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Triangle is an engineering fraternity that was established at the University of Illinois in 1907.[1]

Chapters

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In the following list, active chapters are indicated in bold and inactive chapters are indicated in italics.[1][2][3][4]

Chapter Symbol Charter date and range Institution Location Status Reference
Illinois ill April 15, 1907 University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Champaign, Illinois Active
Purdue pur April 8, 1909 Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana Active [a]
Ohio State os February 2, 1911 Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio Active [b]
Wisconsin wis February 7, 1913 University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, Wisconsin Active [c]
Kentucky ky October 31, 1920 – 1983;
2005 		University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky Active [d]
Cincinnati cin August 6, 1921 – 2005;
2014 		University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio Active [e]
Iowa ia May 7, 1922 – 1948 University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa Inactive [f]
Minnesota minn October 29, 1922 University of Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota Active [g]
Armour ar May 26, 1923 Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, Illinois Active [h]
Missouri mo October 25, 1924 – 1933 University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri Inactive [i]
Michigan mich February 21, 1925 – 1971;
1975–1995;
2007 		University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan Active [j]
Kansas kan January 8, 1927 University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Active [k]
Missouri Mines mom December 10, 1927 Missouri University of Science and Technology Rolla, Missouri Active [l]
Penn State ps March 3, 1928 Pennsylvania State University State College, Pennsylvania Active [m]
South Dakota Mines sdm September 27, 1930 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Rapid City, South Dakota Active [n]
Northwestern nu May 25, 1935 – 1987 Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois Inactive [o]
Marquette marq April 24, 1937 – 2019;
2021 		Marquette University Milwaukee, Wisconsin Active [p]
Louisville lou March 22, 1941 University of Louisville Louisville, Kentucky Active [q]
Cornell cor April 18, 1942 – 1985 Cornell University Ithaca, New York Inactive [r]
Michigan State msu January 8, 1955 Michigan State University East Lansing, Michigan Active [s]
Clarkson cl November 16, 1957 – 1970 Clarkson University Potsdam, New York Inactive
UCLA ucla December 7, 1957 University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California Active [t]
Nebraska neb March 16, 1963 – 2011;
2016 		University of Nebraska–Lincoln Lincoln, Nebraska Colony
Iowa State is April 25, 1964 – 2011;
2018 		Iowa State University Ames, Iowa Active
Kansas State ks September 7, 1964 – 2019 Kansas State University Manhattan, Kansas Inactive
Oklahoma State oks November 21, 1964 – 1995 Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma Inactive
M.S.O.E. msoe January 23, 1965 Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee, Wisconsin Active [u]
R.I.T. rit February 4, 1967 – 2010 Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, New York Inactive
Colorado State csu May 27, 1967 – 2006;
2012 		Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colorado Active
Rose Tech rose May 4, 1968 Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology Terre Haute, Indiana Active
Colorado colo April 26, 1969 – 1972 University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, Colorado Inactive
Pitt pitt April 4, 1970 – 2001;
2007 		University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Active
UWM uwm April 11, 1970 University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wisconsin Active [v]
Toledo tol May 22, 1971 University of Toledo Toledo, Ohio Active
Mississippi State miss November 11, 1972 – 1987 Mississippi State University Starkville, Mississippi Inactive
Oklahoma ok November 18, 1979 – 2024 University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma Inactive
Virginia Tech vpi April 19, 1980 – 1996;
2015 		Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Virginia Colony [5]
Connecticut conn March 27, 1982 – 1998 University of Connecticut Storrs, Connecticut Inactive
U.T.A. uta September 27, 1986 – 2000 University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, Texas Inactive
T.A.M.U. tamu April 9, 1988 – 1999;
2007–2009 		Texas A&M University College Station, Texas Inactive
Michigan Tech mtu April 16, 1988 – 2006;
2012 		Michigan Technological University Houghton, Michigan Active
T.S.U. tsu April 15, 1989 – 2008 Trine University Angola, Indiana Inactive [w]
Akron akr November 2, 1991 – 1997 University of Akron Akron, Ohio Inactive
Northern Illinois niu October 9, 1993 – 2006 Northern Illinois University DeKalb, Illinois Inactive
Maryland B.C. umbc June 4, 2005 – 2019 University of Maryland, Baltimore County Catonsville, Maryland Inactive
Houston hou April 19, 2008 – 2019 University of Houston Houston, Texas Inactive
UC Berkeley cal April 24, 2010 – 2016 University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, California Inactive
UCSan Diego ucsd February 11, 2011 University of California, San Diego San Diego California Active
UNC Charlotte char April 30, 2011 University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, North Carolina Active
Cal Poly Pomona cpp May 7, 2011 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Pomona, California Active
UCI uci September 29, 2012 University of California, Irvine Irvine, California Active
Florida Atlantic fau September 7, 2013 – 2019 Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, Florida Inactive
Penn State Behrend psb February 28, 2015 Penn State Erie, The Behrend College Erie Pennsylvania Active
Virginia Commonwealth vcu April 11, 2015 Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond Virginia Active
Utah utah April 25, 2015 University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah Active
Clemson clem April 8, 2017 Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina Active
Washington uw May 21, 2022 University of Washington Seattle, Washington Active
Washington State wsu Washington State University Pullman, Washington Colony
  1. ^ Chapter formed from the Transit Club, established in 1908.
  2. ^ Chapter formed from the Transit Club, established in 1907.
  3. ^ Chapter formed from the Civil Engineers Club, established in 1912.
  4. ^ Chapter formed from the Kentucky Engineers Club, established in 1920. After going dormant, it reformed as a colony in 2004.
  5. ^ Chapter formed from the Civil Engineer Men, established in 1920. After going dormant, it reformed as a colony in 2010.
  6. ^ Chapter formed from the S.R.S. Club.
  7. ^ Chapter formed from Chi Sigma Tau, established in 1921.
  8. ^ Chapter formed from Scroll & Triangle, established in 1921 at the Armour Institute of Technology. Armour later became the Illinois Institute of Technology.
  9. ^ Chapter formed from Alpha Epsilon Rho.
  10. ^ Chapter formed from Quad L, established in 1924.
  11. ^ Chapter formed from Gamma Epsilon.
  12. ^ Chapter formed from the Grubstakers Club, established in 1902, at the Missouri School of Mines. The School of Mines later became the Missouri University of Science and Technology.
  13. ^ Chapter formed from Sigma Epsilon, established in 1925.
  14. ^ Chapter formed from Phi Kappa Phi, established in 1921.
  15. ^ Chapter formed from Kappa Phi Gamma, established in 1926.
  16. ^ Chapter formed from Gamma Theta Pi, established in 1922.
  17. ^ Chapter formed from the Pyramid Club, established in 1926.
  18. ^ Chapter formed from C.E.M., a local fraternity.
  19. ^ Chapter formed from the Triangle Club, established in 1953.
  20. ^ Chapter formed from the Triangle Club, established in 1956.
  21. ^ Chapter formed from Delta Alpha Epsilon, established in 1964.
  22. ^ Chapter formed by absorbing Sigma Delta Omega, established in 1956.
  23. ^ Chapter formed from Nu Pi, established in 1981, at Tri-State University. Tri-State later became Trine University.

Statistics

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New chapters by decade

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Decade Total New Chapters
1907–1909 2
1910–1919 2
1920–1929 10
1930–1939 3
1940–1949 2
1950–1959 3
1960–1969 9
1970–1979 5
1980–1989 6
1990–1999 2
2000–2009 2
2010–2019 10
2020–present (as of 2023) 1

Chapters by region

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References

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  1. ^ a b Shepardson, Francis W., ed. (1927). Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (11th ed.). Menasha, Wisconsin: George Banta Publishing Company. p. 233 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Active Chapters & Colonies". Triangle Fraternity. 2015. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
  3. ^ Lurding, Carroll and Becque, Fran. (May 2, 2023) "Triange". Almanac of Fraternities and Sororities. Urbana: University of Illinois. Accessed June 12, 2023.
  4. ^ "Our Chapters". Triangle Fraternity. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
  5. ^ "Triangle Fraternity- Virginia Tech Colony". fsl.vt.edu. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
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