Alpha Beta History
This person is the current President of the Alpha Beta chapter.
Who is Connor Patton?
This is the year the American Cancer Society was founded.
What is 1913?
This is the year that UAB was fully incorporated as a university.
What is 1969?
This is the year that Phi Gamma Delta was founded.
What is 1848?
This is the most common cancer in the United States according to the American Cancer Society.
What is lung cancer?
This is the number of brothers that make up Alpha Beta's Cabinet.
What is five?
This percentage of the American Cancer Society's revenue goes towards research and patient support.
What is 78%?
This distinguished individual is the current President of UAB.
Who is Dr. Ray Watts?
This day is Phi Gamma Delta's "Founder's Day".
What is May 1st?
Thanks to greater research and better care, breast cancer's mortality rate decreased by this much between 1989-2017.
What is 40%?
This is the year that Alpha Beta chartered on UAB's campus.
What is 2017?
This is the current CEO of the American Cancer Society.
Who is Gary M. Reedy?
This selfless and caring man is the Coordinator of Fraternity and Sorority life here at UAB.
Who is Robert Webb?
What are Friendship, Knowledge, Service, Morality, and Excellence?
This is the proportion of American men that will develop cancer in their lifetime.
What is 1 in 2?
This is the year Alpha Beta colonized on UAB's campus.
What is 2014?
This is how much money the American Cancer Society has donated to fund cancer research since 1946.
What is $4.9 Billion?
This is the year that Blaze the Dragon was officially adopted as the mascot for UAB.
What is 1996?
This is the city and state where Phi Gamma Delta's International Headquarters is located.
What is Lexington, Kentucky?
This is the proportion of women that will develop breast cancer within their lifetime.
What is 1 in 8?
What is two?
This is the mission statement of the American Cancer Society.
The American Cancer Society’s mission is to save lives, celebrate lives, and lead the fight for a world without cancer.
UAB is not stranger to breaking records, especially in enrollment the past few years. This is the number of first-time freshmen enrolled in 2019.
What is 2,346?
Known as the "Immortal Six", these are Phi Gamma Delta's six founders.
Who are John Templeton McCarty, Ellis Bailey Gregg, Namaan Fletcher, Daniel Webster Croft, Samuel Beatty Wilson, and James Ellliot Jr.?
This is the estimate of cancer cases that will be diagnosed in Alabama.
What is 28,570?