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'''Alpha Epsilon Pi''' ('''ΑΕΠ''' or '''AEPi''') is currently the only international [[Jewish]] college [[fraternities and sororities|fraternity]] in the United States and Canada. It currently has 120 active chapters and 9 colonies, but those numbers fluctuate as new chapters and colonies are added or as chapters become inactive. |
'''Alpha Epsilon Pi''' ('''ΑΕΠ''' or '''AEPi''') is currently the only international [[Jewish]] college [[fraternities and sororities|fraternity]] in [[North America]], with chapters in the United States and Canada. It currently has 120 active chapters and 9 colonies, but those numbers fluctuate as new chapters and colonies are added or as chapters become inactive. |
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Alpha Epsilon Pi (ΑΕΠ or AEPi) is currently the only international Jewish college fraternity in North America, with chapters in the United States and Canada. It currently has 120 active chapters and 9 colonies, but those numbers fluctuate as new chapters and colonies are added or as chapters become inactive.
Mission statement
Alpha Epsilon Pi, the Jewish Fraternity of North America, was founded to provide opportunities for Jewish men seeking the best possible college and fraternity experience. We have maintained the integrity of our purpose by strengthening our ties to the Jewish community and serving as a link between high school and career. Alpha Epsilon Pi develops leadership for the North American Jewish community at a critical time in a young man's life.
History
AEPi was founded in 1913 at New York University (NYU) by Charles C. Moskowitz and 10 other Jewish men: David K. Schafer, Isador M. Glazer, Herman L. Kraus, Arthur E. Leopold, Benjamin M. Meyer, Arthur M. Lipkint, Charles J. Pintel, Maurice Plager, Emil Lustgarten, and Hyman Shulman. Their first pledge was Samuel L. Epstein.
Charles C. 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, the local fraternity Phi Tau at Cornell University became the Beta Chapter of AEPi.
Coat of Arms
The coat of arms of Alpha Epsilon Pi, while capable of being described through a traditional blazon, contains a number of symbolic objects, the true meaning of which is only revealed to new members (pledges) during their initiation into the fraternity.
The Pledge Pin
Every pledge of Alpha Epsilon Pi is required to wear a pledge pin during his new member education period.
The pledge pin is a square with curved sides and a blue center. Each corner represents a pillar of the fraternity: faith, humility, mutual helpfulness, and perseverance. The blue center stands for honesty, while the curved sides represent that the road of life is not always straight.
Notable Alumni
- Brad Ascalon - Industrial Designer, Rutgers '99
- Irving Azoff - Former President, MCA Records, Illinois '70
- Herbert Baum - President, Quaker Oil, Drake '58
- Gary Bettman - Commissioner, National Hockey League, Cornell '72
- Wolf Blitzer - Journalist, Author, CNN Correspondent, SUNY Buffalo '70
- Myles Brand - President, National Collegiate Athletic Association/ Former President, Indiana University, R.P.I. '64
- James L. Brooks - Academy Award And Emmy Award winning Producer/Director, NYU '58
- Ken Chertow - Wrestling Olympian, Penn State '89
- Richard H. Frank - President of Walt Disney Studios, Illinois '64
- Steven Friedman - Executive Producer, NBC Nightly News, Illinois '68
- Art Garfunkel - Singer/Composer, Columbia '64
- Patrick Harker - Dean, Wharton School of Business, Pennsylvania '81
- H. Robert Horvitz - 2002 Nobel Prize Winner in Physiology or Medicine, MIT '68
- Jerry Lewis - Comedian/Chairman of the Muscular Dystrophy Association, Washington
- Richard Lewis - Actor/Comedian, Ohio State '69
- Bernard Marcus - Founder of Home Depot
- Keiffer J. Mitchell Jr. - Baltimore City Councilman, Emory '90
- Robert Novak - Columnist, pundit and panelist on CNN Crossfire, Illinois '52
- Ron Popeil - Inventor, Infomercial Producer, Owner, Ronco Industries, Illinois '57
- Jerry Reinsdorf - Owner of Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox, George Washington '57
- Michael Schwerner - Civil rights worker, Cornell '61
- Samuel H. Shapiro - Former Governor of Illinois, Illinois '29
- Chet Simmons - Founder of ESPN, George Washington '50
- Paul Simon - Singer/Composer, Queens '63
- Jack Stahl - Former President, The Coca-Cola Company, Emory '76
- Steve Stone - Chicago Cubs Announcer, Kent State '69
- Sandy Weill - Former CEO of Citigroup, Cornell '55
- Gene Wilder - Actor/Producer/Director, Iowa '55
- Scott Wolf - Actor, George Washington '91
- Mark Zuckerberg - Founder of Facebook.com, Harvard '06
- Samuel Zell - Billionaire real-estate entrepreneur, owner of the Chicago Tribune, Michigan
- Al Falack - Founder of Cookieskids.com, Baruch '06
- Paul Arlin - Founder of Campus Vacations, 2006 Québec Entrepreneur of the year, McGill '07
List of Chapters
See List of Alpha Epsilon Pi Chapters