Tau Kappa Epsilon

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Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE, pronounced T-K-E or "Teke", as in teak wood) is a college fraternity with chapters primarily in the USA and Canada, and was founded on January 10, 1899 at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois. Currently, TKE is the largest social fraternity in the world. TKE's five Founders were Charles Roy Atkinson, Clarence Arthur Mayer, James Carson McNutt, Joseph Lorenzo Settles, and Owen Ison Truitt.

TKE was originally named the Knights of Classic Lore with the goal of establishing a fraternity where membership is based on personal worth and character rather than rank, wealth, or honor.

As of December 2005, Tau Kappa Epsilon had 274 active collegiate chapters and colonies throughout the United States and Canada making it the largest college fraternity worldwide by number of chapters.

TKE maintains a confederation with the Weinheimer Senioren-Convent (WSC), part of the German Student Corps, a federation of Germany's traditional university corporations, whose roots date back to the 15th century.

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National Officers

  • Grand Prytanis: Mark A. Fite, CFC
  • Grand Epiprytanis: Robert I. McMurry
  • Grand Grammateus: Mark K. Johnson
  • Grand Crysophylos: Julius J. Edelmann, Jr., CFC
  • Grand Histor: Charles J. Trabold, CFC
  • Grand Hypophetes: Brian C.M. Barrett
  • Grand Pylortes: Dr. Herbert L. Songer
  • Grand Hegemon: Rodney G. Talbot
  • 2005 Sweetheart: Jacquelyne Ryan (Florida State)
  • Chief Executive Officer: Kevin Mayeux, CAE
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Notable Alumni

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Government

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Business and Industry

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Education

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Athletics

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Entertainment

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Military and NASA

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Philanthropic, Literary, and Religious


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Active Chapters

Google Map of TKE Chapter's in the US

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