Kappa Pi Kappa
Local fraternity at Dartmouth College, U.S.
This article is about the Dartmouth fraternity. For the Indiana sorority, see
Tri Kappa .
Kappa Pi Kappa Founded July 13, 1842; 182 years ago (1842-07-13 ) Dartmouth College Type Social Affiliation Independent Status Active Scope Local Motto Tui Filii Dartmuthensi Tuoque Honori Fidelis Colors Dartmouth GreenChapters 1 Nickname Pi Kap Headquarters 1 Webster Avenue Hanover, New Hampshire 03755 United States Website kappapikappa
Kappa Pi Kappa (ΚΠΚ [ 1] Kappa Kappa Kappa (colloquially as Tri-Kap ) and briefly as Kappa Chi Kappa , is a local men's fraternity at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire . The fraternity was founded in 1842 and is the second-oldest fraternity at Dartmouth College.[ 2]
History
Kappa Kappa Kappa was founded on July 13, 1842 by Harrison Carroll Hobart and two of his closest companions, Stephen Gordon Nash , and John Dudley Philbrick , all Class of 1842.[ 3] [ 4] equality of opportunity . Originally a literary and debate society, Pi Kap officially became a social society in 1905 and has remained so ever since, making it the oldest extant local fraternity in the country.[ 4] [ 5]
Due to the similarity of the society's Greek initials with the Latin/English initials of the unaffiliated Ku Klux Klan , Kappa Kappa Kappa changed its name to Kappa Chi Kappa (ΚΧΚ [ 6] [ 7]
Following a period of consensus-building among the brotherhood's alumni, on May 18, 2022, Kappa Kappa Kappa again changed its name, this time to Kappa Pi Kappa (ΚΠΚ [ 8]
Symbols
Kappa Pi Kappa's motto is Tui Filii Dartmuthensi Tuoque Honori Fidelis
Chapter house, 1 Webster Avenue
Chapter house
The fraternity was the first student society at Dartmouth with its own meeting place, a building called The Hall, which was originally where the Hopkins Center for the Arts is today. Opened on July 28, 1860, the Hall served as Tri-Kap's home until the society moved into the Parker House in 1894.[ 9] [ 4] [ 10]
Notable members
Graduating class in parentheses
Walter Sydney Adams , (1898) American Astronomer, Director Mount Wilson Observatory [ 11] [ 12] : 175 Alex M. Azar (1988), Secretary of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services[ 13] Henry Moore Baker (1864), U.S. Congressman from New Hampshire[ 14] Henry M. Baker (1863), member of the New Hampshire House, New Hampshire Senate, and the United States House of Representatives[ 15] [ 12] : 147 John Barrett (1889), diplomat and first director general of the Bureau of American Republics (predecessor to Organization of American States )[ 16] [ 12] : 169 Charles Henry Bell (1844), U.S. Senator and Governor of New Hampshire [ 17] [ 12] : 136 Lewis Boss (1870), astronomer and irector of Dudley Observatory [ 18] [ 19] [ 12] : 153 Nelson P. Brown (1899), judge Massachusetts Superior Court [ 20] [ 12] : 176 Henry Eben Burnham (1865), U.S. Senator from New Hampshire[ 15] [ 12] : 149 Sherman Everett Burroughs (1894), U.S. Congressman from New Hampshire[ 15] [ 12] : 172 Walter Tenney Carleton (1891), founding director of NEC Corporation [ 12] : 138 Charles Carroll Colby (1847), President of the King's Privy Council for Canada (1889-1891)[ 12] : 138 Channing H. Cox (1901), Governor of Massachusetts [ 20] [ 12] : 178 Louis Cox (1896), justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court [ 15] [ 12] : 174 John Franklin Crowell (1883), president of (1887-1894) Trinity College (predecessor Duke University )[ 21] [ 12] : 164 Irving Webster Drew (1870), U.S. Senator from New Hampshire[ 15] [ 12] : 153 Edwin G. Eastman (1874), first Attorney General of New Hampshire [ 15] [ 12] : 157 Samuel D. Felker (1882), Governor of New Hampshire [ 22] [ 12] : 164 Michael Fisch (1983), Chair of Board of Trustees Princeton Theological Seminary and founder of American Securities [ 23] John M. Gile (1887), member Executive Council of New Hampshire 1911-1913[ 15] [ 20] [ 24] [ 12] : 167 Daniel Wheelwright Gooch (1843) U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts[ 12] : 142 Winfield Scott Hammond (1884), Governor of Minnesota [ 25] [ 12] : 165 Frank A. Haskell (1854), Colonel 36th Wisconsin Volunteers, author of famous first-hand account of the Battle of Gettysburg [ 26] [ 12] : 142 Harrison Carroll Hobart (1842), Democratic politician, Union Army officer during the American Civil War, founder Kappa Kappa Kappa[ 27] [ 12] : 135 Homer Hulbert (1884), missionary, journalist, linguist, and Korean independence activist.[ 15] [ 12] : 165 Nick Lowery (1978), National Football League player and three-time Pro Bowl kicker[ 28] Andrew Marshall , football player and Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts[ 15] [ 12] : 178 Samuel Walker McCall (1874), Governor of Massachusetts [ 15] [ 20] [ 12] : 157 Stephen Gordon Nash , namesake and funder of Gordon-Nash Library , founder Kappa Kappa Kappa[ 27] [ 12] : 135 James E. Odlin (1881), member Massachusetts House of Representatives [ 15] [ 12] : 163 Paul Donnelly Paganucci (1953), professor at the Tuck School [ 29] John Henry Patterson (1867), industrialist and founder of National Cash Register, now NCR Corporation [ 12] : 151 John Dudley Philbrick (1842), superintendent of Boston Public Schools , founder Kappa Kappa Kappa[ 17] [ 12] : 135 [ 27] Nitya Pibulsonggram (1962), Foreign Minister of Thailand and former Thai Ambassador to the United States[ 30] Ambrose A. Ranney (1844), U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts[ 12] : 136 Peter Robinson (1979), White House speechwriter for President Ronald Reagan [ 31] David Rosenbaum (1963), New York Times [ 32] Bob Smith (1902), co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous [ 12] : 179 Douglas Walgren (1963), U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania[ 33] Myron E. Witham (1904), football player, coach of football and baseball, and mathematics professor[ 15] [ 12] : 181 Thomas W. D. Worthen (1872), Dartmouth professor and member New Hampshire Public Service Commission [ 15] [ 12] : 156
Honorary alumni
Hugh M. Alcorn State's attorney in Hartford County, Connecticut[ 12] : 133 Joseph M. Bell New Hampshire and Massachusetts lawyer, abolitionist, and politician[ 12] : 133 Lewis Cass , Governor of Michigan, U.S. Senator, and presidential nominee[ 17] [ 12] : 133 Robert N. Chamberlain , Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, and as an Associate Justice and later as the second Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court[ 12] : 133 Rufus Choate (1819), U.S. Senator from Massachusetts[ 17] [ 12] : 133 Daniel Clark (1834), U.S. Senator from New Hampshire[ 17] [ 12] : 133 Sidney Fay American historian specializing in World War I.[ 12] : 133 Benjamin Franklin Flanders (1842), Governor of Louisiana[ 12] : 135 Charles Brickett Haddock , New Hampshire educator, author, politician and civil servant. Founding advisor Kappa Kappa Kappa[ 17] [ 12] : 133 George Perkins Marsh , American diplomat and philologist [ 17] [ 12] : 134 Ira Perley , Chief justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature 1855–1859 and 1864–1869[ 12] : 134 Daniel Webster (1801), U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, U.S. Congressman, U.S.Ambassador to France , and U.S. Secretary of State [ 17] [ 12] : 134 Levi Woodbury (1809), Governor of New Hampshire , U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury , and U.S. Supreme Court justice[ 17] [ 12] : 134
See also
References
^ "When the Bubble Pops" . The Dartmouth . Retrieved 2022-12-16 .^ "Greek Chapters" . 9 August 2016.^ William Raimond Baird; Carroll Lurding (eds.). "Almanac of Fraternities and Sororities (Baird's Manual Online Archive)" . Student Life and Culture Archives . University of Illinois: University of Illinois Archives. Retrieved 15 May 2021 . The Baird's Manual Online Archive homepage .^ a b c "Kappa Kappa Kappa Fraternity. (Dartmouth College) | Dartmouth Library Archives & Manuscripts" .^ Baird, William Raimond, ed. (1905). Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (6th ed.). New York: The Alcolm Company. p. 518. ^ Halls, Tombs and Houses: Student Society Architecture at Dartmouth - Appendix A ^ Loback, Erin (October 24, 1995). "Kappa Chi votes to rename itself" . The Dartmouth . Retrieved 2025-01-02 . ^ Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity changes name to Kappa Pi Kappa, The Dartmouth (5/19/22) ^ "Halls, Tombs and Houses: Student Society Architecture at Dartmouth. VI. View [index.html] for frames version" . www.dartmo.com . Retrieved 2022-05-31 .^ "Halls, Tombs and Houses: Student Society Architecture at Dartmouth. VII. View [index.html] for frames version" . www.dartmo.com . Retrieved 2022-05-31 .^ <July 1956 Dartmouth Magazine Deaths
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