Alpha Gamma Rho is a national agriculture fraternity. In 1911 C. E. Alfred, business manager of the U.T. Farmer, contacted the national fraternity about establishing a chapter at UT. A group was ready to petition for membership, but on-campus opposition developed, and while the group continued to be in contact with the national fraternity, establishment … Continued

Chartered on December 12, 1970, the Zeta Delta chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha was the first national Black Greek-Letter organization to be established on the UT campus. Philip Scheurer, director of Student Activities, explained in 1975 (when discussing the previous refusal to grant official recognition to two other black sororities) that the provisions of the … Continued

Alpha Psi Chapter of the national fraternity Alpha Kappa Lambda was chartered May 25, 1969. The national fraternity was founded in 1911 as an evolution of the Los Amigos Club formed at Berkeley in 1907. The motto of the fraternity is Alethia Kai Logos (the Truth and the Word). Its flower is the Souvenir de … Continued

In 1968, the same year Zeta Beta Tau became the first Greek organization to pledge an African American, a group of students organized local African American fraternity Alpha Kappa Omega. In 1971 AKO merged into Omega Psi Phi, the first national African American fraternity to be chartered at UT Knoxville.

Alpha Kappa Psi is the oldest coed US professional business fraternity. It was founded October 5, 1904, at New York University. UT’s Zeta Lambda Chapter was established May 10, 1964. The group was inactive from 1971 to 1979. The organization furthers the welfare of students and faculty interested in pursuing and advancing in the field … Continued

Alpha Lambda Delta was founded at the University of Illinois in 1924 to recognize women who maintained at least a 3.4 GPA during their freshman year. The society also gave certificates to senior women who had maintained a 3.4 GPA and presented a book to the woman who graduated with the highest GPA. A sister … Continued

Alpha Lambda was founded in 1919 as a secret society and remained sub rosa until 1921. It petitioned for a charter of the national Delta Delta Delta in June 1923, and the charter was granted July 13.

Alpha Mu Alpha was founded at Georgia Tech in 1949. The Tennessee chapter was chartered on April 3, 1954. Membership requires meeting a minimum GPA and ranking in the upper fifth of the junior class or the upper third of the senior class.

Omicron Chapter of Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority was established at UT on April 14, 1902, as the fourth chapter of the sorority. It is the oldest chapter in continuous existence. The initiation of members took place at the home of Professor Cooper D. Schmitt, who conducted all of the preliminary correspondence necessary for getting the … Continued

Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-Letter African American fraternal organization, was founded December 4, 1906, at Cornell University and incorporated in 1908. The Mu Iota Chapter was chartered at UT on May 29, 1976. In 1978 the fraternity moved into a house at 1810 Lake Avenue. In November 2003 the UT chapter was suspended … Continued