* is the First college fraternity founded west of the Allegheny Mountains (1839) * has the First college fraternity magazine founded in 1872 and published continuously since. * is the First college fraternity to publish an open Constitution for public distribution (1878) * is the First fraternity established on 35 campuses * is the First fraternity to establish a chapter west of the Mississippi River (1866) * is the First fraternity to adopt a national point of view with determination to be represented in all sections of the country * is the First fraternity to require its chapters to maintain a 2.5 GPA to remain in goodstanding (1985) * is the First General Fraternity to establish a chapter in Hawaii (1992) * Pioneered in organizing fraternity into territorial districts (1873) * is a leader among college fraternities with members listed in Who's Who in America and Canadian Who's Who * had a Beta on the Supreme Court from 1877 to 1975, including the late Justice WilliamO. Douglas * has over 80 Rhodes Scholars * has over 200,000 initiated members; over 100,000 living members; over 7,000 undergraduate members on 142 campuses in the United States and Canada * has over 90 alumni associations in cities throughout the United States and Canada * gives over $100,000 in Leadership-Scholarship Awards for undergraduates andgraduate members * has 40 members listed in Forbes Four Hundred list