Tau Beta Pi Information Book - Chapters and Districts

Chartered Collegiate Chapters (Chapters listed by state with links to homepages
No. Chapter Establishment Date Institution City
1 Pennsylvania Alpha June 15, 1885 Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA
2 Michigan Alpha November 5, 1892 Michigan State University East Lansing, MI
3 Indiana Alpha April 10, 1893 Purdue University West Lafayette, IN
4 New Jersey Alpha March 27, 1896 Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ
5 Illinois Alpha June 2, 1897 University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Urbana- Champaign, IL
6 Wisconsin Alpha May 5, 1899 University of Wisconsin­Madison Madison, WI
7 Ohio Alpha May 19, 1900 Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH
8 Kentucky Alpha April 5, 1902 University of Kentucky Lexington, KY
9 New York Alpha April 11, 1902 Columbia University New York, NY
10 Missouri Alpha November 15, 1902 University of Missouri­Columbia Columbia, MO
11 Michigan Beta August 6, 1904 Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI
12 Colorado Alpha May 5, 1905 Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO
13 Colorado Beta June 8, 1905 University of Colorado at Boulder (Iota)* Boulder, CO
14 Illinois Beta April 6, 1906 Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL
15 New York Beta May 16, 1906 Syracuse University Syracuse, NY
16 Michigan Gamma June 14, 1906 University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI
17 Missouri Beta December 21, 1906 Missouri University of Science & Technology Rolla, MO
18 California Alpha April 10, 1907 University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA
19 Iowa Alpha December 20, 1907 Iowa State University Ames, IA
20 New York Gamma June 12, 1908 Rensselaer Poly. Institute Troy, NY
21 Iowa Beta March 30, 1909 University of Iowa Iowa City, IA
22 Minnesota Alpha June 9, 1909 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN
23 New York Delta January 17, 1910 Cornell University Ithaca, NY
24 Massachusetts Alpha May 14, 1910 Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA
25 Maine Alpha March 11, 1911 University of Maine Orono, ME.
26 Pennsylvania Beta May 4, 1912 Pennsylvania State University (Kappa)* University Park, PA
27 Washington Alpha June 4, l9l2 University of Washington Seattle, WA
28 Arkansas Alpha December 14, 1914 University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR
29 Kansas Alpha December 17, 1914 University of Kansas (Lambda)* Lawrence, KS
30 Ohio Beta November 26, 1915 University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH
31 Pennsylvania Gamma February 19, 1916 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA
32 Texas Alpha June 10, 1916 University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX
33 Ohio Gamma February 12, 1921 Ohio State University Columbus, OH
34 Maryland Alpha April 9, 1921 Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD
35 Pennsylvania Delta April 11, 1921 University of Pennsylvania (Gamma)* Philadelphia, PA
36 Pennsylvania Epsilon May 7, 1921 Lafayette College Easton, PA
37 Virginia Alpha May 28, 1921 University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA
38 Alabama Alpha May 30, 1921 Auburn University Auburn, AL
39 California Beta June 11, 1921 California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA
40 West Virginia Alpha June 3, 1922 West Virginia University Morgantown, WV
41 Missouri Gamma June 5, 1922 Washington University St. Louis, MO
42 Massachusetts Beta June 5, 1922 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA
43 Washington Beta March 17, 1923 Washington State University (Eta)* Pullman, WA
44 Massachusetts Gamma June 6, 1923 Harvard University  (Inactive 1936) Cambridge, MA
45 Connecticut Alpha December 15, 1923 Yale University New Haven, CT
46 Oregon Alpha March 29, 1924 Oregon State University (Zeta)* Corvallis,  OR
47 Georgia Alpha February 6, 1925 Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA
48 North Carolina Alpha October 10, 1925 North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC
49 Oklahoma Alpha April 3, 1926 University of Oklahoma  (Mu)* Norman, OK
50 Montana Alpha April 15, 1926 Montana State University Bozeman, MT
51 Alabama Beta November 20, 1926 University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL
52 Arizona Alpha November 24, 1926 University of Arizona Tucson, AZ
53 Massachusetts Delta December 16, 1927 Tufts University Medford, MA
54 South Carolina Alpha November 23, 1928 Clemson University Clemson, SC
55 North Carolina Beta November 24, 1928 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Inactive 1938) Chapel Hill, NC
56 Indiana Beta December 8, 1928 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Terre Haute, IN
57 Mississippi Alpha December 15, 1928 Mississippi State University State College, MS
58 Tennessee Alpha November 15, 1929 University of Tennessee, Knoxville Knoxville, TN
59 Maryland Beta November 21, 1929 University of Maryland College Park, MD
60 Pennsylvania Zeta November 24, 1930 Drexel University Philadelphia, PA
61 New York Epsilon December 4, 1931 New York University (Inactive 1974) Bronx, NY
62 New York Zeta December 5, 1931 Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (Inactive 1974) Brooklyn, NY
63 Wisconsin Beta December 3, 1932 Marquette University Milwaukee, WI
64 Virginia Beta November 24, 1933 Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State Univ. Blacksburg, VA
65 Delaware Alpha November 25, 1933 University of Delaware Newark, Del.
66 Utah Alpha December 8, 1933 University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT
67 New Jersey Beta December 14, 1934 Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ
68 California Gamma January 26, 1935 Stanford University Stanford, CA
69 Louisiana Alpha November 30, 1936 Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA
70 Louisiana Beta December 1, 1936 Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA
71 Texas Beta December 11, 1937 Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX
72 New York Eta November 30, 1940 City College of New York New York, NY
73 Texas Gamma December 18, 1940 Rice University (Alpha Zeta)* Houston, TX 
74 Michigan Delta January 20, 1941 University of Detroit Mercy Detroit, MI
75 New Jersey Gamma November 29, 1941 New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ
76 New York Theta December 4, 1941 Clarkson University Potsdam, NY
77 Illinois Gamma December 6, 1941 Northwestern University Evanston, IL
78 Massachusetts Epsilon December 13, 1941 Northeastern University Boston, MA
79 Tennessee Beta December 7, 1946 Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN
80 California Delta January 10, 1947 University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA
81 New York Iota January 11, 1947 Cooper Union New York, NY
82 Pennsylvania Eta December 11, 1947 Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA
83 New York Kappa December 13, 1947 University of Rochester Rochester, NY
84 North Carolina Gamma January 10, 1948 Duke University Durham, NC
85 Texas Delta October 11, 1948 Texas A&M University College Station, TX
86 Connecticut Beta January 8, 1949 University of Connecticut Storrs, CT
87 North Dakota Alpha January 14, 1950 North Dakota State University Fargo, ND
88 New Hampshire Alpha December 9, 1950 University of New Hampshire Durham, N.H.
89 Louisiana Gamma February 17, 1951 Louisiana Tech University Ruston, LA
90 Michigan Epsilon March 10, 1951 Wayne State University Detroit, MI
91 California Epsilon March 29, 1952 University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA
92 New York Lambda April 19, 1952 Pratt Institute (Inactive 1993) Brooklyn, NY
93 Ohio Delta February 21, 1953 Ohio University Athens, OH
94 Ohio Epsilon February 22, 1953 Cleveland State University Cleveland, OH
95 Colorado Gamma January 29, 1954 University of Denver (Inactive 1975) Denver,  CO
96 Rhode Island Alpha February 12, 1954 Brown University Providence, R.I.
97 Rhode Island Beta February 13, 1954 University of Rhode Island Kingston, R.I.
98 Ohio Zeta February 20, 1954 University of Toledo Toledo, OH
99 Massachusetts Zeta January 7, 1956 University of Massachusetts at Amherst Amherst, MA
100 District of Columbia Alpha March 10, 1956 Howard University Washington, DC
101 California Zeta April 21, 1956 Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA
102 South Carolina Beta January 11, 1958 University of South Carolina Columbia, SC
103 Vermont Alpha December 20, 1958 University of Vermont Burlington, VT
104 Ohio Eta February 21, 1959 Air Force Institute of Technology Wright-Patterson AFB, OH
105 Louisiana Delta March 5, 1960 University of Southwestern Louisiana Lafayette, LA
106 Indiana Gamma December 10, 1960 University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN
107 Florida Alpha January 14, 1961 University of Florida (Upsilon)* Gainesville, FL
108 Pennsylvania Theta February 11, 1961 Villanova University Villanova, PA
109 Ohio Theta March 11, 1961 University of Dayton Dayton, OH
110 Texas Epsilon February 10, 1962 University of Houston Houston, TX
111 District of Columbia Beta March 31, 1962 Catholic University of America Washington, DC
112 District of Columbia Gamma February 16, 1963 George Washington University (Xi)* Washington, DC
113 Arizona Beta March 9, 1963 Arizona State University Tempe, AZ
114 Indiana Delta March 23, 1963 Valparaiso University Valparaiso, IN
115 Illinois Delta January 18, 1964 Bradley University (Alpha Iota)* Peoria, IL 
116 Florida Beta January 25, 1964 University of Miami Coral Gables, FL
117 California Eta March 14, 1964 San Jose State University San Jose, CA
118 Utah Beta April 4, 1964 Brigham Young University Provo, UT
119 New York Mu April 11, 1964 Union College Schenectady, NY
120 California Theta January 30, 1965 California State University, Long Beach Long Beach, CA
121 Vermont Beta March 13, 1965 Norwich University Northfield, VT
122 Kansas Beta March 21, 1965 Wichita State University Wichita, KS
123 Washington Gamma February 12, 1966 Seattle University Seattle, WA
124 California Iota February 18, 1967 California State University, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA
125 New York Nu March 11, 1967 State University of New York at Buffalo Buffalo, NY
126 New York Xi March 18, 1967 Manhattan College Bronx, NY
127 Tennessee Gamma February 3, 1968 Tennessee Technological University Cookeville, TN
128 California Kappa February 17, 1968 California State University, Northridge Northridge, CA
129 Texas Zeta March 16, 1968 Lamar University Beaumont, TX
130 Pennsylvania Iota March 30, 1968 Widener University Chester, PA
131 Puerto Rico Alpha March 8, 1969 University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, PR
132 Mississippi Beta March 15, 1969 University of Mississippi University, MS
133 Texas Eta March 22, 1969 University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX
134 Texas Theta March 29, 1969 University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX
135 California Lambda May 3, 1969 University of California, Davis Davis, CA
136 New York Omicron April 26, 1970 State University of New York at Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY
137 New York Pi January 23, 1971 Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY
138 Oklahoma Beta February 13, 1971 University of Tulsa Tulsa, OK
139 Michigan Zeta May 8, 1971 Kettering University Flint, MI
140 West Virginia Beta January 29, 1972 West Virginia University Institute of Technology Montgomery, WV
141 California Mu February 13, 1972 California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA
142 California Nu February 13, 1972 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Pomona, CA
143 New Jersey Delta April 23, 1972 Princeton University Princeton, NJ
144 California Xi March 4, 1973 San Diego State University San Diego, CA
145 Wisconsin Gamma March 17, 1973 University of Wisconsin­ Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI
146 Ohio Iota March 31, 1973 Ohio Northern University Ada, OH
147 Nebraska Alpha January 26, 1974 University of Nebraska­Lincoln (Alpha)** Lincoln, NE
148 Kansas Gamma January 27, 1974 Kansas State University (Epsilon)* Manhattan, KS
149 Florida Gamma February 16, 1974 University of South Florida Tampa, FL
150 California Omicron March 9, 1974 Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA
151 California Pi March 10, 1974 Northrop University (Inactive 1991) Inglewood,  CA
152 Pennsylvania Kappa March 20, 1974 Swarthmore College (Nu)** Swarthmore, PA
153 Pennsylvania Lambda March 21, 1974 University of Pittsburgh (Psi)** Pittsburgh, PA
154 Kentucky Beta March 24, 1974 University of Louisville (Omicron)** Louisville, KY
155 Tennessee Delta March 30, 1974 Christian Brothers University (Alpha Mu)** Memphis, TN
156 Texas Iota April 2, 1974 Southern Methodist University (Alpha Beta)** Dallas, TX
157 Texas Kappa April 3, 1974 Prairie View A&M University Prairie View (Alpha Lambda)** Prairie View, TX
158 Texas Lambda April 4, 1974 Texas A&M University - Kingsville   (Alpha Eta)** Kingsville, TX
159 New Mexico Alpha April 5, 1974 New Mexico State University (Alpha Gamma)** Las Cruces, NM
160 New Mexico Beta April 6, 1974 University of New Mexico (Chi)** Albuquerque, NM
161 Oklahoma Gamma April 7, 1974 Oklahoma State University (Sigma)** Stillwater, OK
162 Wyoming Alpha April 19, 1974 University of Wyoming (Omega)** Laramie, WY
163 Colorado Delta April 20, 1974 Colorado State University (Alpha Alpha)** Ft. Collins, CO
164 South Dakota Alpha April 22, 1974 South Dakota School of Mines & Tech. (Tau)** Rapid City, SD
165 South Dakota Beta April 23, 1974 South Dakota State University (Delta)** Brookings, SD
166 North Dakota Beta April 24, 1974 University of North Dakota (Pi)** Grand Forks, ND
167 Idaho Alpha May 2, 1974 University of Idaho (Rho)** Moscow, ID 
168 California Rho May 9, 1974 California State University, Fresno (Alpha Kappa)** Fresno, CA
169 Nevada Alpha May10, 1974 University of Nevada­Reno (Alpha Epsilon)** Reno, NV 
170 Utah Gamma May 11, 1974 Utah State University (Alpha Delta)** Logan, UT 
171 Ohio Kappa May 21, 1974 University of Akron (Phi)** Akron, OH 
172 Ohio Lambda May 22, 1974 Youngstown State University (Alpha Theta)** Youngstown, OH
173 New York Rho May 26, 1974 Polytechnic Institute of New York University Brooklyn, NY
174 Indiana Epsilon February 22, 1975 Trine University Angola, IN
175 Alaska Alpha April 5, 1975 University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks, AK
176 Massachusetts Eta April 19, 1975 Boston University Boston, MA
177 Illinois Epsilon April 3, 1976 Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Carbondale, ILL.
178 Alabama Gamma March 27, 1977 University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL
179 Tennessee Epsilon April 2, 1977 University of Memphis Memphis, TN
180 Florida Delta December 3, 1977 University of Central Florida Orlando, FL
181 Michigan Eta February 11, 1978 Lawrence Technological University Southfield, MI
182 Michigan Theta February 17, 1979 Oakland University Rochester, MI
183 Virginia Gamma March 17, 1979 Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA
184 North Carolina Delta March 23, 1979 University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC
185 Alabama Delta January 26, 1980 University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville, AL
186 California Sigma January 24, 1981 University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA
187 Arizona Gamma March 7, 1981 Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ
188 South Carolina Gamma March 28, 1981 The Citadel Charleston, SC
189 Michigan Iota January 16, 1982 University of Michigan­Dearborn Dearborn, MI
190 California Tau April 3, 1982 University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA
191 Maryland Gamma January 13, 1984 United States Naval Academy Annapolis, MD
192 Illinois Zeta January 28, 1984 University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL
193 California Upsilon February 18, 1984 California State University, Sacramento Sacramento, CA
194 Montana Beta March 24, 1984 Montana Tech of the University of Montana Butte, MT
195 Florida Epsilon February 9, 1985 Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL
196 New Mexico Gamma March 2, 1985 New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Socorro, NM
197 Massachusetts Theta March 9, 1985 University of Massachusetts Lowell Lowell, MA
198 Colorado Epsilon November 23, 1985 University of Colorado at Denver Denver, CO
199 North Carolina Epsilon February 18, 1986 North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State Univ. Greensboro, NC
200 Florida Zeta March 1, 1986 Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne, FL
201 California Phi March 5, 1988 University of the Pacific Stockton, CA
202 Michigan Kappa March 18, 1989 Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI
203 Tennessee Zeta January 6, 1990 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN
204 Alabama Epsilon February 3, 1990 University of South Alabama Mobile, AL
205 Wisconsin Delta March 10, 1990 Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee, WI
206 Ohio Mu May 5, 1990 Wright State University Dayton, OH
207 New York Sigma February 2, 1991 Alfred University Alfred, NY
208 Virginia Delta February 9, 1991 Virginia Military Institute Lexington, VA
209 Connecticut Gamma March 9, 1991 University of Hartford West Hartford, CT
210 New York Tau March 16, 1991 State University of New York at Binghamton Binghamton, NY
211 Wisconsin Epsilon February 1, 1992 University of Wisconsin-Platteville Platteville, WI
212 Florida Eta February 29, 1992 Florida A&M University/Florida State University Tallahassee, FL
213 Massachusetts Iota March 21, 1992 Western New England College Springfield, MA
214 California Chi March 28, 1992 California State University, Fullerton Fullerton, CA
215 Oregon Beta February 13, 1993 Portland State University Portland, OR
216 Louisiana Epsilon March 13, 1993 University of New Orleans New Orleans, LA
217 Maryland Delta December 11, 1993 University of Maryland Baltimore County Baltimore, MD
218 California Psi February 5, 1994 University of California, San Diego San Diego, CA
219 Florida Theta March 12, 1994 Florida International University Miami, FL
220 Nevada Beta February 4, 1995 University of Nevada, Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV
221 Georgia Beta February 11, 1995 Mercer University Macon, GA
222 Washington Delta February 25, 1995 Gonzaga University Spokane, WA
223 Minnesota Beta February 3, 1996 University of Minnesota, Duluth Duluth, MN
224 California Omega February 10, 1996 Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA
225 California Alpha Alpha March 2, 1996 California State University, Chico Chico, CA
226 Colorado Zeta March 8, 1997 United States Air Force Academy Colorado Springs, CO
227 Maryland Epsilon March 7, 1998 Morgan State University Baltimore, MD
228 Ohio Nu March 3, 2001 Cedarville University Cedarville, OH
229 Missouri Delta January 26, 2002 University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, MO
230 Oregon Gamma February 9, 2002 University of Portland Portland, OR
231 New Hampshire Beta February 23, 2002 Dartmouth College Hanover, NH
232 Texas Mu March 3, 2002 University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX
233 Virginia Epsilon March 1, 2003 Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA
234 Idaho Beta January 17, 2004 Idaho State University Pocatello, ID
235 Michigan Lambda March 27, 2004 Grand Valley State University Grand Rapids, MI
236 California Alpha Beta February 12, 2005 University of California, Riverside Riverside, CA
237 New Jersey Epsilon January 28, 2006 Rowan University Glassboro, NJ
238 New York Upsilon February 10, 2007 United States Military Academy West, Point, NY
239 California Alpha Gamma March 10, 2007 San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA
240 Ohio Xi February 23, 2008 Miami University Oxford, OH
241 California Alpha Delta March 8, 2008 University of California, Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA
*Name of the Sigma Tau chapter merged with the Tau Beta Pi chapter in 1974.
**Name of the Sigma Tau chapter converted to the TBP chapter on the establishment date shown.
New York Gamma became inactive in 1916 when a changed institute policy refused access to students' grades and thus made identification of the high-standing juniors and seniors impossible. Another change in policy permitted reinstatement of the chapter in 1936.
Massachusetts Gamma Chapter charter was withdrawn in 1938 when undergraduate engineering instruction at Harvard University was no longer offered.
North Carolina Beta's charter was withdrawn in 1938 when all undergraduate engineering curricula were transferred from the University of North Carolina to North Carolina State University where a chapter was already in existence.
New York Epsilon and New York Zeta Chapters were merged into the New York Rho Chapter on May 26, 1974, after their original harboring institutions, the School of Engineering and Science of New York University and the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, were merged into the Polytechnic Institute of New York.
Colorado Gamma Chapter surrendered its charter on May 30, 1975, when the University of Denver ceased offering engineering education.
California Pi Chapter returned its charter on December 31, 1991, when Northrop University closed its doors.
New York Lambda's charter was withdrawn in 1993 when Pratt Institute ceased offering engineering education.

Collegiate Chapter Organization

Collegiate chapters are administered by a corps of officers including a president, vice president, recording secretary, corresponding secretary, treasurer, and cataloger, all of whom must be active members ofthe chapter, although not necessarily undergraduates. An Advisory Board consisting of thepresident, vice president, and corresponding secretary of the chapter and four alumnusmembers of the Association (usually faculty) selected by the student members acts in ajudiciary capacity at the local level. The president is usually a chapter's delegate tothe Convention, the Association's governing body which meets annually. Collegiate chaptersdraw up their bylaws which set out, in further detail than is covered by the nationalConstitution and Bylaws, operating procedures followed by the local group.

Requirements for New Collegiate Chapters

Charters for new collegiate chapters aregranted only by a three-fourths favorable vote of the Convention. Recommended minimumqualifications of petitioning groups and their institutions, as set forth in Tau Beta Pi'sBylaws, are as follows:

Chartered Alumnus Chapters

Ames, Iowa
Baltimore, Maryland
Bluegrass (Lexington-Frankfort, KY)
Buffalo, New York
Central Alabama (Birmingham)
Central Connecticut (Hartford)
Central Florida (Orlando)
Central Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
Central Michigan (Lansing)
Chicago, Illinois
Cincinnati, Ohio
Columbia River Basin (Richland, WA)
Columbus, Ohio
Dayton, Ohio
Daytona Beach, Florida
Front Range, Colorado/Wyoming (Denver)
Southeastern Michigan (Detroit)
El Paso, Texas
Flint, Michigan
Gainesville, Florida
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Great Smoky Mountains (Knoxville-Oak Ridge, TN)
Greater Gulf Coast (Mobile, AL)
Hampton Roads, Virginia
Houston, Texas
Kanawha Valley (Charleston, WV)
Lehigh Valley (Bethlehem, PA)
Long Island (NY) Suburban
Louisville, Kentucky
Miami, Florida
Midlands (Columbia, SC)
Mid-South (Memphis, TN)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Minnesota (Minneapolis)
Newark, New Jersey
New York, New York
Ohio's North Coast (Cleveland)
Phoenix, Arizona
Piedmont (Clemson, SC)
Portland, Oregon
Puerto Rico
Puget Sound, Washington
Research Triangle (Raleigh-Durham- Chapel Hill, NC)
Richmond, Virginia
Rochester, New York
Rolla, Missouri
Sacramento, California
St. Louis, Missouri
Salt Lake City, Utah
San Francisco, California
San Francisco Peninsula, California
Schenectady, New York
Southern California
Southern Tier, New York
Sun City, Arizona
Tampa Bay, Florida
Washington, DC
West Palm Beach, Florida
Wilmington, Delaware

Alumnus Chapter Organization and Establishment

Alumnus chapters are composed of alumnusmembers who join together to advance the causes of the engineering profession, to be of service to local members of the Association and to the membership of neighboringcollegiate chapters, and to advance the principles and ideals of Tau Beta Pi. The chaptersare self-governing as far as does not conflict with the Constitution and Bylaws of theAssociation. They are known by the name of the city or area in which they are located.Each alumnus chapter is entitled to be represented by one or more delegates at the annualConvention, and, if represented, is entitled to one vote in the Convention.

New alumnus chapters may be chartered by the Executive Council when written application is made by at least ten members of theAssociation. A total of 59 charters have been granted.

Districts

Schemes for organizing Tau Beta Pi'schapters by districts had been suggested for many years before a specific plan waspresented to the 1975 Convention. The plan was approved for a three-year trial and,following its success on an experimental basis, was formally adopted by the 1978Convention. The need for districting was evident as the number of chapters increased andit became impossible for a few national officers to pay regular chapter visits. District Directors, located close to their relatively small number of chapters, now supply thefrequent personal relationship that is a necessary ingredient for the health of thechapters.

Under the plan the Executive Councilcreated 15 geographical districts and assigned each collegiate and alumnus chapter to theappropriate one. District 16 was established in 1999. Activities under the leadership ofthe District Directors have included visits to chapters, District conferences for chapterrepresentatives, publication of District newsletters, and meetings of District delegatesat the annual Convention. The focus of District programming is to strengthen thecollegiate chapters and to enlist the interest and aid of alumnus members in their work.Training student officers in chapter management and overcoming the effects ofdiscontinuity in chapter membership arising from rapid student turnover are examples ofspecific programming.

With adoption of the District Program,the former offices of Director of Alumni Affairs and Director of Chapter Development wereeliminated, and their duties were transferred to the District Directors or the nationalheadquarters staff.

District Map (clickable version)

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