FACTS AND FIGURES

Gamma Lambda Chapter

• Founded: April 4, 1948
• Refounding: October 31, 1997
• Total number of local initiates since founding (as of 1/06): 562

Theta Chi Fraternity

• Founded: April 10, 1856 at Norwich University
• Of the 64 North American Interfraternity Conference men's fraternities, Theta Chi is the 21st in chronological order of founding.
• Motto: "Assisting Hand" or "Extend the Helping Hand"
• Maxim: "Alma Mater First, and Theta Chi for Alma Mater"
• Colors: Military Red and White
• Initiates: 156,352 (as of July 1, 2005)
• Installed Chapters: 214 chapters installed since 1856
• Active Chapters: 127 current active chapters (as of 11/21/05)
• Colonies and Interest Groups: 11 (as of 11/21/05)
• 150th Anniversary Convention will be held at Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont, on June 8-11, 2006

Growth in Fraternity
based upon chapter Greek letter designation, and number of inactive chapters (as of 5/00):

Single letter series	1856-1919	63 Years	7 Inactive
	(1902-1919)	17 Years
Alpha Series	1919-1930	11 Years	8 Inactive
Beta Series	1931-1942	11 Years	7 Inactive
Gamma Series	1942-1949	7 Years	12 Inactive
Delta Series	1949-1954	5 Years	6 Inactive
Epsilon Series	1954-1964	10 Years	11 Inactive
Zeta Series	1964-1970	6 Years	10 Inactive
Eta Series	1970-1982	12 Years	6 Inactive
Theta Series	1984-1996	10 Years	8 Inactive
Iota Series	1999-present
Includes merger with Beta Kappa Fraternity--16 chapters. (142/67)

Chapters Installed/Reinstalled Since Jan. 1989

Installed	Reinstalled
Theta Eta/Sam Houston	Theta/Massachusetts
Theta Iota/UC Santa Cruz	Mu/California-Berkeley
Theta Kappa/Texas Tech	Nu/Hampden-Sydney College
Theta Lambda/Bloomsburg	Rho/Illinois
Theta Mu/CSU Hayward	Alpha Xi/Delaware
Theta Nu/Rowan College	Beta Lambda/Akron
ThetaXi/VirginiaCommonwealth	Gamma Zeta/Oklahoma State
Theta Omicron/Mars Hill	Gamma Eta/Bucknell
Theta Pi/Bridgewater State	Gamma Lambda/Denver
Theta Rho/McNeese State	Delta Gamma/WV Wesleyan
Theta Sigma/UC Santa Barbara	Delta Mu/Texas
Theta Tau/Western Michigan	Epsilon Omega/CSU-Sacra.
Theta Upsilon/Frostburg State	Zeta Tau/Michigan-FlintZeta
Theta Phi/CSU Bakersfield	Zeta Phi/Cal Poly-SLO
Theta Psi/UWisconsin Oshkosh	Eta Kappa/James Madison
Theta Omega/Appalachian State
Iota Alpha/University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Iota Beta/Southwest Missouri State
Iota Gamma/Grand Valley State
Iota Delta/Southeastern Louisiana University
21+15=36

Information as of May 2000

Click here to see a list Chapters by State (*.pdf file)

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