Scarab was a professional fraternity in the field of architecture. It was founded in 1909 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as the first group of its kind for architecture.
History Scarab was founded on February 25, 1909, at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.Professional Fraternities by Professional Interfraternity Conference - 1950- Its members were students of architecture, landscape architecture, or architectural engineering.
Annually, each chapter held an exhibition of its best work. Chapters also issued a bronze or silver medal annually for excellence in architectural design in a competition that was open to any student at its institution. The national fraternity sponsored the annual Scarab National Competition.
The fraternity was governed by a supreme council that met during the annual convention. Its publication was The Hieratic. It also published the Scarab Bulletin twice a year.
Archival materials related to Scarab are housed at Carnegie Mellon University Libraries, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Archives, and the University of Illinois Archives.
It is unknown when most chapters ceased operations; the mother chapter, at Illinois, ceased activity circa 1971.
Symbols and Traditions The color for Scarab is Yale Blue.
Chapter list Scarab's chapters were called temples. A list of its temples follows.
TempleCharter date and rangeInstitutionLocationStatusKarnak – University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUrbana and Champaign, IllinoisInactiveIpsamboul1914Washington University in St. LouisSt. Louis County, MissouriInactiveEdfou1915-1942Illinois Institute of TechnologyChicago, IllinoisInactiveThebes1916Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity Park, PennsylvaniaInactivePhilae1920 Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PennsylvaniaInactiveLuxor1921–Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MassachusettsInactiveAbydos1921University of KansasLawrence, KansasInactiveAmmon1926George Washington UniversityWashington, D.C.InactiveKhons1926University of MinnesotaMinneapolis, Minnesota InactiveIsis1927University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CaliforniaInactiveHathor1928University of VirginiaCharlottesville, VirginiaInactiveOsiris1929University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OhioInactiveHorus1932Washington State UniversityPullman, WashingtonInactiveKhufu1931 - 19xx ; February 5, 1946Auburn UniversityAuburn, AlabamaInactive1946-02-20 The Auburn Plainsman1935-03-13 The Auburn Plainsman1931: Catalog of the Alabama Polytechnic Institute 1931-12-02 The PlainsmanAnubis1954California State Polytechnic University, PomonaPomona, CaliforniaInactiveAmenkotep1955Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, New YorkInactive
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Notable members
William Francis Cody, architect Raymond Eastwood, artist A. (Abraham) William Hajjar, architect Robert A. Kennard, African American architect Robert E. Langdon Jr., architect Arthur Silvers, African American architect Louis Sullivan, architect Gordon Greenfield Wittenberg, architect
See also
Professional fraternities and sororities
References