Emory fraternity makes it to the 'Top'

[Fleur de Lis]

Hey there, sorry to crash your forum, but I saw this in my Emory alumni newsletter. Congratulations Alpha Theta!

http://www.alumni.emory.edu/news/emo..._article8.html

There is a healthy sense of competition among and within national Greek organizations, so when one school’s chapter sweeps the organization’s internal awards, it’s a big deal. It becomes news. Like when Emory’s Alpha Tau Omega chapter walked off with all of the fraternity’s major honors earlier this fall.

The ATO fall banquet in Indianapolis honored the Emory chapter, Alpha Theta, with a “True Merit” award, a tough-to-attain fraternity award of excellence that just 22 of the fraternities 124 chapters met; Alpha Theta also registered the highest GPA of ATO chapters nationwide (3.47); and to cap the night Alpha Theta was selected from the 22 True Merit winners as ATO’s “Top Chapter,” the evening’s highest honor. Emory collected nine other awards to make for a historic night. No chapter had ever walked away with such a haul.

It was a night of celebration for current students and alumni alike. “We had alumni in attendance ranging from the Class of 1933 to the present,” said Kenneth Murrah 55C 58L of Winter Park, FL, one of the alumni who made the trip to Indiana’s capital city for the banquet. Others included Ben Johnson 65C, chair of Emory’s Board of Trustees, and Paul McLarty 63C 66L, who was honored ATO's Outstanding Alumni Chapter Leader award.

Joining the alumni was a strong contingent of students led by chapter President Pete Seely 08C, who accepted the Top Chapter award. "This was the culmination of a year's worth of work," he said. "We're extremely honored that Emory was chosen as the Top Chapter. There are so many chapters who excel, and receiving this honor is motivation to do even more."

Emory’s Alpha Tau Omega chapter is the University’s second oldest fraternity (Chi Phi is the oldest), having started at Oxford 125 years ago. In March of this year, the fraternity celebrated that landmark anniversary that brought many alumni brothers back to campus.—Eric Rangus

[ATOtnBetaTau]

Great article. Thanks for sharing it. When I was an undergrad (not too awfully long ago), it always seemed like Alpha Theta was winning scholarship. I know they received other honors as well, but never like this. What great success.

-Jason