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Berry, Harry S.

UT Trustee Harry S. Berry served as the State of Tennessee WPA administrator and assisted UT in gaining funds for labor to execute a number of WPA projects. In the 1950s he strongly opposed the construction of UT Memorial Hospital and Research Center because he viewed the hospital as a place for local indigent care … Continued

Best Party School Ranking by the Princeton Review

The Princeton Review is an education services company known for its test-prep courses, tutoring, books, and other student resources. Since 1992 the company has offered students (some 120,000 of them) at over three hundred colleges in 62 categories the opportunity to participate in surveys about their institution. The surveys cover such topics as academics, financial … Continued

Beta Alpha Omega Fraternity (Local, Members Initiated into Sigma Nu)

The Beta Alpha Omega Fraternity was founded in 1915 as a secret society and recognized by the institution as a local fraternity in 1921. It purchased 918 Temple Avenue (now Volunteer Boulevard) in 1922, becoming the first local fraternity to purchase a house. Originally, its colors were gold and black; they later became light blue, … Continued

Beta Alpha Psi (Accounting Honorary)

Alpha Lambda Chapter of the national Beta Alpha Psi honorary accounting fraternity was established at the university on May 14, 1951. It was reinvigorated in 1956.

Beta Chi Theta Fraternity

The South Asian interest fraternity, Beta Chi Theta, was installed as Rho Chapter on April 30, 2010. Eight men at UCLA founded the fraternity in 1999. Its philanthropy is the World Diabetes Foundation.

Beta Gamma Sigma (Business Administration and Commerce Honorary)

Beta Gamma Sigma, a national honorary fraternity in business administration and commerce was established at UT (Tennessee Alpha Chapter) in 1947. The national organization was founded on February 13, 1913. Beta Gamma Sigma is the honor society for business programs accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International). Membership is the … Continued

Beta Tau Delta Fraternity (Local, Became Kappa Nu)

The Beta Tau Delta local Jewish fraternity was formed in 1933. It used a room in the local Jewish Community Center for its meetings and other activities. Its first president was Paul Kapelow. It became Kappa Nu in 1934.

Beta Theta Pi Fraternity

Delta Kappa Chapter of the national Beta Theta Pi fraternity was installed at UT on November 4, 1967. The national organization was established August 8, 1839, at Miami University. The colors of Beta Theta Pi are red and blue. The flower is the rose, and the symbol is the dragon. The philanthropy of the fraternity … Continued

Beta Upsilon Chi (National, Christian)

Beta Upsilon Chi (Brothers Under Christ), a chapter of the national Christian fraternity founded at the University of Texas at Austin in 1985, organized at UT in January 2012. The sole criterion for membership is being a professing believer in and follower of Christ. In 2013 BYX rented the Pi Kappa Alpha house in Fraternity … Continued