Quick Facts
Initiated Betas: 175,000
Living Betas: 118,000
Undergraduate membership with pledges: 6,500
Chapters/Colonies: 128
Scholarships awarded by Beta Theta Pi Foundation last year (2004): 370
Brennan Hall/Foundation & Administrative Office: 5134 Bonham Road, Oxford, Ohio 45056. Completed October 1994. 17,000 sq. ft.; occupied by 30 full and part-time staff, including education consultants; located on eight acres of land, one mile north of Oxford.
Beta Firsts
• 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 in 13 states — more than any other fraternity.
• First fraternity established on more than 35 campuses — more than any other fraternity
• First fraternity to establish a chapter west of the Mississippi River (1866)
• First fraternity to adopt an expansion view
• 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)
Other Facts
• Last year there were more than 2,000 collegiate Betas involved in the Beta Foundation’s experiential learning programs
• Beta ranks No.2 in annual investment in undergraduate leadership and educational programming (of the 68 international fraternities)
• Some 550 parents financially supported Beta Theta Pi’s leadership opportunities
• The Men of Principle initiative has been internationally recognized for exemplary fraternity educational programming
• A leader among college fraternities with members listed in Who’s Who in Americaand
Canadian Who’s Who — more than any other fraternity
• 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
• 100 alumni associations in cities throughout the United States and Canada
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