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[33girl]

Thanks Erik. I love hearing history stories like that.

There's a huge Polish population in Pittsburgh (we have a neighborhood called Polish Hill, plus parts of Bloomfield & the South Side) so I'd bet there are at least a few Alliance alumni around here.

[FirstAndFinest]

My father-in-law is a Tau Sigma Pi from Alliance College (early 1950's). Since he gave us his old paddle, I've been trying to find out more about TSP. He thinks his chapter affiliated with TKE and that perhaps he's a member of TKE. His memory isn't really clear; he is in his last days of fighting cancer. How could I find out if he is a member of TKE? If there is a memorial ceremony (for either organization), is there someone we should notify once he passes, for his name to be included in that service?

[FUTeke]

I'm not familiar with Alliance College, but you should first contact the school, and then the alumni association. They do flash the TKE crest on their website so there's probably a chapter there. You can also look up chapters by state at www.tke.org . Many local fraternities, which is what I assume your father-in-law was in, got absorbed into TKE in the 50s and 60s.

However, if your father was not a member of the local when it became affiliated with TKE, he is not technically a member. You can contact the chapter though and ask them about honorary membership, but if he's near his deathbed, the process is probably too long for him to realistically become a member.

But yeah, contact the alumni at Alliance, it's definitely your best bet.

-Jiffy
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