Beta Theta Pi Facts:

-Beta Theta Pi (ΒΘΠ) is a social collegiate fraternity that was founded in 1839 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, USA, where it is part of the Miami Triad.

 

-Beta was the first college fraternity to be founded west of the Allegheny Mountains, and it has 129 active chapters and colonies in the United States and Canada.

 

-Over 183,800 members have been initiated worldwide, with 125,944 of those living.

 

- Beta Theta Pi currently has more than 5,000 undergraduate members.

 

-Beta's Administrative Office is located at 5134 Bonham Road, Oxford, Ohio. In 2006, the driveway up to the administrative office was renamed "Lugar-Bates Drive" in appreciation for the work that Senator Richard Lugar Denison '54 and Bert Bates Missouri '56 performed in the $20 million "Upon These Principles" capital campaign.

Famous Betas:

(only a few)

 

Business:

Nike Founder William J. Bowerman, Oregon '33

Bank of America CEO Hugh L. McColl, Jr., North Carolina '57

Nordstrom, Inc. CEO Bruce A. Nordstrom, Washington '55

Nordstrom, Inc. President Blake W. Nordstrom, Washington '82

Wal-Mart Founder Samuel Walton, Missouri '40

Government:

Fmr. U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, Whitman '20

Fmr. U.S. Rep. Richard A. Gephardt (MO), Northwestern '62

U.S. Sen. Richard G. Lugar (IN), Denison '54

Fmr. Secretary of Defense William J. Perry, Carnegie Mellon '49

Athletics/Entertainment:

Home Improvement & Family Feud Star Richard Karn, Washington '78

Hall of Fame MLB player Michael J. Schmidt, Ohio '71

Musical Composer Stephen J. Sondheim, Williams '50

All-Time Winningest Basketball coach in NCAA history John R Wooden, Purdue '32

The Broken Lizard Comedy Group (main actors in Super Troopers), Colgate

TV's Batman and Mayor on Family Guy William Anderson (aka Adam West) Whitman '51