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.
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.
Notable alumni
- Gary Bettman - Commissioner, National Hockey League, Cornell '72
- Wolf Blitzer - Journalist, Author, CNN Correspondent, SUNY Buffalo '70
- Art Garfunkel - Singer/Composer, Columbia '64
- Jerry Lewis - Comedian/Chairman of the Muscular Dystrophy Association, Washington
- Richard Lewis - Actor/Comedian, Ohio State '69
- Robert Novak - Columnist, pundit and Panelist on CNN Crossfire, Illinois '52
- Jerry Reinsdorf - Owner of Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox, George Washington '57
- Paul Simon - Singer/Composer, Queens '63
- Jack Stahl - Former President, Coca Cola, Emory '76
- Gene Wilder - Actor/Producer/Director, Iowa '55
- Scott Wolf - Actor, George Washington '91
- Ron Popeil - Inventor, Infomercial Producer, Owner, , Illinois '57
- Steve Stone - Chicago Cubs Announcer, Kent State '69
List of chapters
1913
Alpha
New York University
Manhattan, NY
1917
1919
1920
1920
1920
1921
1921
1923
1924
Kappa
Ohio Northern University*
Ada, OH
1924
1925
1925
1925
1926
1927
1928
1928
1929
1930
1931
1933
1934
1936
1937
1937
1938
1939
1940
1940
1940
1940
1941
1942
1947
1947
1947
1947
1947
1947
1947
1947
1947
1947
1947
1948
1948
Alpha Upsilon
New York University-Heights*
Bronx, NY
1948
1949
1949
1949
Phi Deuteron
Kent State University
Kent, OH
1949
1949
1949
1949
1949
1949
1950
1951
1951
1951
1951
1951
1952
1953
1954
1954
Pi Upsilon
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN
1954
1956
1956
Upsilon Kappa
University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT
1956
1956
1956
1957
1958
1958
1958
Upsilon Beta
University of Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
1959
1959
1959
1960
1962
1962
1962
Sigma Kappa Psi
Northeastern University
Boston, MA
1962
Alpha Epsilon
C.W. Post College *
Greenvale, NY
1962
1963
1964
1964
1964
1965
1966
1966
1967
1967
1967
Upsilon Omicron
University of Nebraska-Omaha*
Omaha, NE
1967
1968
1968
1968
1968
1968
Phi Tau
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
1968
1968
1969
1969
1969
1969
1969
1969
1969
1970
1970
1970
Lambda Epsilon
Fairleigh-Dickinson University*
Teaneck, NJ
1970
1970
1970
1970
1970
1970
1971
1971
1972
1973
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1982
1983
1985
Delta Kappa
Duke University
Durham, NC
1985
Beta Nu
Binghamton University
Binghamton, NY
1985
1985
Iota Delta
SUNY-Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY
1985
Alpha Nu
SUNY-Albany
Albany, NY
1985
1985
1985
Lambda Omega
University of Western Ontario
London, ON
1986
1986
Upsilon Sigma
Union College
Schenectady, NY
1987
1987
Eta Pi
York University
Toronto, ON
1987
Omega Nu
SUNY-Oswego*
Oswego, NY
1987
Omega Sigma
SUNY-Oneonta*
Oneonta, NY
1987
1987
1988
1988
Chi Delta
University of California-Davis
Davis, CA
1988
Zeta Tau
University of California-Irvine
Irvine, CA
1988
1988
1988
1989
1989
1990
1990
1990
Epsilon Chi
McGill University
Montreal, QC
1990
1990
Phi Pi
SUNY-Cortland*
Cortland, NY
1991
1992
1993
1993
Beta Psi
Rider University
Lawrenceville, NJ
1994
Tau Mu
Towson University
Towson, MD
1995
1997
1998
1998
Chi Sigma
University of California-San Diego
San Diego, CA
2000
Nu Delta
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL
2000
2001
Eta Psi
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
2001
2002
Eta Sigma
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
2002
Chi Omicron
College of Charleston
Charleston, SC
2003
2004
2004
2004
2004