Mu Phi Epsilon

Mu Phi Epsilon
Mu Phi Epsilon
ΜΦΕ
Founded	November 13, 1903; 121 years ago; Metropolitan College of Music in Cincinnati, Ohio
Type	Professional
Affiliation	PFA; National Interfraternity Music Council;
Former Affiliation	PPA
Status	Active
Emphasis	Music
Scope	International
Motto	Seeketh not its own
Colors	Purple and White
Symbol	Triangle
Flower	Violet
Publication	The Triangle
Chapters	227 collegiate chapters, 113 alumni chapters
Headquarters	1611 County Rd. B West; Suite 320; St. Paul, Minnesota 55113; United States
Website	www.muphiepsilon.org

Mu Phi Epsilon (ΜΦΕ) is a co-ed international professional music fraternity. It has over 75,000 members in 227 collegiate chapters and 113 alumni chapters in the US and abroad.

History

Mu Phi Epsilon was founded on November 13, 1903, at the Metropolitan College of Music in Cincinnati, Ohio by Dr. Winthrop Sterling, a professor at the school and a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia fraternity, and Elizabeth Mathias Fuqua, his 19-year-old assistant, as a way of recognizing the musicianship and scholarship of those eligible. The first chapter, named the Alpha chapter, included eight women.

In 1906, Mu Phi Epsilon absorbed Phi Mu Epsilon, a two-chapter music sorority started by James Hamilton Howe, founder of the first music sorority, Alpha Chi Omega.^[1] This resulted in the establishment of the Delta and Eta chapters.^[1]

Originally chartered as a national music sorority, it changed its status in 1936 to become an honor society, and again in 1944 to function as a professional music sorority. Its status once again changed in 1962 to that of an international music sorority, following the installation of the Alpha Tau chapter at the Philippine Women's University in Manila. Federal regulations (specifically Title IX) in the early 1970s opened all such societies to coeducational membership. In 1977, its official status changed for the final time to a co-ed professional music fraternity.^[2]

Mu Phi Epsilon has chapters worldwide. The fraternity supports achievement in music through the awarding of grants and scholarships, as well as music competitions, concerts, and summer music programs. Much of this work has been supported by the Mu Phi Epsilon Foundation, an organization that has been in existence since 1963, as well as by fundraising and donations.

Mu Phi Epsilon maintains communication with its members through The Triangle, the official quarterly journal of the fraternity. Materials appropriate for publication include articles on the New York phase of music education; scholarly articles reflecting research in the various fields of music; articles on pedagogy, performance, biography, or music therapy; and feature articles centering on the outstanding accomplishments of members.

Notable Mu Phi Epsilon members include performers such as Marjorie Finlay, Leone Buyse, Stephanie Chase, Joyce DiDonato, Alma Gluck, Marilyn Horne, Alice Nielsen, Ernestine Schumann-Heink, and Shirley Verrett; composers such as Hansi Alt, Amy Beach, Cécile Chaminade, Emma Lou Diemer, Nancy Plummer Faxon, Jessie Gaynor, Carrie Jacobs-Bond, Virginia Kendrick, Blythe Owen, Zenobia Powell Perry, Deon Nielsen Price, Williametta Spencer, Mary Jeanne van Appledorn, Viola Van Katwijk, June Weybright Jean E. Williams, Ruth Shaw Wylie, and Chen Yi; and other notable musicians including TV personality Diane Bish, music educators Hazel Gertrude Kinschella and Rosalie Speciale, and music librarian Ruth Watanabe. Mu Phi Epsilon also recognizes its stellar members through the ACME honorific (Artists, Composers, Musicologists, and Educators), awarded to members who are distinguished in their field.^[3]

Purpose

In its own words, the fraternity aims for the advancement of music throughout the world and promotes scholarship, musicianship, and friendship, along with encouraging each member's loyalty to their Alma Mater. Beyond that, members of Mu Phi are to provide support for music in the community in whatever way possible. The International Bylaws of Mu Phi Epsilon state that its aim is "the advancement of music in the community, nation, and world through the promotion of musicianship, scholarship, therapy, and music education, with an emphasis on service through music."

It is a part of the National Interfraternity Music Council, which includes six other fraternities: Delta Omicron, Kappa Kappa Psi, Phi Beta, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Sigma Alpha Iota, and Tau Beta Sigma. It also carries affiliations with New York other national and international organizations that provide support for music,^[4] including:

The American Classical Music Hall of Fame
The American Music Therapy Association (AMTA)
The International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM)
The National Association for Music Education (NAfME)
The Music Teachers National Association (MTNA)
The National Association of Composers, U.S.A. (NACUSA)
The National Association of Schools of Music (NASM)
The National Federation of Music Clubs (NFMC)
The North American Interfraternity Foundation (NIF)
The National Music Council (NIC)
The Professional Fraternity Association (PFA)
The Society for American Music
The SupportMusic Coalition

Activities

Mu Phi Epsilon Fraternity offers a Musicological Research Contest, an Original Composition Contest, the Marian Bowker Davidson Accompanying Award, the Katherine Doepke Creative Programming Award, and various awards for its members and chapters. The Mu Phi Epsilon Foundation, established to honor the Fraternity's founders and other deceased members, funds the philanthropic, scholarship, and educational activities of Mu Phi Epsilon. Some of the New York scholarships and grants are:

Awards and scholarships for undergraduate and graduate musical performance
Music Education awards
Scholarships for study at recognized summer programs
Doctoral grants
Foreign study grants
Scholarships for voice, instruments, music therapy, jazz, music business, and others
An international performance competition with the winner sponsored in a two-year concert tour

Summer tuition scholarships are offered to members of Mu Phi Epsilon attending music programs at Aspen, Banff Music Centre, Brevard Music Center, Chautauqua Institution, Encore School for Strings, Inspiration Point Fine Arts ColoNew York, Music Academy of the West, Round Top, and Tanglewood Music Center. Philanthropic gifts are made to community music schools through the Music Outreach Project.

To celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Mu Phi Epsilon, the Fraternity and the Foundation cooperated in building and endowing a cottage/studio for a composer-in-residence at the Brevard Music Center in North Carolina. The first Composer-In-Residence selected was Emma Lou Diemer, Mu Delta. She accepted but later found it necessary to decline the appointment, so Elie Siegmeister was named as the composer to occupy the Chair of Composition at Brevard Music Center. Notable composers to follow include W. Francis McBeth, Elliot DelBorgo, Walter Hartley, Fisher Tull, Don Freund, and New York others.

Membership

Membership is limited to music majors and minors, music faculty not already initiated as members in another professional music fraternity, and musicians of achievement who have never joined a professional music fraternity and who desire membership through a Special Election of active chapter members. Members are drawn from a diverse range of musical fields, including education, performance, therapy, and technology. Members of Mu Phi Epsilon are not permitted to be involved in the music fraternities Delta Omicron, Phi Beta, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, or Sigma Alpha Iota, but may join the band fraternity Kappa Kappa Psi or band sorority Tau Beta Sigma.^[5] They are also free to join a social Greek house.

Those seeking membership must first ensure that they meet the academic requirements for members of Mu Phi Epsilon. Candidates will then go through a process that involves several activities. This process is intended to get candidates better acquainted with the members, as well as to give them the knowledge about the fraternity that all members should know. Activities may include, but are not limited to, service projects, fundraising, music-making, and other forms of outreach. This process can vary slightly from chapter to chapter based on local tradition, but the essentials of it remain the same. Once through this process, candidates gain full membership in Mu Phi Epsilon as long as they remain in good standing academically and professionally.

Administration

The administration of Mu Phi Epsilon is made up of three main bodies: The executive board, the Foundation, and the district directors. The executive board is made up of eight people, including the President (currently Rosemary Ames), five vice presidents, the executive secretary-treasurer, and the editor of The Triangle. The Mu Phi Epsilon Foundation was established for the benefit of philanthropic projects suitable to commemorate the aims and purposes of the Fraternity. Finally, the district directors are appointed to oversee the Fraternity chapters in geographical divisions of the United States. They meet personally with the collegiates and alumni, answer questions, give support, and help them work through problems. Currently, the collegiate and alumni chapters are divided into twelve Provinces and thirty-five districts within those provinces.

Chapters

Since 1903, 227 chapters of Mu Phi Epsilon have been installed on college campuses, and 113 alumni chapters have been established in cities near those colleges. After graduation or leaving school, the collegiate members are encouraged to affiliate with a nearby alumni chapter or with the International fraternity as an affiliated member.

Collegiate chapters take their names from the original Alpha chapter, progressing through the Greek alphabet and then using the prefixes Mu, Phi, and Epsilon. This was then followed by using the other prefixes of the Greek alphabet in alphabetical order, beginning with Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and so on. As of 2016, the prefix Eta is used for new chapters. International chapters have been Alpha Tau (Philippine Women's University, 1962), Beta Xi (University of the Philippines, 1967,) and Delta Iota (University of Western Ontario, Canada, 1990).

Collegiate chapters

Following is a list of the Mu Phi Epsilon collegiate chapters. Active chapters are indicated in bold. Inactive chapters and institutions are in italics.^[6]

Chapter	Charter date and range	Institution	Location	Status	References
Alpha	November 13, 1903–1930	Metropolitan College of Music	Cincinnati, Ohio	Inactive	^[6]
Beta	December 13, 1903	New England Conservatory	Boston, Massachusetts	Inactive
Gamma	May 20, 1904	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, Michigan	Inactive
Delta	March 1, 1905 – 1942	Detroit Conservatory of Music	Detroit, Michigan	Inactive	^[6]
Eta	December 8, 1905 – 1916	Syracuse University	Syracuse, New York	Inactive	^[6]
Epsilon	December 9, 1905	University of Toledo	Toledo, Ohio	Active
Zeta	December 9, 1905	DePauw University	Greencastle, Indiana	Inactive
Theta	October 17, 1906	Krueger School of Music	St. Louis, Missouri	Inactive
Iota	October 19, 1906	Chicago Conservatory of Music	Chicago, Illinois	Inactive
Kappa	November 3, 1906	Butler University	Indianapolis, Indiana	Active
Lambda	February 19, 1909	Ithaca College	Ithaca, New York	Active
Iota Alpha	April 5, 1910	Chicago Musical College	Chicago, Illinois	Inactive
Mu	February 6, 1911	Brenau University	Gainesville, Georgia	Active
Nu	March 3, 1911	University of Oregon	Eugene, Oregon	Active
Xi	April 12, 1911	University of Kansas	Lawrence, Kansas	Inactive
Omicron	February 7, 1912	Comb's Broad Street Conservatory	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Inactive
Pi	May 29, 1912	Lawrence Conservatory of Music	Appleton, Wisconsin	Inactive
Rho	February 5, 1914	Von Unschuld University of Music	Washington, D.C.	Inactive
Sigma	February 9, 1914	Northwestern University	Evanston, Illinois	Inactive
Tau	May 12, 1915	University of Washington	Seattle, Washington	Inactive
Upsilon	May 15, 1915	University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati, Ohio	Inactive
Phi	May 15, 1915	University of Mount Union	Alliance, Ohio	Active
Chi	May 18, 1915	Pennsylvania College of Music	Meadville, Pennsylvania	Inactive
Psi	May 30, 1915	Bucknell University	Lewisburg, Pennsylvania	Inactive
Omega	October 27, 1917	Drake University	Des Moines, Iowa	Inactive
Mu Alpha	October 27, 1917	Simpson College	Indianola, Iowa	Inactive
Rho Beta	January 2, 1918	Washington School of Music	Washington, D.C.	Inactive
Mu Beta	February 13, 1919	Washington State University	Pullman, Washington	Active
Mu Gamma	March 27, 1919	University of Nebraska, Lincoln	Lincoln, Nebraska	Inactive
Mu Delta	March 29, 1919	Homer Institute of Fine Arts	Kansas City, Missouri	Inactive
Mu Epsilon	April 12, 1920	MacPhail College of Music	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Inactive
Mu Eta	November 13, 1920	University of the Pacific	Stockton, California	Active
Mu Zeta	November 20, 1920	Whitman College	Walla Walla, Washington	Inactive
Mu Theta	November 27, 1920	University of Texas at Austin	Austin, Texas	Inactive
Mu Iota	June 5, 1921	Columbia School of Music	Chicago, Illinois	Inactive
Mu Kappa	May 30, 1922	University of Oklahoma	Norman, Oklahoma	Inactive
Mu Lambda	December 2, 1922	University of Wisconsin, Madison	Madison, Wisconsin	Inactive
Mu Mu	December 19, 1922	Kansas State University	Manhattan, Kansas	Inactive
Mu Nu	January 5, 1923	University of Southern California	Los Angeles, California	Inactive
Mu Xi	January 20, 1923	American Conservatory of Music	Chicago, Illinois	Inactive
Mu Omicron	May 17, 1923	University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati, Ohio	Inactive
Mu Pi	May 20, 1923	Ohio Wesleyan University	Delaware, Ohio	Active
Mu Rho	May 31, 1923	Wolcott Conservatory of Music	Denver, Colorado	Inactive
Mu Sigma	March 5, 1924	University of Louisville	Louisville, Kentucky	Inactive
Mu Tau	May 30, 1924	University of South Dakota	Vermillion, South Dakota	Inactive
Mu Upsilon	February 28, 1925	Eastman School of Music	Rochester, New York	Active
Mu Theta Gamma	January 22, 1926	University Conservatory of Music	Austin, Texas	Inactive
Mu Phi	February 26, 1926	Baldwin Wallace University	Berea, Ohio	Active
Mu Chi	May 15, 1926	Southern Methodist University	Dallas, Texas	Inactive
Mu Psi	May 22, 1926	Coe College	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	Active
Tau Alpha	October 18, 1926	Trigonus	New York City, New York	Inactive
Mu Omega	November 13, 1926–1940	Atlanta Conservatory of Music	Atlanta, Georgia	Inactive	^[6]
Phi Alpha	June 4, 1927	University of Miami	Coral Gables, Florida	Inactive
Phi Beta	June 4, 1927	University of Minnesota	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Inactive
Phi Gamma	June 11, 1927	Peabody Institute	Baltimore, Maryland	Inactive
Phi Delta	May 19, 1928	University of Missouri	Columbia, Missouri	Inactive
Phi Epsilon	March 16, 1929	Emporia State University	Emporia, Kansas	Inactive
Phi Zeta	November 9, 1929	Morningside College	Sioux City, Iowa	Inactive
Phi Eta	January 10, 1931	Michigan State University	Lansing, Michigan	Inactive
Phi Theta	November 30, 1932	Lindenwood University	St, Charles, Missouri	Inactive
Phi Iota	May 27, 1935	Concordia College	Moorhead, Minnesota	Inactive
Phi Kappa	November 17, 1935	Wayne State University	Detroit, Michigan	Active
Phi Lambda	April 5, 1938	Willamette University	Salem, Oregon	Active
Phi Mu	April 9, 1938	San Jose State University	San Jose, California	Active
Phi Nu	April 12, 1938	University of California, Los Angeles	Los Angeles, California	Inactive
Mu Iota Delta	June 29, 1938	Chicago Conservatory of Music	Chicago, Illinois	Inactive
Phi Xi	May 27, 1939	Baylor University	Waco, Texas	Active
Phi Omicron	June 17, 1939	Cleveland Institute of Music	Cleveland, Ohio	Active
Phi Pi	June 22, 1941	Wichita State University	Wichita, Kansas	Active
Phi Rho	May 20, 1944	Minneapolis College of Music	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Inactive
Phi Sigma	June 11, 1944	DePaul University	Chicago, Illinois	Inactive
Phi Tau	March 22, 1945	University of North Texas	Denton, Texas	Active
Phi Upsilon	March 24, 1945	Boston University	Boston, Massachusetts	Inactive
Phi Phi	April 26, 1945	University of Kansas City	Kansas City, Missouri	Inactive
Phi Chi	November 4, 1945	California State University, Fresno	Fresno, California	Inactive
Phi Psi	March 2, 1946	University of Mary Washington	Fredericksburg, Virginia	Inactive
Phi Omega	April 6, 1946	Westminster College	New Wilmington, Pennsylvania	Active
Epsilon Alpha	May 10, 1946	St. Catherine University	Saint Paul, Minnesota	Inactive
Epsilon Beta	May 18, 1946	Queens University of Charlotte	Charlotte, North Carolina	Inactive
Epsilon Gamma	February 27, 1947	Belhaven University	Jackson, Mississippi	Inactive
Epsilon Delta	March 29, 1947	Lewis and Clark College	Portland, Oregon	Inactive
Epsilon Epsilon	May 21, 1948	Texas Christian University	Fort Worth, Texas	Active
Epsilon Zeta	May 23, 1948	Hendrix College	Conway, Arkansas	Inactive
Epsilon Eta	November 13, 1948	Pepperdine University	Malibu, California	Inactive
Epsilon Theta	March 19, 1949	Linfield College	McMinnville, Oregon	Inactive
Epsilon Iota	March 23, 1949	Eastern Washington University	Cheney, Washington	Inactive
Epsilon Lambda	April 23, 1950	Eastern Michigan University	Ypsilanti, Michigan	Active
Epsilon Kappa	May 20, 1950	Southern Illinois University	Carbondale, Illinois	Inactive
Epsilon Mu	May 27, 1950	University of Utah	Salt Lake City, Utah	Inactive
Epsilon Nu	May 28, 1950	West Virginia University	Morgantown, West Virginia	Inactive
Epsilon Xi	April 22, 1951	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Urbana, Illinois	Inactive
Epsilon Omicron	October 13, 1951	Indiana University, Bloomington	Bloomington, Indiana	Inactive
Epsilon Pi	March 3, 1952	Texas Tech University	Lubbock, Texas	Inactive
Epsilon Rho	November 15, 1952	University of Montana	Missoula, Montana	Inactive
Epsilon Sigma	February 7, 1953	Pacific Lutheran University	Tacoma, Washington	Active
Epsilon Tau	April 25, 1953	Washington University in St. Louis	St. Louis, Missouri	Inactive
Epsilon Upsilon	May 23, 1953	Duquesne University	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Active
Epsilon Phi	May 30, 1953	Friends University	Wichita, Kansas	Active
Epsilon Chi	May 14, 1955	Brigham Young University	Provo, Utah	Inactive
Epsilon Psi	May 21, 1955	The Juilliard School	New York City, New York	Inactive
Epsilon Omega	October 15, 1955	San Francisco State University	San Francisco, California	Inactive
Alpha Alpha	November 13, 1955	University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati, Ohio	Inactive
Alpha Beta	May 20, 1956	University of Hartford	West Hartford, Connecticut	Inactive
Alpha Gamma	April 28, 1957	University of Southern Mississippi	Hattiesburg, Mississippi	Inactive
Alpha Delta	May 4, 1958	California State University, Sacramento	Sacramento, California	Active
Alpha Epsilon	March 1, 1959	Holy Names University	Oakland, California	Inactive
Alpha Zeta	March 6, 1959	Radford University	Radford, Virginia	Active
Alpha Eta	March 14, 1959	American University	Washington, D.C.	Inactive
Alpha Theta	May 16, 1959	Pennsylvania State University	University Park, Pennsylvania	Inactive
Alpha Iota	May 30, 1959	Midwestern State University	Wichita Falls, Texas	Inactive
Alpha Kappa	November 13, 1959	University of Missouri–Kansas City	Kansas City, Missouri	Active
Alpha Lambda	November 15, 1959	Portland State University	Portland, Oregon	Inactive
Alpha Mu	April 24, 1960	Missouri State University	Springfield, Missouri	Active
Alpha Nu	April 30, 1960	West Texas A&M University	Canyon, Texas	Active
Alpha Xi	January 12, 1961	University of North Carolina, Greensboro	Greensboro, North Carolina	Active
Alpha Omicron	January 15, 1961	Roosevelt University	Chicago, Illinois	Inactive
Alpha Pi	October 29, 1961	Texas State University	San Marcos, Texas	Active
Alpha Rho	February 25, 1962	Phillips University	Enid, Oklahoma	Inactive
Alpha Sigma	March 31, 1962	Abilene Christian University	Abilene, Texas	Inactive
Alpha Tau	November 13, 1962	Philippine Women's University	Manila, Philippines	Inactive
Alpha Upsilon	April 25, 1963	Furman University	Greenville, South Carolina	Inactive
Alpha Phi	May 11, 1963	Marylhurst University	Marylhurst, Oregon	Inactive
Alpha Chi	March 8, 1964	Southwestern College	Winfield, Kansas	Inactive
Alpha Psi	February 28, 1965	Whitworth College	Spokane, Washington	Inactive
Alpha Omega	April 4, 1965	Stephen F. Austin State University	Nacogdoches, Texas	Active
Beta Alpha	April 10, 1965	California State University, Fullerton	Fullerton, California	Active
Beta Beta	April 20, 1965	Jacksonville University	Jacksonville, Florida	Inactive
Beta Gamma	November 20, 1965	University of Alabama	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	Inactive
Beta Delta	December 4, 1965	University of California, Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara, California	Inactive
Beta Epsilon	January 15, 1966	Nazareth College	Rochester, New York	Inactive
Beta Zeta	April 23, 1966	Southern University	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	Active
Beta Eta	May 14, 1966	California State University, East Bay	Hayward, California	Active
Beta Theta	May 29, 1966	Tennessee Technological University	Cookeville, Tennessee	Active
Beta Iota	January 7, 1967	Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville	Edwardsville, Illinois	Inactive
Beta Kappa	January 14, 1967	Trinity University	San Antonio, Texas	Inactive
Beta Lambda	February 11, 1967	California State University, Chico	Chico, California	Inactive
Beta Mu	May 22, 1967	Texas A&M University, Commerce	Commerce, Texas	Active
Beta Xi	October 22, 1967	University of the Philippines	Quezon City, Philippines	Inactive
Beta Nu	November 11, 1967	Dickinson State University	Dickinson, North Dakota	Inactive
Beta Omicron	February 16, 1968	Western Illinois University	Macomb, Illinois	Active
Beta Pi	February 18, 1968	Nebraska Wesleyan University	Lincoln, Nebraska	Active
Beta Rho	October 12, 1968	Wartburg College	Waverly, Iowa	Inactive
Beta Sigma	November 24, 1968	Western Oregon University	Monmouth, Oregon	Inactive
Beta Tau	January 18, 1969	Georgia State University	Atlanta, Georgia	Inactive
Beta Upsilon	February 16, 1969	Towson University	Baltimore, Maryland	Inactive
Beta Phi	October 26, 1969	Seattle Pacific University	Seattle, Washington	Inactive
Beta Chi	November 9, 1969	Florida State University	Tallahassee, Florida	Inactive
Beta Psi	November 23, 1969	University of Indianapolis	Indianapolis, Indiana	Active
Beta Omega	December 7, 1969	Ball State University	Muncie, Indiana	Inactive
Gamma Alpha	May 2, 1971	Evangel College	Springfield, Missouri	Inactive
Gamma Beta	March 4, 1972	Augustana University	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	Inactive
Gamma Gamma	March 25, 1972	Southwestern Oklahoma State University	Weatherford, Oklahoma	Active
Gamma Delta	April 29, 1972	University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley	Edinburg, Texas	Inactive
Gamma Epsilon	May 2, 1972	Oral Roberts University	Tulsa, Oklahoma	Inactive
Gamma Zeta	May 26, 1972	Delta State University	Clevelend, Mississippi	Active
Gamma Eta	November 18, 1972	Central State University	Wilberforce, Ohio	Active
Gamma Theta	March 3, 1973	University of Bridgeport	Bridgeport, Connecticut	Inactive
Gamma Iota	May 19, 1973	Dallas Baptist University	Dallas, Texas	Inactive
Gamma Kappa	November 6, 1973	Boise State University	Boise, Idaho	Inactive
Gamma Lambda	February 16, 1974	Loretto Heights College	Denver, Colorado	Inactive
Gamma Mu	March 24, 1974	University of California, Riverside	Riverside, California	Inactive
Gamma Nu	April 21, 1974	Chicago State University	Chicago, Illinois	Inactive
Gamma Xi	May 15, 1974	University of New Orleans	New Orleans, Louisiana	Inactive
Gamma Pi	February 1, 1975	Shorter University	Rome, Georgia	Inactive
Gamma Omicron	February 2, 1965	Olivet College	Olivet, Michigan	Inactive
Gamma Rho	February 2, 1966	North Carolina A&T State University	Greensboro, North Carolina	Inactive
Gamma Sigma	May 8, 1976	California State University, Dominguez Hills	Carson, California	Active
Gamma Tau	December 5, 1976	University of St. Thomas	Houston, Texas	Inactive
Gamma Upsilon	March 13, 1977	Caldwell University	Caldwell, New Jersey	Inactive
Gamma Phi	March 16, 1977	Cleveland State University	Cleveland, Ohio	Inactive
Gamma Chi	June 17, 1978	California State Polytechnic University, Pomona	Pomona, California	Inactive
Gamma Psi	May 6, 1979	St. Mary-of-the-Woods College	Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana	Inactive
Gamma Omega	May 1, 1982	Rhode Island College	Providence, Rhode Island	Inactive
Delta Alpha	December 4, 1982	California State University, Stanislaus	Turlock, California	Inactive
Delta Beta	January 15, 1983	University of Texas, San Antonio	San Antonio, Texas	Inactive
Delta Gamma	April 20, 1983	Grand Valley State University	Allendale, Michigan	Inactive
Delta Delta	February 5, 1984	University of Maryland, College Park	College Park, Maryland	Inactive
Delta Epsilon	June 7, 1984	Columbus State University	Columbus, Georgia	Inactive
Delta Zeta	April 22, 1987	Emory University	Atlanta, Georgia	Active
Delta Eta	April 24, 1988	University of North Florida	Jacksonville, Florida	Inactive
Delta Theta	October 15, 1989	Ohio Northern University	Ada, Ohio	Inactive
Delta Iota	February 3, 1990	University of Western Ontario	London, Ontario, Canada	Inactive
Delta Kappa	February 10, 1991	Cumberland College	Williamsburg, Kentucky	Inactive
Delta Lambda	September 22, 1991	Augsburg College	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Inactive
Delta Mu	May 8, 1994	Slippery Rock University	Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania	Active
Delta Nu	February 7, 1998	Millsaps College	Jackson, Mississippi	Inactive
Delta Xi	April 18, 1998	Arizona State University	Tempe, Arizona	Inactive
Delta Omicron	May 2, 1998	Sailsbury State University	Salisbury, Maryland	Inactive
Delta Pi	May 14, 1998	Tarelton State University	Stephenville, Texas	Active
Delta Rho	February 27, 2000	University of Colorado, Boulder	Boulder, Colorado	Active
Delta Sigma	June 3, 2000	University of California, Irvine	Irvine, California	Active
Delta Tau	April 21, 2001	Mercer University	Macon, Georgia	Active
Delta Upsilon	May 5, 2001	State University of New York, Geneseo	Geneseo, New York	Inactive
Delta Phi	April 22, 2002	Averett University	Danville, Virginia	Inactive
Delta Chi	March 28, 2003	McNeese State University	Lake Charles, Louisiana	Inactive
Delta Psi	April 26, 2003	Clayton State University	Morrow, Georgia	Inactive
Delta Omega	March 27, 2004	Our Lady of the Lake University	San Antonio, Texas	Inactive
Zeta Alpha	April 5, 2005	Williams Baptist University	Walnut Ridge, Arkansas	Active
Zeta Beta	April 23, 2005	Cameron University	Lawton, Oklahoma	Active
Zeta Gamma	May 11, 2006	Augusta State University	Augusta, Georgia	Inactive
Zeta Delta	March 3, 2007	University of La Verne	La Verne, California	Inactive
Zeta Zeta	November 5, 2008	Elon University	Elon, North Carolina	Active
Zeta Eta	November 12, 2008	Binghamton University	Binghamton, New York	Active
Zeta Theta	April 28, 2009	University of Lynchburg	Lynchburg, Virginia	Active
Zeta Epsilon	April 29, 2009	Randolph-Macon College	Ashland, Virginia	Active
Zeta Iota	January 25, 2011	LaGrange College	LaGrange, Georgia	Inactive
Zeta Kappa	April 5, 2011	Young Harris College	Young Harris, Georgia	Active
Zeta Lambda	April 13, 2011	Waldorf College	Forest City, Iowa	Inactive
Zeta Mu	April 16, 2011	Texas A&M University	College Station, Texas	Inactive
Zeta Nu	April 22, 2012	St, Mary's University	San Antonio, Texas	Inactive
Zeta Xi	October 28, 2012	Howard University	Washington, D.C.	Inactive
Zeta Omicron	November 28, 2012	Reinhardt University	Waleska, Georgia	Active
Zeta Pi	December 8, 2012	Lake Forest College	Lake Forest, Illinois	Inactive
Zeta Rho	March 9, 2013	University of Minnesota, Duluth	Duluth, Minnesota	Inactive
Zeta Sigma	April 7, 2013	High Point University	High Point, North Carolina	Inactive
Zeta Tau	April 17, 2013	Gonzaga University	Spokane, Washington	Inactive
Zeta Upsilon	December 8, 2013	Santa Monica College	Santa Monica, California	Inactive
Zeta Phi	April 11, 2014	University of North Carolina, Wilmington	Wilmington, North Carolina	Inactive
Zeta Chi	April 19, 2015	George Fox University	Newberg, Oregon	Inactive
Zeta Psi	May 2, 2015	University of San Diego	San Diego, California	Inactive
Zeta Omega	April 3, 2016	Illinois College	Jacksonville, Illinois	Active
Eta Alpha	October 11, 2016	Rhodes College	Memphis, Tennessee	Active
Eta Beta	December 4, 2016	Boston Conservatory at Berklee	Boston, Massachusetts	Inactive
Eta Gamma	May 2, 2017	Virginia Wesleyan University	Norfolk, Virginia	Active
Eta Delta	April 20, 2018	Ripon College	Ripon, Wisconsin	Active
Eta Epsilon	January 19, 2019	Florida International University	Miami, Florida	Active
Eta Eta	September 21, 2019	Oglethorpe University	Atlanta, Georgia	Active
Omega Omega		National		Active

Alumni chapters

Following is a list of Mu Phi Epsilon alumni chapters. Active chapters are indicated in bold. Inactive chapters are in italics.

Chapter Name	Date of Installation	City	State	Status	References
Ann Arbor	September 22, 1913	Ann Arbor	Michigan	Active
Cincinnati	April 14, 1914	Cincinnati	Ohio	Inactive
St. Louis Area	April 18, 1914	St. Louis	Missouri	Active
Toledo	1915	Toledo	Ohio	Active
Detroit	May 2, 1916	Detroit	Michigan	Active
Chicago	November 13, 1917	Chicago	Illinois	Inactive
Los Angeles	March 20, 1919	Los Angeles	California	Active
Portland	September 1919	Portland	Oregon	Active
Boston	January 7, 1920	Boston	Massachusetts	Active
Des Moines	August 1922	Des Moines	Iowa	Inactive
New York City	October 1922	New York City	New York	Active
Indianapolis	October 13, 1922	Indianapolis	Indiana	Active
Lincoln	February 1923	Lincoln	Nebraska	Active
Greater Minneapolis-Day	March 1923	Minneapolis	Minnesota	Consolidated	^[a]
Cleveland	November 13, 1923 – 2014	Cleveland	Ohio	Inactive
Seattle	October 1924	Seattle	Washington	Inactive
Philadelphia	1926	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	Inactive
Kansas City-Day	November 26, 1926	Kansas City	Missouri	Consolidated	^[b]
Appleton	November 5, 1927	Appleton	Wisconsin	Inactive
Pittsburgh	October 3, 1929	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania	Inactive
San Francisco	November 17, 1929	San Francisco	California	Active
Dallas	February 26, 1931	Dallas	Texas	Active
Alliance	June 22, 1933	Alliance	Ohio	Active
Denver	June 16, 1936	Denver	Colorado	Active
Lansing-East Lansing	May 26, 1939	Lansing and East Lansing	Michigan	Inactive
Meadville	June 24, 1939	Meadville	Pennsylvania	Inactive
Beverly Hills	December 8, 1946	Beverly Hills	California	Inactive
Wichita	December 29, 1946	Wichita	Kansas	Active
Greater Chicago Area	June 2, 1948	Chicago	Illinois	Inactive
Central Oklahoma	June 5, 1948		Oklahoma	Active
Stockton	1949	Stockton	California	Inactive
Spokane	November 8, 1949	Spokane	Washington	Inactive
Tacoma	June 30, 1950	Tacoma	Washington	Inactive
Columbus	October 15, 1950	Columbus	Ohio	Inactive
San José	February 18, 1951	San Jose	California	Active
Sacramento	January 27, 1952	Sacramento	California	Active
Cedar Rapids	February 12, 1952	Cedar Rapids	Iowa	Inactive
Tulsa	February 19, 1952	Tulsa	Oklahoma	Inactive
Fort Worth	February 29, 1952	Fort Worth	Texas	Inactive
Miami	March 29, 1952	Miami	Florida	Inactive
Eugene	May 2, 1952	Eugene	Oregon	Inactive
San Diego	May 18, 1952	San Diego	California	Active
Salt Lake City	June 10, 1952	Salt Lake City	Utah	Inactive
Maumee Valley	June 20, 1952		Ohio	Consolidated	^[c]
Columbia	October 17, 1952	Columbia	Missouri	Inactive
Pasadena	October 17, 1952	Pasadena	California	Inactive
Rochester	November 8, 1952	Rochester	New York	Active
Evansville	December 16, 1952	Evansville	Indiana	Inactive
Beach Cities South	May 26, 1953		California	Inactive
Greater Minneapolis-Evening	September 20, 1955	Minneapolis	Minnesota	Consolidated	^[a]
Palo Alto	September 26, 1955	Palo Alto	California	Active
Connecticut Valley	October 15, 1955		Connecticut	Inactive
Urbana-Champaign	October 20, 1955	Urbana and Champaign	Illinois	Active
Salem	April 9, 1956	Salem	Oregon	Inactive
Fresno	June 2, 1956	Fresno	California	Active
Central Chicago	October 20, 1956	Chicago	Illinois	Inactive
Baltimore	December 1, 1956	Baltimore	Maryland	Inactive
San Fernando Valley	November 7, 1956	San Fernando	California	Consolidated	^[d]
Milwaukee	1958	Milwaukee	Wisconsin	Inactive
Fargo	January 22, 1958	Fargo	North Dakota	Inactive
Dayton	March 2, 1958	Dayton	Ohio	Inactive
Cleveland Heights	March 5, 1958	Cleveland Heights	Ohio	Consolidated	^[e]
Kansas City-Evening	November 9, 1958	Kansas City	Missouri	Consolidated	^[b]
Atlanta	May 24, 1959	Atlanta	Georgia	Active
Jackson	May 25, 1959	Jackson	Mississippi	Inactive
Albuquerque	May 31, 1959	Albuquerque	New Mexico	Inactive
Berkeley	November 1, 1959	Berkeley	California	Inactive
Gainesville	November 13, 1959	Gainesville	Georgia	Inactive
Austin	December 14, 1959	Austin	Texas	Active
Bloomington	January 14, 1962	Bloomington	Indiana	Inactive
Sioux City	February 26, 1962	Sioux City	Iowa	Inactive
Fullerton	September 27, 1963	Fullerton	California	Active
Riverside	April 8, 1964	Riverside	California	Inactive
Wichita Falls	October 3, 1964	Wichita Falls	Texas	Inactive
Palos Verdes/South Bay	October 18, 1964		California	Active
Lewisburg	January 14, 1965	Lewisburg	Pennsylvania	Inactive
New Orleans	April 4, 1965	New Orleans	Louisiana	Inactive
St. Petersburg	April 21, 1965	St. Petersburg	Florida	Inactive
Hattiesburg	October 23, 1965	Hattiesburg	Mississippi	Inactive
Pullman	March 1, 1966	Pullman	Washington	Inactive
Denton	April 16, 1966	Denton	Texas	Active
Springfield	May 24, 1966	Springfield	Missouri	Inactive
Houston	January 15, 1967	Houston	Texas	Inactive
Lawrence	April 15, 1967	Lawrence	Kansas	Active
Amarillo	September 24, 1967	Amarillo	Texas	Inactive
Emporia	October 14, 1967	Emporia	Kansas	Inactive
Greensboro	November 5, 1967	Greensboro	North Carolina	Inactive
Chicago Southwest	October 13, 1968	Chicago	Illinois	Consolidated	^[f]
Muncie	May 18, 1969	Muncie	Indiana	Inactive
Lubbock	October 10, 1970	Lubbock	Texas	Inactive
Phoenix Area	October 24, 1970	Phoenix	Arizona	Inactive
Tuscaloosa	April 25, 1971	Tuscaloosa	Alabama	Inactive
Jacksonville	September 10, 1973	Jacksonville	Florida	Inactive
Santa Barbara	March 21, 1974	Santa Barbara	California	Inactive
Enid	May 12, 1974	Enid	Oklahoma	Inactive
Claremont	January 17, 1976	Claremont	California	Inactive
Terre Haute	May 6, 1979	Terre Haute	Indiana	Inactive
Edinburg Area	April 26, 1980	Edinburg	Texas	Inactive
Laguna Beach	March 29, 1981	Laguna Beach	California	Inactive
Dickinson	May 3, 1981	Dickinson	North Dakota	Inactive
Princeton	February 9, 1986	Princeton	New Jersey	Inactive
Ithaca	June 2, 1991	Ithaca	New York	Active
San Joaquin Valley	April 19, 1997		California	Inactive
San Antonio	May 18, 2000	San Antonio	Texas	Active
Minneapolis/St. Paul	2001	Minneapolis and Saint Paul	Minnesota	Active
Kansas City	2004	Kansas City	Missouri	Active
Colorado Springs	September 23, 2012	Colorado Springs	Colorado	Active
Baton Rouge	August 28, 2013	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Active
Roanoke Valley	December 9, 2017	Roanoke	Virginia	Active
Washington, D.C.		Washington, D.C.	District of Columbia	Active

Notes

^ ^a ^b Chapter merged with Minneapolis/St. Paul chapter.
^ ^a ^b Chapter merged with the Kansas City chapter.
^ Chapter merged with the Toledo chapter.
^ Chapter merged with the Los Angeles chapter.
^ Chapter merged with the Cleveland chapter.
^ Chapter merged with the Greater Chicago chapter.

References

^ ^a ^b Martin, Mrs Ida Shaw (1919). The Sorority Handbook (6th ed.). Menasha, Wisconsin: The Collegiate Press / George Banta Publishing Company. p. 93 – via Google Books.
^ "History - Mu Phi Epsilon Fraternity". www.muphiepsilon.org. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
^ "Mu Phi Epsilon". Mu Phi Epsilon. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
^ "Affiliations". Mu Phi Epsilon Fraternity. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
^ The Membership Trainer of Mu Phi Epsilon, Sixth Edition
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Anson, Jack L.; Marchenasi, Robert F., eds. (1991) [1879]. Baird's Manual of American Fraternities (20th ed.). Indianapolis, IN: Baird's Manual Foundation, Inc. p. V-27–29. ISBN 978-0963715906.

External links

Official website

[Minneapolis-7] Chapter merged with Minneapolis/St. Paul chapter.

[Kansas_City-8] Chapter merged with the Kansas City chapter.

[9] Chapter merged with the Toledo chapter.

[10] Chapter merged with the Los Angeles chapter.

[11] Chapter merged with the Cleveland chapter.

[12] Chapter merged with the Greater Chicago chapter.

[:0-1] Martin, Mrs Ida Shaw (1919). The Sorority Handbook (6th ed.). Menasha, Wisconsin: The Collegiate Press / George Banta Publishing Company. p. 93 – via Google Books.

[2] "History - Mu Phi Epsilon Fraternity". www.muphiepsilon.org. Retrieved 2020-01-28.

[3] "Mu Phi Epsilon". Mu Phi Epsilon. Retrieved 2020-01-28.

[4] "Affiliations". Mu Phi Epsilon Fraternity. Retrieved 2020-01-28.

[5] The Membership Trainer of Mu Phi Epsilon, Sixth Edition

[Baird's-6] Anson, Jack L.; Marchenasi, Robert F., eds. (1991) [1879]. Baird's Manual of American Fraternities (20th ed.). Indianapolis, IN: Baird's Manual Foundation, Inc. p. V-27–29. ISBN 978-0963715906.

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