List of Phi Iota Alpha chapters

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Chapters of Phi Iota Alpha

This is the list of chapters and colonies of Phi Iota Alpha, the oldest intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for men of Latino descent. Entities are divided into chapters, colonies, and inactive chapters. The organization was founded on the campus of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1931 and was re-established in the spring semester of 1984 after the fraternity witnessed a 6 academic years of inactivity. Over the years, members of Phi Iota Alpha's entities include many professionals men of diverse occupations (including several former presidents of Latin American countries).

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Lettered Chapters

Lettered Chapter Collegiate InstitutionActive
Alpha Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Yes
Beta Stony Brook University No
Gamma State University of New York at New Paltz No
Delta State University of New York at Albany Yes
Epsilon Binghamton University No
Zeta Hofstra University No
Eta Union College / Siena College Yes
Theta State University of New York College at Old Westbury Unrecognized
Iota State University of New York at Oswego No
Kappa Syracuse University Yes
Lambda State University of New York at Buffalo / Buffalo State College Yes
Mu Columbia University Yes
Nu Boston College / Boston University / Northeastern University No
Xi Harvard University No
Omicron New York University No
Pi Rochester Institute of Technology / University of Rochester No
Rho Marist College No
Sigma City University of New York No
Tau Baylor University No
Upsilon University of Miami No
Phi Michigan State University Yes
Chi University of Dayton / University of Illinois at Chicago No
Psi Long Island University C.W. Post Campus Unrecognized
OmegaReserved for Deceased Brothers
Alpha Alpha Louisiana State University No
Alpha Beta University of Maryland, College Park No
Alpha Gamma St. John's University (New York) No
Alpha Delta State University of New York at Plattsburgh No
Alpha Epsilon California State University, Dominguez Hills Yes
Alpha Zeta St. Thomas Aquinas College No
Alpha Eta University of Texas at San Antonio No
Alpha Theta University of California, Santa Cruz No
Alpha Iota University of Massachusetts Amherst No
Alpha Kappa Villanova University No
Alpha Lambda University of Arkansas Yes
Alpha Mu Florida State University Yes
Alpha Nu University of North Texas Yes
Alpha Xi University of Texas at Austin No
Alpha Omicron Texas State University No
Alpha Pi Armstrong State University No
Alpha Rho Rutgers University New Brunswick No
Alpha Sigma Georgia Southern University No
Alpha Tau University of California Santa Barbara Yes
Alpha Upsilon Lamar University No
Alpha Phi Queens College, City University of New York No
Alpha Chi Lewis University Yes
Alpha Psi Rutgers–Newark/New Jersey Institute of Technology No
Alpha Omega Aurora University Yes
Beta Alpha Utica College Yes
Beta Beta California State University, Long Beach Unrecognized
Beta Gamma Florida International University No
Beta Delta Texas A&M University–Commerce Yes
Beta Epsilon Texas A&M University Yes
Beta Zeta Denison University Yes
Beta Eta Grand Valley State University Yes
Beta Theta University of California, San Diego Yes
Beta Iota University of South Carolina Yes
Beta Kappa Georgetown University No
Beta Lambda University of Texas, Pan-American No
Beta Mu Texas Tech University No
Beta Nu Western Michigan University Yes
Beta Xi University of Kansas Yes
Beta Omicron Southern Illinois University Carbondale No
Beta Pi San Francisco State University No
Beta Rho University of New Mexico Yes
Beta Sigma Kennesaw State University Yes
Beta Tau University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Yes
Beta Upsilon University of Michigan Yes
Beta Phi Northeastern Illinois University Yes
Beta Chi George Mason University Yes
Beta Psi University of Oklahoma Yes

Colonies

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Inactive Chapters

Collegiate Institution Establishment YearFounding OrganizationCountry
University of Geneva 1913 Sigma Iota Switzerland
Auburn University (formerly Alabama Polytechnic Institute)1913 Sigma Iota United States
Atlanta Medical School1914 Sigma Iota United States
University of Guatemala 1914 Sigma Iota Guatemala
University of Liège 1914 Sigma Iota Belgium
University of Louvain 1914 Sigma Iota Belgium
University of Pennsylvania [2] 1915 Sigma Iota United States
University of California, Berkeley 1919 Phi Lambda Alpha United States
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1921 Phi Lambda Alpha United States
Tulane University 1924 Sigma Iota United States
Loyola University, New Orleans 1927 Sigma Iota United States
Colorado School of Mines 1927 Phi Lambda Alpha United States
University of Iowa 1928 Sigma Iota United States
Iowa State University 1928 Sigma Iota United States
University of Florida 1928 Sigma Iota United States
Cornell University 1929 Phi Lambda Alpha United States
Tri-State University 1931 Phi Lambda Alpha United States
University of Detroit, Mercy 1932 Phi Iota Alpha United States
University of Southern California 1938 Phi Iota Alpha United States
Indiana Institute of Technology 1954 Phi Iota Alpha United States

Notes

  1. "Chapters".
  2. Nitzsche, George E. (1918). University of Pennsylvania : its history, traditions, buildings and memorials : also a brief guide to Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: International Printing Company. p.  242. OCLC 65488397.

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