BETA THETA PI

'Beta Theta Pi Fraternity''ΒΘΠ' ''Open Mottos: 'Firmam Consensus Facit, Worthy of the Highest, Three Great Principles '' ''Nicknames: 'Beta' '' 'Founded:' August 8th, 1839 atMiami University, (Oxford, Ohio) 'Founders:' ★ John Reily Knox ''1839'' ★ Samuel Taylor Marshall ''1840'' ★ David Linton ''1839'' ★ James George Smith ''1840'' ★ Charles Henry Hardin ''1841'' ★ John Holt Duncan ''1840'' ★ Michael Clarkson Ryan ''1839'' ★ Thomas Boston Gordon ''1840''.....of ever honored memory 'Members:' About 180,000, including 5,000 collegiate members 'Official Colors:' Delicate shades of pink and blue 'Official Flowers:' Roses of the "June" or "Queen of the Prairie" variety 'Official Symbol:' The Dragon Beta Theta Pi Website

'Beta Theta Pi' ('ΒΘΠ') is a social collegiate fraternity that was founded at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, USA, where it is part of the Miami Triad which includes Phi Delta Theta and Sigma Chi. Beta, as it is nicknamed, was the first college fraternity to be founded west of the Allegheny Mountains, and has over 120 chapters and colonies in the United States and Canada. More than 183,000 members have been initiated world-wide. ^[1] Beta Theta Pi has more than 5,000 undergraduate members. Beta Theta Pi is annually ranked in the top ten nationally known fraternities for number of chapters, members, and philanthropy. Beta's Administrative Office is located at 5134 Bonham Road, Oxford, Ohio. In 2006, the driveway up to the administrative office was renamed "Lugar-Bates Drive" in appreciation for the work that Senator Richard Lugar and Brother Bert Bates ''Missouri'' '56 performed in the $20 million "Upon These Principles" capital campaign.

Contents

Founders

Purpose

Famous Betas

Chapters

References

External links

Source

Founders

— The "Founders' Paragraph"

Purpose

-Willis O. Robb, Ohio Wesleyan 1879
In 1879, Beta Theta Pi was the first college fraternity to publish its constitution. While the organization continues to guard certain secrets reserved for members, it does publicly offer wide knowledge of objects and aspirations.
'The Code of Beta Theta Pi - Article 1, Section 2.'
Name and Objects:
''It shall be constituted as hereinafter provided and shall have for its objects the promotion of the moral and social culture of its members, the establishment of confidence and friendly relations among the universities and colleges of the United States and Canada, in securing unity of action and sympathy in matters of common interest among them, and the building up of a fraternity that recognizes mutual assistance in the honorable labors and aspirations of life, devotion to the cultivation of the intellect, unsullied friendship and unfaltering fidelity, as objects worthy of the highest aim and purpose of associated effort.''[1]

Famous Betas

===Academia===

Thomas Bartlett	''Willamette 1951''	Rhodes Scholar; Chancellor, Univ. of Alabama System
Stanley Coulter	''Hanover 1870''	Dean, Purdue University
Andrew Dousa Hepburn	''Washington & Jefferson 1852''	President, Miami University
Deane W. Malott	''Kansas 1921''	Chancellor, University of Kansas; President, Cornell University
Franklin David Murphy	''Kansas 1936''	Chancellor, University of Kansas; Chancellor, UCLA
Russell E. Palmer	''Michigan State 1956''	Dean, Wharton School of Business
Frank Hugh Sparks	''DePauw 1936''	President, Wabash College
David Stanton Tappan	''Miami University 1864''	President, Miami University
Byron K. Trippett	''Wabash 1932''	President, Wabash College
Fredrick W. Ness	''Dickinson 1933''	President, Fresno State
David T. McLaughlin	''Dartmouth 1954''	President, Dartmouth College
John P. Crecine	''Carnegie Mellon 1961''	President, Georgia Tech
David Alexander Wallace	''Miami University 1846''	President, Muskingum and Monmouth Colleges
Samuel Weese	''West Virginia 1957''	President, American College
Steven Sample	''Illinois 1958''	President, University of Southern California
Thomas Litzenburg	''Washington & Lee 1957''	President, Salem College

===Community Organizations===

Ernest Coulter

''Ohio State 1892''

Founder, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America

===Government and politics===

Joe Allbaugh	''Oklahoma State 1974''	Former Director of FEMA
Albert Beach	''Kansas 1905''	Mayor of Kansas City, MO
William Borah	''Kansas 1884''	Senator from Idaho and Chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Robert Docking	''Kansas 1946''	Governor of Kansas
Thomas Docking	''Kansas 1976''	Lt. Governor of Kansas
Ozro J. Dodds	''Miami University 1861''	US House of Representatives 1872-74
William O. Douglas	''Whitman 1920''	United States Supreme Court Justice
Robert Ellsworth	''Kansas 1946''	US House of Representatives, Nixon Campaign Director, Deputy Secretary of Defense, Advisor to President Nixon, and Representative to NATO
W. Mark Felt	''Idaho 1935''	Exposed the Nixon administrations' corruption as "Deep Throat"
David R. Francis	''Washington, St. Louis 1870''	Mayor of St. Louis, Governor of Missouri, Secretary of the Interior, Ambassador to Russia, President of Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Richard Gephardt	''Northwestern 1962''	Former United States House Minority Leader
John Brown Gordon	''Georgia 1854''	Major General in CSA, U.S. Senator, and Governor of Georgia
Peter B. Halbin	''Ohio Wesleyan 1953''	Social worker, newspaper columnist and Cleveland politician
H. R. Haldeman	''UCLA 1948''	President Nixon’s Chief of Staff
Michael Harcourt	''British Columbia 1963''	Premier of British Columbia
Charles Henry Hardin	''Miami (OH) 1841''	Former Governor of Missouri
Mark O. Hatfield	''Willamette 1943''	Former United States Senator and Governor of Oregon
David Karnes	''Nebraska 1971''	Former United States Senator
Horace Lurton	''Cumberland 1867''	United States Supreme Court Justice
Richard Lugar	''Denison 1954''	United States Senator
Ray Mabus	''Mississippi 1969''	Former Governor of Mississippi
James G. Martin	''Davidson 1957''	House of Representatives and Governor of North Carolina
Arch A. Moore, Jr.	''West Virginia 1951''	Former Governor of West Virginia
Oliver P. Morton	''Miami 1847''	Civil War Governor of Indiana, and instigator of the DePauw, Indiana and Wabash Chapters
Bill Nelson	''Yale 1965''	United States Senator
Don Nickles	''Oklahoma State 1971''	Former United States Senator
William Perry	''Stanford 1949''	Former Secretary of Defense
David Peterson	''Western Ontario 1966''	Premier of Ontario
John J. Rhodes	''Kansas State 1938''	Former House Minority Leader
Charlie Rose	''Davidson 1961''	Former Representative
Angelo Scott	''Kansas 1877''	Founder of Oklahoma City, OK
Charles Scott	''Kansas 1881''	Regent, Kansas State Senator, and Member of Congress
Mike Synar	''Oklahoma 1972''	Former Representative
John Turner	''British Columbia 1952''	Former Prime Minister of Canada
Willis Van Devanter	''DePauw 1881''	United States Supreme Court Justice
John Warner	''Washington & Lee 1950''	United States Senator
Kenneth S. Wherry	''Nebraska 1914''	Former United States Senator and Minority Leader
Durbin Ward	''Miami University 1843''	Civil War General and United States Attorney
Wendell Willkie	''Indiana 1916''	1940 Republican Party Nominee for President

H.R. Haldeman, UCLA

Senator Richard Lugar, Denison

===Arts, entertainment, and media===

William Anderson	''Whitman 1951''	aka. Adam West actor, ''Batman''
James Arness	''Beloit 1946''	aka. Marshall Matt Dillon actor, ''Gunsmoke''
James Batton	''Davidson 1957''	Former President, Knight Ridder Newspapers
George Bellows	''Ohio State 1905''	Artist
Thom Brennaman	''Ohio 1986''	Sports Broadcaster
Jay Chandrasekhar	''Colgate 1990''	Actor/director, ''Super Troopers'', ''Arrested Development''
Neil Everett	''Oregon 1984''	ESPN Anchor
Howard Fineman	''Colgate 1970''	Journalist
Chet Forte	''Columbia 1957''	Former TV Director ''ABC Monday Night Football''
Kevin Heffernan	''Colgate''	Actor, ''Super Troopers''
David Hirshey	''Dickinson 1971''	Vice President and Executive Editor at ''HarperCollins'' publishers
Jeffrey Jones	''Lawrence 1968''	Actor, ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'', ''Amadeus''
Richard Karn	''Washington 1978''	Actor, ''Home Improvement''
Ken Kesey	''Oregon 1957''	Author, ''One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest''
Steve Lemme	''Colgate''	Actor, ''Super Troopers''
George Peppard	''Purdue 1952''	Actor, ''Breakfast at Tiffany's'', ''The Carpetbaggers'', ''The A-Team''
Robert Reed	''Northwestern 1954''	Actor, ''The Brady Bunch''
Doug Russell	''Wisconsin-Oshkosh 1995''	Talk show host, Sporting News Radio
Stephen Sondheim	''Williams 1950''	Composer, ''West Side Story''
Paul Soter	''Colgate''	Actor, ''Super Troopers''
Erik Stolhanske	''Colgate''	Actor, ''Super Troopers''
Kermit Hunter	''Ohio 1931''	Author, ''Encyclopædia Britannica''
Elias Soriano	''Florida Atlantic 1999''	Musician, '' [2]''
David Samuel	''MIT 1994''	Founder and president of Grouper Networks
Andrew E. Spey	''Washington & Lee University 2003''	Satire/humorist writer and radio personality
Brian J. White	''Dartmouth''	Actor, ''Stomp the Yard

George Bellows, Ohio State

===Sports===

Frankie Baumholtz	''Ohio 1941''	Professional basketball and Major League baseball player
Earl "Red" Blaik	''Miami University 1918''	Head football coach, Army
Matt Borland	''GMI-EMI 1994''	NASCAR Crew Chief for Ryan Newman, Dale Jarrett
Mike Brown	''Dartmouth 1957''	President & GM, Cincinnati Bengals
Guy Chamberlin	''Nebraska 1916''	College and Pro Football Hall of Famer
Peter Cipollone	''California 1994''	Olympic Gold Medalist, Rowing, 2004
Eddie Collins	''Columbia 1907''	Baseball Hall of Famer
Donald D. Coryell	''Washington 1947''	Retired San Diego Chargers Coach
DeLoss Dodds	''Kansas State 1959''	Athletic Director of The University of Texas at Austin
Bobby Douglass	''Kansas 1969''	Quarterback, Chicago Bears
Gene L. (Red) Estes	''Oregon 1959''	Head Track & Field Coach, Fresno State
Max Falkenstien	''Kansas 1947''	Legendary Kansas Jayhawks Radio Personality
Jay Fiedler	''Dartmouth 1994''	Football
Dow Finsterwald	''Ohio 1952''	Professional Golfer
Ken Forsch	''Oregon State 1969''	Baseball
Gail Goodrich	''UCLA 1965''	Basketball
Dan Guerrero	''UCLA 1974''	UCLA Athletic Director
William Koch	''MIT 1962''	Skipper and Champion America’s Cup
Jerry Lucas	''Ohio State 1962''	Basketball
Leland (Larry) MacPhail	''Beloit 1910''	Brooklyn Dodgers Owner/GM; Hall of Fame/Introduced night games
Scott McCarron	''UCLA 1989''	Professional Golfer
David Edward "Chip" Reese	''Dartmouth''	Professional Poker Player
Jamey Rootes	''Clemson 1988''	Former GM Columbus Crew Major League Soccer and current Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing for Houston Texans
Ed Roski Jr	''Southern California 1968''	Owner Los Angeles Kings Hockey Team/Realtor
Mike Schmidt	''Ohio 1971''	Baseball Hall of Famer
Eran Horodniceanu	''George Washington 1998''	George Washington Women's Basketball Coach
Stan Smith	''Southern California 1969''	Professional Tennis
Bill Veeck	''Kenyon 1936''	Major League Baseball franchise owner
Rick Volk	''Michigan 1967''	Miami Dolphins
John Wooden	''Purdue 1932''	Legendary UCLA Basketball Coach
Brian White	''Dartmouth 1995''	New England Patriots

===Military===

John Coburn	''Wabash 1846''	Civil War General and founder of the Wabash College Chapter
John Brown Gordon	''Georgia 1854''	Major General in CSA, U.S. Senator, and Governor of Georgia
Terrence C. Graves	''Miami 1967''	Medal Of Honor recipient, United States Marine Corps
Thomas McGuire	''Georgia Tech 1944''	Major in US Army Air Corps, Fighter Pilot and World War II Ace, Medal of Honor recipient

===Business===

John Edward Anderson	''UCLA 1940''	Founder of Topa Equities, Ltd., namesake of UCLA Anderson School of Management
Bill Bowerman	''Oregon 1933''	Founder of Nike, Inc.
Justin Dart	''Northwestern 1929''	Founder of Dart Industries
Joel Hyatt	''Dartmouth 1972''	Founder Hyatt Legal Services
Samuel Laws	''Miami University 1848''	Inventor of the ticker tape machine
Kenneth Lee Lay	''Missouri 1967''	Former chairman and CEO of Enron
John H. Patterson	''Miami University 1867''	Founder National Cash Register
J. C. Nichols	''Kansas 1902''	Real Estate
Marvin Pierce	''Miami University 1916''	President McCall Corporation and father of Barbara Bush
Jeffrey Skilling	''Southern Methodist 1975''	former CEO of Enron
Warren Staley	''Kansas State 1965''	Chairman and CEO of Cargill
John Opel	''Westminster 1948''	Former President of IBM
Frank Schrontz	''Idaho 1954''	Past Chairman and CEO of The Boeing Company
Sam Walton	''Missouri 1940''	Founder of Wal-Mart
Fred Wilson	''MIT 1983''	Venture capitalist and prominent blogger
James Wilson	''Southern California 1957''	International Grocery Store Mogal
Dan Irwin	''Ohio State University 1983''	Part Owner Buffalo Bills
G. Kennedy Thompson	''North Carolina	President and CEO of Wachovia
James Collins	''UCLA''	Founder of sizzler, 310 Sizzler restaurants worldwide, in addition to the 112 KFC restaurants in Queensland, Australia and 21 Pat & Oscars restaurants, James Collins court namesake, UCLA basketball court

===Astronauts===

Joseph P. Allen	''DePauw 1959''	Astronaut; Space Flight Executive
Kenneth D. Cameron	''MIT 1971''	Space Shuttle Flight Commander
Paul J. Weitz	''Penn State 1954''	Former astronaut; Space Center Director
Bill Nelson	''Florida 1964''/''Yale 65''	Former astronaut; United States Senator

Chapters

Main articles: List of Beta Theta Pi Chapters

References

1. http://www.betathetapi.org/dmdocuments/beta-quick-facts.pdf

External links

★ Beta Theta Pi homepage

Source

★ Brown, James T., ed., ''Catalogue of Beta Theta Pi'', New York: 1917.