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Originally posted by bruinaphi
Alpha Phi is at Iota Iota, George Washington University. As you probably know from the chapter naming thread, Alpha Phi did not go through the double letter Alphas as most GLOs did. The only chapter whose designation begins with Alpha is our Alpha Chapter, Syracuse.
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This made me think and I realized Kappa doesn't have any Alpha ______ chapters, either (besides Alpha deuteron, Monmouth, our founding chapter). Early on in our years some chapters took over designations from other chapters that had already closed. For example, the chapter at the University of Iowa, chartered in 1882, was originally just Zeta, as the first Zeta chapter had closed a few years prior. Then at our 1890 convention, the fraternity decided to rename those chapters that had taken on dormant chapters designations with a Beta preceeding the letter to show they were the second chapter to have that designation. So the chapter at Iowa became known as Beta Zeta. I'm guessing they just decided to keep with the Beta _______ names and move through the alphabet that way.
We don't have an AI program, so AFAIK there is no special chapter designation for them. I don't believe there is a chapter designation for those members who have passed on, either.