Kappa Nu
Kappa Nu (ΚΝ) was an American College Fraternity that was active from 1911 to 1961 when it merged with Phi Epsilon Pi.[1]
History
Kappa Nu was founded at the University of Rochester on November 12, 1911. The founders were Joseph Bernhardt, Abraham Levy, Joseph Lazarus, Harold Leve, Morris Lazersohn and Louis Gottlieb, all pre-medical and medical students.[1] In 1917, five loosely connected groups (U of Rochester and others created by men who had left Rochester) held a convention in Rochester and set up Kappa Nu as a National Fraternity. By the 1918 Convention, Kappa Nu had 10 chapters.[2]
Symbols and Ritual
The badge is a diamond shield displaying a monogram of the Greek letters ΚΝ arranged horizontally along one plane below which is a six pointed star and above which are קנ (Kuf Nun - the equivalent letters in Hebrew) and having a jeweled consisting of 20 pearls and one amethyst at each the corners. The colors were purple and white.[3]
Publications
As of 1920, the fraternity had a semi-annual publication called Kappa Nu.[3]
Notable Alumni
- Mel Allen - Primary play-by-play announcer for New York Yankees
Chapter List
The chapters of Kappa Nu were:[1][3]
- Alpha - University of Rochester -1911
- Beta (also Rho Sigma Alpha) - New York University -1915
- Gamma (also Rho Sigma Beta) - Columbia University -1915
- Delta (also Upsilon Rho Alpha) -Union College -1917
- Epsilon (also Beta Upsilon Rho) - Boston University -1917
- Zeta (also Beta Rho) - University at Buffalo -1917
- Eta - Harvard University -1918
- Theta - University at Albany -1918
- Iota (also Upsilon Rho Beta)- Union College -1918
- Kappa - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute -1918
- Lambda - Western Reserve University -1919
- Mu - University of Michigan -1919
- Nu - University of Pennsylvania -1919
- Xi - University of Pittsburgh -1921
- Omicron - University of Chicago -1921
- Pi - University of Alabama -1921
- Rho - University of Cincinnati -1921-1924[4]
- Sigma - Tulane University -1922
- Tau - University of California-Berkeley -1931
- Upsilon - University of Arkansas-Little Rock -1931
- Phi - Alfred University - 1932
- Chi - University of Tennessee - 1933
- Psi - Louisiana State University - 1939
- Omega - New York University (Washington Sq) - 1951
- Alpha Beta - Cornell University 1951
- Alpha Delta - University of California - Los Angeles - 1952
- Alpha Omega - Wayne State University -1952
References
- Sanua, Marianne Rachel (2003), Going Greek: Jewish College Fraternities in the United States, 1895–1945, Wayne State University Press, ISBN 0-8143-2857-1
- Our Antecedent Groups - Kappa Nu
- Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities. G. Banta Company. 1920. pp. 217–218.
- University of Cincinnati Going Greek: Fraternities