List of Kappa Alpha Order chapters explained

Kappa Alpha Order is a social fraternity and a fraternal order founded in 1865 at Washington and Lee University. 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. Commissions first appeared in 1915, empowered to elect and initiate graduates of military institutions. Commissions can be established to replace a previously active chapter or at a four-year military institution, or in the case of Omega, used for both Centre graduates and for general legacy election. Where an active chapter is re-established, the commission at that school is deactivated.

In the following list of chapters, active chapters are indicated in bold and inactive chapters are in italics.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Chapter	Chartered date and range	Institution	City	State	Status	References
Alpha	– 1870; 1875–1878; 1883–1970, 1977–199x ?; xxxx ?	Washington and Lee University	Lexington	Virginia	Active
Beta first	– 1913; 1915	Virginia Military Institute	Lexington	Virginia	Commission
Gamma	– 1874, 1879	University of Georgia	Athens	Georgia	Active
Delta	– 1909, 1915	Wofford College	Spartanburg	South Carolina	Active
Epsilon	– 2015; 2019	Emory University	Atlanta	Georgia	Active
Eta		University of Richmond	Richmond	Virginia	Active
Zeta	– 20xx ?; November 14, 2019	Randolph–Macon College	Ashland	Virginia	Active
Theta Prime (see Beta Nu)	– 1873	Oglethorpe University	Brookhaven	Georgia	Inactive
Iota / Iota Commission	– 1875, 1879–1898, 1927–1963, 1984–2020	Furman University	Greenville	South Carolina	Commission
Kappa		Mercer University	Macon	Georgia	Active
Lambda	– 1882; 1886–2022	University of Virginia	Charlottesville	Virginia	Inactive
Mu Prime (see Delta Epsilon)	– 1874	Newberry College	Newberry	South Carolina	Inactive
Nu Prime	– 1878	Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	Inactive
Xi Prime (see Epsilon Eta)	– 1878	Virginia Tech	Blacksburg	Virginia	Inactive
Omicron Prime	–1879	Bethel Military Academy	Warrenton	Virginia	Inactive
Pi Prime	– 1883	Gordon Institute (now Gordon State College)	Barnesville	Georgia	Inactive
Rho	– 1892; 1895–1897; 1927	University of South Carolina	Columbia	South Carolina	Active
Sigma	– 2021	Davidson College	Davidson	North Carolina	Inactive
Tau		Wake Forest University	Winston-Salem	North Carolina	Active
Upsilon	– 1888; 1891	University of North Carolina	Chapel Hill	North Carolina	Active
Psi	– 1883; 1886	Tulane University	New Orleans	Louisiana	Active
Phi	– 1914; 1922–1974; 1980	Birmingham–Southern College	Birmingham	Alabama	Active
Chi	– 199x ?; 2004–2012; 2018	Vanderbilt University	Nashville	Tennessee	Active
Xi Second	– 200x ?; 2004	Southwestern University	Georgetown	Texas	Active
Omega / Omega Commission	– 1933;	Centre College	Danville	Kentucky	Commission
Theta Second / Theta Commission	– 1890;	The Citadel	Charleston	South Carolina	Commission
Mu Second	– 1893	Erskine College	Due West	South Carolina	Inactive
Nu Second		Auburn University	Auburn	Alabama	Active
Omicron Second	– 1887; 1891–2000; 201x ?	University of Texas at Austin	Austin	Texas	Active
Pi Second	– 1887; 1893–2002; 2009–2020	University of Tennessee	Knoxville	Tennessee	Inactive
Alpha Alpha			Sewanee	Tennessee	Active
Alpha Beta		University of Alabama	Tuscaloosa	Alabama	Active
Alpha Gamma		Louisiana State University	Baton Rouge	Louisiana	Active
Alpha Delta		William Jewell College	Liberty	Missouri	Active
Alpha Epsilon	– 1904; 1925–2022	Rhodes College	Memphis	Tennessee	Inactive
Alpha Zeta		College of William & Mary	Williamsburg	Virginia	Active
Alpha Eta		Westminster College	Fulton	Missouri	Active
Alpha Theta		Transylvania University	Lexington	Kentucky	Active
Alpha Iota	– 1903; 1909–1913; 1922	Centenary College of Louisiana	Shreveport	Louisiana	Active
Alpha Kappa	– 2016; 2021	University of Missouri	Columbia	Missouri	Active
Alpha Lambda	– 1910; 1915–1973	Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore	Maryland	Inactive
Theta		University of Kentucky	Lexington	Kentucky	Active
Alpha Mu		Millsaps College	Jackson	Mississippi	Active
Mu Third	– 1895	Emory and Henry College	Emory	Virginia	Inactive
Alpha Nu	– 1953; 1956–1959; 2008–2021	George Washington University	Washington	District of Columbia	Inactive
Alpha Xi	– 1896; 1897–1970; 1979–199x ?; 20xx ?	University of California, Berkeley	Berkeley	California	Active
Alpha Omicron	– 1902; 1904–1960; 1987–2005; 2013	University of Arkansas	Fayetteville	Arkansas	Active
Alpha Pi	– 1899; 1903	Stanford University	Stanford	California	Active
Alpha Rho	– 2021	West Virginia University	Morgantown	West Virginia	Inactive
Alpha Sigma		Georgia Tech	Atlanta	Georgia	Active
Alpha Tau		Hampden–Sydney College	Hampden Sydney	Virginia	Active
Alpha Upsilon	– 1912, 1926	University of Mississippi	Oxford	Mississippi	Active
Alpha Phi	– 1970, 1979	Duke University	Durham	North Carolina	Active
Alpha Chi	– 1907	Kentucky Wesleyan College	Owensboro	Kentucky	Inactive
Alpha Psi Prime (see Gamma Eta)	– 1905	Florida State University	Tallahassee	Florida	Inactive
Alpha Omega	– 2005; 2011	North Carolina State University	Raleigh	North Carolina	Active
Beta Alpha		Missouri University of Science and Technology	Rolla	Missouri	Active
Beta Beta	– 20xx ?	Bethany College	Bethany	West Virginia	Inactive
Beta Gamma	– 1939; 1976–200x ?; 2005–2016; 2020	College of Charleston	Charleston	South Carolina	Active
Beta Delta	– 1920; 1925–2020	Georgetown College	Georgetown	Kentucky	Inactive
Beta Epsilon	– 199x ?; 2004–2019, 2024-	University of Delaware	Newark	Delaware	Active
Beta Zeta		University of Florida	Gainesville	Florida	Active
Beta Eta	– 2018; 2023 -	University of Oklahoma	Norman	Oklahoma	Active
Beta Theta	– 1965	Washington University in St. Louis	St. Louis	Missouri	Inactive
Beta Iota		Drury University	Springfield	Missouri	Active
Beta Kappa		University of Maryland	College Park	Maryland	Active
Beta Lambda	– 2009; 2011–2017	Southern Methodist University	Dallas	Texas	Inactive
Beta Mu	– 1942	St. John's College	Annapolis	Maryland	Inactive
Beta Nu (see Theta Prime)	– 1938; 1976–20xx ?	Oglethorpe University	Brookhaven	Georgia	Inactive
Beta Xi	– 1972; 1992	Oklahoma State University–Stillwater	Stillwater	Oklahoma	Active
Beta Omicron	– 1960	University of Louisville	Louisville	Kentucky	Inactive
Beta Pi		Presbyterian College	Clinton, South Carolina	South Carolina	Active
Beta Rho	– 1982; 1968	Roanoke College	Salem	Virginia	Active
Beta Sigma	– 1990; 20xx ?–2017; 2023	University of Southern California	Los Angeles	California	Active
Beta Upsilon	– 1982; 2001	Marshall University	Huntington	West Virginia	Active
Beta Tau		Mississippi State University	Starkville	Mississippi	Active
Alpha Psi Second	– 1986	Rollins College	Winter Park	Florida	Inactive
Beta Phi	– 1979	University of New Mexico	Albuquerque	New Mexico	Inactive
Beta Chi		West Virginia Wesleyan College	Buckhannon	West Virginia	Active
Beta Psi	– 1953; 1956–1960	University of California, Los Angeles	Los Angeles	California	Inactive
Beta Omega	– 2020	Washington College	Chestertown	Maryland	Inactive
Mu		University of Tulsa	Tulsa	Oklahoma	Active
Gamma Alpha		Louisiana Tech University	Ruston	Louisiana	Active
Gamma Beta	– 2014; 2017	Missouri State University	Springfield	Missouri	Colony
Gamma Gamma	– 199x ?; 200x ?	University of Memphis	Memphis	Tennessee	Active
Gamma Delta	– 1959	San Jose State University	San Jose	California	Inactive
Gamma Epsilon	– 1969; 1986–2008; 2013	University of Arizona	Tucson	Arizona	Active
Gamma Zeta	– 2010	University of Southern Mississippi	Hattiesburg	Mississippi	Inactive
Gamma Eta (see Alpha Psi Prime)		Florida State University	Tallahassee	Florida	Active
Gamma Theta	– 1963	University of Miami	Coral Gables	Florida	Inactive
Gamma Iota	– 1961; 1993–2009; 2014	San Diego State University	San Diego	California	Active
Gamma Kappa	– 2007	Oklahoma City University	Oklahoma City	Oklahoma	Inactive
Gamma Lambda	– 2001; 2018	University of North Texas	Denton	Texas	Active
Gamma Mu	– 1960; 1970 – 1997; 2013	University of Houston	Houston	Texas	Active
Gamma Xi	– 1970; 199x ?	Lamar University	Beaumont	Texas	Active
Gamma Omicron	– 2010	Lambuth University	Jackson	Tennessee	Inactive
Gamma Nu		University of Louisiana at Monroe	Monroe	Louisiana	Active
Gamma Pi	– 201x ?	Florida Southern College	Lakeland	Florida	Inactive
Gamma Rho		East Carolina University	Greenville	North Carolina	Active
Gamma Sigma		West Texas A&M University	Canyon	Texas	Active
Gamma Tau	– 20xx ?; 2016	Sam Houston State University	Huntsville	Texas	Active
Gamma Phi		University of Louisiana at Lafayette	Lafayette	Louisiana	Active
Gamma Upsilon	– 2016	Texas A&M University–Commerce	Commerce	Texas	Inactive
Gamma Chi		Texas Tech University	Lubbock	Texas	Active
Gamma Psi		Northwestern State University	Natchitoches	Louisiana	Active
Gamma Omega	– 2008; 201x ?–20xx ?	Midwestern State University	Wichita Falls	Texas	Inactive
Delta Alpha	– 2017; 2023	Western Carolina University	Cullowhee	North Carolina	Active
Delta Beta		Delta State University	Cleveland	Mississippi	Active
Delta Gamma	– 1992; 2016–2022	Old Dominion University	Norfolk	Virginia	Inactive
Delta Delta	– 1987	East Tennessee State University	Johnson City	Tennessee	Inactive
Delta Epsilon (see Mu Prime)		Newberry College	Newberry	South Carolina	Active
Delta Zeta	– 1970	Spring Hill College	Mobile	Alabama	Inactive
Delta Eta		Arkansas State University	Jonesboro	Arkansas	Active
Delta Theta		Georgia Southern University	Statesboro	Georgia	Active
Delta Iota	– 200x ?; 2014	University of Texas at Arlington	Arlington	Texas	Active
Delta Kappa		Stephen F. Austin State University	Nacogdoches	Texas	Active
Delta Lambda	– 2014, 2020	Middle Tennessee State University	Murfreesboro	Tennessee	Active
Delta Mu		Eastern Kentucky University	Richmond	Kentucky	Active
Delta Nu	– 1994; 2005–2008; 2018	Murray State University	Murray	Kentucky	Active
Delta Xi		McNeese State University	Lake Charles	Louisiana	Active
Delta Omicron		Clemson University	Clemson	South Carolina	Active
Delta Pi	– 1986; 1992	Missouri Southern State University	Joplin	Missouri	Active
Delta Rho		Valdosta State University	Valdosta	Georgia	Active
Delta Sigma	– 1992; 2004–2015	Houston Baptist University (now Houston Christian University)	Houston	Texas	Inactive
Delta Tau		Francis Marion University	Florence	South Carolina	Active
Delta Upsilon		University of Tennessee at Martin	Martin	Tennessee	Active
Delta Phi		Jacksonville State University	Jacksonville	Alabama	Active
Delta Chi	– 1989	Louisiana State University Shreveport	Shreveport	Louisiana	Inactive
Delta Psi		Appalachian State University	Boone	North Carolina	Active
Delta Omega	– 1993; 199x ?–2003; 2017	Baylor University	Waco	Texas	Active
Epsilon Alpha		University of South Alabama	Mobile	Alabama	Active
Epsilon Beta		Nicholls State University	Thibodaux	Louisiana	Active
Epsilon Gamma	– 199x ?	University of California, Davis	Davis, California	California	Inactive
Epsilon Delta		Texas A&M University	College Station	Texas	Active
Epsilon Epsilon	– 20xx ?	University of California, Riverside	Riverside	California	Inactive
Epsilon Zeta	– 200x ?; 2017	Arkansas Tech University	Russellville	Arkansas	Active
Epsilon Eta (see Xi Prime)		Virginia Tech	Blacksburg	Virginia	Active
Epsilon Theta		Western Kentucky University	Bowling Green	Kentucky	Active
Epsilon Iota	– 2017	Texas State University	San Marcos	Texas	Inactive
Epsilon Kappa		Southeastern Louisiana University	Hammond	Louisiana	Active
Epsilon Lambda		Miami University	Oxford	Ohio	Inactive
Epsilon Mu		Elon University	Elon	North Carolina	Active
Epsilon Nu		Georgia College & State University	Milledgeville	Georgia	Active
Epsilon Xi	– 2014; 2019	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	Charlotte	North Carolina	Active
Epsilon Omicron	– 199x ?; 2004–2015	Virginia Wesleyan University	Virginia Beach	Virginia	Inactive
Epsilon Pi	– 199x ?; 2002–200x ?	Tarleton State University	Stephenville	Texas	Inactive
Epsilon Rho	– 1999; 2004–2016	Purdue University	West Lafayette	Indiana	Inactive
Epsilon Sigma	– 2016	University of West Florida	Pensacola	Florida	Active
Epsilon Tau		Northern Arizona University	Flagstaff	Arizona	Active
Epsilon Upsilon	– 20xx ?	California State University, Bakersfield	Bakersfield	California	Inactive
Epsilon Phi		George Mason University	Fairfax	Virginia	Active
Epsilon Chi	– 20xx ?; 2014	University of Arkansas, Monticello	Monticello	Arkansas	Active
Epsilon Psi		University of North Carolina Wilmington	Wilmington	North Carolina	Active
Epsilon Omega		Arizona State University	Tempe	Arizona	Active
Zeta Alpha	– 200x ?;	University of Colorado Boulder	Boulder	Colorado	Active
Zeta Beta	– 2022	Princeton University	Princeton	New Jersey	Inactive
Zeta Gamma	– 20xx ?	Goldey–Beacom College	Pike Creek Valley	Delaware	Inactive
Zeta Delta	– 1996; 2015	University of Nevada, Reno	Reno	Nevada	Active
Zeta Epsilon		Tennessee Tech	Cookeville	Tennessee	Active
Zeta Zeta	– 2019	Wingate University	Wingate	North Carolina	Inactive
Zeta Eta	– 2015	Pennsylvania State University	University Park	Pennsylvania	Inactive
Zeta Theta		James Madison University	Harrisonburg	Virginia	Active
Zeta Iota	– 2017	Indiana State University	Terre Haute	Indiana	Inactive
Zeta Kappa		University of West Georgia	Carrollton	Georgia	Active
Zeta Lambda	– 2012; 2023	Bowling Green State University	Bowling Green	Ohio	Active
Zeta Mu	– 2021	University of Washington	Seattle	Washington	Inactive
Zeta Nu		University of North Florida	Jacksonville	Florida	Active
Zeta Xi	– 201x ?	Texas Wesleyan University	Fort Worth	Texas	Inactive
Zeta Omicron		University of Southern Indiana	Evansville	Indiana	Active
Zeta Pi		Florida Gulf Coast University	Fort Myers	Florida	Active
Zeta Rho		University of Arkansas–Fort Smith	Fort Smith	Arkansas	Active
Zeta Sigma		Southern Illinois University Carbondale	Carbondale	Illinois	Active
Sigma Alpha Commission		United States Military Academy	West Point	New York	Commission
Zeta Tau		Austin Peay State University	Clarksville	Tennessee	Active
Zeta Upsilon		University of Tennessee at Chattanooga	Chattanooga	Tennessee	Active
Sigma Beta Commission		United States Naval Academy	Annapolis	Maryland	Commission
Zeta Phi		High Point University	High Point	North Carolina	Active
Zeta Chi		Kennesaw State University	Cobb County	Georgia	Active
Zeta Psi		Campbell University	Buies Creek	North Carolina	Active
Zeta Omega		Coastal Carolina University	Conway	South Carolina	Active
Sigma Gamma Commission		United States Air Force Academy	Colorado Springs	Colorado	Commission

Notes and References

1. Lurding, Carroll and Becque, Fran. (December 3, 2022) "Kappa Alpha Order". Almanac of Fraternities and Sororities. Urbana: University of Illinois. Accessed February 13, 2023.
2. Web site: Active Chapters . 2023-02-17 . Kappa Alpha Order.
3. Book: Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities . 1927 . G. Banta Company . 103–104 . en . Google Books.
4. Book: Clagett . Martin R. . Lyons . Jesse . Salmon . Emily . Salmon . John . The Compendium History of Kappa Alpha Order . 2018 . Kappa Alpha Order . Lexington, Virginia . 978-0-692-10260-2 . 540–561 . English.