Alpha Kappa Pi was a social fraternity founded on Jan. 1, 1921 at the Newark College of Engineering (now New Jersey Institute of Technology), under the name Phi Delta Zeta. A committee was formed to complete a plan for nationalization, largely by absorbing local fraternity chapters. It established its Beta chapter in 1926 at Wagner College (in New York), lending the name of the Wagner local chapter to become the name of the new national, now Alpha Kappa Pi, and adding two more chapters that year. Alpha Kappa Pi would go on to form 36 chapters over the next two decades.[1]
Alpha Kappa Pi joined the NIC in 1931.In addition to the absorption of local chapters, three of the remaining chapters of Sigma Delta Rho were added in 1936-37, as were two chapters of disintegrating Theta Nu Epsilon, in 1940.[1] It had a total membership of 3,105 in 1940.[2]
On September 6, 1946, Alpha Kappa Pi merged with Alpha Sigma Phi (ΑΣΦ), mostly resulting in new chapters. There were only two campuses where a local merger was effected, as both groups were active there. Some recently dormant chapters of ΑΚΠ were assigned new names within the Alpha Sigma Phi roster.[1]
Symbols
The fratrnitys badge was a 7-pointed gold star in black enamel, decorated with the Greek letters ΑΚΠ above crossed swords.[2] Its colors were Dartmouth green and white. Its flower was the yellow tea rose.
^Became the Alpha Upsilon chapter of Alpha Sigma Phi with the national merger of the two fraternities.
^Now a community college, Ellsworth College had been a four-year institution while hosting a chapter of Alpha Kappa Pi. This chapter originated as either Chi Pi Theta (local) or as Chi Tau Gamma Theta in 18xx (?). The Baird's Archive shows two conflicting predecessor groups.
^Originated as Lambda Tau Delta (local) in 1920. After withdrawal from Alpha Kappa Pi, this chapter merged into older local fraternity Delta Phi Epsilon, a group which had originated in 1901. On January 16, 1954 the combined local fraternity would become the restored Beta Epsilon chapter of Sigma Nu.
^Became the Beta Alpha chapter of Alpha Sigma Phi with the national merger of the two fraternities.
^Originated as the Alpha Club (local) in 1929. Alpha Sigma Phi named this as its Beta Beta chapter, even though it had been dormant for a few years at the time of the national merger.
^Became the Beta Delta chapter of Alpha Sigma Phi with the national merger of the two fraternities.
^Originated as a group from Howard Hall (local) in 1927.
^Became the Beta Epsilon chapter of Alpha Sigma Phi with the national merger of the two fraternities.
^Originated as the Alpha Club (local) in 1929. Alpha Sigma Phi named this as its Beta Zeta chapter, even though it the chapter was dormant at the time of the national merger.
^Became the Beta Omicron chapter of Alpha Sigma Phi with the national merger of the two fraternities.
^Formed by absorption of the Eta chapter of Sigma Delta Rho in 1936, which had chartered with that fraternity in 1929. Earlier, that chapter had formed as the Torch Club (local) in 1927. While a chapter of Sigma Delta Rho it accepted the members of another F&M local called Alpha Pi.
^Became the Beta Pi chapter of Alpha Sigma Phi with the national merger of the two fraternities.
^Formed by absorption of the Gamma chapter of Sigma Delta Rho in 1936, which had chartered with that fraternity in 1924. This chapter had originated as Zeta Omicron (local) in 1921.
^Became the Beta Rho chapter of Alpha Sigma Phi with the national merger of the two fraternities.
^Formed by absorption of the Epsilon chapter of Sigma Delta Rho in 1936, which had chartered with that fraternity in 1926. A year earlier, in 1925, this chapter had its origination as Kappa Alpha Chi (local).
^Became the Beta Sigma chapter of Alpha Sigma Phi with the national merger of the two fraternities.
^Became the Gamma Alpha chapter of Alpha Sigma Phi with the national merger of the two fraternities.
^Originated as Alpha Kappa Pi (local), thus with the same name as the national it would join in 1942. It had originated as the local Alpha Kappa Pi in 1921.
