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Beta Theta Pi (ΒΘΠ) is an international college social fraternity founded on August 8, 1839 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, USA, where these are a portion of the Miami Triad. When the foremost college fraternity to exist as founded west of the Allegheny Mountains, Beta Theta Pi continues to carry a pioneering spirit to the present day. Beta, when these are nicknamed, has concluded Long hundred chapters & colonies in the United States and Canada, and to a higher degree 165,000 keep close at hand been initiated globe-wide. As of 2005 Beta Theta Pi has 6,50Undergrad members & 118,000 dwelling initiates. Beta's international headquarters is located in Oxford, Ohio.

Famous Betas
Joe Allbaugh Oklahoma State 1974 (Former Director of F.E.M.The.) William Anderson (Aka. Adam West) Whitman 1951 (Original Batman) Eddie Collins Columbia 1907 (Baseball Hall of Famer) Richard Gephardt Northwestern 1962 (Former United States Home Minority Leader) Michael Harcourt British Columbia 1964 Mark Hatfield Willamette 1943 Brereton Jones Virginia 1961 Kenneth Lay Missouri 1964 Dick Lugar Denison 1954 (United States Senator) Jerry Lucas Ohio State 1962 Ray Mabus Mississippi 1969 James G. Martin Davidson 1957 Arch A. Moore, Jr. West Virginia 1951 Bill Nelson Yale 1965 (United States Senator) Don Nickles Oklahoma State 1971 (Former United States Senator) Blake Nordstrom Washington 1982 (Nordstrom Department Stores) Bruce Nordstrom Washington 1955 (Nordstrom Department Stores) William Perry Stanford 1949 (Former Secretary of Defense) David Peterson Western Ontario 1964 Charlie Rose Davidson 1961 Matthew Stanley Quay Washington & Jefferson 1850 Mike Schmidt Ohio 1971 (Baseball) John Spratt Davidson 1964 John Turner British Columbia 1949 Bill Veeck Kenyon 1936 Sam Walton Missouri 1940 (Founder of Wal-mart) John Warner Washington & Lee 1950 (United States Senator) Jamie L. Whitten Mississippi 1933 Wendell Willkie Indiana 1916 Charles Erwin Wilson Carnegie 1909 Willard A. Wirtz Beloit 1933 John Wooden Purdue 1932 Bill Bowerman (Founder of Nike) Joeseph Allen (Astronaut) Stan Smith (Tennis) Stephen Sondheim (Composer) George Bellows (Artist) William Douglas (Supreme Court Justice) Horace Lurton (Supreme Court Justice) W. Mark Felt Idaho 1935 (Exposed the Nixon administrations' corruption as "Deep Throat")

Founders

Beta Theta Pi was founded by eight young men at Miami University, world health organization held their number 1 meeting in the Union Literary Society's hall in 8 August 1839. A eight founders, in a the correct sequence where their list come out in the minutes, were the ensuing:

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."

Beta Theta Pi - Official Site
Founded in 1839, Beta is an international fraternity built on a foundation of brotherhood, excellence, tradition and academics.


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