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Alpha Chi Sigma Fraternity

Founded	December 11, 1902 at University of Wisconsin-Madison
International Headquarters	Indianapolis, IN
Official Colors	Prussian blue & Chrome yellow
Coat of Arms
Collegiate Chapters	50 active, 2 pending
Professional Chapters	9 Chapters 8 groups
Alpha Chi Sigma Website

Alpha Chi Sigma (ΑΧΣ) is a professional fraternity specializing in the field of chemistry. It has both collegiate and professional chapters throughout the United States consisting of both men and women and numbering over 59,300 members. The fraternity aims to bring together students and professionals pursuing a wide variety of chemistry-related careers.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Founding 1.2 Coat Of Arms 2 Purpose 3 Membership 4 Famous Members 4.1 Nobel Prize in Chemistry 4.2 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 4.3 Nobel Prize in Physics 4.4 Nobel Prize in Peace 5 Collegiate Chapters 5.1 Active Chapters 5.2 Colony Status 5.3 Pre-Colonies 5.4 Inactive Chapters 6 Professional Chapters 7 External links

The Alpha Chi Sigma fraternity was organized at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in late 1902 by a group of undergraduates who were fellow students in chemistry at that time. Later documents set the date of founding as December 11, 1902. The original founders were:

• Raymond Tracy Conger
• Harold Everett Eggers
• Joseph Gerard Holty
• Alfred Emil Kundert
• Joseph Howard Mathews
• Edward Gustav Mattke
• Bart Eldred McCormick
• Frank Joseph Petura
• James Chisholm Silverthorn

The seven symbols that stretch the length of the coat of arms are the "seven metals of the Ancients": gold, silver, iron, mercury, tin, copper, and lead. These symbols correspond to planets, gods, and days of the week [1].

Metal	Gold	Silver	Iron	Mercury	Tin	Copper	Lead
God/Celestial Body	Sol/Sun	Luna/Moon	Mars	Mercury	Jupiter	Venus	Saturn
Day of the Week	Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday

The rest of the symbols on the coat of arms are revealed only to those that go through the initiation ritual. This ritual secrecy is common practice among fraternities and sororities in the United States.

The Three Objects of Alpha Chi Sigma:

1. To bind its members with a tie of true and lasting friendship.
2. To strive for the advancement of chemistry both as a science and as a profession.
3. To aid its members by every honorable means in the attainment of their ambitions as chemists throughout their mortal lives.

Membership to the Alpha Chi Sigma professional chemistry fraternity is open to collegiate and professional men and women with a a strong interest in chemistry. Membership is for life. Those who are interested in becoming a member should contact their local (or nearest) chapter for further information about pledgeship and membership.

• Petrus (Peter) Josephus Wilhelmus Debye, Tau '40 (1936)

"for his contributions to our knowledge of molecular structure through his investigations on dipole moments and on the diffraction of X-rays and electrons in gases."

• Glenn Theodore Seaborg, Beta Gamma '35 (1951)

"for [his] discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements."

• Linus C. Pauling, Sigma '40 (1954)

"for his research into the nature of the chemical bond and its application to the elucidation of the structure of complex substances."

• Vincent du Vigneaud, Zeta '30 (1955)

"for his work on biochemically important sulphur compounds, especially for the first synthesis of a polypeptide hormone."

• Willard F. Libby, Sigma '41 (1960)

"for his method to use carbon-14 for age determination in archaeology, geology, geophysics, and other branches of science."

• Lars Onsager, Chi '50 (1968)

"for the discovery of the reciprocal relations bearing his name, which are fundamental for the thermodynamics of irreversible processes."

• Paul J. Flory, Tau '50 (1974)

"for his fundamental achievements, both theoretical and experimental, in the physical chemistry of the macromolecules."

• William N. Lipscomb, Alpha Gamma '39 (1976)

"for his studies on the structure of boranes illuminating problems of chemical bonding."

• Herbert C. Brown, Beta Nu '60 (1979)

"for [his] development of the use of boron-containing compounds into important reagents in organic synthesis."

• R. Bruce Merrifield, Beta Gamma '44 (1984)

"for his development of methodology for chemical synthesis on a solid matrix."

• Elias J. Corey, Zeta '53 (1990)

"for developing new ways to synthesize complex molecules ordinarily found in nature."

• Rudolph A. Marcus, Zeta '55 (1992)

"for his contributions to the theory of electron transfer reactions in chemical systems."

• Alan G. MacDiarmid, Alpha '51 (2000)

""for the discovery and development of conductive polymers"

• Edward Adelbert Doisy, Zeta '43 (1943)

"for his discovery of the chemical nature of vitamin K."

• E. L. Tatum, Alpha '30 (1958)

"for [his] discovery that genes act by regulating definite chemical events."

• Robert W. Holley, Zeta '40 (1968)

"for [his] interpretation of the genetic code and its functions in protein synthesis."

• George H. Hitchings, Omicron '29 (1988)

"for [his] discoveries of Important Principles for Drug Treatment."

• Paul C. Lauterbur, Gamma '49 (2003)

"for their discoveries concerning magnetic resonance imaging"

• Raymond Davis, Jr., Alpha Rho '35 (2002)

"for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, in particular for the detection of cosmic neutrinos."

• Linus C. Pauling, Sigma '40 (1962)

"for warning of the dangers of radioactive fallout in nuclear weapons testing and war."

Alpha: University of Wisconsin-Madison Beta: University of Minnesota Gamma: Case Western Reserve University Delta: University of Missouri-Columbia Epsilon: Indiana University Zeta: University of Illinois Iota: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Mu: University of New Hampshire Nu: Pennsylvania State University Pi: Syracuse University Rho: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Sigma: University of California, Berkeley Tau: Cornell University Alpha Beta: University of Michigan Alpha Epsilon: Washington University in St. Louis Alpha Zeta: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alpha Theta: University of Iowa Alpha Kappa: University of Virginia Alpha Pi: George Washington University Alpha Rho: University of Maryland Alpha Sigma: University of Arkansas Alpha Upsilon: Michigan State University Alpha Omega: Georgia Institute of Technology Beta Gamma: University of California-Los Angeles Beta Delta: University of Missouri–Rolla

Beta Eta: University of North Texas Beta Nu: Purdue University Beta Pi: University of the Pacific Beta Rho: Kansas State University Beta Sigma: Rochester Institute of Technology Beta Tau: University of Arizona Beta Phi: South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Beta Chi: Hampden-Sydney College Beta Psi: Southern Illinois University Beta Omega: Arizona State University Gamma Beta: Florida State University Gamma Delta: The College of Charleston Gamma Zeta: California Polytechnic State University Gamma Eta: Marshall University Gamma Theta: Truman State University Gamma Iota: Virginia Polytechnic Institute Gamma Kappa: James Madison University Gamma Nu: Ohio University Gamma Xi: North Carolina State University Gamma Omicron: Lehigh University Gamma Pi: University of Washington Gamma Rho: Loyola University New Orleans Gamma Sigma: Kent State University Gamma Tau: Indiana University of Pennsylvania Gamma Upsilon: Duquesne University

• Gamma Mu Colony of Beta Omega Chapter at Northern Arizona University

• Rutgers University Pre-Colony of Gamma Omicron

Eta: University of Colorado Theta: University of Nebraska Kappa: University of Kansas Lambda: Ohio State University Xi: University of Maine Omicron: Harvard University Upsilon: Northwestern University Phi: Allegheny College Chi: Yale University Psi: Louisiana State University Omega: University of Pittsburgh Alpha Alpha: Stanford University Alpha Gamma: University of Kentucky Alpha Delta: University of Cincinnati Alpha Eta: University of Oklahoma Alpha Iota: University of Pennsylvania Alpha Lambda: Dartmouth College Alpha Mu: Lafayette College Alpha Nu: Colgate University Alpha Xi: University of Utah Alpha Omicron: Montana State University

Alpha Tau: Tulane University Alpha Phi: University of Tennessee Alpha Chi: Iowa State University Alpha Psi: Illinois Institute of Technology Beta Alpha: Bucknell University Beta Beta: Washington State University Beta Epsilon: Clemson University Beta Zeta: University of Alabama Beta Theta: University of Texas Beta Iota: University of Florida Beta Kappa: University of Delaware Beta Lambda: University of Akron Beta Mu: Occidental College Beta Xi: Wayne State University Beta Omicron: University of Houston Beta Upsilon: American University Gamma Alpha: Johns Hopkins University Gamma Gamma: Eastern Michigan University Gamma Epsilon: Vanderbilt University Gamma Lambda: Southeastern Oklahoma State University

Atlanta Professional Group Chesapeake Bay Professional Chapter Chicago Professional Chapter Delaware Valley Professional Chapter Detroit Professional Group Indianapolis Professional Chapter Los Angeles Professional Chapter Mid-Missouri Professional Group Northeast Ohio Professional Chapter

Research Triangle Park Professional Chapter San Antonio Professional Group Southern Indiana Professional Group Southwest Virginia Professional Group St. Louis Professional Chapter Sun Cities Professional Group Twin Cities Professional Group Washington, DC Professional Chapter

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