Alpha Kappa Pi

Alpha Kappa Pi (ΑΚΠ) was a collegiate social fraternity founded in 1921 at the Newark College of Engineering. In 1946 it merged with Alpha Sigma Phi.

Alpha Kappa Pi
ΑΚΠ
FoundedJanuary 1, 1921 (January 1, 1921)
New Jersey Institute of Technology
TypeSocial
AffiliationNIC (former)
ScopeNational
Colors  Dartmouth Green and   White
FlowerYellow Tea Rose
PublicationThe Alpha
Chapters36
Merged intoAlpha Sigma Phi (1946)
WebsiteOfficial website

History

Alpha Kappa Pi was a Social Fraternity founded on Jan. 1, 1921 at Newark College of Engineering (now New Jersey Institute of Technology), under the name Phi Delta Zeta. A committee was formed to complete a plan for nationalization, largely by absorbing local fraternity chapters. It established its Beta chapter in 1926 at Wagner College (in New York), lending the name of the Wagner local chapter to become the name of the new national, now Alpha Kappa Pi, and adding two more chapters that year. Alpha Kappa Pi would go on to form 36 chapters over the next two decades.[1]

In addition to the absorption of local chapters, three of the remaining chapters of Sigma Delta Rho were added in 1936-37, as were two chapters of disintegrating Theta Nu Epsilon, in 1940.[1]

Alpha Kappa Pi joined the NIC in 1931.

On September 6, 1946, Alpha Kappa Pi merged with Alpha Sigma Phi (ΑΣΦ), mostly resulting in new chapters. There were only two campuses where a local merger was effected, as both groups were active there. Some recently dormant chapters of ΑΚΠ were assigned new names within the Alpha Sigma Phi roster.[1]

Symbols

Colors: Dartmouth green (i.e., dark green) and white

Flower: Yellow tea rose

Magazine: The Alpha [2]

Badge: 7-pointed gold star with black enamel; on the enamel, crossed swords and the Greek letters.[2]

Total membership as of 1940: 3,105.[2]

Chapters

Chapters of Alpha Kappa Pi, with current school names. Active chapters at the time of the ΑΣΦ merger are in bold, inactive chapters in italics.[2][1]

ΑΚΠ NameChartering Date and RangeUniversityLocationΑΣΦ name or other statusNotes
AlphaJanuary 1, 1921–1946New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNewark, New JerseyAlpha Rho[lower-alpha 1]
BetaNovember 15, 1926–1946Wagner CollegeStaten Island, New YorkAlpha Sigma[lower-alpha 2]
GammaJune 24, 1926–1946Stevens Institute of TechnologyHoboken, New JerseyAlpha Tau[lower-alpha 3]
DeltaNovember 19, 1926–1946Polytechnic InstituteBrooklyn, New YorkAlpha Upsilon[lower-alpha 4]
EpsilonJanuary 1, 1927–1928Ellsworth CollegeIowa Falls, IowaAlpha Phi[lower-alpha 5]
ZetaJanuary 7, 1928–1935Coe CollegeCedar Rapids, IowaWithdrew (see ΣΝ)[lower-alpha 6]
EtaMay 12, 1928–1946Presbyterian CollegeClinton, South CarolinaAlpha Psi[lower-alpha 7]
ThetaJune 1, 1928–1938Columbia UniversityNew York City, New YorkInactive (?)[lower-alpha 8]
IotaMay 4, 1929–1946Mount Union CollegeAlliance, OhioBeta Alpha[lower-alpha 9]
KappaMay 4, 1929–1935; 1939–1940Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MassachusettsBeta Beta[lower-alpha 10]
LambdaJune 1, 1929–1946Bethany CollegeBethany, West VirginiaBeta Gamma[lower-alpha 11]
MuDecember 14, 1929–1946Marshall UniversityHuntington, West VirginiaBeta Delta[lower-alpha 12]
NuJanuary 31, 1930–1946Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, PennsylvaniaBeta Epsilon[lower-alpha 13]
XiMay 26, 1930–1943North Carolina State UniversityRaleigh, North CarolinaBeta Zeta[lower-alpha 14]
OmicronJune 30, 1930–1946Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity Park, PennsylvaniaUpsilon (merged)[lower-alpha 15]
PiJanuary 31, 1931–1936University of New HampshireDurham, New HampshireBeta Eta[lower-alpha 16]
RhoMarch 28, 1931–1946Rutgers UniversityNew Brunswick, New JerseyBeta Theta[lower-alpha 17]
SigmaMay 29, 1930–1946University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign and Urbana, IllinoisEta (merged)[lower-alpha 18]
TauMay 30, 1931–1946Tufts UniversityMedford, MassachusettsBeta Iota[lower-alpha 19]
UpsilonFebruary 11, 1932–1938Centre College (KY)Danville, KentuckyBeta Kappa[lower-alpha 20]
PhiFebruary 3, 1932–1939St. John's College (MD)Annapolis, MarylandBeta Lambda[lower-alpha 21]
ChiMay 18, 1932–1946Wake Forest UniversityWinston-Salem, North CarolinaBeta Mu[lower-alpha 22]
PsiApril 22, 1933–1946West Virginia Wesleyan CollegeBuckhannon, West VirginiaBeta Nu[lower-alpha 23]
Alpha AlphaMay 4, 1935–1946Hartwick CollegeOneonta, New YorkBeta Xi[lower-alpha 24]
Alpha BetaNovember 8, 1935–1946Trine UniversityAngola, IndianaBeta Omicron[lower-alpha 25]
Alpha GammaSeptember 11, 1936–1946Franklin & Marshall CollegeLancaster, PennsylvaniaBeta Pi[lower-alpha 26]
Alpha DeltaMarch 13, 1937–1946University of ToledoToledo, OhioBeta Rho[lower-alpha 27]
Alpha EpsilonJune 12, 1937–1946University of CincinnatiCincinnati, OhioBeta Sigma[lower-alpha 28]
Alpha ZetaFebruary 12, 1938–1946Wayne State UniversityDetroit, MichiganBeta Tau[lower-alpha 29]
Alpha EtaApril 20, 1940–1946Milton College [lower-alpha 30]Milton, WisconsinBeta Upsilon[lower-alpha 31]
Alpha ThetaMay 18, 1940–1946Wofford CollegeSpartanburg, South CarolinaBeta Phi[lower-alpha 32]
Alpha IotaMay 28, 1940–1946American UniversityWashington, D.C.Beta Chi[lower-alpha 33]
Alpha KappaNovember 16, 1940–1946Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, New YorkBeta Psi[lower-alpha 34]
Alpha LambdaJanuary 17, 1942–1946Ohio Northern UniversityAda, OhioGamma Alpha[lower-alpha 35]
Alpha MuApril 18, 1942–1943Carthage CollegeKenosha, WisconsinGamma Beta[lower-alpha 36]
Alpha NuFebruary 20, 1943–1946University of ConnecticutStorrs, ConnecticutGamma Gamma[lower-alpha 37]
  1. Originated as Phi Delta Zeta (local) in 1921.
  2. Originated as Alpha Kappa Pi (local) in 1923, whose name was adopted by the new national fraternity.
  3. Originated as Phi Nu (local) in 1923.
  4. Originated as Phi Psi (local) in 1922.
  5. Now a community college, Ellsworth College had been a four-year institution while hosting a chapter of Alpha Kappa Pi. This chapter originated as either Chi Pi Theta (local) or as Chi Tau Gamma Theta in 18xx (?). The Baird's Archive shows two conflicting predecessor groups.
  6. Originated as Lambda Tau Delta (local) in 1920. After withdrawal from Alpha Kappa Pi, this chapter merged into older local fraternity Delta Phi Epsilon, a group which had originated in 1901. On January 16, 1954 the combined local fraternity would become the restored Beta Epsilon chapter of Sigma Nu.
  7. Originated as Phi Delta Tau (local) in 1927.
  8. The Alpha Kappa Pi chapter originated as Sigma Theta (local) in 1928.
  9. Originated as Zeta Xi Lambda (local) in 1923.
  10. Originated as the Alpha Club (local) in 1929. Alpha Sigma Phi named this as its Beta Beta chapter, even though it had been dormant for a few years.
  11. Originated as Alpha Pi Alpha (local) in 1925.
  12. Originated as Sigma Psi (local) in 1922.
  13. Originated as a group from Howard Hall (local) in 1927.
  14. Originated as the Alpha Club (local) in 1929. Alpha Sigma Phi named this as its Beta Zeta chapter, even though it had been dormant for a few years.
  15. Originated as Delta Sigma Chi (local) in 1920.
  16. Originated as Delta Pi Epsilon (local) in 1921.
  17. Originated as Phi Lambda Sigma (local) in 1926.
  18. Originated as Kappa Zeta Rho (local) in 1926.
  19. Originated as Delta Phi Sigma (local) in 1906.
  20. Originated as Delta Phi Upsilon (local) in 1929.
  21. Originated as Sigma Tau Omicron (local) in 1928.
  22. Originated as Lambda Tau (local) in 1927.
  23. Originated as Chi Alpha Tau (local) in 1923.
  24. Originated as Alpha Sigma Chi (local) in 1932.
  25. Originated as Phi Lambda Tau (local) in 1924.
  26. Formed by absorption of the Eta chapter of Sigma Delta Rho in 1936, which had chartered with that fraternity in 1929. Earlier, that chapter had formed as the Torch Club (local) in 1927. While a chapter of Sigma Delta Rho it accepted the members of another F&M local called Alpha Pi.
  27. Formed by absorption of the Gamma chapter of Sigma Delta Rho in 1936, which had chartered with that fraternity in 1924. This chapter had originated as Zeta Omicron (local) in 1921.
  28. Formed by absorption of the Epsilon chapter of Sigma Delta Rho in 1936, which had chartered with that fraternity in 1926. A year earlier, in 1925, this chapter had its origination as Kappa Alpha Chi (local).
  29. Originated as Psi Delta (local) in 1934.
  30. Milton College closed in 1982.
  31. Originated as the Epsilon Society (local) in 1939.
  32. Originated as Alpha Beta Gamma (local) in 1939.
  33. Originated as Phi Epsilon Alpha (local) in 1937.
  34. Originated as a chapter of Theta Nu Epsilon in 1928.
  35. Originated as a chapter of Theta Nu Epsilon in 1923.
  36. Originated as Alpha Kappa Pi (local), thus with the same name as the national it would join in 1942. It had originated as the local Alpha Kappa Pi in 1921.
  37. Originated as Phi Kappa Lambda (local) in 1941.

References
  1. William Raimond Baird; Carroll Lurding (eds.). "Almanac of Fraternities and Sororities (Baird's Manual Online Archive)". Student Life and Culture Archives. University of Illinois: University of Illinois Archives. Retrieved 6 March 2023. The main archive URL is The Baird's Manual Online Archive homepage.
  2. William Raimond Baird (1940). Manual of American College Fraternities. G. Banta Publishing Company. p. 71.
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