Pi Kappa Alpha History and Chapters

Vocabulary practice flashcards covering Pi Kappa Alpha's first initiate, notable early members and their chapters/universities, and the first five founded chapters.

Augustus Washington Knox

The first initiate of Pi Kappa Alpha, brought into the bonds of brotherhood in April 1868 at the University of Virginia.

Theron Hall Rice (Jr.)

Iota Chapter at Hampden Sydney College.

Howard Bell Arbuckle

Iota Chapter at Hampden-Sydney College.

Robert Adger Smythe

Lambda Chapter at the Military College of South Carolina.

John Shaw Foster

Theta Chapter at Rhodes College.

Alpha Chapter

chapter established at the University of Virginia on March 1, 1868.

Beta Chapter

established at Davidson College on March 1, 1869.

Gamma Chapter

William and Mary on February 27, 1871.

Delta Chapter

Birmingham-Southern on June 6, 1871.

Epsilon Chapter

Pi Kappa Alpha chapter established at Virginia Tech on November 11, 1873.