List of Sigma Gamma Tau chapters

Sigma Gamma Tau is the American honor society in aerospace engineering.[1][2] The society formed from the merger of Tau Omega and Gamma Alpha Rho in 1953.[2][3] It has chartered more than fifty chapters in the United States.[1] With the merger of the two societies, Sigma Gamma Tau started with fourteen chapters, renamed for their host institution.[4] Following is a list of Sigma Gamma Tau chapters, with inactive institutions indicated in italics.[1][2][4][5][6][7]

Charter date and range Institution Location Region Status References
February 28, 1953 Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana Great Lakes Active [3][a]
February 28, 1953 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York Northeastern Active [b]
February 28, 1953 – 195x?; May 18, 1960 University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, Alabama South Central Active [c]
February 28, 1953 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Urbana, Illinois Great Lakes Active [8][d]
February 28, 1953 University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas North Central Active [9][e]
February 28, 1953 University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota North Central Inactive [f]
February 28, 1953 University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma Southwestern Inactive [10][g]
February 28, 1953 Wichita State University Wichita, Kansas North Central Active [11][h]
February 28, 1953 – 19xx ?; February 6, 1970 Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Virginia Mid-Atlantic Active [12][i]
February 28, 1953 – 1964 Carnegie Institute of Technology Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Mid-Atlantic Inactive [j]
February 28, 1953 Georgia Tech Atlanta, Georgia Southeastern Active [13][k]
February 28, 1953 Iowa State University Ames, Iowa North Central Active [14][l]
February 28, 1953 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts Northeastern Inactive [15][m]
February 28, 1953 Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio Great Lakes Active [16][n]
December 11, 1954 West Virginia University Morgantown, West Virginia Mid-Atlantic Active
December 15, 1955 – 1974 Brooklyn Polytechnic Brooklyn, New York Northeastern Consolidated [o]
1957 Pennsylvania State University University Park, Pennsylvania Mid-Atlantic Active
1957 University of Texas at Austin Austin, Texas Southwestern Active
1957 Texas A&M University College Station, Texas Southwestern Active [17]
1957–19xx ?; December 20, 1966 – 1974 New York University, University Heights Bronx, New York City, New York Northeastern Consolidated [p]
December 3, 1965 Auburn University Auburn, Alabama South Central Active [18]
May 1966 University of Maryland, College Park College Park, Maryland Mid-Atlantic Active
1968 University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio Great Lakes Inactive
Before 1970 Saint Louis University St. Louis, Misssouri North Central Inactive [19][q]
1970 University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia Mid-Atlantic Active
May 15, 1970 North Carolina State University Raleigh, North Carolina Southeastern Active
May 18, 1970 University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, Texas Southwestern Inactive
April 7, 1971 Mississippi State University Mississippi State, Mississippi South Central Active
February 12, 1974 Missouri University of Science and Technology Rolla, Missouri North Central Active
May 1974 Northrop University Inglewood, California Southern Pacific Inactive
May 15, 1974 University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, Colorado North Central Active
1974 Polytechnic Institute of New York New York City, New York Northeastern Inactive [r]
May 25, 1979 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Pomona, California Southern Pacific Active [20]
1979 California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, California Southern Pacific Active
1980 Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach Daytona Beach, Florida Southeastern Active
1980 San Diego State University San Diego, California Southern Pacific Active [21]
1981 University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan Great Lakes Active
1981 University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, Indiana Great Lakes Active
1983 University of Southern California Los Angeles, California Southern Pacific Inactive
1983 Syracuse University Syracuse, New York Northeastern Active
1987 Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott Prescott, Arizona Western Active
1987 University of Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee South Central Active
1988 University at Buffalo Buffalo, New York Northeastern Inactive
1989 University of Florida Gainesville, Florida Southeastern Inactive
1990 Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma Southwestern Active
1990 Tri-State University Angola, Indiana Great Lakes Inactive
1992 Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona Western Inactive
1991 Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, Illinois Great Lakes Inactive
1992 San Jose State University San Jose, California Western Inactive
1992 Air Force Institute of Technology Dayton, Ohio Great Lakes Active
1992 Boston University Boston, Massachusetts Northeastern Active
1992 United States Air Force Academy Colorado Springs, Colorado North Central Active
1994 University of Washington Seattle, Washington Western Active
1995 Tuskegee University Tuskegee, Alabama South Central Inactive
2004 University of Central Florida Orlando, Florida Southeastern Active
2004 Clarkson University Potsdam, New York Northeastern Active
2005 University of California, Irvine Irvine, California Southern Pacific Active
2007 University of Alabama in Huntsville Huntsville, Alabama South Central Active [22]
2008 University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona Western Inactive [22]
April 29, 2011 Florida Institute of Technology Melbourne, Florida Southeastern Active [23]
April 2, 2013 Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, Michigan Great Lakes Active [24]
December 10, 2013 New Mexico State University Las Cruces, New Mexico Southwestern Active [24]
April 23, 2014 – 2017 Daniel Webster College Nashua, New Hampshire Northeastern Moved [19][24][s]
May 3, 2014 California State University, Long Beach Long Beach, California Southern Pacific Active [24]
April 2017 Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Massachusetts Northeastern Active [19]
2017 Southern New Hampshire University Manchester, New Hampshire Northeastern Active [19][s]

Notes

  1. ^ Chapter formed from the Gamma chapter of Gamma Alpha Rho, established in 1947.
  2. ^ Chapter formed from the Alpha chapter of Gamma Alpha Rho, established in 1945.
  3. ^ Chapter formed from the Epsilon chapter of Gamma Alpha Rho, established in 1948.
  4. ^ Chapter formed from the Delta chapter of Gamma Alpha Rho, established in 1948.
  5. ^ Formed from the Gamma chapter of Tau Gamma, established in 1935.
  6. ^ Chapter formed from the Epsilon chapter of Tau Omega, established in 1943.
  7. ^ Formed from the Alpha chapter of Tau Omega, established in 1927.
  8. ^ Chapter formed from Beta chapter of Tau Omega, established in 1932.
  9. ^ Chapter formed from the Beta chapter of Gamma Alpha Rho, established in 1947.
  10. ^ Chapter formed from a chapter of Tau Omega.
  11. ^ Chapter formed from the Theta chapter of Tau Omega, established in 1952.
  12. ^ Chapter originated as Zeta chapter of Gamma Alpha Rho in 1949. It merged with the Eta chapter a chapter of Tau Omega, established in 1950.
  13. ^ Chapter formed from the Eta chapter of Gamma Alpha Rho, established in 1949.
  14. ^ Chapter formed from the Eta chapter of Tau Omega, established in 1949.
  15. ^ The chapters at Brooklyn Polytechnic and New York University, University Heights consolidated into the Polytechnic Institute of New York in 1974.
  16. ^ Polytechnic Institute
  17. ^ Although the charter date is not included in the organization's list, this chapter hosted the national convention in 1970.
  18. ^ Polytechnic Institute
  19. ^ a b When the Daniel Webster College closed in 2017, its School of Engineering moved to Southern New Hampshire University. This chapter relocated as well.

References

  1. ^ a b c Robson, John, ed. (1963). Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (17th ed.). Menasha, Wisconsin: The Collegiate Press, George Banta Company, Inc. p. 697.
  2. ^ a b c Anson, Jack L. and Marchesani Jr. Robert F., eds. Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities, 20th edition. Indianapolis: Baird's Manual Foundation, 1991. pp. V.99-V.100. ISBN 0-9637159-0-9
  3. ^ a b "Purdue Sigma Gamma Tau". Purdue University. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  4. ^ a b "History of Sigma Gamma Tau" (PDF). Sigma Gamma Tau National Honor Society in Aerospace Engineering: 3–8, 12. July 1979.
  5. ^ "SGT Chapters". Sigma Gamma Tau National. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  6. ^ "Sigma Gamma Tau". Sigma Gamma Tau National Honor Society in Aerospace Engineering: July 1979, p. 31.
  7. ^ Sigma Gamma Tau Triennial Convention Minutes. (September 23, 2006). pp. 6 and 13. Sigma Gamma Tau National. Accessed January 11, 2025.
  8. ^ "Kenneth Reside of Ashland Joins Sigma Gamma Tau". Jacksonville Journal Courier. May 19, 1953. p. 3. Retrieved January 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Wichita K.U. Student Helps Form Fraternity". The Wichita Eagle. March 8, 1953. p. 12. Retrieved January 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Secretary of State". The Daily Law Journal-Record. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. March 26, 1953. p. 12. Retrieved January 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Fraternity to Sponsor Engineers' 'Smoker'". The Wichita Eagle. October 18, 1953. p. 3. Retrieved January 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Alex F. Lampros". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. May 29, 1953. p. 6. Retrieved January 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ Blue Print (yearbook). Atlanta: Georgia Tech, 1953. p. 316. via Georgia Tech Library
  14. ^ "Home". Sigma Gamma Tau – Iowa State University Chapter. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  15. ^ "Local Boy in Honor Society, is Rising MIT Senior". The Press and Standard. Walterboro, South Carolina. June 23, 1966. p. 2. Retrieved January 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Sigma Gamma Tau Aerospace Engineering Honorary | Student Activities". Ohio State University. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  17. ^ "Sigma Gamma Tau | Get Involved". Texas A&M University. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  18. ^ "Sigma Gamma Tau". Auburn University. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  19. ^ a b c d Sigma Gamma Tau Triennial Convention Minutes (January 6, 2018) p. 1. via Sigma Gamma Tau National. Accessed January 11, 2025.
  20. ^ "One New Chapter Approved" Sigma Gamma Tau National Honor Society in Aerospace Engineering: July 1979, p. 19.
  21. ^ "Sigma Gamma Tau | Honor Council". San Diego State University. Retrieved January 10, 2025.
  22. ^ a b Sigma Gamma Tau Triennial Convention Minutes (January 7, 2009) p. 1. via Sigma Gamma Tau National. Accessed January 11, 2025.
  23. ^ Sigma Gamma Tau Triennial Convention Minutes (January 8, 2012). p. 1. via Sigma Gamma Tau National. Accessed January 11, 2025.
  24. ^ a b c d Sigma Gamma Tau Triennial Convention Minutes (January 4, 2015) pp. 1 and 4. via Sigma Gamma Tau National. Accessed January 11, 2025.
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