Theta Xi
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| Motto | Juncti Juvant "United they Serve" |
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| Colors | Azure Blue and Matte Silver |
| Symbol | Unicorn |
| Flower | Blue Iris |
| Founded | April 29, 1864 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York |
| Type | Social fraternity |
| Scope | National |
| Headquarters | P.O. Box 411134 St. Louis, Missouri, USA |
| Chapters | More than 50 in the United States |
| Patron saint | Benjamin Franklin[1] |
| Homepage | http://www.thetaxi.org/ |
Theta Xi (ΘΞ) is a fraternity founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York on 29 April 1864. Theta Xi is the only fraternity to be established during the American Civil War.
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[edit] History
In 1864, Rensselaer was trying to rebuild. The Civil War threatened the future existence of the institution. The collar factories, for which Troy was famous, nearly all closed down.
All of the Theta Xi founders, Peter Henry Fox, Ralph Gooding Packard, Christopher Champlin Waite, George Bradford Brainerd, Samuel Buel Jr., Henry Harrison Farnum, Thomas Cole Raymond, and Nathaniel Henry Starbuck, were members of Sigma Delta, a local fraternity.
Debates formed a regular part of the fraternity meetings, with topics such as “Genius is more necessary in the pursuits of science than in the pursuit of art,” “The use of tobacco is injurious,” and “The rum barrel is more potent than the gun barrel.” Dissension in the ranks of Sigma Delta led to the Theta Xi founding fathers forming their own secret society.
In 1962, after talks between representatives of Kappa Sigma Kappa and Theta Xi, it was concluded that a merger would prove beneficial for both organizations. On August 20, 1962, 21 chapters of Kappa Sigma Kappa were merged into Theta Xi.
[edit] The Purpose of Theta Xi
is to provide a college home environment for its active members in which fellowship and alumni guidance lead to wholesome mental, moral, physical, and spiritual growth. To that end Theta Xi actively supports and augments college and community efforts to make individual members more mature and chapter groups more useful units of society. Through its alumni and undergraduate leadership Theta Xi endeavors to assist each member to develop: ONE, intellectual curiosity that assures the highest scholarship consistent with his ability; TWO, habits that lead to to better mental and physical health; THREE, sincerity in his association with others and confidence in himself; FOUR, responsibility to chapter, college, community, and country; FIVE, leadership that comes from practicing the principles of democratic self-government; SIX, interests and activities outside regular scholastic studies that employ spare time to advantage; SEVEN, spiritual understanding that provides a reservoir of strength to draw upon when faced with conditions beyond comprehension.
[edit] Notable alumni
[edit] Arts and entertainment
- Jim Davis (Kappa Kappa 159), creator of Garfield comic strip
- Bruce Davison, Golden Globe-winning actor
- Buddy De Sylva (Alpha Nu 78), Oscar-nominated composer, producer, and executive
- Henderson Forsythe, Tony award-winning actor and one of the actors who has played Colonel Sanders for KFC
- Robert LaHendro (Bob), director 1968-79, All in the Family; 1974-75 Good Times; 1974-75 That’s My Mama; 1975-79 Welcome Back Kotter; 1979 Detective School; 1980, Flo; 1984-90 Santa Barbara
- Charles Lederer, film screenwriter, Tony award double winner, producer
- Jack Lindquist, former president of Disneyland (1990-1994)
- Dudley Nichols, Oscar-winning screenwriter
- Jeremy Alyea, Independent film producer, creator of "Smokin in the Annex."
- Charles Pratt, Jr., TV executive & co-executive producer for Melrose Place
- Carl Ragsdale, Oscar-winning director/producer & pioneer in TV commercials and underwater filming
- Loren Sitomer, (Alpha Zeta 1404), former child actor
- Alex Seiden, (Delta 860) Visual effects/Computer Graphics specialist; Supervisor credits for Star Wars (special edition), Jurassic Park, Star Trek: Generations
- Rick Telles (Alpha Zeta 804), producer of MTV’s The Real World, Road Rules, Making the Band, Fear; WB’s The Surreal Life'. His filmography includes: 1983-1985 Loving; 1989 Ghettoblaster; 1987 Fatal Beauty; 1995-1997 The City; 2005 The Shar Jackson Show
[edit] Business
- Robert J. Gordon (Eta 607), business author
[edit] Government, military and politics
- Major William H. Wiley (Alpha 11, 1st President of the Grand Lodge), major in the Union Army during the Civil War and United States Representative from New Jersey
- Andrew Carnegie (Pi 59) - Steel tycoon and founder of the Carnegie Institute of Technology - now Carnegie Mellon University
[edit] Science and technology
- Charles Hayden (Delta 24), MIT's Charles Hayden Memorial Library and the Boston Museum of Science's Charles Hayden Planetarium are named after him
- Edwin Armstrong, inventor and the Father of FM Radio
- Allen B. DuMont (Alpha 349), American scientist and inventor
- Frederick Winslow Taylor (Gamma), Father of Scientific Management
- James S. Voss (Beta Zeta 312), Astronaut
[edit] Sports
- Al Brosky (Alpha Beta 563), Illinois safety and member of the College Football Hall of Fame.
- Tom Dickens Yale college football player, All-American first-team selection in both 1920 and 1921.
- Bob Schaefer, bench coach of Oakland Athletics.
- Stan Sczurek (Theta 706), offensive lineman at Purdue and a professional linebacker was The Boilermakers’ team captain in 1961, he was an All-Big 10 first-teamer and received All-American mention. He played in the East-West Shrine Game and Hula Bowl before becoming a fourth-round draft choice for the Cleveland Browns. Purdue LB—Cleveland Browns, 1963-1965; New York Giants, 1966; Akron Vulcans, 1967
- Jerry Tagge (Alpha Epsilon 916), American and Canadian football quarterback
- Bobby Thomas (Alpha Epsilon 891), an All-Big 8 selection in 1975 and 1976, who played in the Fiesta and Bluebonnet Bowls.
- Len Wilson (Theta 692), is remembered yearly by the Purdue football program, which awards a trophy in his honor to the most unselfish and dedicated player. He won the team’s 1957 award as its best defensive back, led it in kickoff returns in 1958 and played in the Blue-Gray Game. Wilson was drafted by the Steelers and played for Saskatchewan in the CFL in 1960. Purdue DB—Saskatchewan Roughriders, 1960
- Steve Wright (football) (Alpha Lambda 430), played on Sugar Bowl and Peach Bowl teams, Green Bay first-round pick in 1964.
[edit] List of Chapters and Colonies
Chapters which are closed or dormant are denoted by a *
- Α - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, April 29, 1864, http://www.alphaofthetaxi.com
- Β* - Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, April 26, 1865
- Γ - Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, February 20, 1874, http://www.tx-gamma.org/
- Δ - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts, April 29, 1885
- E* - Columbia University, New York, New York, November 17, 1899
- Ζ* - Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, February 21, 1903
- Η - Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, December 3, 1904
- Θ - Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, February 17, 1905
- Ι - Washington University, St, Louis, Missouri, March 17, 1905
- Κ - Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana, March 30, 1907
- Λ* - Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, April 26, 1907
- Μ - Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, April 2, 1909
- Ν - University of California, Berkley, Berkley, California, March 22, 1910
- Ξ* - University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, March 28, 1912
- Ο - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 8, 1912
- Π - Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 5, 1912
- Ρ* - University of Texas, Austin, Texas, March 21, 1913
- Σ - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, April 10, 1914
- T* - Stanford University, Stanford, California, March 21, 1914
- Υ - University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, April 5, 1915
- Φ* - University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, March 16, 1917
- X - The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, April 16-17, 1920
- Ψ* - University Of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 9-10, 1920
- Ω - Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, April 8-10, 1921, http://www.thetaxiaa.com
- ΑA - Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, April 23, 1921, http://www.uiuc.edu/ro/thetaxi/
- AΒ - University Of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois, April 8, 1922
- AΓ* - Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, April 20, 1922
- AΔ* - Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, February 20, 1927
- AE - University Of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, February 26, 1927, http://www.txae.com
- AΖ* - University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, April 7, 1928
- AΗ - University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, March 20, 1929, http://www.thetaxiboulder.org
- AΘ* - Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, November 7, 1931
- AΙ - Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, November 7, 1931, http://www.ksu.edu/thetaxi/
- AΚ* - Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, October 29, 1932
- AΛ* - University Of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, November 18, 1932
- AΜ* - Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts, November 4, 1932
- AΝ - University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, April 13, 1940, http://www.thetaxiusc.org
- AΞ* - Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, April 27, 1940
- AΟ - University of Louisiana, Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, May 26, 1946
- AΠ* - University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, February 5, 1943
- AΡ* - University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, March 31, 1949
- AΣ - Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, October 3, 1948, http://www.thetaxibu.com
- AT* - Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, February 19, 1949
- AΥ* - Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, Louisiana, April 3, 1949
- AΦ* - University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota, May 14, 1949
- AX* - Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, May 21, 1949
- AΨ - University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, Missouri, October 8, 1949, http://www.umr.edu/~thetaxi
- AΩ* - Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, May 20, 1950
- BA - Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, January 27, 1951, http://www.gttx.org
- BΒ* - San Jose State University, San Jose, California, February 10, 1951
- BΓ* - Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, April 21, 1951
- BΔ - Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, November 17, 1951, http://thetaxi.tonycoconate.com/
- BE - University of California, Davis, Davis, California, May 31, 1952, http://www.theta-xi.com
- BΖ* - Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, February 25, 1954
- BΗ* - University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado, May 22, 1954
- BΘ* - Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, November 9, 1957
- BΙ* - University of Missouri, Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, May 8, 1957
- BΚ* - Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York, May 10, 1958
- BΛ* - Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Pennsylvania, October 28, 1961
- BΜ* - University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas, May 12, 1962
- BΝ* - University of Nebraska-Kearney, Kearney, Nebraska, September 3, 1962
- BΞ - University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 11, 1963
- BΟ* - Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Clarion, Pennsylvania, May 11, 1963
- BΠ - Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, Louisiana, October 27, 1961
- BΡ* - Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas, November 17, 1963
- BΣ - California University of Pennsylvania, California, Pennsylvania, May 28, 1965, http://sai.cup.edu/thetaxi/
- BT* - Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas, December 12, 1965
- BΥ - Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, May 14, 1966, http://www.byofthetaxi.org
- BΦ* - West Liberty State College, West Liberty, West Virginia, November 5, 1966
- BX* - Merrimack College, North Andover, Massachusetts, February 2, 1969
- BΨ* - University of Louisiana at Monroe, Monroe, Louisiana, February 14, 1970
- BΩ* - Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, April 6, 1972, http://vt.thetaxi.org
- ΓA - Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, October 27, 1972, http://www.thetaxiga.org/
- ΓΒ* - Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida, April 13, 1973
- ΓΓ* - University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, February 16, 1974
- ΓΔ* - Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, February 21, 1976
- ΓE - Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, April 7, 1984, http://www6.semo.edu/thetaxi/
- ΓΖ* - Valdosta State University, Valdosta, Georgia, May 15, 1987
- ΓΗ - Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, Louisiana, February 10, 1989
- ΓΘ - Lake Superior State University, Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, September 16, 1989
- ΓΙ - Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona, January 5, 1991, http://www.txgi.org
- ΓΚ - University of Illinois, Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, March 16, 1991, http://www.txgk.net
- ΓΛ - Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, Pennsylvania, January 18, 1992, htttp://www.thetaxiGL.cjb.net
- ΓΜ - Montclair State College, Upper Montclair, New Jersey, May 2, 1992, http://www.thetaximsu.com
- ΓΝ* - University Of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, May 2, 1992
- ΓΞ - Monmouth University, West Long Branch, New Jersey, May 14, 1994, http://hawkmail.monmouth.edu/~thetaxi/
- ΓΟ* - Lynn University, Boca Raton, Florida, April 20, 1996
- ΓΠ - University of North Carolina, Pembroke, Pembroke, North Carolina, April 18, 1998
- ΓΡ* - Missouri Western State College, St. Joseph, Missouri, April 18, 1998
- ΓΣ - University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, March 6, 1999, http://www.uwsp.edu/stuorg/thetaxi/
- ΓT - Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, November 17, 2002, http://www.zukes.net
- ΓΥ - Greensboro College, Greensboro, North Carolina, Spring 2006, http://thetaxi.gborocollege.edu
Chapters acquired by the merger with Kappa Sigma Kappa Fraternity in 1962.
- KA* - Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio, September 5, 1939
- KΒ* - University of Arkansas, Monticello, Monticello, Arkansas, January, 14, 1942
- KΓ* - Fairmont State College, Fairmont, West Virginia, October 2, 1945
- KΔ* - Indiana Institute of Technology, Fort Wayne, Indiana, April 30, 1946
- KE* - Concord University, Athens, West Virginia, May 1, 1946
- KΖ* - University of Charleston, Charleston, West Virginia, April 16, 1947
- KΗ* - Glenville State College, Glenville, West Virginia, April 28, 1947
- KΘ - Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois, June 10, 1947
- KΙ - Henderson State University, Arkadelphia, Arkansas, November 19, 1947
- KΚ* - Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, December 18, 1947
- KΛ* - Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, March 3, 1949
- KΜ* - Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, March 30, 1949
- KΝ* - Defiance College, Defiance, Ohio, November 2, 1949
- KΞ* - University of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, November 19, 1949
- KO - Lenoir-Rhyne College, Hickory, North Carolina, September 25, 1950, http://www.lrc.edu/student/cluborg/Thetaxi/purpose.htm
- KΠ* - Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, April 6, 1951
- KΡ* - Ferris State University, Big Rapids, Michigan, May 15, 1951
- KΣ - Kettering University, Flint, Michigan, July 10 ,1954, http://www2.kettering.edu/~thetaxi/
- KT - West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, West Virginia, December 2, 1955, http://www.kttx.com
- KΥ* - Utica College of Syracuse University, Utica, New York, April 21, 1956
- KΦ* - Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina, April 12, 1958
- KX - Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, October 5, 1968
