Kappa Nu () was an American college fraternity that was active from 1911 to 1961 when it merged with Phi Epsilon Pi.
History Kappa Nu was founded at the University of Rochester on November 12, 1911. The founders were: Joseph Bernhardt Abraham Levy Joseph Lazarus Harold Leve Morris Lazersohn Louis Gottlieb
All six were pre-medical or medical students. Their intention was to create a local-only fraternity for Jewish students.
In 1917, five loosely connected groups (U of Rochester and others created by men who had left Rochester) held a convention in Rochester and set up Kappa Nu as a National Fraternity. By the 1918 convention, Kappa Nu had ten chapters. It continued to add chapters through 1931.Our Antecedent Groups - Kappa Nu Its executive offices were in Rochester, New York.
On October 14, 1961, Kappa Nu's thirteen active chapters voted to merge with Phi Epsilon Pi fraternity. Of these, three chapters declined to participate in the merger at campuses where Phi Epsilon Pi already existed. In 1970, Zeta Beta Tau absorbed Phi Epsilon Pi.
Symbols The badge is a diamond shield displaying a monogram of the Greek letters arranged horizontally along one plane below which is a six-pointed star and above which are (Kuf Nun, the equivalent letters in Hebrew), standing for or Kesher Neurim ("Ties of Youth"). The jeweled base of the pin is surrounded by twenty pearls with an amethyst set at each of the corners. Its colors were purple and white.
As of 1920, the fraternity had a semi-annual publication called Kappa Nu. It also published a magazine, The Reporter, three times a year.
Chapters Kappa Nu established 27 chapters.
ChapterCharter date and rangeInstitutionLocationStatusNotesAlpha – University of RochesterRochester, New YorkInactiveBeta –1935; 1947 – New York University New York City, New YorkMerged (ΦΕΠ)Gamma –Columbia University New York City, New YorkInactiveDelta –Union CollegeSchenectady, New YorkInactiveEpsilon–Boston UniversityBoston, MassachusettsInactiveZeta – University at BuffaloBuffalo, New YorkMerged (ΦΕΠ)Eta–Harvard UniversityCambridge, MassachusettsInactiveTheta–New York State College for TeachersAlbany, New YorkInactiveIota – Union CollegeSchenectady, New YorkMerged (ΦΕΠ)Kappa – Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, New YorkWithdrew ΖΒΤLambda–Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, OhioInactiveMu–University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MichiganInactiveNu – University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaWithdew (ΠΛΦ)Xi–1932; 1948 – University of PittsburghPittsburgh, PennsylvaniaWithdrew ΖΒΤOmicron–1934University of ChicagoChicago, IllinoisInactivePi – University of AlabamaTuscaloosa, AlabamaMerged (ΦΕΠ)Rho–University of CincinnatiCincinnati, OhioInactiveUniversity of Cincinnati Going Greek: FraternitiesSigma–Tulane University New Orleans, LouisianaInactiveTau – University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley, CaliforniaMerged (ΦΕΠ)Upsilon–University of Arkansas Fayetteville, ArkansasInactivePhi – Alfred UniversityAlfred, New YorkMerged (ΦΕΠ)Chi–Louisiana State UniversityBaton Rouge, LouisianaInactivePsi–University of Tennessee Knoxville, TennesseeInactiveOmega–19xx ?New York University, Washington SquareGreenwich Village, New York City, New YorkInactiveAlpha Beta – Cornell University Ithaca, New YorkWithdrew (ΦΣΕ)Alpha GammaUnassignedAlpha Delta – University of California, Los AngelesLos Angeles, CaliforniaMerged (ΦΕΠ)Alpha EpsilonInactiveAlpha Zeta195x ? – City University of New YorkNew York City, New YorkMerged (ΦΕΠ)Alpha Omega – Wayne State UniversityDetroit, MichiganMerged (ΦΕΠ)
Notable members Mel Allen (Pi), play-by-play announcer for New York Yankees Mortimer Rogoff (Kappa), inventor and businessman
See also List of Jewish fraternities and sororities
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