Baird’s Manual or
AMERICAN COLLEGE
FRATERNITIES
Twentieth Edition
EDITED BY
Jack L. Anson
and
Robert F. Marchesani Jr.
BAIRD’S MANUAL FOUNDATION, INC.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA ° NINETEEN NINETY-ONE
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1983 Iota Zeta, New Mexico
1984 Iota Epsilon, Hartford
1984 Iota Eta, Nevada, Las Vegas
1984 Iota lota, Fairleigh Dickinson, Madison
1984 lota Theta, Georgia Tech
1985 Iota Kappa, Delta State
1985 lota Lambda, Southeast Missouri
1985 lota Mu, Central Missouri State
1987 Iota Pi, Dayton
1987 lota Rho, East Carolina
1987 Iota Sigma, Old Dominion
1988 Epsilon Nu, SUNY Col., Oneonta (1989)
1988 Iota Upsilon, Portland
1989 Epsilon Psi, Montclair
Colonies: Susquehanna, Lander, Christian Brothers
NPHC Member Sororities
ACTIVE PIN
ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA, the first Greek letter so-
rority among Negro college women, was founded at
Howard University, Washington, DC, on January
16, 1908. Ethel Hedgeman (Lyle), who originated
the idea and whose efforts were greatly assisted by
Miss Ethel Robinson, a member of the faculty, was
joined in the enterprise by Lillian Burke, Beulah
Burke, Margaret Flagg (Holmes), Marie Woolfolk
(Taylor), Lavinia Taylor, Anna Brown, Lucy Stowe,
and Margery Hill. Their avowed purpose for orga-
nizing was “‘to cultivate and encourage high scho-
lastic and ethical standards, improve the social
status of the race, promote unity and friendship
among college women, and keep alive within the
alumnae an interest in college life and progressive
movements emanating therefrom.” In 1930 the or-
ganization was incorporated under the laws of the
District of Columbia, at which time the original unit
became Alpha Chapter and a policy of expansion
began.
In 1946 the Boule approved a policy which pro-
vides that race, color, or creed shall not be included
in the qualifications of membership. A phase of the
organization’s activities is its study, purchase, and
maintenance of houses for undergraduates on cam-
puses where the need is found.
Government Government is vested in the con-
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vention which is held biennially and is known as
the boule; during the intervals between conventions
the Directorate (Board of Directors), composed of
seventeen national officers, administers the affairs
of the sorority. Chapters are grouped geographi-
cally into ten regions, including an international re-
gion, with a director in charge of each.
Traditions and Insignia The badge is shaped
like anivy leaf with a green enamel center bordered
with pearls and the letters AKA in gold, one letter
at each point of the leaf. In the center of the pin are
the letters Q and Y. The pledge pin is a small ivy
leaf of green enamel. A special pin of three small
ivy leaves enclosed in a circle of pearls with a letter
on each leaf is worn by the honorary members. The
colors are salmon pink and apple green, and the
flower is the tea rose.
Publications The official publication is a quar-
terly magazine, The Ivy Leaf. A Manual of Proce-
dures is also published. Newsletters from the
Supreme Basileus (International President) and the
Undergraduate Activities Committee are mailed pe-
riodically to all members.
Funds and Philanthropies In keeping with its
declared purpose Alpha Kappa Alpha has engaged
in a varied program of civic, social, and educational
service. Among these undertakings are the large
number of scholarships, varying in amounts from
$25 to $1,000 and more, awarded annually by chap-
ters to high school girls to make it possible for them
to continue their education. The National Body
awards $2,000 annually for undergraduate member
scholarships or for graduate member foreign fellow-
ships. A health program, sponsored by the National
Body, is promoted through each of its local chap-
ters to educate for and to encourage better stan-
dards of living, to increase service and health
facilities for all groups, and to cooperate with es-
tablished health agencies to bring the benefits of
their services more fully to every segment of the
population. This program is the outgrowth of the
volunteer Mississippi Health Project, which has
carried out by means of a mobile clinic in Holmes
County, Mississippi from 1935 to 1940. Another ac-
tivity is the American Council on Human Rights,
which is sponsored cooperatively with five other
Greek-letter organizations. As a result of global sen-
sitization, chapters across the country have
adopted African villages where they have sup-
ported the construction of wells, health clinics,
schools and other projects.
Headquarters 5656 South Stony Island Avenue,
Chicago, Illinois 60637
Membership Chapters in 46 states, West Africa,
the Bahamas, the Virgin Islands, Germany, South
Korea and Bermuda. Active chapters 330. Inactive
chapters 36. Total number of initiates 113,000.
Chapter roll:
Delta Nu, St. Thomas
Omicron Chi, Rhodes
Omicron Phi, North Carolina, Wilmington
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Omicron Rho, East Tennessee
Omicron Sigma, Lynchburg
Omicron Tau, Texas, San Antonio
Omicron Upsilon, SUNY, Stony Brook
Zeta Chi, Jarvis Christian (1971)
Alpha, Howard
Gamma, Illinois
Delta, Kansas
Epsilon, Tufts
Zeta, Wilberforce
Iota, Pitt
Kappa, IUPUI
Omicron, Cincinnati
Pi, Meharry Medical (1927)
Theta, Ohio State
Eta, St. Paul, Minnesota (1964)
Mu, Temple (1945)
Nu, West Virginia
Rho, Cal, Berkeley
Tau, Indiana
Upsilon, Washburn (1978)
Xi, Detroit (1947)
Chi, Talladega
Phi, Wiley
Alpha Beta, Fort Valley (1933)
Alpha Delta, Morgan State
Alpha Gamma, UCLA
Omega, Cleveland
Psi, Penn (1947)
Alpha Epsilon, Virginia State, Norfolk
Alpha Zeta, Rhode Island, Brown (1939)
Alpha Eta, Virginia Union
Alpha Theta, Nebraska (1951)
Pi, Fisk
Alpha Iota, Lincoln (MO)
Alpha Lambda, Toledo
Alpha Mu, Sam Houston (1955)
Alpha Nu, Michigan State (1959)
Alpha Pi, Clark
Alpha Rho, Wichita (1951)
Alpha Xi, Livingstone
Alpha Chi, North Carolina
Alpha Omicron, San Francisco State (1951)
Alpha Phi, North Carolina A & T
Alpha Psi, Tennessee State
Alpha Tau, Dayton (1939)
Alpha Upsilon, Pitt (1952)
Beta Alpha, Florida A & M
Beta Beta, Akron (1962)
Beta Epsilon, Louisville
Beta Eta, Michigan
Beta Gamma, Des Moines, Iowa (1974)
Beta Zeta, Kentucky State
Alpha Beta, Kansas State (1941)
Beta Iota, Portsmouth, Ohio (1951)
Beta Kappa, San Diego U (1953)
Beta Lambda, D. C. Teachers
Beta Mu, Wayne State (MI)
Beta Nu, Kansas State (1986)
Beta Xi, Cornell (1952)
Beta Omicron, Bluefield
Beta Phi, Xavier (OH) (1968)
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Beta Pi, Alabama State
Beta Rho, Shaw
Beta Sigma, South Carolina State
Beta Tau, LeMoyne-Owen
Beta Upsilon, Dillard
Alpha Tau, Tyler Junior
Alpha Zeta, Langston
Beta Chi, Lane
Beta Psi, Southern
Gamma Alpha, Philander Smith
Alpha Beta, Fort Valley
Gamma Gamma, Morris Brown
Gamma Delta, Johnson C. Smith
Gamma Eta, Knoxville
Gamma Theta, Hampton Inst.
Mu, Allen
Psi, Benedict
Xi, Eastern Michigan
Gamma Kappa, Tuskegee
Gamma Zeta, Seton Hall
Gamma Lambda, Winston-Salem
Gamma Mu, Alabama A & M
Gamma Nu, Claflin
Gamma Omicron, Tougaloo
Gamma Pi, Iowa State (1970)
Gamma Rho, Jackson (MS)
Gamma Sigma, Albany State
Gamma Tau, Bethune-Cookman
Gamma Upsilon, Savannah
Gamma Xi, St. Augustine’s
Gamma Chi, Dayton (1968)
Gamma Phi, Alcorn
Gamma Psi, Texas Southern
Alpha Omicron, Maryland, Eastern Shore
Alpha Rho, Arkansas
Alpha Theta, Grambling
Beta Iota, Evansville (1969)
Alpha Upsilon, St. Paul’s
Beta Xi, Central State (OH)
Delta Alpha, Fayetteville
Delta Beta, Southern Illinois
Beta Kappa, Huston-Tillotson
Beta Kappa, Huston-Tillotson
Delta Delta, Youngstown State
Delta Epsilon, Detroit (1962)
Delta Gamma, Penn State
Delta Eta, Florida Institute (1954)
Delta Eta, Florida Memorial
Delta Iota, Cheyney State
Delta Theta, North Carolina Teachers
Delta Zeta, Michigan State
Delta Kappa, Bishop
Delta Lambda, Delaware State
Delta Mu, Temple
Alpha Nu, Cal State, Fresno
Delta Xi, Texas
Delta Omicron, Northern Illinois
Delta Pi, Akron
Beta Beta, Oklahoma
Delta Epsilon, Norfolk
Delta Sigma, Stillman
Delta Phi, Ohio
Delta Tau, Missouri
Delta Chi, Western Michigan
Delta Psi, Barber-Scotia
Epsilon Alpha, Wichita
Epsilon Beta, Southwestern Louisiana
Beta Phi, Ball State
Epsilon Delta, Wisconsin, Madison
Epsilon Epsilon, Memphis State
Epsilon Eta, Bradley
Epsilon Gamma, Kent
Epsilon Zeta, Western Kentucky
Gamma Chi, Northwestern
Beta Iota, Northern Michigan (1982)
Epsilon Iota, Southern [linois
Epsilon Kappa, Coppin
Epsilon Lambda, Houston
Epsilon Mu, North Texas
Epsilon Nu, Lincoln (PA)
Epsilon Omicron, Stetson (1982)
Epsilon Pi, Mississippi Valley
Epsilon Rho, Purdue
Epsilon Theta, lowa Wesleyan
Epsilon Xi, Indiana State
Eta, Bowie
Epsilon Phi, Arkansas
Epsilon Psi, Edinboro
Epsilon Sigma, East Texas
Epsilon Tau, Xavier (OH)
Epsilon Upsilon, South Alabama
Gamma Pi, Miles
Zeta Alpha, Arizona State
Zeta Beta, Lamar
Zeta Delta, Tennessee
Zeta Gamma, Prairie View
Zeta Epsilon, Ferris
Zeta Eta, Paine
Zeta Iota, Western Illinois
Zeta Kappa, Tennessee, Chattanooga
Zeta Lambda, Tennessee, Martin
Zeta Mu, Texas, Arlington
Zeta Nu, Eastern Kentucky
Zeta Omicron, Florida State
Zeta Phi, Indiana
Zeta Pi, McNeese
Zeta Rho, Central Michigan
Zeta Sigma, Trenton
Zeta Tau, Texas Tech
Zeta Theta, Southern
Zeta Upsilon, South Florida
Zeta Xi, Bennett
Zeta Zeta, Murray State
Eta Alpha, Illinois State
Eta Beta, Vanderbilt
Eta Delta, Texds, El Paso
Eta Epsilon, Stephen F. Austin
Eta.Eta, L.S.U.
Eta Gamma, Eastern Illinois
Eta Iota, Columbus
Eta Kappa, L.S.U.
Eta Lambda, Cal State, Sacramento
Eta Mu, Georgia
Eta Theta, Loyola, New Orleans
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Eta Zeta, Marshall
Zeta Psi, San Jose
Eta Chi, Northwestern Louisiana
Eta Nu, Voorhees
Eta Omicron, West Virginia
Eta Phi, Texas A & I
Eta Pi, East Central State (1984)
Eta Psi, Middle Tennessee
Eta Rho, Morehead
Eta Tau, Drake
Eta Upsilon, Arkansas
Eta Xi, Georgia
Theta Alpha, East Carolina
Theta Beta, Oklahoma
Theta Delta, Southwest Texas
Theta Epsilon, Sam Houston
Theta Eta, Henderson
Theta Gamma, South Carolina
Theta Iota, West Chester
Theta Kappa, Virginia
Theta Lambda, Louisiana Tech
Theta Theta, Paul Quinn
Theta Zeta, Northeast Louisiana
Beta Gamma, West Florida
Iota Alpha, Brown
Iota Beta, USC
Iota Delta, Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Iota Epsilon, National Col. Of Ed. (1982)
Iota Eta, Mercer
Iota Gamma, Northeastern
Iota Theta, GMI (1984)
Iota Zeta, Southern Arkansas
Theta Chi, Radford
Theta Mu, Arkansas
Theta Nu, Maryland
Theta Omicron, Eureka
Theta Phi, V.P.I.
Theta Pi, North Carolina
Theta Psi, Mississippi
Theta Rho, Virginia Commonwealth
Theta Sigma, Alabama
Theta Tau, Detroit
Theta Upsilon, Rust
Theta Xi, Tulsa (1986)
Iota Chi, Millersville (1984)
lota Iota, Bowling Green
Iota Kappa, Southern Mississippi
Iota Lambda, Florida
Iota Mu, Duke
Iota Nu, Miami (FL)
Iota Omicron, Charleston (SC)
Iota Phi, Alabama, Birmingham
Iota Pi, Baptist, Charleston (1986)
Iota Psi, Rutgers
Iota Rho, Utica
Iota Sigma, Kentucky
Iota Tau, Arizona
Iota Upsilon, Syracuse
Iota Xi, Francis Marion
Kappa Alpha, Western Carolina
Kappa Beta, California (PA)
Kappa Delta, C. W. Post
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NPHC MEMBER SORORITIES
Kappa Epsilon, Adelphi
Kappa Gamma, Old Dominion
Kappa Chi, Auburn
Kappa Eta, Georgia
Kappa lota, Arkansas
Kappa Kappa, North Carolina, Charlotte
Kappa Lambda, Texas Christian
Kappa Mu, Southern Methodist
Kappa Nu, Texas Woman’s
Kappa Omicron, North Carolina
Kappa Phi, Hofstra
Kappa Pi, Kansas
Kappa Psi, Oklahoma
Kappa Rho, Austin Peay
Kappa Sigma, Washington (WA)
Kappa Tau, West Georgia
Kappa Theta, Cal, Riverside
Kappa Upsilon, Valdosta
Kappa Xi, Nevada, Las Vegas
Kappa Zeta, Clarion
Lambda Alpha, Cal State, Long Beach
Lambda Beta, Towson
Lambda Delta, Longwood
Lambda Epsilon, Frostburg
Lambda Eta, Mississippi
Lambda Gamma, Delaware
Lambda Iota, Millsaps
Lambda Kappa, Georgia Southern
Lambda Lambda, Lander
Lambda Mu, Miami (OH)
Lambda Nu, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
Lambda Omicron, Southeastern Louisiana
Lambda Phi, Maryland, Baltimore County
Lambda Pi, Jacksonville
Lambda Rho, Glassboro
Lambda Sigma Society, Cal, Irvine
Lambda Tau, Connecticut
Lambda Theta, Clemson
Lambda Upsilon, M.I.T.
Lambda Xi, Wisconsin, Madison
Lambda Zeta, American
Lambda Chi, Madison Col
Lambda Psi, Lewis
Mu Alpha, Troy
Mu Beta, Marquette
Mu Delta, George Washington
Mu Epsilon, Christian Brothers
Mu Eta, Livingston
Mu Gamma, Delta State
Mu Kappa, Cal, Davis
Mu Lambda, South Carolina, Aiken
Mu Mu, Montevallo
Mu Nu, Pacific (CA)
Mu Omicron, Slippery Rock
Mu Pi, Spelman
Mu Theta, North Florida
Mu Xi, Winthrop
Mu Zeta, Augusta
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Mu Sigma, Emporia
Mu Tau, Northeast Missouri
Mu Upsilon, Cornell
Nu Alpha, Emory
Nu Beta, Georgia Tech
Nu Delta, Birmingham-Southern
Nu Gamma, Morris
Nu Epsilon, Christopher Newport
Nu Eta, Rider
Nu Iota, Edward Waters
Nu Kappa, Fairleigh Dickinson, Teaneck
Nu Omicron, North Alabama
Nu Pi, West Virginia Tech
Nu Rho, North Carolina
Nu Theta, Grand Valley
Nu Xi, Auburn
Nu Zeta, Georgia Southwestern
Nu Chi, William and Mary
Nu Phi, Oakland
Nu Psi, SUNY, Albany
Nu Sigma, Southeast Missouri
Nu Upsilon, Capital
Xi Alpha, Tennessee Tech
Xi Beta, Stanford
Xi Delta, Missouri
Xi Epsilon, Kendall
Xi Gamma, Atlantic Christian
Xi Eta, Colorado
Xi Iota, Cameron
Xi Kappa, Chicago
Xi Theta, SUNY Col., Brockport
Xi Zeta, Illinois Wesleyan
Xi Lambda, Dartmouth
Xi Mu, SUNY Col., New Paltz
Xi Xi, Lehman
Xi Omicron, Greater New Haven
Xi Phi, Michigan
Xi Pi, Cal, Oakland
Xi Rho, SUNY, Binghamton
Xi Sigma, SUNY Col., Buffalo
Xi Tau, Johns Hopkins
Xi Upsilon, Cal, Torrance
Omicron Alpha, Aurora
Xi Psi, Texas A & M
Omicron Gamma, Houston
Omicron Delta, Jacksonville
Omicron Epsilon, Elon
Omicron Iota, George Mason
Omicron Kappa, Appalachian
Omicron Theta, Marymount Manhattan
Omicron Zeta, Alabama, Huntsville
Omicron Lambda, Pembroke
Omicron Mu, Samford
Omicron Nu, Princeton
Omicron Omicron, Lambuth
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