List of Phi Iota Alpha chapters explained

Phi Iota Alpha is the oldest intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for men of Latino descent in the United States. The fraternity was founded on December 26, 1931 from the merger of Sigma Iota and Phi Lambda Alpha, two smaller Latino fraternities.^[1] It expanded into a national organization with nine chapters.^{[2] [3]} The fraternity went defunct in 1973 when its last chapter closed.

Phi Iota Alpha was re-established at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the spring semester 1984. The fraternity began expanding, chartering chapters at universities and colleges across the United States. Phi Iota Alpha has collegiate chapters, a graduate/professional chapter, and associate chapters. The fraternity's colonies are called associate chpaters.

Original chapters

Following are the original nine chapters of Phi Iota Alpha.

Chapter	Charter date and range	Institution	Location	Status	References
Alpha	December 26, 1931 – 1973	Louisiana State University	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	Inactive
Beta	December 26, 1931 – 19xx	University of Southern California	Los Angeles, California	Inactive
Gamma	December 26, 1931 – 1973	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Troy, New York	Inactive
Delta	December 26, 1931 – 193x ?	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge, Massachusetts	Inactive
Epsilon	December 26, 1931 – 1955	Trine University	Angola, Indiana	Inactive
Zeta	December 26, 1931 – 1944	Tulane University	New Orleans, Louisiana	Inactive
Eta	December 26, 1931 –	Loyola University New Orleans	New Orleans, Louisiana	Inactive
Theta	December 26, 1931 – 19xx ?	Columbia University	New York City, New York	Inactive
Iota	December 26, 1931 – 19xx ?	Cornell University	Ithaca, New York	Inactive
Kappa	1958–19xx ?	University of Miami	Coral Gables, Florida	Inactive
Nu	1958–1963	Indiana Institute of Technology	Fort Wayne, Indiana	Inactive

Current chapters

In the following list of Phi Iota Alpha chapters, active chapters are indicated in bold and inactive chapters and institutions are in italics.^[4]

Chapters	Charter date and range	Institution	Location	Status	References
Alpha	1984		Troy, New York	Active	[5]
Beta	1987–199x ?, 1997–20xx ?		Stony Brook, New York	Inactive
Gamma	1987–20xx ?		New Paltz, New York	Inactive
Delta	1987		Albany, New York	Active
Epsilon	1987–xxxx ?		Vestal, New York	Inactive
Zeta	1990–2020		Hempstead, New York	Inactive
Eta	1991	Union College	Schenectady, New York	Active
		Siena College	Loudonville, New York
Theta	1992	State University of New York at Old Westbury	Old Westbury, New York	Active
Iota	1992–20xx ?		Oswego, New York	Inactive
Kappa	1995		Syracuse, New York	Active
Lambda	1995	State University College at Buffalo	Buffalo, New York	Inactive
		University at Buffalo
Mu	1995	Columbia University	New York City, New York	Active	[6]
Nu	1996–20xx ?	Boston College	Boston, Massachusetts	Inactive
		Boston University
		Northeastern University
Xi	1996–20xx ?	Harvard University	Cambridge, Massachusetts	Inactive
Omicron	1996–20xx ?		New York City, New York	Inactive
Pi	1997–20xx ?		Rochester, New York	Inactive
		University of Rochester
Rho	1998–20xx ?		Poughkeepsie, New York	Inactive
Sigma	19982–20xx ?		New York City, New York	Inactive
Tau	1999–20xx ?		Waco, Texas	Inactive
Upsilon	1999–xxxx ?		Coral Gables, Florida	Inactive
Phi	1999		East Lansing, Michigan	Active
Chi	1999–20xx ?		Dayton, Ohio	Inactive
		University of Illinois Chicago	Chicago, Illinois
Psi	1999		Brookville, New York	Active
Omega				Memorial
Alpha Alpha	2000–20xx ?		Baton Rouge, Louisiana	Inactive
Alpha Beta	2000–20xx ?		College Park, Maryland	Inactive
Alpha Gamma	2000–20xx ?	St. John's University	New York City, New York	Inactive
Alpha Delta	2000		Plattsburgh, New York	Inactive
Alpha Epsilon	2000		Carson, California	Active
Alpha Zeta	2000–20xx ?		Sparkill, New York	Inactive
Alpha Eta	2002–20xx ?		San Antonio, Texas	Inactive
Alpha Theta	2005–20xx ?		Santa Cruz, California	Inactive
Alpha Iota	2006–20xx ?		Amherst, Massachusetts	Inactive
Alpha Kappa	200x ?		Villanova, Pennsylvania	Inactive
Alpha Lambda	2007		Fayetteville, Arkansas	Active
Alpha Mu	2008		Tallahassee, Florida	Active
Alpha Nu	2011		Denton, Texas	Active
Alpha Xi	2011–20xx ?		Austin, Texas	Inactive
Alpha Omicron	2011–20xx ?		San Marcos, Texas	Inactive
Alpha Pi	2011–20xx ?		Savannah, Georgia	Inactive
Alpha Rho	2011–20xx ?	Rutgers University–New Brunswick	New Brunswick, New Jersey	Inactive
Alpha Sigma	2011–20xx ?		Statesboro, Georgia	Inactive
Alpha Tau	2011	University of California, Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara, California	Inactive
Alpha Upsilon	2011–20xx ?		Beaumont, Texas	Inactive
Alpha Phi	2011–20xx ?		Flushing, Queens, New York	Inactive
Alpha Chi	2011		Romeoville, Illinois	Active
Alpha Psi	2011–20xx ?	Rutgers University–Newark	Newark, New Jersey	Inactive
		New Jersey Institute of Technology
Alpha Omega	2011		Aurora, Illinois	Active
Beta Alpha	2012	Utica University	Utica, New York	Active
Beta Beta	2012		Long Beach, California	Active
Beta Gamma	2013–20xx ?		University Park, Florida	Inactive
Beta Delta	201x ?	East Texas A&M University	Commerce, Texas	Active
Beta Epsilon	201x ?		College Station, Texas	Active
Beta Zeta	201x ?		Granville, Ohio	Active
Beta Eta	2014–2022		Allendale, Michigan	Inactive
Beta Theta	2014		San Diego, California	Active
Beta Iota	2014		Columbia, South Carolina	Active
Beta Kappa	201x ?		Washington, D.C.	Inactive
Beta Lambda	201x ?	University of Texas–Pan American	Edinburg, Texas	Active
Beta Mu	201x ?		Lubbock, Texas	Inactive
Beta Nu	201x ?		Kalamazoo, Michigan	Active
Beta Xi	2016		Lawrence, Kansas	Active	[7]
Beta Omicron	2016–2021		Carbondale, Illinois	Inactive
Beta Pi	2017–20xx ?		San Francisco, California	Inactive
Beta Rho	2017		Albuquerque, New Mexico	Active
Beta Sigma	2017		Cobb County, Georgia	Active
Beta Tau	2019	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Champaign, Illinois	Active	[8]
Beta Upsilon	2019		Ann Arbor, Michigan	Active
Beta Phi	2021		Chicago, Illinois	Active
Beta Chi	2021		Fairfax, Virginia	Active
Beta Psi	2022		Norman, Oklahoma	Active
Beta Omega	2023		Denton, Texas	Active
Gamma Alpha			Laredo, Texas	Active
Gamma Pi		Graduate and Professional		Active
		California State University, Los Angeles	Los Angeles, California	Colony
		Cincinnati Citywide	Cincinnati, Ohio	Colony
		Emporia State University	Emporia, Kansas	Colony
		George Washington University	Washington, D.C.	Colony
		Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore, Maryland	Colony
		New Mexico Highlands University	Las Vegas, New Mexico	Colony
		State University of New York at Cortland	Cortland, New York	Colony
		Farmingdale State College	East Farmingdale, New York	Colony
		University of Central Arkansas	Conway, Arkansas	Colony
		University of Chicago	Chicago, Illinois	Colony
		University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati, Ohio	Colony

Notes and References

1. Web site: Phi Iota Alpha Scorecard Student Involvement . 2024-12-03 . George Mason University . en-US.
2. Lurding, Carroll and Becque, Fran. (October 20, 2024) "Phi Iota Alpha". Almanac of Fraternities and Sororities. Urbana: University of Illinois. Accessed December 3, 2024.
3. Lurding, Carroll and Becque, Fran. (October 20, 2024) "Inactive Men's" Almanac of Fraternities and Sororities. Urbana: University of Illinois. Accessed December 3, 2024.
4. Web site: Chapters . 2024-12-03 . Phi Iota Alpha Fraternity Inc. . en-US.
5. Web site: The Alpha Chapter of Phi Iota Alpha Fraternity, Inc. . 2024-12-03 . Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
6. Web site: ΦΙΑ - Mu Chapter . 2024-12-03 . www.columbia.edu.
7. Web site: Phi Iota Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Rock Chalk Central . 2024-12-03 . University of Kansas.
8. Web site: Phi Iota Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Fraternity & Sorority Affairs . 2024-12-03 . University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign . en.