Alpha Kappa Pi (fraternity)

Alpha Kappa Pi (ΑΚΠ) was a Social Fraternity founded on Jan. 1, 1921 at Newark College of Engineering (now New Jersey Institute of Technology). It established its Beta chapter in 1926 at Wagner College (in New York). On September 6, 1946, it merged with Alpha Sigma Phi (ΑΣΦ).

Colors: Dartmouth green (i.e., dark green) and white

Flower: Yellow tea rose

Magazine: The Alpha[1]

Badge: 7-pointed gold star with black enamel; on the enamel, crossed swords and the Greek letters.[1]

Total membership as of 1940: 3,105.[1]

Chapters

Chapters as of the 1940 edition of Baird's with current school names :[1]

ΑΚΠ Greek Name	University	ΑΚΠ Chartering Date	ΑΣΦ Greek name	Notes
Alpha	New Jersey Institute of Technology	January 1, 1921	Alpha Rho
Beta	Wagner College	November 15, 1926	Alpha Sigma
Gamma	Stevens Institute of Technology	June 24, 1926	Alpha Tau
Delta	Polytechnic Institute	November 19, 1926	Alpha Upsilon
Epsilon	Ellsworth College	January 1, 1927	Alpha Phi
Zeta	Coe College	January 7, 1928	Alpha Chi
Eta	Presbyterian College	May 12, 1928	Alpha Psi
Theta	Columbia University	June 1, 1928		Merged with ΑΣΦ Lambda
Iota	Mount Union College	May 4, 1929	Beta Alpha
Kappa	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	May 4, 1929	Beta Beta
Lambda	Bethany College	June 1, 1929	Beta Gamma
Mu	Marshall University	December 14, 1929	Beta Delta
Nu	Lehigh University	January 31, 1930	Beta Epsilon
Xi	North Carolina State University	May 26, 1930	Beta Zeta
Omicron	Pennsylvania State University	June 30, 1930		Merged with ΑΣΦ Upsilon
Pi	University of New Hampshire	January 31, 1931	Beta Eta
Rho	Rutgers University	March 28, 1931	Beta Theta
Sigma	University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign	May 29, 1930 and May 30, 1930		Merged with ΑΣΦ Eta
Tau	Tufts University	May 30, 1931	Beta Iota
Upsilon	Centre College (KY)	February 11, 1932	Beta Kappa
Phi	St. John's College (MD)	February 3, 1932	Beta Lambda
Chi	Wake Forest University	May 18, 1932	Beta Mu
Psi	West Virginia Wesleyan College	April 22, 1933	Beta Nu
Alpha Alpha	Hartwick College	May 4, 1935	Beta Xi
Alpha Beta	Trine University	November 8, 1935	Beta Omicron
Alpha Gamma	Franklin & Marshall College	September 11, 1936	Beta Pi
Alpha Delta	University of Toledo	March 13, 1937	Beta Rho
Alpha Epsilon	University of Cincinnati	June 12, 1937	Beta Sigma
Alpha Zeta	Wayne State University	February 12, 1938	Beta Tau
Alpha Eta	Milton College	April 20, 1940	Beta Upsilon
Alpha Theta	Wofford College	May 18, 1940	Beta Phi
Alpha Iota	American University	May 28, 1940	Beta Chi
Alpha Kappa	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	November 16, 1940	Beta Psi
Alpha Lambda	Ohio Northern University	January 17, 1942	Gamma Alpha
Alpha Mu	Carthage College	April 18, 1942	Gamma Beta
Alpha Nu	University of Connecticut	February 20, 1943	Gamma Gamma

References

1. William Raimond Baird (1940). Manual of American College Fraternities. G. Banta Publishing Company. p. 71.

External links

• Archives of The Alpha