Alpha Mu Sigma () was an historically Jewish fraternity founded in at Cooper Union. It disbanded in .
History Alpha Mu Sigma was founded at Cooper Union on .Jewish National Organizations in the United States 1937–1938 The American Jewish Year Book 39 (1937): 611–94. . According to Baird's Manual, "The original plan was to limit membership to men of the Jewish faith and the first expansion was limited to similar engineering institutions." Its founders were:
The fraternity expanded many chapters in the 1920s. However, only a few survived the Great Depression. Its total membership in 1945 was 1,500.
The national fraternity disbanded in , with the remaining four chapters becoming inactive or being absorbed by other, larger Jewish fraternities. Alpha chapter at Cooper Union functioned until .
Symbols Alpha Mu Sigma's badge is a black concave shield with the Greek letters vertically in gold with a border of sixteen pearls and sapphires in the corners. Its pledge ben is a black enamel shield, with a jagged white streak through it.
The fraternity's colors are black and gold. Its flower is the yellow chrysanthemum. Its magazine is The Shield.
Chapters Following is a list of the chapters of Alpha Mu Sigma, with inactive chapters and institutions in italics.
ChapterCharter date and rangeInstitutionLocationStatusAlpha – 1971Cooper Union Institute of TechnologyNew York City, New YorkInactiveBeta1917–1930, 1948–1963City College of New YorkNew York City, New YorkInactiveGamma1917–1925, 1935–1938Brooklyn Polytechnic InstituteBrooklyn, New York City, New YorkInactiveDelta1919–1926Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MassachusettsInactiveEpsilon1920–1921Columbia UniversityNew York City, New YorkInactiveZeta1921–1940New York UniversityNew York City, New YorkInactiveEta1922–1923Harvard UniversityCambridge, MassachusettsInactiveTheta1922–1923Bellevue Hospital Medical College of New York UniversityNew York City, New YorkInactiveIota1922–1923Yale UniversityNew Haven, ConnecticutInactiveLambda1923–1925University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaInactiveMu1925–1926University of MarylandCollege Park, MarylandInactiveNu1925–1926University of VirginiaCharlottesville, VirginiaWithdrew (ΤΕΦ)Omicron1926–1927University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, CaliforniaInactiveXi1927–193x ?Union CollegeSchenectady, New YorkInactiveRho1927–1928University of AlabamaTuscaloosa, AlabamaInactivePi1928–1956Long Island UniversityBrooklyn, New York City, New YorkWithdrew (ΤΔΦ)Tau (1)1928–1930Roanoke CollegeSalem, VirginiaInactiveKappa1929–1930Boston UniversityBoston, MassachusettsInactiveSigma1930–1931Lewis InstituteChicago, IllinoisInactiveTau (2)1937–1938George Washington UniversityWashington, D.C.InactiveUpsilon1937–1960Brooklyn CollegeBrooklyn, New York City, New YorkInactivePhi (1)1939–1963St. John's UniversityQueens, New YorkInactivePhi (2)1958–1962Pratt InstituteBrooklyn, New York City, New YorkWithdrew (ΤΕΦ)
See also List of Jewish fraternities and sororities
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