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Alpha Mu Sigma

Alpha Mu Sigma

American Jewish fraternity (1914–1963)

Alpha Mu Sigma (ΑΜΣ) was an historically Jewish fraternity founded in March 1914 at Cooper Union. It disbanded in 1963.

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History

Alpha Mu Sigma was founded at Cooper Union on March 21, 1914. According to Baird's (20th), "The original plan was to limit membership to men of the Jewish faith and the first expansion was limited to similar engineering institutions."[1][2][3][4]

Its Founders were:

  • Henry I. Gilbert
  • Theodore F. Haynes
  • Julius Liebing
  • Benjamin Rothstein
  • Saul Shaw
  • Samuel H. Solodar
  • Jonas I. Speciner
  • Joseph Spies

Baird's goes on to further describe that, "With the prosperity of the 1920s expansion took place quickly, but many of the chapters did not survive the Great Depression." Its total membership in 1945 was 1,500.

The national fraternity disbanded in 1963, with the remaining four chapters becoming inactive or being absorbed by other, larger Jewish fraternities. Alpha chapter at Cooper Union functioned until 1971.[3]

Symbols

  • Publication: The Shield.

Chapters

Following is a list of the chapters of Alpha Mu Sigma. Active chapters that withdrew or merged into other organizations shown in bold; dormant chapters shown in italics.[3]

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  1. Became the Tau Nu chapter of ΤΕΦ in 1936.
  2. Xi chapter originated as Sigma Lambda Chi (local) in 1925.
  3. Pi chapter originated as Lambda Iota Upsilon (local) in 1927.
  4. Became the Tau Xi chapter of ΤΔΦ in 1956. Some of ΤΔΦ's records were lost; While Baird's Archive notes in the listing for ΤΔΦ that the Alpha Mu Sigma chapter from which it evolved dates to 1920, this appears to be an error. A 1928 start date for Pi chapter of ΑΜΣ is more likely, confirmed by Baird's chapter list for ΑΜΣ and the date of the originating local.
  5. Became the Epsilon Omicron chapter of ΤΕΦ in 1963.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Going Greek:Jewish College Fraternities in the United States, 1895-1945
  2. [2]
    JEWISH NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES 1937-1938
  3. [3]
    William Raimond Baird; Carroll Lurding (eds.). "Almanac of Fraternities and Sororities (Baird's Manual Online Archive)". Student Life and Culture Archives. University of Illinois: University of Illinois Archives. The main archive URL is The Baird's Manual Online Archive homepage.
  4. [4]
    "Interfraternity Notes and Statistics". The Palm of Alpha Tau Omega: 179. April 1930.
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