Beta's Pioneering Spirit

• First college fraternity founded west of the Allegheny Mountains (August 8, 1839).
• First and oldest continuously published college fraternity magazine (1872).
• First college fraternity to publish an open constitution for public distribution (1879).
• First fraternity to establish a chapter west of the Mississippi River (1866).
• First to break into districts for administrative purposes (1873).
• First fraternity to have general officers (1872).
• First fraternity to create alumni chapters (1867).
• First fraternity to have a General Convention and one of few to have annual Conventions.
• First to host an interfraternity event and meeting.
• First to require chapters to keep informed about each other.
• First fraternity to adopt a 2.5 minimum GPA for a chapter (1984).
• First fraternity to adopt a 2.5 minimum GPA for each member (1997).

Once A Beta, Always A Beta

• More than 80 Rhodes Scholars — more than any other fraternity
• More than 197 have been members of the United States Senate and House of
  Representatives — more than any other fraternity
• Twenty-three states have had a Beta as Governor
• Six Betas have won the Medal of Honor
• There was a Beta on the Supreme Court from 1877 to 1975. In 1911, there were four
  members who were Betas. Between 1881-1889 three members of the court were Betas.
• Nearly 165,000 initiated members; almost 114,000 living members; approximately 6,200 undergraduate members on 141 campuses in the United States and Canada.
• 100 alumni associations in cities throughout the United States and Canada.
• Beta Theta Pi Leadership-Scholarship Awards total more than $90,000 annually for undergraduates and graduate members.
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