FarmHouse International Fraternity
| FarmHouse Fraternity | |
|---|---|
| FH | |
 | |
| Founded |
April 15, 1905 University of Missouri |
| Type | Social Fraternity |
| Scope |
United States Canada |
| Motto | "Builder of Men" |
| Colors | Green Gold White |
| Symbol | Sickle and Sheaf |
| Flower | Red and White Roses |
| Chapters | 34 |
| Headquarters |
7306 NW Tiffany Spring Parkway, Suite 210 Kansas City, Missouri, United States |
| Homepage |
www |
FarmHouse International Fraternity, Inc. is a social fraternity founded at the University of Missouri on April 15, 1905. It became a national organization in 1921. Today FarmHouse has 34 chapters/colonies/interest groups in the United States and Canada.[1]
History
FarmHouse was founded as a professional agriculture fraternity on April 15, 1905 by seven men at the University of Missouri, when they had met at a Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) bible study and had decided that they wanted to form a club. A second chapter, founded independently of the Missouri chapter but sharing the same ideals, was founded at the University of Nebraska in 1911. After communication between the two groups, a third chapter was founded at the University of Illinois in 1918.[2]
FarmHouse became a national organization in 1921 by approval of each of the active houses.[3]
FarmHouse joined the North-American Interfraternity Conference as a junior member in 1944. Because of its size at the time, eight chapters, it was not considered eligible for full membership. With twelve chapters and three colonies, FarmHouse became a full-fledged member on March 25, 1953.[4] FarmHouse dropped out of the NIC from 1971 to 1981, as did many other national and international fraternities.[1]
On April 20, 1974, the FarmHouse Club at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, was the first chapter established outside the United States.[5]
Mission
The motto of FarmHouse is "Builders of Men". The fraternity seeks to build men with "Fourfold Development", encouraging growth in the Intellectual, Physical, Social/Moral and Spiritual aspects of their lives.[1]
Nebraska alcohol death
In 2014 the FarmHouse chapter at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln was suspended indefinitely after the alcohol related death of an 18-year-old freshmen. Four FarmHouse members, including the chapter vice president, were brought up on felony procurement charges.[6][7] The death prompted State Senator Adam Morfeld to introduce a Good Samaritan law providing limited immunity to underage students who call for help in alcohol related emergencies.[8]
Notable alumni
- George W. Beadle; Nobel Prize Winner and President, University of Chicago
- Rick Berg; U.S. Representative for North Dakota's At-large congressional district.
- John R. Campbell; former President, Oklahoma State University
- John W. Carlin; former Governor of Kansas, 1979-1987 and Archivist of the United States, 1995-2005
- Don Faurot; former head football coach (1935–1956) and athletic director of the University of Missouri. Inventor of the Split-T formation. The University of Missouri named its football field after the famous coach.
- Cory Gardner; U.S. Representative for Colorado's 4th congressional district.
- William L. Giles; President, Mississippi State University 1966-1976
- Pat Green; Country Music Artist Texas Tech University
- Kenny Hulshof; U.S. Representative (MO-9)
- Gus Kohntopp; identified as one of two 190th Fighter Squadron pilots involved in the 190th Fighter Squadron, Blues and Royals friendly fire incident - March 28, 2003.[9][10]
- M. Peter McPherson; President, Michigan State University
- Bill Northey; Iowa Secretary of Agriculture 2007–present
- W. Robert Parks; President, Iowa State University 1965-1986
- Don Stenberg; Nebraska State Treasurer, 3 term Attorney General at Nebraska, Harvard JD & MBA University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Leroy Van Dyke; Singer/Songwriter, Wrote "The Auctioneer"
- Orville Vogel; Instrumental in the development of wheat varieties that led to the Green Revolution.
- Evan Williams; Co-founder of Twitter
- Dale E. Wolf; former Governor of Delaware
- Clayton Yeutter; former United States Secretary of Agriculture 1989-1991, former Republican National Committee chairman 1991-1992
List of chapters
See also
References
- 1 2 3 FarmHouse Fraternity New Membership Education Manual, published by FarmHouse International Fraternity, Inc.
- ↑ "1905-1914 A Humble Beginning". FarmHouse International Fraternity, Inc. Retrieved 2007-09-06.
- ↑ "1915-1924 Shaping the Future". FarmHouse International Fraternity, Inc. Retrieved 2007-09-06.
- ↑ "1935-1944 from Depression to World War II". FarmHouse International Fraternity, Inc. Retrieved 2007-09-06.
- ↑ "1965-1974 Overcoming Conflict". FarmHouse International Fraternity, Inc. Retrieved 2007-09-06.
- ↑ Dunker, Chris (July 15, 2015). "UNL suspends fraternity for two years". Lincoln Journal-Star. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
- ↑ Pilger, Lori (March 31, 2015). "Judge OKs sending felony cases to trial in fraternity death". Lincoln Journal-Star. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
- ↑ Robertson, Ryan (October 2, 2015). "New Nebraska Law aims to prevent under-age drinking/drug deaths". KVNO News. Retrieved December 11, 2015.
- ↑ "The Sun Online – The Best for News, Sport and Showbiz – The Sun". The Sun (London).
- ↑ "Friendly fire pilot 'experienced'". BBC News. 2007-02-08. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
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