Founders
Name the three founders of Alpha Tau Omega using their full names.
Otis Allan Glazebrook, Erskine Mayo Ross, Alfred Marshall
What was the primary reason the Fraternity was started?
To help reunite the North and South immediately following the Civil War.
What is the date and place of the Fraternity's Founding?
September 11, 1865- 114 East Clay Street, Richmond, Virginia.
What year did Otis Allan Glazebrook write the Creed of Alpha Tau Omega?
1880
Who is eligible for Thomas Arkle Clark Honors?
ATO graduating seniors.
What professions did each of the founders pursue?
Glazebrook, the ministry; Ross, the law; Marshall, engineering.
ATO was the (Bank) fraternity founded after the Civil War.
First
What year did the Alpha Tau Omega Congress pass ATO's non-discrimination language?
1966 Mackinac Island Congress
Name one distinction Otis Allan Glazebrook earned at VMI
He graduated first in his class; he was promoted to cadet adjutant, the highest staff position
Why is the Lexington Triad called the Lexington Triad?
All three fraternities started at colleges in Lexington, Virginia (ATO and Sigma Nu at VMI and Kappa Alpha Order at Washington and Lee)
Where are the three founders buried?
Glazebrook and Marshall at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia.
Ross is buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angles.
Who and what school was the first ATO initiate in the north?
N. Wiley Thomas/ University of Pennsylvania
Where was the Fraternity's first headquarters located?
At the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana
How did Otis Allan Glazebrook determine the name of the Fraternity?
He saw the Christian insignia of Alpha and Omega on either side of the Christian Cross at St. Paul's and St. Mark's Churches
What is the Fraternity's Magazine titled?
The Palm of Alpha Tau Omega
Who is considered the "second founder" of ATO?
Joseph R. Anderson
What role did Stewart D. Daniels play in the Fraternity?
He was the Fraternity's first paid executive
Dr. Clark became the first initiate at which chapter?
Illinois
What Federal appointment did Otis Allan Glazebrook receive from the President of the United States?
The U.S. Consul to Jerusalem
Name the fraternities making up the Lexington Triad
Alpha Tau Omega, Kappa Alpha Order and Sigma Nu
Name one of the railroad companies Alfred Marshall was working for after he graduated from VMI?
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad company/ Mobile and Montgomery Railroad
Thomas Arkle Clark was the Nation's first (blank)?
Dean of men
During the 1880s ATO adopted what slogan to reflect its priorities?
America's Leadership Development Fraternity
Because he did such a good job as U.S Counsel to Jerusalem, what was Glazebrook rewarded with by President Woodrow Wilson?
Appointment of Consul to nice, France
Name the four ways ATO is different from all other fraternities?
ATO was not established in imitation or in opposition to any other fraternities.
ATO was the first national fraternity - not a local or sectional fraternity.
sought a higher purpose than use fraternal fellowship... they sought peace and brotherhood for the entire nation
They placed the teachings of Jesus Christ at the center (First Christian-based fraternity)