, as well as being a recent recipient of the Founders' Circle award for chapter excellence, the highest honor throughout Kappa Sigma. In 2010, it was was awarded the Chapter of the Year by MIT's Interfraternity Council (IFC) It is currently the largest fraternity at MIT, at approximately 70 members.
Lambda Chi Alpha
Lambda Chi AlphaLambda Chi Alpha
Lambda Chi Alpha is one of the largest men's secret general fraternities in North America, having initiated more than 280,000 members and held chapters at more than 300 universities. It is a member of the North-American Interfraternity Conference and was founded by Warren A. Cole, while he was a...
(ΛΧΑ) or LCA is a social fraternity, located at 99 Bay State Road. The chapter was chartered in 1912, making it the oldest chapter with continuing operations on the fraternity's roster. Their 6 story house was the home of a former governor of Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
, with a roof-top deck view of the Charles River, Cambridge, Boston and Fenway Park. The international measurement of a Smoot
Smoot
The smoot is a nonstandard unit of length created as part of an MIT fraternity prank. It is named after Oliver R. Smoot, a fraternity pledge to Lambda Chi Alpha, who in October 1958 lay on the Harvard Bridge , and was used by his fraternity brothers to measure the length of the bridge.-Unit...
was created by the brothers when measuring the Harvard Bridge
Harvard Bridge
The Harvard Bridge carries Massachusetts Avenue from Back Bay, Boston to Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is the longest bridge over the Charles River....
using pledge Oliver R. Smoot
Oliver R. Smoot
Oliver Reed Smoot, Jr. was Chairman of the American National Standards Institute from 2001 to 2002 and President of the International Organization for Standardization from 2003 to 2004...
as a ruler.
Lambda Upsilon Lambda
The Nu Chapter of Lambda Upsilon LambdaLambda Upsilon Lambda
La Unidad Latina, Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity was established on February 19, 1982 in order to address the shortcomings of academic institutions in meeting and addressing the needs of Latino students in higher education...
fraternity was established on March 5, 1994. The chapter incorporates MIT, Tufts University, Harvard University, Boston College, and Northeastern University. The chapter website can be found at http://launidadlatina.org/chapters/nu/index.asp.
Nu Delta
Nu Delta (NΔ) is a local fraternity affiliated with the MIT. NΔ's four-storied house is located in the Back Bay areaBack Bay, Boston, Massachusetts
Back Bay is an officially recognized neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts famous for its rows of Victorian brownstone homes, which are considered one of the best-preserved examples of 19th-century urban design in the United States, as well as numerous architecturally significant individual...
of Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
and is separated from the MIT campus by the Charles River
Charles River
The Charles River is an long river that flows in an overall northeasterly direction in eastern Massachusetts, USA. From its source in Hopkinton, the river travels through 22 cities and towns until reaching the Atlantic Ocean at Boston...
. The house's resident population is about 30. Founded in 1922 under the national fraternity of Phi Mu Delta
Phi Mu Delta
Phi Mu Delta is a small, national fraternity founded on March 1, 1918 at the Universities of Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The fraternity is focused on the three ideals of democracy, service, and brotherhood.-Founders' Creed:...
, NΔ has since broken from the national and is now a standalone fraternity. NΔ is often involved in many events on campus, especially with respect to intramural sports.
Phi Beta Epsilon
Phi Beta EpsilonPhi Beta Epsilon
Phi Beta Epsilon , or "PBE" for short, was founded April 1, 1890 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology .A local fraternity, it is located at 400 Memorial Drive in Cambridge, MA. Phi Beta Epsilon is one of MIT's largest and most diverse living groups. Notable alumni include Irénée du Pont, Al...
, or "PBE" is a local fraternity affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
. Founded on April 1, 1890, Phi Beta Epsilon is one of the oldest fraternities at MIT. Currently located at 400 Memorial Drive in Cambridge, MA, Phi Beta Epsilon has a resident population of about 40.
Phi Delta Theta
The Massachusetts Gamma chapter of Phi Delta ThetaPhi Delta Theta
Phi Delta Theta , also known as Phi Delt, is an international fraternity founded at Miami University in 1848 and headquartered in Oxford, Ohio. Phi Delta Theta, Beta Theta Pi, and Sigma Chi form the Miami Triad. The fraternity has about 169 active chapters and colonies in over 43 U.S...
, or "Phi Delts," is located at 97 Bay State Rd. in Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
. Founded as a local fraternity, Psi Delta, the chapter affiliated with Phi Delta Theta in 1932.
Phi Kappa Sigma
Founded at MIT in 1903, the Alpha Mu chapter of the Phi Kappa SigmaPhi Kappa Sigma
Phi Kappa Sigma is an international all-male college social fraternity. Its members are known as "Phi Kaps", "Skulls" and sometimes "Skullhouse", the latter two because of the skull and crossbones on the Fraternity's badge and coat of arms. Phi Kappa Sigma was founded by Dr. Samuel Brown Wylie...
Fraternity, also known as "Skullhouse", is located at 530 Beacon Street. It hosts a bi-annual party, "Skuffle," where, in the past, a giant skull was built around the facade and a maze was constructed in the basement. This practice was halted after an incident in which Boston officials declared the structure a fire hazard and ordered the building evacuated.
Phi Kappa Theta
The Massachusetts Eta chapter of Phi Kappa ThetaPhi Kappa Theta
Phi Kappa Theta is a national social fraternity with over 50 chapters and colonies at universities across the United States. "Phi Kaps", as they are commonly referred to colloquially, are known for diversity among their brothers and a dedication to service.-History:Phi Kappa Theta was established...
(ΦΚΘ), or "PKT", is located at 229 Commonwealth Avenue. The Chapter was originally founded at MIT on April 3, 1918, under the name Alpha Epsilon, and had its first official meeting in Senior House, Holman 303. Ten days later, the group voted to join Phi Kappa, and were charted on January 1, 1919. On April 29, 1959, the PKT Chapter at MIT, along with others across the nation, merged with Theta Kappa Phi as the Massachusetts Eta chapter of Phi Kappa Theta fraternity.
The brothers live in a four-story, century-old brownstone in Boston's affluent Back Bay. The house overlooks the tree-lined Commonwealth Avenue Mall. One block away is Newbury Street, famous for its restaurants, boutiques, and popular stores. A short walk brings you to Fenway Park, the Prudential Mall, Boston Common, and the Boston Public Library. Also, the Copley T station is two blocks away from its location, and MIT campus is a five minute bike ride away.
Official site of Phi Kappa Theta at MIT
Phi Sigma Kappa
Phi Sigma Kappa
-Phi Sigma Kappa's Creed and Cardinal Principles:The 1934 Convention in Ann Arbor brought more changes for the fraternity. Brother Stewart W. Herman of Gettysburg wrote and presented the Creed, and Brother Ralph Watts of Massachusetts drafted and presented the Cardinal Principles.-World War II:The...
(ΦΣΚ) or "Phi Sig" is located at 487 Commonwealth Avenue, in the heart of Boston's Kenmore Square. It was originally built as the Lieutenant Governor's mansion by noted architect R. Clipston Sturgis. Three MIT sorority houses, two BU dormitories, and Fenway Park surround PSK's two stately townhouses. The five storied Phi Sig chapter house features a commercial chef's kitchen, historic paneled library, billiard room, gym facilities on the lower level, screening room, and dramatic roof deck. The magnificent Back Bay private residence is home to 45 brothers.
Notable chapter alumni include:
- Brodrick Dunlap Childs III 1913, noted Austrian EconomistAustrian SchoolThe Austrian School of economics is a heterodox school of economic thought. It advocates methodological individualism in interpreting economic developments , the theory that money is non-neutral, the theory that the capital structure of economies consists of heterogeneous goods that have...
and Industrialist. - Paul E. Gray '54, 14th President of MIT.
- John H. SununuJohn H. SununuJohn Henry Sununu is a former Governor of New Hampshire and former White House Chief of Staff under President George H. W. Bush. He is the father of John E. Sununu, a former senator from New Hampshire, and formerly a U.S. Representative...
'61, former Governor of New HampshireNew HampshireNew Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
, former White House Chief of StaffWhite House Chief of StaffThe White House Chief of Staff is the highest ranking member of the Executive Office of the President of the United States and a senior aide to the President.The current White House Chief of Staff is Bill Daley.-History:...
. - E. Patrick Coady '60, Former Director of the World BankWorld BankThe World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programmes.The World Bank's official goal is the reduction of poverty...
and Chairman of Coady Diemar Partners. - Larry Rosenberger '68, Former CEO of FICOFicoFico may refer to:* Fair Isaac Corporation , an American company* FICO score, a credit score developed by Fair Isaac Corporation * Hurricane Fico, a hurricane in the 1978 Pacific hurricane season...
. - Vernon Edward Altman '73, Co-Founder and Senior Partner of Bain & Co..
- Winthrop Buck Cody II '82, Head of Wealth Management iGate Corporation.
- James Michael Prusko '86, Head of Structured Credit at Magnetar CapitalMagnetar CapitalMagnetar Capital is a hedge fund based in Evanston, Illinois. Among its many activities, the firm was actively involved in the collateralized debt obligation market during the 2006–2007 period...
, LLC. - George C. Chacko '89, Chief Investment Officer of Auda International Hedge Funds, former Harvard Business SchoolHarvard Business SchoolHarvard Business School is the graduate business school of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, United States and is widely recognized as one of the top business schools in the world. The school offers the world's largest full-time MBA program, doctoral programs, and many executive...
professor of finance. - Scott Brian Nishiyama '96, Renowned chef, previously of New York City's Daniel and The French Laundry in Napa Valley. Nishiyama did much of his early cooking in the Phi Sig kitchen.
- Karsten August Kallevig '99, Investor, currently Real Estate CIO of Norwegian Sovereign Wealth FundThe Government Pension Fund of NorwayThe Government Pension Fund of Norway comprises two entirely separate sovereign wealth funds owned by the Government of Norway:* The Government Pension Fund - Global...
, formerly of Grove International Partners and Soros Fund ManagementSoros Fund ManagementSoros Fund Management LLC is an American, privately held, hedge fund management firm founded in 1969 by George Soros. In 2010 it was reported to be one of the most profitable firms in the hedge fund industry, averaging a 20% annual rate of return over four decades.-Overview:Soros Fund Management...
.
External links
Pi Lambda Phi
This living group was originally affiliated with Phi Beta Delta. Notable alumnus include Nobel prize winner Richard FeynmanRichard Feynman
Richard Phillips Feynman was an American physicist known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics and the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, as well as in particle physics...
(Physics, 1939). The Massachusetts Theta chapter of Pi Lambda Phi was founded in 1897 and continues to hold a strong presence at the Institute today. As the first non-sectarian fraternity, Pi Lambda Phi was the first to welcome men of all creeds.
pilam.mit.edu
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
The 2nd newest fraternity on campus, SAE is still in the midst of re-colonization. With a strong support from its national organization, Sigma Alpha EpsilonSigma Alpha Epsilon
Sigma Alpha Epsilon is a North American Greek-letter social college fraternity founded at the University of Alabama on March 9, 1856. Of all existing national social fraternities today, Sigma Alpha Epsilon is the only one founded in the Antebellum South...
also has strong support from its dedicated base of alumni.
It was disbanded in 1999.
http://sae.mit.edu/
Sigma Chi
Sigma Chi
Sigma Chi is the largest and one of the oldest college Greek-letter secret and social fraternities in North America with 244 active chapters and more than . Sigma Chi was founded on June 28, 1855 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio when members split from Delta Kappa Epsilon...
was founded in 1882 by 10 undergraduates. It is the oldest continuously-running fraternity at the school, having been founded only after Chi Phi. The chapter house, leased by the fraternity in 1919, and purchased in 1924, is located at 532 Beacon St. in the Back Bay
Back Bay, Boston, Massachusetts
Back Bay is an officially recognized neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts famous for its rows of Victorian brownstone homes, which are considered one of the best-preserved examples of 19th-century urban design in the United States, as well as numerous architecturally significant individual...
neighborhood of Boston. Famous alumni of the chapter http://sigmachi.mit.edu/chapter/ include:
- Thomas du PontT. Coleman du PontThomas Coleman du Pont was an American engineer and politician, from Greenville, Delaware. He was President of the of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, and a member of the Republican Party who served parts of two terms as United States Senator from Delaware...
1885, chapter founder, President DuPont ChemicalDuPontE. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company , commonly referred to as DuPont, is an American chemical company that was founded in July 1802 as a gunpowder mill by Eleuthère Irénée du Pont. DuPont was the world's third largest chemical company based on market capitalization and ninth based on revenue in 2009...
, US Senator for DelawareDelawareDelaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...
. - Alfred du PontAlfred I. du PontAlfred Irénée du Pont was an American industrialist, financier and philanthropist. A member of the influential Du Pont family, Alfred du Pont first rose to prominence through his work in his family's Delaware-based gunpowder manufacturing plant, E. I...
1886, DuPont ChemicalDuPontE. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company , commonly referred to as DuPont, is an American chemical company that was founded in July 1802 as a gunpowder mill by Eleuthère Irénée du Pont. DuPont was the world's third largest chemical company based on market capitalization and ninth based on revenue in 2009...
. - James R. KillianJames Rhyne KillianDr. James Rhyne Killian, Jr. was the 10th president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, from 1948 until 1959.-Career:...
1925, 10th President of MIT. - Alex d'ArbeloffAlex d'ArbeloffAlexander Vladimir d'Arbeloff was the American co-founder of Teradyne, a multi-billion dollar Boston, Massachusetts-based manufacturer of automatic test equipment. He was born to a Georgian noble Vladimir d'Arbeloff, from Koutais and German-Russian Baroness Catherine T...
'49, co-founder of TeradyneTeradyneTeradyne , a US company, is a supplier of automatic test equipment . The company's divisions Semiconductor Test and Systems Test Group, are organized by the products they develop and deliver.-History:...
. - C. Bruce TarterC. Bruce TarterDr. C. Bruce Tarter was director of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory from 1994 to 2002.He received his bachelor's degree in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Ph.D...
'61, former director of Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryLawrence Livermore National LaboratoryThe Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory , just outside Livermore, California, is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center founded by the University of California in 1952...
. - Kenneth MorseKenneth MorseKenneth Paul Morse is a co-founder of 3Com Corporation, Aspen Technology, Inc., and four other startups. He is the former Managing Director of the MIT Entrepreneurship Center, and Chairman of Entrepreneurship Ventures, Inc...
'68, co-founder of 3Com3Com3Com was a pioneering digital electronics manufacturer best known for its computer network infrastructure products. The company was co-founded in 1979 by Robert Metcalfe, Howard Charney, Bruce Borden, and Greg Shaw...
. - Bob SwansonRobert A. SwansonRobert A. Swanson was a venture capitalist who cofounded the biotechnology giant Genentech in 1976 with Herbert Boyer. Genentech is a pioneer in the field, and it remains one of the leading biotech companies in the world....
'69, co-founder of GenentechGenentechGenentech Inc., or Genetic Engineering Technology, Inc., is a biotechnology corporation, founded in 1976 by venture capitalist Robert A. Swanson and biochemist Dr. Herbert Boyer. Trailing the founding of Cetus by five years, it was an important step in the evolution of the biotechnology industry...
. - David B. AshleyDavid B. AshleyDavid B. Ashley was the eighth president of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, appointed to the position on July 1, 2006, and relieved of his duties by the Board of Regents on July 10, 2009....
'73 8th President of University of Nevada Las Vegas.
Companies founded by Alpha Theta alumni have an overall worth of over 90 billion dollars.
Sigma Nu
The Formation of Delta PiDelta Pi was formed in April 1990 as a local fraternity to continue the brotherhood experienced by the members of the Mu Tau Chapter of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity. A house was acquired for the new fraternity in the spring of 1991 and members began moving into the house during the summer of that year. Rush 1991 proved successful for Delta Pi as seven men pledged but the following year the house became not financially viable. Members moved to apartments in Boston and Cambridge. At this point members also decided to cancel fall Rush because of their doubt in the fraternity’s future. Another reason was that the move out of the house in Boston fell on the same weekend as Rush, making it impossible to accomplish both tasks at the same time. The fall of 1992 proved to be a turning point as the younger members decided that the ideals of the fraternity were extremely important and must live on. With this new direction the fraternity looked at several options. One of the options was to affiliate with a national fraternity.
Affiliation with Sigma Nu
The decision to affiliate with Sigma Nu
Sigma Nu
Sigma Nu is an undergraduate, college fraternity with chapters in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Sigma Nu was founded in 1869 by three cadets at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia...
came after much research and discussion. It was decided that the stability of a national fraternity would aid in maintaining the brotherhood. Sigma Nu was the first choice of the members and they expressed interest in rechartering the Epsilon Theta Chapter. With this as their goal, the members of Delta Pi formally disbanded and became the MIT Colony of Sigma Nu. Throughout the fall of 1994 the members of the MIT Colony worked on preparing a petition to send to Sigma Nu National requesting a charter. This document was completed later that year and was officially submitted to Sigma Nu on December 4, 1994. On April 22, 1995, Sigma Nu officially rechartered the Epsilon Theta Chapter (#100) at MIT. Brothers from the Zeta Eta Chapter at Tufts University initiated the first members and the chapter was once again active.
The Sigma Nu chapter house, located at 28 Fenway in the Back Bay Fens, is currently home to 40 brothers.
Tau Epsilon Phi
Tau Epsilon Phi
Tau Epsilon Phi is an American fraternity with 14 active chapters, chiefly located at universities and colleges on the East Coast of the United States...
(known around MIT campus as tEp) has a reputation for being very open and welcoming—a tradition which started with the founding of the national fraternity in 1910 as a place where Jewish men were welcomed. At that time, membership in most fraternal organizations was limited to Christian (primarily Protestant) Caucasian men. tEp was one of the first chapters of its national fraternity to include non-Caucasians and has also had openly gay members since the late 1960s. The chapter house is located at 253 Commonwealth Avenue in the Back Bay
Back Bay, Boston, Massachusetts
Back Bay is an officially recognized neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts famous for its rows of Victorian brownstone homes, which are considered one of the best-preserved examples of 19th-century urban design in the United States, as well as numerous architecturally significant individual...
neighborhood of Boston. tEps distinguish themselves with their fraternity color, purple, and an intriguing attachment to the number 22
22 (number)
22 is the natural number following 21 and preceding 23.- In mathematics :Twenty-two is an even composite number, its proper divisors being 1, 2 and 11....
. tEps also originated the expression "eit!".
A few of the famous and/or interesting alumni of the chapter:
- Ray KurzweilRaymond KurzweilRaymond "Ray" Kurzweil is an American author, inventor and futurist. He is involved in fields such as optical character recognition , text-to-speech synthesis, speech recognition technology, and electronic keyboard instruments...
'70, author, scientist, and futurist. - Fred Fenning '72, one of the first people in the world to build programmable laser light shows and network-addressable appliances.
- Neil W. Woodward IIINeil WoodwardNeil W. Woodward III is an American Naval officer and a former NASA astronaut.-Personal:Married. Enjoys reading, computers, sailing, music, wine and cooking. His father, Dr. Neil W. Woodward Jr., resides in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. His mother, Aileen S. Woodward, is deceased...
'84, United States Astronaut. - Chad TrujilloChad TrujilloChadwick A. "Chad" Trujillo is an astronomer and the co-discoverer of the dwarf planet Eris.Trujillo works with computer software and has examined the orbits of the numerous trans-Neptunian objects , which is the outer area of the solar system that he specialized in. In late August 2005, it was...
'95, co-discoverer of the first dwarf planet in the solar system (orig. Xena, cur. ErisEris (dwarf planet)Eris, formal designation 136199 Eris, is the most massive known dwarf planet in the Solar System and the ninth most massive body known to orbit the Sun directly...
) - Sloan Kulper '03, designer of the new biomedical research institute in Chengdu, China.
- Colin Bulthaup '01 and Eric Wilhelm '99 founded SquidLabs. In 2005, SquidLabs launched Instructables, a forum for open source projects of all types.
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Theta Chi
Theta Delta Chi
The MIT charge of Theta Delta ChiTheta Delta Chi
Theta Delta Chi is a social fraternity that was founded in 1847 at Union College. While nicknames differ from institution to institution, the most common nicknames for the fraternity are Theta Delt, Thete, TDX, and TDC. Theta Delta Chi brothers refer to their local organization as Charges rather...
is known as the Theta Deuteron Charge.
The Theta Deuteron Charge is the local charge of Theta Delta Chi
Theta Delta Chi
Theta Delta Chi is a social fraternity that was founded in 1847 at Union College. While nicknames differ from institution to institution, the most common nicknames for the fraternity are Theta Delt, Thete, TDX, and TDC. Theta Delta Chi brothers refer to their local organization as Charges rather...
fraternity
Fraternities and sororities
Fraternities and sororities are fraternal social organizations for undergraduate students. In Latin, the term refers mainly to such organizations at colleges and universities in the United States, although it is also applied to analogous European groups also known as corporations...
affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
. Known to its members as "Theta Deut," the charge was founded on March 21, 1890. The charge lasted only 2 years before disbanding. In 1902, a group of MIT undergrads founded a local fraternity, Alpha Epsilon, with the intention of becoming the new Theta Delta Chi. On June 2, 1906, the new Theta Deuteron was chartered.
The charge is now located at 372 Memorial Drive in Cambridge, MA, overlooking Memorial Drive
Memorial Drive
Memorial Drive may refer to:Streets* Memorial Drive , Georgia* Memorial Drive , Alberta* Memorial Drive , Massachusetts* Memorial Drive * Memorial Drive...
and the Charles River
Charles River
The Charles River is an long river that flows in an overall northeasterly direction in eastern Massachusetts, USA. From its source in Hopkinton, the river travels through 22 cities and towns until reaching the Atlantic Ocean at Boston...
. Theta Deuteron acquired the property and the house, a former MIT dean's mansion, in 1966. During the 1980s the fourth floor was added to the house.
Noted alumni include
- Peter DiamandisPeter DiamandisDr. Peter H. Diamandis , of Greek immigrant parents, is considered a key figure in the development of the personal spaceflight industry, having created many space-related businesses or organizations...
, CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation.
http://tdc.mit.edu
Theta Xi
The fourth chapter of the first professional fraternity in the United States, Delta chapter of Theta XiTheta Xi
Theta Xi was founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York on 29 April 1864. Theta Xi Fraternity was originally founded as an engineering fraternity, the first professional fraternity...
was chartered in 1885. Now a general fraternity, Theta Xi is located at 64 Bay State Road in Boston, MA, in the Back Bay area of Boston. Most members are housed in the fraternity's two brownstones overlooking the Charles River
Charles River
The Charles River is an long river that flows in an overall northeasterly direction in eastern Massachusetts, USA. From its source in Hopkinton, the river travels through 22 cities and towns until reaching the Atlantic Ocean at Boston...
, less than a block away from Kenmore Square
Kenmore Square
Kenmore Square is a square in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, consisting of the intersection of several main avenues as well as several other cross streets, and Kenmore Station, an MBTA subway stop. Kenmore Square is close to or abuts Boston University, Fenway Park, and Lansdowne Street, a...
. Notable alumni include Charles Hayden
Charles Hayden (banker)
Charles Hayden was an American financier and philanthropist. He was the senior partner of Hayden, Stone & Co. and his influence was such that James W...
, Delta 24, whose philanthropic efforts were recognized by the naming of a library at MIT, a Boston University
Boston University
Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
business building, and planetariums at both the Boston Museum of Science and the American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History
The American Museum of Natural History , located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States, is one of the largest and most celebrated museums in the world...
.
Zeta Beta Tau
The Xi chapter of Zeta Beta TauZeta Beta Tau
Zeta Beta Tau was founded in 1898 as the nation's first Jewish fraternity, although it is no longer sectarian. Today the merged Zeta Beta Tau Brotherhood is one of the largest, numbering over 140,000 initiated Brothers, and over 90 chapter locations.-Founding:The Zeta Beta Tau fraternity was...
is located at MIT. It is located at 58 Manchester Rd, Brookline, a suburb of Boston.
MIT ZBT's Homepage
Zeta Psi
The Rho Alpha Chapter of Zeta PsiZeta Psi
The Zeta Psi Fraternity of North America was founded June 1, 1847 as a social college fraternity. The organization now comprises about fifty active chapters and twenty-five inactive chapters, encompassing roughly fifty thousand brothers, and is a founding member of the North-American...
is located at 233 Massachusetts Ave. in Cambridge, MA.
Alpha Chi Omega
Alpha Chi Omega
Alpha Chi Omega is a women's fraternity founded on October 15, 1885. Currently, there are 135 chapters of Alpha Chi Omega at colleges and universities across the United States and more than 200,000 lifetime members...
was instantiated at MIT in 1986. Since 1994, the chapter has occupied a brownstone in Kenmore Square
Kenmore Square
Kenmore Square is a square in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, consisting of the intersection of several main avenues as well as several other cross streets, and Kenmore Station, an MBTA subway stop. Kenmore Square is close to or abuts Boston University, Fenway Park, and Lansdowne Street, a...
, where approximately 25 sisters in the chapter reside each year.
Alpha Epsilon Phi
The MIT Chapter of Alpha Epsilon PhiAlpha Epsilon Phi
Alpha Epsilon Phi is a sorority and member of the National Panhellenic Conference. It was founded on October 24, 1909 at Barnard College in New York City by seven Jewish women; Helen Phillips Lipman, Ida Beck Carlin, Rose Gerstein Smolin, Augustina "Tina" Hess Solomon, Lee Reiss Liebert, Rose...
is the Beta Epsilon chapter, Founded at MIT in 1995. The sorority's philanthropies are Sharsheret and the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. The chapter's website is http://web.mit.edu/aephi/www/index.shtml.
Alpha Kappa AlphaAlpha Kappa AlphaAlpha Kappa Alpha is the first Greek-lettered sorority established and incorporated by African American college women. The sorority was founded on January 15, 1908, at Howard University in Washington, D.C., by a group of nine students, led by Ethel Hedgeman Lyle...
The "Lovely & Uppermost" Lambda Upsilon chapter of the historically black Alpha Kappa AlphaAlpha Kappa Alpha
Alpha Kappa Alpha is the first Greek-lettered sorority established and incorporated by African American college women. The sorority was founded on January 15, 1908, at Howard University in Washington, D.C., by a group of nine students, led by Ethel Hedgeman Lyle...
sorority was established at MIT on October 8, 1977. The chapter encompasses women from the campuses of MIT, Harvard University, and Wellesley College. The chapter website is http://web.mit.edu/akas/www.
Alpha Phi
The Zeta Phi chapter of Alpha PhiAlpha Phi
Alpha Phi International Women's Fraternity was founded at Syracuse University on September 18, 1872. Alpha Phi currently has 152 active chapters and over 200,000 initiated members. Its celebrated Founders' Day is October 10. It was the third Greek-letter organization founded for women. In Alpha...
was founded in 1984, making it MIT's first Panhellenic sorority. Since 1991, the chapter has occupied a brownstone in Kenmore Square
Kenmore Square
Kenmore Square is a square in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, consisting of the intersection of several main avenues as well as several other cross streets, and Kenmore Station, an MBTA subway stop. Kenmore Square is close to or abuts Boston University, Fenway Park, and Lansdowne Street, a...
, where approximately 60 of the sisters live. The current president of Alpha Phi International, Laura Malley-Schmitt, is an alumna Zeta Phi chapter.
The Xi Tau chapter of Delta Sigma Theta
Delta Sigma Theta
Delta Sigma Theta is a non-profit Greek-lettered sorority of college-educated women who perform public service and place emphasis on the African American community. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority was founded on January 13, 1913 by twenty-two collegiate women at Howard University...
Sorority, Inc was established in 1980. The chapter's charter includes Babson College, Bentley University, Brandeis University, Harvard University, Lesley University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tufts University, and Wellesley College.
Chapter Website
Kappa Alpha Theta
The Zeta Mu chapter of Kappa Alpha ThetaKappa Alpha Theta
Kappa Alpha Theta , also known as Theta, is an international fraternity for women founded on January 27, 1870 at DePauw University, formerly Indiana Asbury...
became MIT's fourth Panhellenic sorority in 1991. 40 sisters live in Green Hall, the Kappa Alpha Theta House, on the MIT campus. The chapter has about 130 active members, with a diverse range of interests and backgrounds.
Pi Beta Phi
Massachusetts Gamma chapter of Pi Beta PhiPi Beta Phi
Pi Beta Phi is an international fraternity for women founded as I.C. Sorosis on April 28, 1867, at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois. Its headquarters are located in Town and Country, Missouri, and there are 134 active chapters and over 330 alumnae organizations across the United States and...
. MIT's newest sorority. Recruited its first sisters in the fall of 2008.
Sigma Kappa
The Theta Lambda Chapter of Sigma KappaSigma Kappa
Sigma Kappa is a sorority founded in 1874 at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Sigma Kappa was founded by five women: Mary Caffrey Low Carver, Elizabeth Gorham Hoag, Ida Mabel Fuller Pierce, Frances Elliott Mann Hall and Louise Helen Coburn...
was founded in 1988. The chapter has 120 members.
Chapter Website
Independent Living Groups
MIT is somewhat unusual in having a set of officially recognized living groups which are neither dormitories nor fraternities or sororities - these are known as Independent Living Groups. (Hence the acronym "FSILG" to describe Fraternities, Sororities, and Independent Living Groups.) ILGs operations are similar to a typical fraternity houses, but without the Greek affiliation and rituals, and in some cases with a philosophy based on the idea of a housing cooperativeCooperative
A cooperative is a business organization owned and operated by a group of individuals for their mutual benefit...
.
In the 2000s, the Inter-Fraternity Council decided to focus on male, Greek houses only, and the ILGs formed the independent student government organization, the Living Group Council. All FSILGs alumni corporations (usually the legal entity which owns the physical house, distinct from the mainly undergraduate student government entities which govern each house) are still members of the Association of Independent Living Groups.
The term "Independent Living Group" is sometimes used to refer to all FSILGs, because they are all independent of MIT.
Epsilon Theta
Epsilon Theta is a co-ed local fraternity located in Brookline, MassachusettsBrookline, Massachusetts
Brookline is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States, which borders on the cities of Boston and Newton. As of the 2010 census, the population of the town was 58,732.-Etymology:...
. (It is listed as an ILG because it is a member of the Living Group Council.) It is one of two local co-ed fraternal living groups, along with No. 6.
ET was originally the Epsilon Theta chapter of the national Sigma Nu
Sigma Nu
Sigma Nu is an undergraduate, college fraternity with chapters in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Sigma Nu was founded in 1869 by three cadets at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia...
fraternity. It split from the national in the 1970s, not long after it became co-ed. It is not affiliated with the present-day MIT chapter of Sigma Nu, which was formed in the 1990s.
Epsilon Theta's webpage
Fenway House
Fenway House is a co-ed cooperative living group located on The FenwayThe Fenway
Fenway, commonly referred to as The Fenway, is a mostly one-way, one- to three-lane parkway that runs along the southern and eastern edges of the Back Bay Fens in the Fenway-Kenmore neighborhood of Boston...
in Boston. It houses about 20 men and women from a diverse background and with diverse interests in sciences, engineering, and the arts. Fenbeings value openness and compromise, which creates a very tight-knit community. Visit the Fenway House website.
pika
pika is a co-ed cooperative located in CambridgeportCambridgeport
Cambridgeport is one of the neighborhoods of Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is bounded by Massachusetts Avenue, the Charles River, the Grand Junction Railroad, and River Street. The neighborhood contains predominantly residential homes, many of the triple decker style common in New England...
, a neighborhood of Cambridge. It was founded in 1970 as a chapter of the national all-male Pi Kappa Alpha
Pi Kappa Alpha
Pi Kappa Alpha is a Greek social fraternity with over 230 chapters and colonies and over 250,000 lifetime initiates in the United States and Canada.-History:...
fraternity, but split in the early 1980s after growing differences with the national over the house's co-ed status. MIT assisted in this process by assuming the mortgage of the house from the national fraternity.
"pika", when referring to the ILG, is always written with a lowercase p. It is unrelated to the animal known as the pika
Pika
The pika is a small mammal, with short limbs, rounded ears, and short tail. The name pika is used for any member of the Ochotonidae, a family within the order of lagomorphs, which also includes the Leporidae . One genus, Ochotona, is recognised within the family, and it includes 30 species...
.
pika's website
Student House
Student House is a co-ed ILG located near Kenmore SquareKenmore Square
Kenmore Square is a square in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, consisting of the intersection of several main avenues as well as several other cross streets, and Kenmore Station, an MBTA subway stop. Kenmore Square is close to or abuts Boston University, Fenway Park, and Lansdowne Street, a...
in Boston. Part of its mission is to make MIT housing affordable to low-income students, and as a result has access to special funding resources.
WILG
The Women's Independent Living Group is an all-female ILG located between MIT and Central Square, Cambridge. It was founded in 1976.Non-residential fraternities
The MIT chapter of Alpha Phi AlphaAlpha Phi Alpha
Alpha Phi Alpha is the first Inter-Collegiate Black Greek Letter fraternity. It was founded on December 4, 1906 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Its founders are known as the "Seven Jewels". Alpha Phi Alpha developed a model that was used by the many Black Greek Letter Organizations ...
(an all-male, traditionally black national fraternity) is non-residential service fraternity.
Alpha Phi Omega
Alpha Phi Omega
Alpha Phi Omega is the largest collegiate fraternity in the United States, with chapters at over 350 campuses, an active membership of approximately 17,000 students, and over 350,000 alumni members...
is a co-ed service fraternity.
Alpha Kappa Psi
Alpha Kappa Psi
ΑΚΨ is the oldest and largest professional business fraternity. The Alpha Kappa Psi Fraternity was founded on October 5, 1904 at New York University, and was incorporated on May 20, 1905...
, a co-ed professional business fraternity, is also colonizing on campus in fall 2010.
The Phi Beta Kappa Society
Phi Beta Kappa Society
The Phi Beta Kappa Society is an academic honor society. Its mission is to "celebrate and advocate excellence in the liberal arts and sciences"; and induct "the most outstanding students of arts and sciences at America’s leading colleges and universities." Founded at The College of William and...
is a Greek-letter honor society.