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Did you know that Beta Theta Pi...
- is the First college fraternity founded west of the Allegheny Mountains (1839)
- has the First college fraternity magazine founded in 1872 and published continuously since.
- is the First college fraternity to publish an open Constitution for public distribution (1878)
- is the First fraternity established on 35 campuses
- is the First fraternity to establish a chapter west of the Mississippi River (1866)
- is the First fraternity to adopt a national point of view with determination to be represented in all sections of the country
- is the First fraternity to require its chapters to maintain a 2.5 GPA to remain in good standing (1985)
- is the First General Fraternity to establish a chapter in Hawaii (1992)
- Pioneered in organizing fraternity into territorial districts (1873)
- is a leader among college fraternities with members listed in Who's Who in America and Canadian Who's Who
- had a Beta on the Supreme Court from 1877 to 1975, including the late Justice William O. Douglas
- has over 80 Rhodes Scholars
- has over 200,000 initiated members; over 100,000 living members; over 7,000 undergraduate members on 142 campuses in the United States and Canada
- has over 90 alumni associations in cities throughout the United States and Canada
- gives over $100,000 in Leadership-Scholarship Awards for undergraduates and graduate members
- has 40 members listed in Forbes Four Hundred list
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