Alpha Mu Sigma

Alpha Mu Sigma
ΑΜΣ
Founded	March 21, 1914 (1914-03-21) Cooper Union
Type	Social
Affiliation	Independent
Status	Defunct
Defunct Date	1963
Emphasis	Jewish
Scope	National
Publication	The Shield
Chapters	23
Headquarters	United States

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

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."

Its Founders were:

Irwin S. Chanin Henry Charles Dinney Irving H. Fisher Edward D. Fox

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.

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.

Name	Chartered	Institution	Location	Status	Notes	Reference
Alpha	March 21, 1914–1971	Cooper Union Institute of Technology	New York, NY	Dormant
Beta	1917–1930, 1948–1963	City College of New York	New York, NY	Dormant
Gamma	1917–1925, 1935–1938	Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute (Tandon, NYU)	Brooklyn, NY	Dormant
Delta	1919–1926	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge, MA	Dormant
Epsilon	1920–1921	Columbia University	New York, NY	Dormant
Zeta	1921–1940	New York University	New York, NY	Dormant
Eta	1922–1923	Harvard University	Cambridge, MA	Dormant
Theta	1922–1923	Bellevue Hospital Medical College (Grossman, NYU)	New York, NY	Dormant
Iota	1922–1923	Yale University	New Haven, CT	Dormant
Lambda	1923–1925	University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, PA	Dormant
Mu	1925–1926	University of Maryland	College Park, MD	Dormant
Nu	1925–1926	University of Virginia	Charlottesville, VA	Withdrew (ΤΕΦ)
Omicron	1926–1927	University of Southern California	Los Angeles, CA	Dormant
Xi	1927–193x ?	Union College	Schenectady, NY	Dormant
Rho	1927–1928	University of Alabama	Tuscaloosa, AL	Dormant
Pi	1928–1956	Long Island University	Brooklyn, NY	Withdrew (ΤΔΦ)
Tau (1)	1928–1930	Roanoke College	Salem, VA	Dormant
Kappa	1929–1930	Boston University	Boston, MA	Dormant
Sigma	1930–1931	Lewis Institute (IIT)	Chicago, IL	Dormant
Tau (2)	1937–1938	George Washington University	Washington, DC	Dormant
Upsilon	1937–1960	Brooklyn College (CUNY)	Brooklyn, NY	Dormant
Phi (1)	1939–1963	St. John’s University	Queens, NY	Dormant
Phi (2)	1958–1962	Pratt Institute	Brooklyn, NY	Withdrew (ΤΕΦ)

See also

• List of Jewish fraternities and sororities
• Tau Delta Phi
• Tau Epsilon Phi