Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, Lambda Chi Alpha is one of the largest men's general fraternities in North America with more than 250,000 initiated members and chapters (called Zetas) at more than 300 universities. It was founded by Warren A. Cole, while a student at Boston University, on November 2, 1909.

It was the first fraternity to eliminate pledging and remains a leader in the fight against hazing, alcohol abuse, and other challenges facing today's college students.

Lambda Chi Alpha serves to complement higher education by providing opportunities for academic achievement, leadership development, and lifelong friendships.

Contact Information

Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity 8741 Founders Road Indianapolis, IN 46268 (317) 872-8000

Notable alumni

• Harry Blackmun, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice
• Pappy Boyington, U.S. Marine Corps World War II fighter ace
• Larry Brown, NBA basketball coach
• Kenny Chesney, Country musician
• Max Cleland, United States Senator from Georgia
• William T. Dillard, Founder of Dillard's department stores
• Jimmy Doolittle, World War II air hero
• Wendell H. Ford, U.S. Senator from Kentucky
• Chester Gould, Creator of Dick Tracy
• Paul Harvey, American radio broadcaster
• R. Dean Heibert, Partner New Age Technologies
• Hank Iba, Olympic and college basketball coach
• Ferguson Jenkins, Baseball player
• Michael Johns, Health care executive and former Presidential speechwriter
• Murray D. Lincoln, Founder of Nationwide Insurance and CARE
• Rick Pitino, NBA and NCAA basketball coach
• William F. Rasmussen, Founder of ESPN
• B. F. Skinner, World-renowned psychologist
• Oliver R. Smoot, Former ANSI/ISO head. MIT alumni, notable for the Smoot.
• John Tesh, Actor and musician
• Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States
• Robert Urich, Actor
• Billy Williams, Baseball player

External link

• Lambda Chi Alpha International Fraternity, official home page
• General Assembly Resolutions of Lambda Chi Alpha
• Famous Lambda Chi Alpha members.

Creed

The Creed of Lambda Chi Alpha

We believe in Lambda Chi Alpha, and its traditions, principles and ideals. The crescent is our symbol; pure, high ever growing, and the cross is our guide; denoting service, sacrifice, and even suffering and humiliation before the world, bravely endured if need be, in following that ideal.

May we have faith in Lambda Chi Alpha and passion for its welfare. May we have hope for the future of Lambda Chi Alpha and strength to fight for its teachings. May we have pure hearts, that we may approach the ideal of perfect brotherly love.

Chapters

• Adams State (CO), Phi-Nu
• Akron (OH), Gamma-Alpha
• Alabama (AL), Alpha-Phi
• Alabama - Birmingham (AL), Sigma-Chi
• Alaska - Anchorage (AK), Colony331
• Alberta (AB), Epsilon-Rho
• Albertson - Idaho (ID), Kappa-Psi
• Alfred (NY), Kappa-Sigma - DEFUNCT AS OF 2002
• Angelo State (TX), Beta-Alpha
• Appalachian State (NC), Sigma-Upsilon
• Arizona (AZ), Zeta-Beta
• Arizona State (AZ), Zeta-Psi
• Arkansas (AR), Gamma-Chi
• Arkansas State (AR), Iota-Theta
• Arkansas Tech (AR), Phi-Zeta
• Auburn (AL), Omega
• Auburn - Montgomery (AL), Phi-Kappa
• Austin Peay State (TN), Colony281
• Baker (KS), Theta-Beta
• Baldwin-Wallace (OH), Kappa-Phi
• Ball State (IN), Iota-Alpha
• Baylor (TX), Sigma-Psi
• Birmingham Southern (AL), Theta-Mu
• Bloomsburg (PA), Beta-Xi
• Boston (MA), Alpha
• Bowling Green State (OH), Phi-Mu
• Bradley (IL), Kappa-Upsilon
• British Columbia (BC), Zeta-Xi
• Brown (RI), Iota
• Bucknell (PA), Delta
• Butler (IN), Alpha-Alpha
• Calgary (AB), Colony278
• California - Berkeley (CA), Mu
• California - Davis (CA), Colony261
• California - Los Angeles (CA), Epsilon-Sigma
• California - Riverside (CA), Delta-Nu
• California - Santa Barbara (CA), Zeta-Eta
• California Polytechnic (CA), Phi-Sigma
• California State - Chico (CA), Phi-Chi
• California State - Fresno (CA), Iota-Gamma
• California State - Fullerton (CA), Phi-Epsilon
• California State - Los Angeles (CA), Lambda-Rho
• California State - Northridge (CA), Beta-Rho
• California State - Sacramento (CA), Phi-Pi
• Carnegie Mellon (PA), Epsilon-Lambda
• Case Western Reserve (OH), Alpha-Nu
• Catholic (DC), Colony252
• Centenary - Louisiana (LA), Theta-Rho
• Central Florida (FL), Beta-Eta
• Central Michigan (MI), Lambda-Omega
• Central Missouri State (MO), Lambda-Pi
• Chicago (IL), Gamma-Lambda
• Cincinnati (OH), Gamma-Gamma
• Clark (MA), Theta-Theta
• Clemson (SC), Delta-Omicron
• Coe (IA), Zeta-Alpha
• Colby (ME), Alpha-Rho
• Colgate (NY), Alpha-Zeta
• Colorado - Boulder (CO), Gamma-Mu
• Colorado College (CO), Epsilon-Tau
• Colorado State (CO), Gamma-Pi
• Colorado State - Pueblo (CO), Delta-Omega
• Connecticut (CT), Zeta-Lambda
• Cornell (NY), Omicron
• Culver-Stockton (MO), Kappa-Mu
• Cumberland (TN), Alpha-Sigma
• Dallas Baptist (TX), Sigma-Pi
• Dartmouth (NH), Theta
• Dayton (OH), Sigma-Eta
• Delaware (DE), Lambda-Beta
• Denison (OH), Gamma-Iota
• Denver (CO), Alpha-Pi
• Depauw (IN), Xi
• Drexel (PA), Epsilon-Kappa
• Drury(MO), Theta-Sigma
• Duke (NC), Gamma-Theta
• East Carolina (NC), Iota-Upsilon
• East Tennessee State (TN), Iota-Omicron
• Eastern Illinois (IL), Phi-Alpha
• Eastern Kentucky (KY), Phi-Beta
• Eastern Michigan (MI), Sigma-Kappa
• Eastern Washington (WA), Lambda-Omicron
• Edinboro (PA), Beta-Delta
• Elmhurst (IL), Pi-Zeta
• Elon (NC), Delta-Pi
• Embry-Riddle (FL), Sigma-Phi
• Emory (GA), Epsilon-Beta
• Eureka (IL), Theta-Chi
• Evansville(IN), Iota-Mu
• Ferris State (MI), Iota-Psi
• Florida (FL), Epsilon-Mu
• Florida Atlantic (FL), Beta-Phi
• Florida International (FL), Colony330
• Florida Southern (FL), Epsilon-Xi
• Florida State (FL), Zeta-Rho
• Florida Tech (FL), Beta-Nu
• Franklin (IN), Kappa-Gamma
• Franklin & Marshall (PA), Alpha-Theta
• George Washington (DC), Delta-Xi
• Georgetown (KY), Kappa-Omega
• Georgia (GA), Nu
• Georgia Southwestern State (GA), Sigma-Sigma
• Georgia State (GA), Delta-Epsilon
• Georgia Tech (GA), Beta-Kappa
• Gettysburg (PA), Theta-Pi
• Glenville State (WV), Beta-Beta
• Grand Valley State (MI), Delta-Theta
• Hamilton (NY), Gamma-Eta
• Hampden-Sydney (VA), Kappa-Eta
• Hanover (IN), Theta-Zeta
• Harvard (MA), Alpha-Epsilon
• High Point (NC), Iota-Phi
• Houston (TX), Iota-Tau
• Idaho (ID), Epsilon-Gamma
• Illinois (IL), Chi
• Illinois State (IL), Beta-Omicron
• Incarnate Word (TX), Colony285
• Indiana (IN), Alpha-Omicron
• Indiana State (IN), Iota-Epsilon
• Indiana-Pennsylvania (PA), Beta-Gamma
• Iowa (IA), Colony070
• Iowa State (IA), Alpha-Tau
• Iowa Wesleyan (IA), Theta-Iota
• Jacksonville (FL), Delta-Upsilon
• James Madison (VA), Phi-Eta
• Kansas (KS), Zeta-Iota
• Kansas State (KS), Gamma-Xi
• Kent State (OH), Pi-Gamma
• Kentucky (KY), Epsilon-Phi
• Kettering - A (MI), Lambda-Epsilon
• Kettering - B (MI), Lambda-Epsilon
• Knox (IL), Kappa
• Kutztown (PA), Sigma-Gamma
• La Salle (PA), Colony257
• Lamar (TX), Beta-Sigma
• Lehigh (PA), Gamma-Psi
• Lock Haven (PA), Lambda-Gamma
• Louisiana - Lafayette (LA), Iota-Omega
• Louisiana State (LA), Upsilon
• Louisiana Tech (LA), Theta-Psi
• Louisville (KY), Zeta-Sigma
• Loyola Marymount (CA), Delta-Psi
• Lycoming (PA), Iota-Beta
• Maine (ME), Beta
• Mansfield (PA), Beta-Omega
• Marietta (OH), Kappa-Alpha
• Marshall (WV), Zeta-Zeta
• Maryland - College Park (MD), Epsilon-Pi
• Maryland Baltimore County (MD), Phi-Delta
• Massachusetts (MA), Gamma
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MA), Lambda
• McGill (PQ), Iota-Iota
• McNeese State (LA), Colony239
• Memphis (TN), Zeta-Theta
• Mercer (GA), Zeta-Omega
• Methodist (NC), Sigma-Theta
• Miami (FL) (FL), Epsilon-Omega
• Miami (OH) (OH), Zeta-Upsilon
• Michigan (MI), Sigma
• Michigan State (MI), Gamma-Omicron
• Michigan Tech (MI), Phi-Phi
• Millersville (PA), Delta-Tau
• Millsaps (MS), Theta-Eta
• Minnesota - Twin Cities (MN), Gamma-Omega
• Minnesota State (MN), Lambda-Delta
• Mississippi State (MS), Epsilon-Chi
• Missouri - Columbia (MO), Gamma-Kappa
• Missouri - Kansas City (MO), Sigma-Rho
• Missouri - Rolla (MO), Alpha-Delta
• Missouri Western (MO), Beta-Theta
• Montana - Missoula (MT), Colony328
• Montana State - Billings (MT), Colony235
• Montana State - Bozeman (MT), Epsilon-Delta
• Montevallo (AL), Sigma-Epsilon
• Morehead State (KY), Beta-Lambda
• Muhlenberg (PA), Nu-Epsilon
• Murray State (KY), Lambda-Eta
• Nebraska - Kearney (NE), Colony276
• Nebraska - Lincoln (NE), Gamma-Beta
• Nebraska - Omaha (NE), Iota-Delta
• Nevada - Las Vegas (NV), Delta-Lambda
• Nevada - Reno (NV), Epsilon-Iota
• New Hampshire (NH), Alpha-Xi
• New Mexico (NM), Zeta-Mu
• New Mexico State (NM), Zeta-Gamma
• New Orleans (LA), Lambda-Alpha
• North Alabama (AL), Sigma-Delta
• North Carolina - Chapel Hill (NC), Gamma-Nu
• North Carolina - Charlotte (NC), Beta-Upsilon
• North Carolina - Greensboro (NC), Phi-Theta
• North Carolina - Wilmington (NC), Delta-Sigma
• North Carolina A&T (NC), Colony332
• North Carolina State (NC), Gamma-Upsilon
• North Dakota (ND), Epsilon-Zeta
• North Florida (FL), Delta-Alpha
• North Texas (TX), Iota-Zeta
• Northeastern State (OK), Delta-Beta
• Northern Colorado (CO), Sigma-Omega
• Northern Illinois (IL), Phi-Omicron
• Northern Michigan (MI), Lambda-Upsilon
• Northwestern (IL), Alpha-Iota
• Norwich (VT), Zeta-Chi
• Oglethorpe (GA), Kappa-Beta
• Ohio (OH), Alpha-Omega
• Ohio State (OH), Gamma-Tau
• Oklahoma (OK), Gamma-Rho
• Oklahoma City (OK), Theta-Delta
• Oklahoma State (OK), Alpha-Eta
• Old Dominion (VA), Sigma-Iota
• Oregon (OR), Zeta-Omicron
• Oregon State (OR), Alpha-Lambda
• Parsons (NY), Iota-Rho
• Penn State (PA), Zeta
• Pennsylvania (PA), Epsilon
• Pittsburg State (KS), Lambda-Chi
• Pittsburgh (PA), Gamma-Epsilon
• Point Park (PE), Beta-Pi
• Polytechnic (NY), Theta-Upsilon
• Portland State (OR), Colony278
• Purdue (IN), Psi
• Randolph-Macon (VA), Kappa-Tau
• Rensselaer (NY), Epsilon-Eta
• Rhode Island(RI), Eta
• Richmond (VA), Alpha-Chi
• Rollins (FL), Theta-Gamma
• Rose-Hulman (IN), Theta-Kappa
• Rutgers (NJ), Phi
• Sam Houston State (TX), Sigma-Mu
• Samford (AL), Theta-Alpha
• San Diego (CA), Delta-Kappa
• San Diego State (CA), Colony154
• San Jose State (CA), Zeta-Nu
• Shepherd (WV), Phi-Iota
• Shippensburg (PA), Phi-Tau
• Simpson (IA), Theta-Lambda
• Slippery Rock (PA), Lambda-Xi
• South (TN), Iota-Nu
• South Alabama (AL), Phi-Gamma
• South Carolina (SC), Epsilon-Psi
• South Carolina - Aiken (SC), Pi-Alpha
• South Carolina - Spartanburg (SC), Delta-Iota
• South Dakota (SD), Alpha-Gamma
• South Dakota State (SD), Lambda-Theta
• South Florida (FL), Lambda-Mu
• Southeast Missouri State (MO), Delta-Phi
• Southeastern Oklahoma (OK), Colony226
• Southern California (CA), Zeta-Delta
• Southern Illinois - Carbondale (IL), Delta-Chi
• Southern Indiana (IN), Phi-Xi
• Southern Methodist (TX), Gamma-Sigma
• Southern Polytechnic State (GA), Sigma-Xi
• Southwest Missouri State (MO), Beta-Psi
• Spring Hill (AL), Delta-Delta
• St. Joseph's (PA), Phi-Lambda
• St. Leo (FL), Colony241
• St. Mary's University (TX), Sigma-Beta
• Stephen F. Austin State (TX), Sigma-Omicron
• Stetson (FL), Zeta-Tau
• Steubenville (OH), Lambda-Sigma
• Susquehanna (PA), Iota-Eta
• Syracuse (NY), Alpha-Upsilon
• Tarleton State (TX), Phi-Rho
• Tennessee - Chattanooga (TN), Zeta-Phi
• Tennessee - Knoxville (TN), Epsilon-Omicron
• Tennessee Tech (TN), Beta-Mu
• Texas - Austin (TX), Alpha-Mu
• Texas - El Paso (TX), Zeta-Epsilon
• Texas - San Antonio (TX), Phi-Upsilon
• Texas A&M (TX), Delta-Mu
• Texas A&M - Commerce (TX), Iota-Kappa
• Texas A&M - International (TX), Colony284
• Texas A&M - Kingsville (TX), Beta-Epsilon
• Texas Christian (TX), Iota-Pi
• Texas State - San Marcos (TX), Lambda-Phi
• Texas Tech (TX), Sigma-Nu
• Texas Wesleyan (TX), Sigma-Zeta
• Thiel (PA), Theta-Xi
• Toronto (ON), Epsilon-Epsilon
• Towson (MD), Phi-Omega
• Troy State (AL), Sigma-Tau
• Truman State (MO), Phi-Psi
• Tulsa (OK), Epsilon-Upsilon
• Union (TN), Lambda-Zeta
• Union College (NY), Rho
• Utah (UT), Zeta-Kappa
• Valparaiso (IN), Colony086
• Vanderbilt (TN), Gamma-Delta
• Villanova (PA), Beta-Iota
• Vincennes (IN), Sigma-Alpha
• Virginia Tech (VA), Sigma-Lambda
• Wabash (IN), Alpha-Kappa
• Wake Forest (NC), Theta-Tau
• Washington (WA), Alpha-Psi
• Washington & Jefferson (PA), Gamma-Zeta
• Washington & Lee (VA), Gamma-Phi
• Washington College (MD), Epsilon-Theta
• Washington State (WA), Tau
• West Chester (PA), Lambda-Kappa
• West Georgia (GA), Colony206
• West Liberty State (WV), Lambda-Psi
• West Texas A&M (TX), Iota-Xi
• West Virginia (WV), Iota-Lambda
• Western Carolina (NC), Beta-Zeta
• Western Illinois (IL), Beta-Tau
• Western Kentucky (KY), Lambda-Lambda
• Western Michigan (MI), Lambda-Tau
• Western Ontario (ON), Delta-Eta
• Westminster (PA), Theta-Omicron
• Widener (PA), Beta-Chi
• Wilfrid Laurier (ON), Colony283
• William & Mary (VA), Epsilon-Alpha
• William Jewell (MO), Epsilon-Nu
• Windsor (ON), Lambda-Nu
• Wisconsin (WI), Alpha-Beta
• Wisconsin - Whitewater (WI), Lambda-Iota
• Wittenberg (OH), Nu-Zeta
• Wofford (SC), Kappa-Omicron
• Worcester (MA), Pi
• Wyoming (WY), Delta-Rho
• York College of Pennsylvania (PA), Colony286

Theta Kappa Nu

In 1939 Lambda Chi Alpha absorbed the Theta Kappa Nu Fraternity. This was the largest merger in Fraternity history . All Theta Kappa Nu chapters became Lambda Chi Alpha chapters and were given Zeta (chapter) designations that began with either Theta, Kappa or Nu