Alpha Epsilon Pi (ΑΕΠ or AEPi) is currently the only international Jewish college fraternity in the United States. It currently has 111 active chapters and 8 colonies, but those numbers fluctuate as new chapters and colonies are added or as chapters become inactive.

History

AEPi was founded in 1913 at New York University (NYU) by Charles C. Moskowitz and 10 other young, Jewish men. These men were Isador M. Glazer, Herman L. Krauss, Arthur E. Leopold, Arthur M. Lipkint, Emil Lustgarten, Benjamin M. Meyer, Charles J. Pintel, Maurice Plager, David K. Schafer, and Hyman Shulman. Their first pledge was Samuel L. Epstein.

Charles Moskowitz was a fine basketball player and had just transferred to NYU from the City College of New York. Several NYU fraternities expressed interest in him and one gave him a bid. When Charles asked if his close Jewish friends could join as well, he was told that the invitation was for him alone. At this point, the group of 11 men began meeting regularly in the German rathskellar. Official school recognition of AEPi was granted on November 7.

The founding members always intended for AEPi to be a national fraternity. Long before the second chapter, the NYU group was designated "Alpha Chapter." In 1917, a local fraternity Phi Tau became the Beta Chapter of AEPi.

Notable alumni

• Gary Bettman - Commissioner, National Hockey League, Cornell '72
• Wolf Blitzer - Journalist, Author, CNN Correspondent, SUNY Buffalo '70
• Art Garfunkel - Singer/Composer, Columbia '64
• Jerry Lewis - Comedian/Chairman of the Muscular Dystrophy Association, Washington
• Richard Lewis - Actor/Comedian, Ohio State '69
• Robert Novak - Columnist, pundit and Panelist on CNN Crossfire, Illinois '52
• Jerry Reinsdorf - Owner of Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox, George Washington '57
• Paul Simon - Singer/Composer, Queens '63
• Jack Stahl - Former President, Coca Cola, Emory '76
• Gene Wilder - Actor/Producer/Director, Iowa '55
• Scott Wolf - Actor, George Washington '91
• Ron Popeil - Inventor, Infomercial Producer, Owner, Ronco Industries, Illinois '57
• Steve Stone - Chicago Cubs Announcer, Kent State '69

List of chapters

• 1913
  • Alpha – New York University (Manhattan, New York)
• 1917
  • Beta – Cornell University (Ithaca, New York)
• 1919
  • Gamma – University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• 1920
  • Delta – University of Illinois (Champaign, Illinois)
  • Epsilon – Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia)
  • Zeta – Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, Georgia)
• 1921
  • Eta – Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio)
  • Theta – Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama)*
• 1923
  • Iota – Columbia University (New York City, New York)
• 1924
  • Kappa – Ohio Northern University (Ada, Ohio)
  • Lambda – Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, Illinois)
• 1925
  • Mu – University of Virginia (Charlottesville, Virginia)
  • Nu – Marquette University (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)*
  • Rho Deuteron – University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware)*
• 1926
  • Omicron – University of Georgia (Athens, Georgia)
• 1927
  • Pi – University of Wisconsin (Madison, Wisconsin)
• 1928
  • Rho – University of Rhode Island (Kingston, Rhode Island)*
  • Sigma – Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri)
• 1929
  • Tau – Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tennessee)
• 1930
  • Xi – Wayne State University (Detroit, Michigan)*
• 1931
  • Upsilon – University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California)
• 1933
  • Phi – University of Massachusetts (Amherst, Massachusetts)
• 1934
  • Chi – Michigan State University (East Lansing, Michigan)
• 1936
  • Psi – Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland)
• 1937
  • Omega – University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, North Carolina)
  • Alpha Deuteron – Drake University (Des Moines, Iowa)*
• 1938
  • Beta Deuteron – Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)*
• 1939
  • Gamma Deuteron – University of Texas (Austin, Texas)
• 1940
  • Delta Deuteron – University of Maryland, College Park (College Park, Maryland)
  • Epsilon Deuteron – Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Worcester, Massachusetts)*
  • Zeta Deuteron – Boston University (Boston, Massachusetts)
  • Eta Deuteron – Tufts University (Medford, Massachusetts)
• 1941
  • Theta Deuteron – University of Akron (Akron, Ohio)*
• 1942
  • Iota Deuteron – University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)*
• 1947
  • Kappa Deuteron – George Washington University (Washington, D.C.)
  • Lambda Deuteron – University of Miami (Coral Gables, Florida)*
  • Mu Deuteron – University of Missouri-Columbia (Columbia, Missouri)
  • Nu Deuteron – University of Missouri-Rolla (Rolla, Missouri)
  • Xi Deuteron – University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, California)
  • Omicron Deuteron – University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, Ohio)*
  • Pi Deuteron – Penn State University (State College, Pennsylvania)
  • Sigma Deuteron – Syracuse University (Syracuse, New York)
  • Tau Deuteron – Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio)
  • Upsilon Deuteron – University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, New Mexico)*
  • Chi Deuteron – University of Washington (Seattle, Washington)*
• 1948
  • Mu Tau – Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
  • Alpha Upsilon – New York University-University Heights (The Bronx, New York)*
  • Sigma Phi – University of Manitoba (Winnipeg, Manitoba)*
• 1949
  • Psi Deuteron – University of Tennessee (Knoxville, Tennessee)
  • Kappa Upsilon – University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas)
  • Phi Deuteron – Kent State University (Kent, Ohio)
  • Kappa Sigma – Kansas State University (Manhattan, Kansas)*
  • Beta Upsilon – Bradley University (Peoria, Illinois)
  • Chi Alpha – University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, California)
  • Kappa Chi – Queens College (Flushing, New York)
  • Omega Deuteron – University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
  • Mu Upsilon – University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
• 1950
  • Upsilon Tau – University of Toledo (Toledo, Ohio)*
• 1951
  • Alpha Sigma – Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona)
  • Iota Upsilon – University of Iowa (Iowa City, Iowa)
  • Rho Pi – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York)
  • Phi Gamma – University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida)
  • Tau Upsilon – Tulane University (New Orleans, Louisiana)
• 1952
  • Gamma Alpha – Georgia State University (Atlanta, Georgia)
• 1953
  • Beta Pi – Polytechnic University of New York (Brooklyn, New York)*
• 1954
  • Zeta Pi – University of Vermont (Burlington, Vermont)
  • Pi Upsilon – Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana)
  • Upsilon Rho – University of Richmond (Richmond, Virginia)*
• 1956
  • Alpha Pi – Temple University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • Upsilon Kappa – University of Connecticut (Storrs, Connecticut)
  • Kappa Mu – University of Missouri-Kansas City (Kansas City, Missouri)*
  • Rho Upsilon – Rutgers University (New Brunswick, New Jersey)
  • Phi Theta – Brooklyn College (Brooklyn, New York)
• 1957
  • Mu Epsilon – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)*
• 1958
  • Sigma Chi – City College of New York (New York City, New York)*
  • Beta Iota – Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana)
  • Upsilon Beta – University at Buffalo (Buffalo, New York)
• 1959
  • Eta Chi – Lehman College (The Bronx, New York)*
  • Mu Sigma – University of Memphis (formerly Memphis State University) (Memphis, Tennessee)*
  • Omega Upsilon – University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma)*
• 1960
  • Beta Sigma – Baruch College (New York City, New York)
• 1962
  • Upsilon Chi – University of Tennessee-Chattanooga (Chattanooga, Tennessee)*
  • Lambda Upsilon – Long Island University (Brooklyn, New York)*
  • Sigma Kappa Psi – Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts)
  • Alpha Epsilon – Long Island University-C.W. Post (formerly C.W. Post College) (Brookville, New York)*
  • Rho Beta – Rutgers University-Newark (Newark, New Jersey)*
• 1963
  • Pi Zeta – Old Dominion University (Norfolk, Virginia)*
• 1964
  • Rho Nu – University of Rochester (Rochester, New York)
  • Alpha Tau – Miami University (Oxford, Ohio)
  • Upsilon Alpha – University of Arizona (Tucson, Arizona)
• 1965
  • Epsilon Kappa – East Carolina University (Greenville, North Carolina, Greenville)*
• 1966
  • Pi Chi – Parsons College (closed in June, 1973) (Fairfield, Iowa)*
  • Rho Mu – Randolph-Macon College (Ashland, Virginia)*
• 1967
  • Rho Iota – Rochester Institute of Technology (Rochester, New York)
  • Delta Pi – Utica College (Utica, New York)*
  • Upsilon Omicron – University of Nebraska-Omaha (Omaha, Nebraska)*
  • Delta Tau – Detroit Institute of Technology (closed; absorbed by Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan) (Detroit, Michigan)*
• 1968
  • Nu Alpha – Northern Arizona University (Flagstaff, Arizona)*
  • Nu Sigma – University of Nevada, Las Vegas (Las Vegas, Nevada)
  • Rho Eta – Hunter College (New York City, New York)*
  • Upsilon Eta – University of Houston (Houston, Texas)*
  • Phi Tau – Florida State University (Tallahassee, Florida)
  • Kappa Gamma – Clarkson University (Potsdam, New York)*
  • Nu Eta – Quinnipiac University (Hamden, Connecticut)*
• 1969
  • Alpha Chi – Athens State University (Athens, Alabama)*
  • Omicron Chi – Oglethorpe College (Atlanta, Georgia)*
  • Iota Chi – University of Illinois at Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)*
  • Sigma Pi – American University (Washington, D.C.)
  • Sigma Omega – California State Polytechnic University (San Luis Obispo, California)
  • Lambda Gamma – Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, Ohio)*
  • Epsilon Mu – Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti, Michigan)*
• 1970
  • Phi Delta – University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
  • Nu Tau – New York Institute of Technology (Old Westbury, New York)*
  • Lambda Epsilon – Fairleigh Dickinson University (Teaneck, New Jersey)*
  • Epsilon Pi – Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, Virginia)*
  • Mu Phi – Florida Institute of Technology (Melbourne, Florida)*
  • Delta Beta – University of New Hampshire (Durham, New Hampshire)*
  • Iota Tau – Indiana Institute of Technology (Fort Wayne, Indiana)*
  • Tau Phi – University of Tampa (Tampa, Florida)*
  • Sigma Delta – San Diego State University (San Diego, California)
• 1971
  • Sigma Alpha – Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Blacksburg, Virginia)
  • Tau Eta – Indiana State University (Terre Haute, Indiana)*
• 1972
  • Lambda Kappa – University of Kentucky (Lexington, Kentucky)*
• 1973
  • Sigma Mu – Central Missouri State University (Warrensburg, Missouri)*
• 1976
  • Nu Iota – Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, Illinois)*
• 1977
  • Chi Upsilon – University of Colorado (Boulder, Colorado)
• 1978
  • Omicron Upsilon – Ohio University (Athens, Ohio)
• 1979
  • Sigma Eta – Lehigh University (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)
• 1980
  • Kappa Xi – Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, Michigan)*
• 1982
  • Iota Beta – Illinois State University (Normal, Illinois)
• 1983
  • Sigma Iota – Southern Illinois University-Carbondale (Carbondale, Illinois)*
• 1985
  • Delta Kappa – Duke University (Durham, North Carolina)
  • Beta Nu – Binghamton University (Binghamton, New York)
  • Chi Nu – California State University, Northridge (Northridge, California)
  • Iota Delta – Stony Brook University (Stony Brook, New York)
  • Alpha Nu – University at Albany (Albany, New York)
  • Eta Upsilon – University of Hartford (West Hartford, Connecticut)
  • Alpha Kappa – Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
  • Lambda Omega – University of Western Ontario (London, Ontario)
• 1986
  • Pi Beta – Hofstra University (Hempstead, New York)
  • Upsilon Sigma – Union College (Schenectady, New York)
• 1987
  • Tau Omega – University of Toronto (Toronto, Ontario)
  • Eta Pi – York University (Toronto, Ontario)
  • Omega Nu – State University of New York-Oswego (Oswego, New York)*
  • Omega Sigma – State University of New York-Oneonta (Oneonta, New York)*
  • Lambda Beta – Brandeis University (Waltham, Massachusetts)
  • Psi Phi – University of South Florida (Tampa, Florida)
• 1988
  • Chi Beta – California State University-Long Beach (Long Beach, California)*
  • Chi Delta – University of California-Davis (Davis, California)
  • Zeta Tau – University of California, Irvine (Irvine, California)
  • Sigma Beta – University of California, Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, California)
  • Alpha Beta – Muhlenberg College (Allentown, Pennsylvania)
  • Chi Mu – Clark University (Worcester, Massachusetts)*
• 1989
  • Phi Alpha – Florida Atlantic University (Boca Raton, Florida)
  • Sigma Tau – Stanford University (Palo Alto, California)
• 1990
  • Alpha Delta – Adelphi University (Garden City, New York)*
  • Delta Psi – Buffalo State College (Buffalo, New York)*
  • Epsilon Chi – McGill University (Montreal, Quebec)
  • Iota Eta – Ithaca College (Ithaca, New York)*
  • Phi Pi – State University of New York-Cortland (Cortland, New York)*
• 1991
  • Epsilon Upsilon – Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut)
• 1992
  • Rho Sigma – Ramapo College (Mahwah, New Jersey)
• 1993
  • Chi Pi – California State Polytechnic-Pomona (Pomona, California)*
  • Beta Psi – Rider University (Lawrenceville, New Jersey)
• 1994
  • Tau Mu – Towson University (Towson, Maryland)
• 1995
  • Lambda Alpha – University of Chicago (Chicago, Illinois)
• 1997
  • Beta Rho – Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island)
• 1998
  • Delta Rho – Drexel University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • Chi Sigma – University of California-San Diego (San Diego, California)
• 2000
  • Nu Delta – University of Central Florida (Orlando, Florida)
  • Tau Delta – Northwestern University (Evanston, Illinois)
• 2001
  • Eta Psi – Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
  • Upsilon Omega – University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon)
• 2002
  • Eta Sigma – Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.)
  • Chi Omicron – College of Charleston (Charleston, South Carolina)
• 2003
  • Beta Chi – University of British Columbia (Vancouver, British Columbia)
• 2004
  • Kappa Omega – University of Waterloo Wilfrid Laurier University (Waterloo, Ontario)
  • Pi Rho – Ryerson University (Toronto, Ontario)
  • Nu Kappa – University of Ottawa (Ottawa, Ontario)
  • Beta Alpha – San Francisco State University (San Fransisco, California)
  • Sigma Zeta – University of California, Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, California)

External links

• Alpha Epsilon Pi International