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Kappa Alpha Order is a social fraternity and a fraternal order founded in 1865 at Washington and Lee University. [1] Chapter names were often reused in the early decades of the fraternity, and the final successor group normally goes by the shortened name, for example Mu chapter at Tulsa is the fourth to carry that name. [1]
Carl Albert (Beta Eta) – former US Representative for Oklahoma; Speaker of the House, 1971–1977; Paul Atkins (Delta) – former commissioner of the US Securities and Exchange Commission; Roger Bedford, Jr. (Alpha Beta) – state senator, Alabama; Roy Blunt (Alpha Eta) – US Congressman and senator from Missouri
Kappa Alpha Order (ΚΑ), commonly known as Kappa Alpha, KA, or simply The Order, is a social fraternity and a fraternal order founded in 1865 at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. As of December 2015, the Kappa Alpha Order lists 133 active chapters, five provisional chapters, and 52 suspended chapters. [ 2 ]
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The Kappa Alpha Society (ΚΑ), founded in 1825, was the progenitor of the modern fraternity system in North America.It is considered to be the oldest national, secret, Greek-letter social fraternity and was the first of the fraternities which would eventually become known as the Union Triad that pioneered the North American system of social fraternities.
Members of the triad include Alpha Tau Omega (founded in Richmond, Virginia, in 1865 by students from Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in Lexington), Kappa Alpha Order (founded in 1865 at Washington and Lee University and not to be confused with the Kappa Alpha Society), and Sigma Nu (founded in 1869 at VMI). The national headquarters of both ...
Kappa Alpha may refer to: Kuklos Adelphon , known as "Old Kappa Alpha" or "Kappa Alpha", an American college Greek-letter fraternity, founded 1812 at the University of North Carolina. Kappa Alpha Society , an American college Greek-letter fraternity, founded 1825 at Union College, Schenectady, New York.
In honor of her role as founder of AKA, in 1926 Alpha Kappa Alpha designated her Honorary Basileus, the only member with that title. [9] In 1951, the sorority established the Ethel Hedgeman Lyle Endowment Fund. [9] In 1994 Lyle's granddaughters, Andrea Lyle-Wilson and Muriel Lyle-Smith, were inducted as honorary members of Alpha Kappa Alpha. [9]