

The Theta Nu Epsilon Society. The Chapters of Theta Nu Epsilon. Legitimate. Illegitimate. Not T.N.E. Chapter

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Where the records of the society are accurate, there are still compromises made to fit real events into narrow categories. Yet here we attempt to do that and track events not in the society and where records are incomplete. Chapters have histories where indicated. Names of institutions are the modern ones. Chapter names are the ones most commonly used. ‘Legitimate’ means 1) founded by the Alpha or a successor national, or 2) legitimized after founding by the Alpha or successor national. Where one chapter was replaced by one of a fundamentally different kind, both chapters are listed. Not every chapter at the same institution was legitimate. Dates are the founding, (or probable founding), and end. However, where a chapter was succeeded by an independent organization, there may be no end date given; not to claim that there is still an active T.N.E. chapter there, but to indicate there is still something going on at that institution that needs to be accounted for.

1 Wesleyan University Alpha Legitimate 1870 - 2 Syracuse University Beta Legitimate 1872 - 1925 3 Union College Gamma Legitimate 1874 - 1925 4 Cornell University Delta Legitimate 1877 - 1913 5 University of Rochester Epsilon Legitimate 1878 - 1944 6 University of California Zeta Legitimate 1879 - 7 Colgate University Eta Legitimate 1880 - 8 Kenyon College Theta Legitimate 1881 - 1953 9 Case Western Reserve University Iota Legitimate 1881 - 1921 10 Hamilton College Kappa Legitimate 1882 - 11 Williams College Lambda' Legitimate 1882 - 1923 12 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Lambda Legitimate 1882 - 13 Stevens Institute of Technology Mu Legitimate 1883 - 1920 14 Lafayette College Nu Legitimate 1884 - 15 Amherst College Xi Legitimate 1885 - 1925 16 Lehigh University Omicron' Legitimate 1887 - 1907 17 Allegheny College Omicron Legitimate 1887 - 1924 18 Dickinson College Pi' Legitimate 1887 - 1983 19 Pennsylvania State College Pi Legitimate 1888 - 1927 20 University of Pennsylvania Kappa Theta Legitimate 1888 - 1919 21 University of Alabama Alpha Rho Legitimate 1888 - 22 New York University Sigma Legitimate 1889 - 1974 23 Purdue University Alpha Alpha Legitimate 1889 - 24 University of Toronto Pi Chi Illegitimate 1890 - 1906 25 University of the South Psi Omega Legitimate 1890 - 1913 26 University of Mississippi Alpha Phi Legitimate 1890 - 1929 27 University of Iowa Beta Beta Legitimate 1890 - 1929 28 Stanford University Omega Legitimate 1890 - 1936 29 Wooster University Tau Legitimate 1891 - 1923 30 Northwestern University Kappa Kappa Legitimate 1891 - 1929 31 Rutgers University Phi Legitimate 1892 - 1916 32 University of Michigan Upsilon Legitimate 1892 - 1930 33 Hampden-Sydney College Beta Rho Illegitimate 1892 - 1898 34 University of Maine Delta Delta Legitimate 1893 - 1930 35 Dartmouth College Chi Legitimate 1893 - 1925 36 Ohio State University Psi Legitimate 1893 - 37 University of North Carolina Psi Illegitimate 1893 - 1905 38 University of Minnesota Alpha Epsilon Legitimate 1893 - 1900 39 Bowdoin College Alpha Alpha Legitimate 1893 - 1930 40 University of Kansas Alpha Beta Legitimate 1893 - 1929 41 University of Virginia Alpha Gamma Legitimate 1893 - 1932 42 Illinois Wesleyan University Alpha Delta Legitimate 1893 - 1925 43 University of Kansas Alpha Beta & Delta Sigma Legitimate 1893 - 1925 44 Ohio Wesleyan University Beta Beta Legitimate 1894 - 1930 45 Washington & Lee University Alpha Sigma Legitimate 1894 - 1912 46 University of Chicago Alpha Zeta Legitimate 1894 - 1934 47 University of Wisconsin Gamma Gamma Legitimate 1894 - 48 Trinity College Gamma Gamma Legitimate 1894 - 1930 49 Swarthmore College Omega Legitimate 1894 - 1913 50 University of Colorado Alpha Epsilon Legitimate 1894 - 1929 51 Washington & Jefferson College Alpha Delta Illegitimate 1894 - 1929 52 University of Vermont Alpha Zeta Illegitimate 1894 - 1925 53 University of Nebraska Alpha Eta Legitimate 1894 - 1929 54 Case Western Reserve University Epsilon Epsilon Legitimate 1895 - 1919 55 Middlebury College Alpha Pi Illegitimate 1895 - 1923 56 University of Missouri Alpha Theta Legitimate 1895 - 1925 57 Harvard University Alpha Iota Legitimate 1895 - 58 University of Texas Kappa Kappa Legitimate 1895 - 1929 59 Georgia Institute of Technology Omega Omega Legitimate 1895 - 1955 60 Tulane University of Louisiana Alpha Nu Illegitimate 1896 - 1923 61 Oglethorpe University Alpha Xi Illegitimate 1896 - 1911 62 Cumberland University Alpha Omicron Legitimate 1896 - 63 DePauw University Beta Xi Illegitimate 1896 - 1929 64 Wittenberg University Illegitimate 1896 - 1897 65 Bethany College Gamma Xi Illegitimate 1897 - 1902 66 Mount Union College Beta Lambda Illegitimate 1897 - 1929 67 City University of New York Phi Legitimate 1897 - 1913 68 Roanoke College Zeta Zeta Illegitimate 1897 - 1912 69 Indiana University Zeta Zeta Legitimate 1898 - 1924 70 West Virginia University Theta Theta Legitimate 1898 - 71 University of South Carolina Alpha Rho Illegitimate 1898 - 1910 72 University of Vermont Kappa Gamma Legitimate 1898 - 1914 73 Saint Lawrence University Omicron Omega Legitimate 1898 - 1930 74 Centre College Alpha Rho' Illegitimate 1898 - 1940 75 Bucknell University Kappa Beta Illegitimate 1899 - 1929 76 Susquehanna University Illegitimate 1899 - 1905 77 Washington University Illegitimate 1899 - 1940 78 Brown University Mu Beta Legitimate 1900 - 1930 79 Princeton University Legitimate 1900 - 1902 80 University of Pittsburgh Illegitimate 1900 - 1923 81 Iowa Wesleyan University Alpha Tau Illegitimate 1900 - 1913 82 University of Kentucky Alpha Upsilon Illegitimate 1900 - 1912 83 Baylor University Illegitimate 1900 - 1905 84 University of Nevada Illegitimate 1900 - 1900 85 University of Cincinnati Illegitimate 1900 - 1900 86 Bates College Illegitimate 1900 - 1923 87 University of Illinois Theta Tau Legitimate 1901 - 1934 88 Columbia University Alpha Omega Legitimate 1901 - 1930 89 Vanderbilt University Illegitimate 1901 - 1923 90 Nebraska Wesleyan University Beta Zeta Illegitimate 1902 - 1904 91 Colby College Beta Omicron Legitimate 1902 - 1930 92 Emory University Beta Mu Legitimate 1902 - 1923 93 Westminster College Sigma Alpha Legitimate 1902 - 1929 94 Muhlenberg College Beta Eta Legitimate 1902 - 1912 95 Baker University Tau Tau Legitimate 1902 - 96 Auburn University Nu Mu Legitimate 1902 - 1929 97 Ohio Northern University Omicron Omicron Legitimate 1903 - 1921 98 Dickinson College Pi Pi Legitimate 1903 - 1925 99 Yale University Lambda Sigma Legitimate 1903 - 1930 100 University of Maryland Omega Nu Legitimate 1904 - 1914 101 University of Arkansas Phi Phi Legitimate 1904 - 1930 102 University of Iowa Chi Chi Legitimate 1904 - 1929 103 Boston University Zeta Phi Legitimate 1904 - 1914 104 University of Maryland, Baltimore Kappa Rho Legitimate 1904 - 1929 105 Mass. Institute of Technology Zeta Phi Legitimate 1904 - 1916 106 University of Maryland, Baltimore Omega Kappa Legitimate 1904 - 1915 107 Davidson University Beta Pi Illegitimate 1904 - 1914 108 University of Florida Beta Psi Illegitimate 1904 - 1913 109 University of Georgia Sigma Rho Legitimate 1904 - 1915 110 Kentucky State University Illegitimate 1904 - 1940 111 Randolph-Macon College Illegitimate 1908 - 1912 112 University of Tennessee Sigma Phi Legitimate 1908 - 1929 113 University of Massachusetts Eta Eta Legitimate 1909 - 1930 114 University of Washington Illegitimate 1909 - 1923 115 University of Denver Illegitimate 1909 - 1929 116 Thomas Jefferson Univ., (Jefferson Medical) Gamma Beta Legitimate 1909 - 1928 117 George Washington University Illegitimate 1909 - 1925 118 University of Wyoming Zeta Zeta Legitimate 1910 - 1917 119 University of Wisconsin Iota Iota Legitimate 1910 - 1917 120 Norwich University Rho Rho Legitimate 1910 - 1930 121 Louisiana State University Illegitimate 1910 - 1935 122 University of Oregon Illegitimate 1910 - 1923 123 Niagara University Illegitimate 1910 - 1914 124 Gettysburg University Illegitimate 1910 - 1912 125 Franklin & Marshall College Illegitimate 1910 - 1912 126 Colorado School of Mines Illegitimate 1910 - 1923 127 Marquette University Nu Nu Legitimate 1911 - 1928 128 University of Louisville Xi Xi Legitimate 1911 - 1931 129 Virginia Medical College Sigma Sigma Legitimate 1911 - 1916 130 Denison College Illegitimate 1911 - 131 New York University, Washington Square Upsilon Upsilon Legitimate 1912 - 1940 132 Iowa State University Psi Psi Legitimate 1912 - 1923 133 Johns Hopkins University Illegitimate 1912 - 1940 134 University of Illinois Delta Iota Legitimate 1912 - 1925 135 State University of New York at Buffalo Alpha Beta Legitimate 1914 - 1930 136 Duke University Alpha Gamma Legitimate 1914 - 1930 137 Lafayette College Xi Legitimate 1915 - 1925 138 Rush Medical College Alpha Eta Legitimate 1915 - 1925 139 University of South Dakota Alpha Epsilon Legitimate 1915 - 1929 140 Northwestern University Dental School Alpha Kappa Legitimate 1916 - 1923 141 Oregon State University Illegitimate 1916 - 1929 142 Chicago College of Dental Surgery Beta Gamma Legitimate 1917 - 1925 143 Oklahoma State University Beta Epsilon Legitimate 1917 - 1949 144 University of Chicago Beta Delta Legitimate 1917 - 1925 145 Drake University Beta Iota Illegitimate 1918 - 1929 146 Millikin University Beta Kappa Illegitimate 1918 - 1923 147 University of Wisconsin Iota Iota Legitimate 1919 - 1934 148 University of Minnesota Beta Chi Legitimate 1919 - 1934 149 Kansas State University Beta Sigma Illegitimate 1919 - 1979 150 Lehigh University Delta Beta Legitimate 1922 - 1925 151 University of Missouri, Kansas City Delta Lambda Legitimate 1922 - 152 University of Oklahoma Delta Chi Legitimate 1922 - 1934 153 Ohio Northern University Omicron Omicron Legitimate 1923 - 154 Colorado State University Illegitimate 1923 - 1929 155 University of Northern Colorado Illegitimate 1923 - 1923 156 University of New Mexico Legitimate 1923 - 1949 157 Colorado College Illegitimate 1923 - 1940 158 William Jewell College Illegitimate 1923 - 1940 159 Michigan State University Illegitimate 1923 - 1940 160 Washington State University Illegitimate 1923 - 1940 161 State University of New York at Buffalo Alpha Beta Legitimate 1924 - 1928 162 Harvard University Alpha Iota Legitimate 1924 - 1928 163 University of California Delta Pi Legitimate 1924 - 1934 164 Canisius College Illegitimate 1924 - 1940 165 Stevens Institute of Technology Mu Legitimate 1924 - 1935 166 University of Louisville Xi Xi Legitimate 1924 - 1935 167 University of Missouri, Rolla Illegitimate 1925 - 1934 168 Drury College Illegitimate 1925 - 1929 169 Clarkson University Illegitimate 1925 - 1925 170 Creighton University Illegitimate 1925 - 1940 171 George Washington University Illegitimate 1932 - 1939 172 Union College Gamma Legitimate 1926 - 1940 173 Pennsylvania State College Pi Legitimate 1927 - 1940 174 Mississippi State University Illegitimate 1927 - 1929 175 Miami University Illegitimate 1928 - 1929 176 Lombard College Delta Phi Legitimate 1928 - 1930 177 Coe College Mu Mu Legitimate 1928 - 1934 178 University of Illinois Pi Pi Legitimate 1928 - 1934 179 Ohio State University Alpha Eta Legitimate 1928 - 1931 180 Southwestern University Alpha Mu Legitimate 1928 - 1936 181 University of Missouri, Kansas City Legitimate 1928 - 1933 182 University of Oregon Illegitimate 1928 - 1928 183 University of Montana Illegitimate 1928 - 1929 184 University of North Dakota Illegitimate 1928 - 1929 185 Montana State University Illegitimate 1928 - 1929 186 University of Utah Illegitimate 1928 - 1929 187 Whitman College Illegitimate 1928 - 1929 188 Marquette University Nu Nu Legitimate 1929 - 1936 189 Iowa State University Psi Psi Legitimate 1930 - 1935 190 University of Oregon Illegitimate 1934 - 1946 191 University of Southern California Illegitimate 1946 - 1946 192 University of Nevada Illegitimate 1948 - 193 Wichita State University Illegitimate 1949 - 1949 194 University of Arizona Illegitimate 1949 - 1949 The following colleges and universities have been listed as institutions where there was a chapter of Theta Nu Epsilon, but they were listed as such by an unreliable source. We present the list here for what it is worth. It is likely that, if there were chapters at these places, they would have been in the 1950’s and 1960’s, (some of the institutions did not exist until the 1960’s). These would have been entirely illegitimate chapters, and probably engaged in problematic activities. They certainly did not participate in, or understand the traditions of the society. Members of these groups were not in reality members of anything connected to Theta Nu Epsilon. 1 Arizona State University 2 Adelphi University 3 Adrian College 4 Albion College 5 American University 6 Appalachian State University 7 Arkansas State University 8 Arkansas Tech University 9 Baldwin Wallace College 10 Ball State University 11 Bloomfield College 12 Boise State University 13 Bowling Green State University 14 Bradley University 15 Bryant College 16 Butler University 17 California State Univ., Chico 18 California State Univ., Fresno 19 California State Univ., Los Angeles 20 California Poly. State Univ. , Pomona 21 California Poly. State Univ., SLO 22 Central Michigan University 23 Clemson University 24 College of William and Mary 25 Drexell University 26 Duquesne University 27 Eastern Illinois University 28 Eastern Michigan University 29 Edinboro University of Penn. 30 Emerson College 31 Emporia State University 32 Fairleigh Dickinson University 33 Ferris State University 34 Florida Southern College 35 Florida State University 36 Fort Hays State University 37 Furman University 38 George Mason University 39 Georgia State University 40 Georgia Southern University 41 Georgia State University 42 Hanover College 43 Henderson State University 44 Hillsdale College 45 Hobart and William Smith Colleges 46 Hofstra University 47 Idaho State University 48 Illinois State University 49 Indiana State University 50 Indiana University of Pennsylvania 51 Ithaca College 52 Jacksonville State University 53 Kent State University 54 Lamar University 55 Lincoln University 56 Long Island University 57 Lyon College 58 Marshall University 59 Millsaps College 60 Montclair State University 61 Murray State University 62 New Mexico State University 63 North Carolina State University 64 North Dakota State University 65 Northeastern University 66 Northern Arizona University 67 Northern Illinois University 68 Northern Michigan University 69 Ohio University 70 Old Dominion University 71 Pittsburg Sate University 72 Pomona College 73 Rider University 74 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 75 Rowan University 76 Saint Cloud State University 77 Saint John’s University 78 Salisbury State University 79 Samford University 80 San Diego State University 81 San Francisco State University 82 San Jose State University 83 Santa Clara University 84 Seton Hall University 85 Slippery Rock University 86 South Dakota State University 87 Southern Arkansas University 88 Southern Illinois University 89 Southern Methodist University 90 Southwest Missouri State University 91 St. Louis University 92 Texas A&M University 93 Texas Christian University 94 Thomas Edison State College 95 Towson University 96 Transylvania University 97 Troy State University 98 Truman State University 99 University of California at Loa Angeles 100 University of Central Arkansas 101 University of Central Oklahoma 102 University of Connecticut 103 University of Dayton 104 University of Delaware 105 University of Evansville 106 University of Findlay 107 University of Hartford 108 University of Houston 109 University of Idaho 110 University of Memphis 111 University of Miami 112 University of Montevallo 113 University of New Hampshire 114 University of North Alabama 115 University of North Texas 116 University of Northern Iowa 117 University of Rhode Island 118 University of Richmond 119 University of South Alabama 120 University of Southern Colorado 121 University of Southern Indiana 122 University of Southern Maine 123 University of Southern Mississippi 124 University of the Pacific 125 University of Toledo 126 University of Tulsa 127 University of Wisconsin, Green Bay 128 University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh 129 University of Wisconsin, Stout 130 University of Wisconsin, Whitewater 131 Upper Iowa University 132 Utah State University 133 Valdosta State University 134 Valpariso University 135 Villanova University 136 Virginia Polytechnic Institute 137 Wabash College 138 Washburn University 139 Western Kentucky University 140 Western Michigan University 141 Williamette University 142 York College of Pennsylvania 143 Youngstown State University The National Organization of the Alpha Chapter of Theta Nu Epsilon 1999 - 2009 © All rights reserved.