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SAE was founded at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, and for the first few years was headquartered in the south through a "Grand Chapter" heirarchy. Later on the headquarters was moved to the vicinity of Northwestern University in Evanston, IL, just outside of Chicago. The singular reason for this was a man named Billy Levere, after whom our headquarters building is named (Levere Memorial Temple). He was recruited into our Illinois Psi-Omega Chapter at Northwestern and throughout his life ended up being a huge force within the Fraternity, eventually holding virtually every national office possible. Apart from the names of our eight Founders, Billy Levere's name is one of the very few others that are taught to our pledges with nearly equal esteem.
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