Sigma Gamma Tau is the American honor society in aerospace engineering .[ 1] [ 2] The society formed from the merger of Tau Omega and Gamma Alpha Rho in 1953.[ 2] [ 3] It has chartered more than fifty chapters in the United States.[ 1] With the merger of the two societies, Sigma Gamma Tau started with fourteen chapters, renamed for their host institution.[ 4] Following is a list of Sigma Gamma Tau chapters, with inactive institutions indicated in italics .[ 1] [ 2] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
Charter date
and range
Institution
Location
Region
Status
References
February 28, 1953
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana
Great Lakes
Active
[ 3] [ a]
February 28, 1953
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, New York
Northeastern
Active
[ b]
February 28, 1953 – 195x?; May 18, 1960
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
South Central
Active
[ c]
February 28, 1953
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, Illinois
Great Lakes
Active
[ 8] [ d]
February 28, 1953
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
North Central
Active
[ 9] [ e]
February 28, 1953
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
North Central
Inactive
[ f]
February 28, 1953
University of Oklahoma
Norman, Oklahoma
Southwestern
Inactive
[ 10] [ g]
February 28, 1953
Wichita State University
Wichita, Kansas
North Central
Active
[ 11] [ h]
February 28, 1953 – 19xx ?; February 6, 1970
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia
Mid-Atlantic
Active
[ 12] [ i]
February 28, 1953 – 1964
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mid-Atlantic
Inactive
[ j]
February 28, 1953
Georgia Tech
Atlanta, Georgia
Southeastern
Active
[ 13] [ k]
February 28, 1953
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa
North Central
Active
[ 14] [ l]
February 28, 1953
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Northeastern
Inactive
[ 15] [ m]
February 28, 1953
Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio
Great Lakes
Active
[ 16] [ n]
December 11, 1954
West Virginia University
Morgantown, West Virginia
Mid-Atlantic
Active
December 15, 1955 – 1974
Brooklyn Polytechnic
Brooklyn, New York
Northeastern
Consolidated
[ o]
1957
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, Pennsylvania
Mid-Atlantic
Active
1957
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas
Southwestern
Active
1957
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas
Southwestern
Active
[ 17]
1957 –19xx ?; December 20, 1966 – 1974
New York University, University Heights
Bronx, New York City , New York
Northeastern
Consolidated
[ p]
December 3, 1965
Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama
South Central
Active
[ 18]
May 1966
University of Maryland, College Park
College Park, Maryland
Mid-Atlantic
Active
1968
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio
Great Lakes
Inactive
Before 1970
Saint Louis University
St. Louis, Misssouri
North Central
Inactive
[ 19] [ q]
1970
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia
Mid-Atlantic
Active
May 15, 1970
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina
Southeastern
Active
May 18, 1970
University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, Texas
Southwestern
Inactive
April 7, 1971
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, Mississippi
South Central
Active
February 12, 1974
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Rolla, Missouri
North Central
Active
May 1974
Northrop University
Inglewood, California
Southern Pacific
Inactive
May 15, 1974
University of Colorado Boulder
Boulder, Colorado
North Central
Active
1974
Polytechnic Institute of New York
New York City, New York
Northeastern
Inactive
[ r]
May 25, 1979
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Pomona, California
Southern Pacific
Active
[ 20]
1979
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, California
Southern Pacific
Active
1980
Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach, Florida
Southeastern
Active
1980
San Diego State University
San Diego, California
Southern Pacific
Active
[ 21]
1981
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Great Lakes
Active
1981
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, Indiana
Great Lakes
Active
1983
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Southern Pacific
Inactive
1983
Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York
Northeastern
Active
1987
Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott
Prescott, Arizona
Western
Active
1987
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee
South Central
Active
1988
University at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York
Northeastern
Inactive
1989
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
Southeastern
Inactive
1990
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, Oklahoma
Southwestern
Active
1990
Tri-State University
Angola, Indiana
Great Lakes
Inactive
1992
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona
Western
Inactive
1991
Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, Illinois
Great Lakes
Inactive
1992
San Jose State University
San Jose, California
Western
Inactive
1992
Air Force Institute of Technology
Dayton, Ohio
Great Lakes
Active
1992
Boston University
Boston, Massachusetts
Northeastern
Active
1992
United States Air Force Academy
Colorado Springs, Colorado
North Central
Active
1994
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
Western
Active
1995
Tuskegee University
Tuskegee, Alabama
South Central
Inactive
2004
University of Central Florida
Orlando, Florida
Southeastern
Active
2004
Clarkson University
Potsdam, New York
Northeastern
Active
2005
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, California
Southern Pacific
Active
2007
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Huntsville, Alabama
South Central
Active
[ 22]
2008
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
Western
Inactive
[ 22]
April 29, 2011
Florida Institute of Technology
Melbourne, Florida
Southeastern
Active
[ 23]
April 2, 2013
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Great Lakes
Active
[ 24]
December 10, 2013
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Southwestern
Active
[ 24]
April 23, 2014 – 2017
Daniel Webster College
Nashua, New Hampshire
Northeastern
Moved
[ 19] [ 24] [ s]
May 3, 2014
California State University, Long Beach
Long Beach, California
Southern Pacific
Active
[ 24]
April 2017
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, Massachusetts
Northeastern
Active
[ 19]
2017
Southern New Hampshire University
Manchester, New Hampshire
Northeastern
Active
[ 19] [ s]
Notes
^ Chapter formed from the Gamma chapter of Gamma Alpha Rho, established in 1947.
^ Chapter formed from the Alpha chapter of Gamma Alpha Rho, established in 1945.
^ Chapter formed from the Epsilon chapter of Gamma Alpha Rho, established in 1948.
^ Chapter formed from the Delta chapter of Gamma Alpha Rho, established in 1948.
^ Formed from the Gamma chapter of Tau Gamma, established in 1935.
^ Chapter formed from the Epsilon chapter of Tau Omega, established in 1943.
^ Formed from the Alpha chapter of Tau Omega, established in 1927.
^ Chapter formed from Beta chapter of Tau Omega, established in 1932.
^ Chapter formed from the Beta chapter of Gamma Alpha Rho, established in 1947.
^ Chapter formed from a chapter of Tau Omega.
^ Chapter formed from the Theta chapter of Tau Omega, established in 1952.
^ Chapter originated as Zeta chapter of Gamma Alpha Rho in 1949. It merged with the Eta chapter a chapter of Tau Omega, established in 1950.
^ Chapter formed from the Eta chapter of Gamma Alpha Rho, established in 1949.
^ Chapter formed from the Eta chapter of Tau Omega, established in 1949.
^ The chapters at Brooklyn Polytechnic and New York University, University Heights consolidated into the Polytechnic Institute of New York in 1974.
^ Polytechnic Institute
^ Although the charter date is not included in the organization's list, this chapter hosted the national convention in 1970.
^ Polytechnic Institute
^ a b When the Daniel Webster College closed in 2017, its School of Engineering moved to Southern New Hampshire University. This chapter relocated as well.
References
^ a b c Robson, John, ed. (1963). Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (17th ed.). Menasha, Wisconsin: The Collegiate Press, George Banta Company, Inc. p. 697.
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^ a b "Purdue Sigma Gamma Tau" . Purdue University . Retrieved 2025-01-10 .
^ a b "History of Sigma Gamma Tau" (PDF) . Sigma Gamma Tau National Honor Society in Aerospace Engineering : 3– 8, 12. July 1979.
^ "SGT Chapters" . Sigma Gamma Tau National . Retrieved 2025-01-10 .
^ "Sigma Gamma Tau ". Sigma Gamma Tau National Honor Society in Aerospace Engineering : July 1979, p. 31.
^ Sigma Gamma Tau Triennial Convention Minutes . (September 23, 2006). pp. 6 and 13. Sigma Gamma Tau National . Accessed January 11, 2025.
^ "Kenneth Reside of Ashland Joins Sigma Gamma Tau" . Jacksonville Journal Courier . 1953-05-19. p. 3. Retrieved 2025-01-10 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Wichita K.U. Student Helps Form Fraternity" . The Wichita Eagle . 1953-03-08. p. 12. Retrieved 2025-01-10 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Secretary of State" . The Daily Law Journal-Record . Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 1953-03-26. p. 12. Retrieved 2025-01-10 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Fraternity to Sponsor Engineers' 'Smoker' " . The Wichita Eagle . 1953-10-18. p. 3. Retrieved 2025-01-10 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Alex F. Lampros" . Daily Press . Newport News, Virginia. 1953-05-29. p. 6. Retrieved 2025-01-10 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Blue Print (yearbook) . Atlanta: Georgia Tech, 1953. p. 316. via Georgia Tech Library
^ "Home" . Sigma Gamma Tau – Iowa State University Chapter . Retrieved January 10, 2025 .
^ "Local Boy in Honor Society, is Rising MIT Senior" . The Press and Standard . Walterboro, South Carolina. 1966-06-23. p. 2. Retrieved 2025-01-10 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Sigma Gamma Tau Aerospace Engineering Honorary | Student Activities" . Ohio State University . Retrieved 2025-01-10 .
^ "Sigma Gamma Tau | Get Involved" . Texas A&M University . Retrieved 2025-01-10 .
^ "Sigma Gamma Tau" . Auburn University . Retrieved January 10, 2025 .
^ a b c d Sigma Gamma Tau Triennial Convention Minutes (January 6, 2018) p. 1. via Sigma Gamma Tau National. Accessed January 11, 2025.
^ "One New Chapter Approved " Sigma Gamma Tau National Honor Society in Aerospace Engineering : July 1979, p. 19.
^ "Sigma Gamma Tau | Honor Council" . San Diego State University . Retrieved 2025-01-10 .
^ a b Sigma Gamma Tau Triennial Convention Minutes (January 7, 2009) p. 1. via Sigma Gamma Tau National . Accessed January 11, 2025.
^ Sigma Gamma Tau Triennial Convention Minutes (January 8, 2012) . p. 1. via Sigma Gamma Tau National . Accessed January 11, 2025.
^ a b c d Sigma Gamma Tau Triennial Convention Minutes (January 4, 2015) pp. 1 and 4. via Sigma Gamma Tau Nationa l. Accessed January 11, 2025.