Alpha Epsilon Pi



         


Alpha Epsilon Pi (ΑΕΠ or AEPi) is currently the only national Jewish college fraternity in the United States. It currently has 111 active chapters and 8 colonies, but those numbers fluctuate as new chapters and colonies are added or as chapters become inactive.

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History

AEPi was founded in 1913 at New York University (NYU) by Charles C. Moskowitz and 10 other young, Jewish men. These men were Isador M. Glazer, Herman L. Krauss, Arthur E. Leopold, Arthur M. Lipkint, Emil Lustgarten, Benjamin M. Meyer, Charles J. Pintel, Maurice Plager, David K. Schafer, and Hyman Shulman. Their first pledge was Samuel L. Epstein.

Charles Moskowitz was a talented basketball player and had just transferred to NYU from the City College of New York. Several NYU fraternities expressed interest in him and one gave him a bid. When Charles asked if his close Jewish friends could join as well, he was told that the invitation was for him alone. At this point, the group of 11 men began meeting regularly in the German rathskellar. Official school recognition of AEPi was granted on November 7, 1913.

The founding members always intended for AEPi to be a national fraternity. Long before the second chapter, the NYU group was designated "Alpha Chapter". In 1917, a local fraternity Phi Tau became the Beta Chapter of AEPi.

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Notable alumni

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List of chapters

1913

Alpha New York University Manhattan, NY

1917

Beta Cornell University Ithaca, NY

1919

Gamma University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA

1920

Delta University of Illinois Champaign, IL

1920

Epsilon Emory University Atlanta, GA

1920

Zeta Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA

1921

Eta Ohio State University Columbus, OH

1921

Theta Auburn University* Auburn, AL

1923

Iota Columbia University New York, NY

1924

Kappa Ohio Northern University* Ada, OH

1924

Lambda Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL

1925

Mu University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA

1925

Nu Marquette University* Milwaukee, WI

1925

Rho Deuteron University of Delaware* Newark, DE

1926

Omicron University of Georgia Athens, GA

1927

Pi University of Wisconsin Madison, WI

1928

Rho University of Rhode Island* Kingston, RI

1928

Sigma Washington University St. Louis, MO

1929

Tau Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN

1930

Xi Wayne State University* Detroit, MI

1931

Upsilon University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA

1933

Phi University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA

1934

Chi Michigan State University East Lansing, MI

1936

Psi Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD

1937

Omega University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC

1937

Alpha Deuteron Drake University* Des Moines, IA

1938

Beta Deuteron Louisiana State University* Baton Rouge, LA

1939

Gamma Deuteron University of Texas Austin, TX

1940

Delta Deuteron University of Maryland College Park, MD

1940

Epsilon Deuteron Worcester Polytechnic Institute* Worcester, MA

1940

Zeta Deuteron Boston University Boston, MA

1940

Eta Deuteron Tufts University Medford, MA

1941

Theta Deuteron University of Akron* Akron, OH

1942

Iota Deuteron University of Alabama* Tuscaloosa, AL

1947

Kappa Deuteron George Washington University Washington, DC

1947

Lambda Deuteron University of Miami * Coral Gables, FL

1947

Mu Deuteron University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO

1947

Nu Deuteron University of Missouri-Rolla Rolla, MO

1947

Xi Deuteron University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA

1947

Omicron Deuteron University of Cincinnati* Cincinnati, OH

1947

Pi Deuteron Penn State University State College, PA

1947

Sigma Deuteron Syracuse University Syracuse, NY

1947

Tau Deuteron Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH

1947

Upsilon Deuteron University of New Mexico* Albuquerque, NM

1947

Chi Deuteron University of Washington Seattle, WA

1948

Mu Tau Massachusetts Inst. of Technology Cambridge, MA

1948

Alpha Upsilon New York University-Heights* Bronx, NY

1948

Sigma Phi University of Manitoba* Winnipeg, MB

1949

Psi Deuteron University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN

1949

Kappa Upsilon University of Kansas Lawrence, KS

1949

Phi Deuteron Kent State University Kent, OH

1949

Kappa Sigma Kansas State University* Manhattan, KS

1949

Beta Upsilon Bradley University Peoria, IL

1949

Chi Alpha University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA

1949

Kappa Chi Queens College Flushing, NY

1949

Omega Deuteron University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI

1949

Mu Upsilon University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN

1950

Upsilon Tau University of Toledo* Toledo, OH

1951

Alpha Sigma Arizona State University Tempe, AZ

1951

Iota Upsilon University of Iowa Iowa City, IA

1951

Rho Pi Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY

1951

Phi Gamma University of Florida Gainesville, FL

1951

Tau Upsilon Tulane University New Orleans, LA

1952

Gamma Alpha Georgia State University Altanta, GA

1953

Beta Pi Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn* Brooklyn, NY

1954

Zeta Pi University of Vermont Burlington, VT

1954

Pi Upsilon Purdue University West Lafayette, IN

1954

Upsilon Rho University of Richmond* Richmond, VA

1956

Alpha Pi Temple University Philadelphia, PA

1956

Upsilon Kappa University of Connecticut Storrs, CT

1956

Kappa Mu University of Missouri-Kansas City* Kansas City, MO

1956

Rho Upsilon Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ

1956

Phi Theta Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY

1957

Mu Epsilon Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee* Milwaukee, WI

1958

Sigma Chi City College of New York* New York, NY

1958

Beta Iota Indiana University Bloomington, IN

1958

Upsilon Beta University of Buffalo Buffalo, NY

1959

Eta Chi Lehman College* Bronx, NY

1959

Mu Sigma Memphis State University* Memphis, TN

1959

Omega Upsilon University of Oklahoma* Norman, OK

1960

Beta Sigma Baruch College New York, NY

1962

Upsilon Chi University of Chattanooga* Chattanooga, TN

1962

Lambda Upsilon Long Island University* Brooklyn, NY

1962

Sigma Kappa Psi Northeastern University Boston, MA

1962

Alpha Epsilon C.W. Post College * Greenvale, NY

1962

Rho Beta Rutgers University-Newark* Newark, NJ

1963

Pi Zeta Old Dominion College* Norfolk, VA

1964

Rho Nu University of Rochester Rochester, NY

1964

Alpha Tau Miami University Oxford, OH

1964

Upsilon Alpha University of Arizona Tucson, AZ

1965

Epsilon Kappa East Carolina University* Greenville, NC

1966

Pi Chi Parsons College* Fairfield, IA

1966

Rho Mu Randolph-Macon College* Ashland, VA

1967

Rho Iota Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY

1967

Delta Pi Utica College* Utica, NY

1967

Upsilon Omicron University of Nebraska-Omaha* Omaha, NE

1967

Delta Tau Detroit Institute of Technology* Detroit, MI

1968

Nu Alpha Northern Arizona University* Flagstaff, AZ

1968

Nu Sigma University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV

1968

Rho Eta Hunter College* New York, NY

1968

Upsilon Eta University of Houston* Houston, TX

1968

Phi Tau Florida State University Tallahassee, FL

1968

Kappa Gamma Clarkson University* Potsdam, NY

1968

Nu Eta Quinnipiac College* Hamden, CT

1969

Alpha Chi Athens College* Athens, AL

1969

Omicron Chi Oglethorpe College* Atlanta, GA

1969

Iota Chi University of Illinois-Chicago* Chicago, IL

1969

Sigma Pi American University Washington, DC

1969

Sigma Omega California State Polytechnic San Luis Obispo, CA

1969

Lambda Gamma Bowling Green State University* Bowling Green, OH

1969

Epsilon Mu Eastern Michigan University* Ypsilanti, MI

1970

Phi Delta University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA

1970

Nu Tau New York Institute of Technology* Old Westbury, NY

1970

Lambda Epsilon Fairleigh-Dickinson University* Teaneck, NJ

1970

Epsilon Pi Virginia Commonwealth University* Richmond, VA

1970

Mu Phi Florida Institute of Technology* Melbourne, FL

1970

Delta Beta University of New Hampshire* Durham, NH

1970

Iota Tau Indiana Institute of Technology* Fort Wayne, IN

1970

Tau Phi University of Tampa* Tampa, FL

1970

Sigma Delta San Diego State University San Diego, CA

1971

Sigma Alpha Virginia Polytechnic Institute Blacksburg, VA

1971

Tau Eta Indiana State University* Terre Haute, IN

1972

Lambda Kappa University of Kentucky* Lexington, KY

1973

Sigma Mu Central Missouri State University* Warrensburg, MO

1976

Nu Iota Northern Illinois University* DeKalb, IL

1977

Chi Upsilon University of Colorado Boulder, CO

1978

Omicron Upsilon Ohio University Athens, OH

1979

Sigma Eta Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA

1980

Kappa Xi Western Michigan University* Kalamazoo, MI

1982

Iota Beta Illinois State University Normal, IL

1983

Sigma Iota Southern Illinois University* Carbondale, IL

1985

Delta Kappa Duke University Durham, NC

1985

Beta Nu Binghamton University Binghamton, NY

1985

Chi Nu Cal State-Northridge Northridge, CA

1985

Iota Delta SUNY-Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY

1985

Alpha Nu SUNY-Albany Albany, NY

1985

Eta Upsilon University of Hartford Hartford, CT

1985

Alpha Kappa Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA

1985

Lambda Omega University of Western Ontario London, ON

1986

Pi Beta Hofstra University Hempstead, NY

1986

Upsilon Sigma Union College Schenectady, NY

1987

Tau Omega University of Toronto Toronto, ON

1987

Eta Pi York University Toronto, ON

1987

Omega Nu SUNY-Oswego* Oswego, NY

1987

Omega Sigma SUNY-Oneonta* Oneonta, NY

1987

Lambda Beta Brandeis University Waltham, MA

1987

Psi Phi University of South Florida Tampa, FL

1988

Chi Beta C.S.U-Long Beach* Long Beach, CA

1988

Chi Delta University of California-Davis Davis, CA

1988

Zeta Tau University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA

1988

Sigma Beta University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA

1988

Alpha Beta Muhlenberg College Allentown, PA

1988

Chi Mu Clark University* Worcester, MA

1989

Phi Alpha Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL

1989

Sigma Tau Stanford University Palo Alto, CA

1990

Alpha Delta Adelphi University* Garden City, NY

1990

Delta Psi Buffalo State College* Buffalo, NY

1990

Epsilon Chi McGill University Montreal, QC

1990

Iota Eta Ithaca College* Ithaca, NY

1990

Phi Pi SUNY-Cortland* Cortland, NY

1991

Epsilon Upsilon Yale University New Haven, CT

1992

Rho Sigma Ramapo College Mahwah, NJ

1993

Chi Pi California Polytechnic -Pomona* Pomona, CA

1993

Beta Psi Rider University Lawrenceville, NJ

1994

Tau Mu Towson University Towson, MD

1995

Lambda Alpha University of Chicago Chicago, IL

1997

Beta Rho Brown University Providence, RI

1998

Delta Rho Drexel University Philadelphia, PA

1998

Chi Sigma University of California-San Diego San Diego, CA

2000

Nu Delta University of Central Florida Orlando, FL

2000

Tau Delta Northwestern University Evanston, IL

2001

Eta Psi Harvard University Cambridge, MA

2001

Upsilon Omega University of Oregon Eugene, OR

2002

Eta Sigma Georgetown University Washington, DC

2002

Chi Omicron College of Charleston Charleston, SC

2003

Beta Chi University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC

2004

Kappa Omega University of Waterloo Wilfrid Laurier University Ryerson University Toronto, ON

2004

Nu Kappa University of Ottawa Ottawa, ON

2004

Beta Alpha San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA

2004

Sigma Zeta California - Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA
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