Alpha Gamma Rho

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ΑΓΡ - Alpha Gamma Rho

Motto	"To Make Better Men"
Colors	Green,Gold
Symbol	Sickle and Sheaf
Flower	Pink Rose
Founded	1904 at Ohio State University
Type	Social/Professional Fraternity
Scope	National
Headquarters	10101 North Ambassador Drive Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Chapters	72
Homepage	http://www.alphagammarho.org

Alpha Gamma Rho (ΑΓΡ) is a social-professional fraternity in the United States, with 72 university chapters. Though primarily a social organization, its members pride themselves on their affiliations to the life sciences and agricultural sciences.

1 Founding
2 Purpose
3 Executive Board
4 Famous Alumni
5 Chapters
6 Popular Culture
7 External links

[edit] Founding

The Fraternity considers the Morrill Act of 1862 to be the instrument of its inception. Having been signed by President Lincoln in 1862, it provided land and other financial supports to establish one institution of higher learning in the agricultural and mechanical sciences within each state. Alpha Gamma Rho, referred to as "AGR", was founded when two local fraternities from Ohio State University (Alpha Gamma Rho, founded 1904) and the University of Illinois (Delta Rho Sigma, founded in 1906) met at an International Livestock Competition in Chicago. Sixteen men originally signed the Fraternity's charter at the Claypool Hotel in Indianapolis on April 4, 1908. Expansion increased dramatically over the next 3 decades to almost all land-grant universities in the country. The first chapter at a non-land-grant university was chartered in 1959 at University of Arizona. The National Fraternity has expanded to many smaller agricultural colleges and departments in the last 45 years as a measure to increase its membership and influence in agricultural communities. Its members typically pursue agricultural careers upon completion of college, but many have gone on to have careers in other natural sciences, education, economics, law, medicine, and politics. Three easily recognizable alumni from Alpha Gamma Rho are Orville Redenbacher, Norman Borlaug and J. C. Penney.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Purpose

To make better men, and through them a broader and better agriculture by surrounding our members with influences tending to encourage individual endeavor, resourcefulness and aggressive effort along lines making for the development of better mental, social, moral, and physical qualities; to promote a wider acquaintance and a broader outlook on the part of agricultural men through fellowship in a national organization that stands for the best social, mental, and moral development.

[edit] Executive Board

There are at least 9 officers for every chapter of Alpha Gamma Rho on the Executive Board. The hierarchy results in a shape similar to many corporations. The board leaders are the Alumni President, Noble Ruler, and Chapter Advisor or Advisors. Several "vice noble rulers" head subdivisions of responsibility, under which are members in charge of specific areas of responsibilities.

Minor Committees and Offices

Philanthropy
Chaplain
Interfraternity Council or North-American Interfraternity Conference Representative

[edit] Famous Alumni

See Famous Members of Alpha Gamma Rho

[edit] Chapters

Greek Letters	University	Status	Year Founded
Alpha	University of Illinois	Active	1906
Beta	Ohio State University	Active	1904
Gamma	Pennsylvania State University	Active	1911
Delta	Purdue University	Active	1911
Epsilon	North Dakota State University	Active	1913
Zeta	Cornell University	Active	1914
Eta	Iowa State University	Active	1914
Theta	University of Missouri	Active	1916
Iota	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Active	1916
Kappa	University of Nebraska	Active	1917
Lambda	University of Minnesota	Active	1917
Mu	University of Massachusetts	Inactive, 1962	1917
Nu	North Carolina State University	Active	1919
Xi	Auburn University	Active	1919
Omicron	University of Kentucky	Active	1920
Pi	Oklahoma State University	Active	1921
Rho	Colorado State University	Active	1921
Sigma	Washington State University	Active	1921
Tau	Michigan State University	Active	1922
Upsilon	University of Connecticut	Inactive, 1952	1922
Phi	University of California-Davis	Active	1923
Chi	Cali Poly State University-SLO	Active	1975
Psi	University of Maine	Active	1924
Omega	University of New Hampshire	Active	1924
Alpha Alpha	West Virginia University	Active	1924
Alpha Beta	Oregon State University	Active	1924
Alpha Gamma	University of Florida	Active	1925
Alpha Delta	Montana State University	Active	1925
Alpha Epsilon	Louisiana State University	Active	1926
Alpha Zeta	Kansas State University	Active	1927
Alpha Eta	University of Georgia	Active	1927
Alpha Theta [1]	University of Maryland	Active	1928
Alpha Iota	University of Arkansas	Active	1934
Alpha Kappa	University of Tennessee-Knoxville	Active	1951
Alpha Lambda	New Mexico State University	Active	1951
Alpha Mu	Rutgers University	Inactive, 1967	1952
Alpha Nu	University of Connecticut	Active	1958
Alpha Xi	Arizona State University	Inactive, 1980	1958
Alpha Omicron	Utah State University	Inactive, 1991	1959
Alpha Pi	University of Arizona	Active	1959
Alpha Rho	University of Vermont	Active	1961
Alpha Sigma	California State University-Fresno	Active	1963
Alpha Tau	Western Illinois University	Active	1963
Alpha Upsilon	University of Tennessee-Martin	Active	1963
Alpha Phi	South Dakota State University	Active	1964
Alpha Chi	Western Kentucky University	Inactive	1966
Alpha Psi	University of Wisconsin-River Falls	Active	1968
Alpha Omega	Murray State University	Active	1968
Beta Alpha	Southern Illinois University	Active	1970
Beta Beta	Texas A&M University–Kingsville	Inactive, 1980	1972
Beta Gamma	University of Wisconsin-Platteville	Active	1972
Beta Delta	Illinois State University	Active	1973
Beta Epsilon	Arkansas State University	Active	1973
Beta Zeta	Clemson University	Active	1974
Beta Eta	Virginia Polytechnic Institute	Active	1975
Beta Theta	Middle Tennessee State University	Active	1976
Beta Iota	Truman State University	Active	1978
Beta Kappa	California State University-Chico	Active	1978
Beta Lambda	Texas A&M University-Commerce	Active	1980
Beta Mu	Austin Peay State University	Inactive,	1983
Beta Nu	Texas A&M University	Active	1986
Beta Xi	Texas Tech University	Active	1987
Beta Omicron	University of Wyoming	Active	1988
Beta Pi	Louisiana Tech University	Active	1990
Beta Rho	Northwest Missouri State University	Active	1990
Beta Sigma [2]	Tarleton State University	Active	1992
Beta Tau	Mississippi State University	Active
Beta Upsilon	University of Delaware	Inactive
Beta Phi	University of Idaho	Active
Beta Chi	Stephen F. Austin State University	Active
Beta Psi	Delaware Valley College	Active
Beta Omega	Southwest Missouri State University	Active
Gamma Alpha	Florida Southern College	Active
Colony	Fort Hays State University

[edit] Popular Culture

Stephen King's novel Gerald's Game references the main character's husband as belonging to an Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity. King attended the University of Maine, Orono, which hosts the Psi Chapter of Alpha Gamma Rho.