Delta Kappa Epsilon (ΔΚΕ),commonly known as DKE or Deke,is one of the oldest fraternities in the United States,with fifty-six active chapters and five active colonies across North America. It was founded at Yale College in 1844 by fifteen sophomores who were discontent with the existing fraternity order on campus. The men established a fellowship where the candidate most favored was he who combined in the most equal proportions the Gentleman,the Scholar and the Jolly Good Fellow.
Theta Tau (ΘΤ) is a professional engineering fraternity. The fraternity has programs to promote the social,academic,and professional development of its members. Theta Tau is the oldest and largest professional engineering fraternity and has a membership of more than 50,000 men and women who study engineering in all its various branches on over 100 college campuses.
Phi Sigma Kappa (ΦΣΚ),colloquially known as Phi Sig or PSK,is a men's social and academic fraternity with approximately 74 active chapters and provisional chapters in North America. Most of its first two dozen chapters were granted to schools in New England and Pennsylvania;therefore its early development was strongly Eastern in character,eventually operating chapters at six of the eight Ivy League schools as well as more egalitarian state schools. It later expanded to the South and West.
Tau Epsilon Phi (ΤΕΦ),commonly known as TEP or Tau Ep,is an American collegiate social fraternity that was founded at Columbia University in 1910. Currently,the fraternity charters 30 active chapters and eleven alumni associations,chiefly located at universities and colleges on the East Coast. Its national headquarters is located in Troy,New York. Although originally a Jewish fraternity,TEP opened to non-Jewish members in the 1960s.
Theta Kappa Nu (ΘΚΝ) Fraternity was an American national collegiate fraternity founded in 1924 by delegates from eleven local fraternities. It merged with Lambda Chi Alpha in 1939.
Phi Sigma Epsilon (ΦΣΕ) was a North American social fraternity that operated for 75 years until its merger with the Phi Sigma Kappa (ΦΣΚ) fraternity. In 1985,the majority of Phi Sigma Epsilon chapters participated in the merger. Phi Sigma Kappa incorporated many of the symbols of Phi Sigma Epsilon into its own,changing its crest,and expanding its Cardinal Principals,symbolism,rituals,and historical canon to embrace the milestones of Phi Sigma Epsilon's development. These changes were soon fully adopted by all chapters of the fraternity which retained the name Phi Sigma Kappa.
Phi Sigma Phi,(ΦΣΦ) is a national fraternity in the United States founded on July 30,1988 in South Bend,Indiana by chapters formerly of Phi Sigma Epsilon that declined to participate in that fraternity's merger into Phi Sigma Kappa. There are currently 5 active chapters of Phi Sigma Phi nationwide. The current National President is University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Alumn Joshua Finch.
Kappa Psi Kappa (ΚΨΚ) is a non-profit,non-collegiate,service/social fraternity for "progressive" men of all ethnic backgrounds,cultures and sexual orientations. The fraternity was established on August 17,2001,in Tallahassee,Florida. The fraternity has over 200 members in the United States. Kappa Psi Kappa celebrated its 10th anniversary on August 17,2011.
Sigma Theta Epsilon (ΣΘΕ) was an interdenominational national Christian fraternal organization whose last active chapter appears to have ceased operations in 2022. Its first name as an emerging national fraternity was Delta Sigma Theta in November 1941,but due to the threat of a lawsuit over that name by a sorority with prior use,in April 1949 the new name,Sigma Theta Epsilon Christian Fraternity,was chosen. Sigma Theta Epsilon traces its history from Phi Tau Theta (local)'s founding in April 7,1925 at Lincoln,Nebraska and Sigma Epsilon Theta (local)'s founding on October 8,1936 at Indiana University.
Tau Kappa Epsilon (ΤΚΕ),commonly known as ΤΚΕ or Teke,is a social college fraternity founded on January 10,1899,at Illinois Wesleyan University. The organization has chapters throughout the United States and Canada,making the Fraternity an international organization. Since its founding in 1899,Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity has never had an exclusionary or discriminatory clause to prevent individuals from joining and has instead admitted members based on their "personal worth and character". As of fall 2023,there are 221 active ΤΚΕchapters and colonies with over 298,000-lifetime members.
Brian Darrell Montgomery is an American government official who served as the United States Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2020 to 2021. Montgomery previously served as Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Housing and Federal Housing Commissioner from 2005 to 2009 and from 2018 to 2020. Montgomery is the only individual to serve as FHA Commissioner twice and under three U.S. Presidents.
The Phi Epsilon Pi (ΦΕΠ) fraternity,active between 1904 and 1970 with a predominantly Jewish membership,was founded in New York City and eventually opened at least 48 chapters on college campuses across the United States and one in Canada. After several mergers it consolidated into Zeta Beta Tau in 1970.
Ralph Chester Williams was an Assistant Surgeon General with the U.S. Public Health Service,with rank of rear admiral. He also served as the national president of Tau Kappa Epsilon and Theta Kappa Psi fraternities.
James C. Logan was a prominent Kansas City area attorney and a national president and expansion leader of Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity.
