Fast Facts

• Founded in 1868 at the University of Virginia. • Composed of over 200 chapters and colonies throughout North America. • Over 215,000 initiated members. • Upholds the largest average chapter/ colony size of any international fraternity. • Headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. • Maintain a professional full time staff of over 30 people. • Publishes a quarterly magazine, the Shield and Diamond. • Pike boasts the largest housing stock of any college fraternity. • 112 chapter scholarships are offered by the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity Educational Foundation • Pike University scholarships are available to each chapter and colony

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• Devotes eight field staff and five residences staff solely to chapters. • Conducts over 275 developmental visits to chapters and colonies annually. • Provides speakers for educational and special needs. • Sends two staff members to colonization sites for 3-5 weeks • Grants mortgage loans and unsecured loans for chapter housing • Advises over 120 local alumni associations Achievement With Integrity

“ Let us endeavor to live so that when we die, even the undertaker will be sorry.” – Mark Twain SCHOLARS

Pi Kappa Alpha realizes that students enroll in college, first and foremost, to get an education and to improve their futures. Consistent with this philosophy, Pike places a high importance on scholarship and educating our members on all aspects of life. Through minimum G.P.A standards, mentor programs, educational sessions and Pike University educational seminars, members are equipped for success within the classroom and, subsequently, later in life. Pi Kappa Alpha members also enjoy substantial academic benefits provided by the Educational Foundation.

Pike University is the premier fraternal leadership training program: • Events * International Convention * The Academy * True Pike Challenge * Chapter Executives Conference * Seven Leadership Summits • Pike University events address the educational needs of all of our members, from pledges and new members to chapter officers to our dedicated alumnus volunteers. • Pike U events are focused on personal development and leadership training. • The Pike University Scholarship Program provides more than $80,000 in scholarship funds annually. LEADERS

Leadership is the key to both Pi Kappa Alpha’s success and the success of our individual members. The Fraternity provides a valuable arena for developing and honing leadership skills that will benefit the individual member throughout life. Pi Kappa Alpha provides leadership opportunities through executive positions within the chapter, as we al committee positions within in the chapter and within the Interfraternity Council. In addition, Pi Kappa Alpha promotes leadership through campus involvement by involving its members in positions of leadership in other organizations. On an international level, unique opportunities are offered in leadership training through Pike University events such as seven regional Leadership Summits, the Chapter Executives Conference, the Academy and the International Convention.

The leadership skills gained as an undergraduate are applied in the business world post graduation. Many successful Pike alumni are scouting the undergraduate ranks for the next executive of their company. Most good jobs are found through networking- not through classified adds. Pi Kappa Alpha’s size and reputation serve as a tremendous resource for recent graduates in pursuit of that perfect job.

“I strongly benefited from the broad range of leadership experiences I received as Pike president of my chapter.” - Jeff Taylor, Founder and former CEO of Monster.com Athletic competition provides valuable benefits to college ATHLETES students because it involves people in challenging each other to perform at their highest levels. Pike is dedicated to inspiring its members to perform at their highest levels in everything they do. Pike believes that through athletic competition our members will build teamwork skills fundamental to success in life, bolster unity within the chapter, and improve the quality of their overall college experience. Whether it be through varsity athletics, intramurals, or simply sharing in the experience by supporting other members, athletics can fill in the missing pieces in classroom learning to create the overall college experience.

“An athletic type quote here. You want to play good, and you try to play good.” – Pike Athlete (School, Chapter ’XX) Six exemplary gentlemen started Pi Kappa Alpha in 1868. Today we continue in their tradition by only recruiting the GENTLEMEN best men. Pi Kappa Alpha prides itself on the fact that we (Social) are composed solely of gentlemen. We recruit members who are respectful to themselves and others. Once they are members, these men are given the opportunity to improve and practice proper social skills and behavior through membership development programming and Fraternity social events. Producing quality gentlemen is the most important aspect of our Fraternity. Prominent Pikes

ENTERTAINMENT Ken Lowe - President and CEO, The E. W. Scripps Rick Dees - Radio Personality Company Ted Koppel - ABC’s former Nightline Anchor Bill McCartney - Founder, Promise Keepers Tim McGraw - Country Music Artist Graham K. McCorkle* - Former President, Illinois Jimmie Baker* - Emmy Award winning director Bell Telephone Company and producer retired from ABC Grant Macfarlane* - Attorney and Philanthropist Brad Booker - Drummer, Stir Powell B. McHaney* - Former President, General Richard L. Evans* - Former Editor & Producer, CPS American Life Insurance Company Tabernacle Choir Program Stan L. McLelland - Former Executive Vice Kevin Gagnepain - Bassist, Stir President and General Counsel, Valero Energy Alex Hawkins - Television Sports Personality Corporation Bob Losure - Former Anchor of CNN Headline News Tim McGraw John F. McNair III - Chairman, Wachovia Bank Neal Patterson Kenneth T. Ober - Game Show Host James R. Moffett - Chairman and CEO, Freeport- Fess Parker - Actor McMohan Copper & Gold, Inc. William Sanderson - Actor F. Anderson Morse - Senior Vice President, PNC Financial Services Group William F. Shortz - Editor, New York Times Crossword Puzzle; Founder, American E. Sanders Partee - President and CEO, ViewGate Networks Crossword Puzzle Tournament Neal Patterson - Chairman of the Board, CEO and Co-Founder, Cerner Corporation Jon Stewart - Host of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” Edward A. Pease - Sr. Vice President, Government Relations, Rolls-Royce North Scott Van Pelt - ESPN Anchor America, Inc. Robert L. Ward - Senior Vice President and Creative Director, Universal Studios Jed Pitcher - CEO, Regence Blue Cross/Blue Shield Morgan Woodward - Actor Joseph Plumeri - Former Chairman and CEO, Primerica Financial Services * Deceased Donald T. Regan* - Chairman, Merrill Lynch (retired) and Former White House Chief of BUSINESS Staff (Reagan administration) Bruce A. Aguilera - Vice President and General Counsel, Bellagio Hotel Donald W. Reynolds* - Media Magnate Michael T. Ainslie - Former Vice President, Sotheby’s Europe Rodger Riney - Founder and CEO, Scottrade Dr. Gilbert F. Amelio - Inventor and Entrepreneur Samuel K. Skinner - President, Commonwealth Edison; Former Secretary of John A. Balch - Former President of Royal Transportation and Chief of Staff under Appliance Manufacturing President George Bush J. Frank Bell, III - Chairman and CEO, Intellinet Jack O. Snyder* - Former President, Sea World, Inc. Arthur S. Bowes* - Industrialist John S. Stein - Chairman and CEO, Golden Flake W. Todd Bowling - President, Solutions-II, Inc. Snack Foods, Inc. Chester M. Brown* - Former Chairman of the Charles Sullivan - CEO, Interstate Bakeries Board, Allied Chemical Lee Talley* - Former Chairman of the Board, Lawrence Owen Brown - Entrepreneur, President Coca-Cola Co. and CEO, Owen Brown Enterprises Jeff Taylor - Founder, Monster.com Nolan Bushnell - Founder of Atari and Chuck E. Ralph Terkowitz - Chief Technology Officer, Cheese’s Pizza Time Theater Washington Post William M. Byrne - Entrepreneur, Author Dr. Stephen R. Covey Michael Tokarz - Chairman and Portfolio Manager, Chad O. Holliday R. Don Cash - Chairman, President and CEO, MVC Capital Questar Corp. L. Jack Van Fossen - Former President and CEO, S. Truett Cathy - Founder/CEO, Chick-Fil-A Red Roof Inns W. E. Chope* - Former President, Industrial Nucleonics Corp. Robert N. Wilson - Vice Chairman of the Board, Johnson & Johnson Edward N. Cole* - Former President, General Motors Corp. Quentin E. Wood - CEO and Chairman of the Board (retired), Quaker State Oil Dr. Stephen R. Covey - Cofounder and Vice Chairman, FranklinCovey E. S. Woolard, Jr. - Former Chairman, E. I. Du Pont; Chairman, Telex Communications Thomas H. Davis* - Founder, Former President and CEO, Piedmont Airlines Corp. Robert H. Dedman, Jr. - President and CEO, Club Corp. International Charles J. Wyly, Jr. - Chairman, Michaels Stores William H. Dial* - Founder, Sun Banks of Florida Samuel E. Wyly - Vice Chairman, Michaels Stores Jeffrey T. Dunn - COO and Sr. Vice President, Coca-Cola Americas * Deceased R. Lamar Durrett - Former CEO, Air Canada POLITICS Gordon E. Eubanks, Jr. - President, Oblix Pete Sessions - U.S. Congressman [R-TX] Ike Evans - President and COO, Union Pacific Corp. Nicholas Lampson - U.S. Congressman [D-TX] Joe T. Ford - Chairman of the Board/Director, ALLTEL Corporation W. Robert Pearson - Ambassador to Turkey W. George Hairston III - CEO, Southern Nuclear Jon Kyl - U.S. Senator [R-AZ] Neal C. Hansen - Chairman and CEO, CSG Systems Leslie C. Arends* - Former United States International, Inc. Congressman, Illinois Lawrence Hariton - CFO, Universal Studios Dick Armey - Former United States Representative, Home Video Texas Tom Harken - Chairman and CEO, Tom Harken Herbert H. Bateman* - Former United States and Associates Congressman, Virginia Lewis Hay III - CEO, FPL Group, Inc. Marmaduke (Duke) Gresham Bayne* - Vice Daniel T. Hendrix - President and CEO, Interface, Admiral, U. S. Navy; Former Commander of U.S. Inc. Forces in the Middle East Aaron Hendry - President, Hendry Corporation Tom Bevill - Former United States Representative, R. Craig Hoenshell* - Former Chairman and Alabama CEO, Avis, Inc. Brooks E. Blitch, III - Chief Judge, Superior Court James P. Holden - Former President and CEO, S. Truett Cathy of Georgia Edward A. Pease Daimler-Chrysler Corporation Charles A. Bowsher - Former Comptroller General J. R. Holland, Jr. - President and CEO, Unity Hunt of the United States Chad O. Holliday - Chairman and President, DuPont Dr. Earl W. Brian, Jr. - Former Secretary, State of California Health and Welfare Agency Edward S. Hyman, Jr. - Economist Cavendish W. Cannon* - Former Diplomat, U.S. Foreign Service Hjalma Johnson - Former President, American Bankers Association Melvin E. Carnahan* - Former Governor of Missouri Earl D. Johnson* - Former President, General Dynamics Corp. John R. Carter - United States Representative, Texas Gerald Kiser - CEO, La-Z-Boy, Inc. A. B. Chandler* - Former Governor of Kentucky Earle C. Clements* - Former Governor of Kentucky Allen C. Meadors - Chancellor, University of North Carolina-Pembroke Thad Cochran - United States Senator, Mississippi Wayne L. Morse* - Former Dean, University of Oregon Prominent Pikes Bud Cramer - United States Representative, Alabama Dr. William R. Nester - Chancellor Emeritus, University of Nebraska-Kearney Harry S. Dent - Former Special Counsel to the Dr. John Lloyd Newcomb* - Former President, President University of Virginia Everett M. Dirksen* - Former United States Dr. J. Michael Ortiz - President, California Senator, Illinois Polytechnic State University - Pomona Franklin S. Forsberg* - Former United States W. Taylor Reveley, Jr.* - Former President, Ambassador to Sweden Hampden-Sydney College David Haight* - 1 of 12 Apostles in the Church of Eldridge W. Roark, Jr. - Former National President, Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints; former mayor Omicron Delta Kappa of Palo Alto, CA Dr. Otis A. Singletary, Jr. - Former President, John V. Hendry - Chief Justice, Nebraska Supreme University of Kentucky Court W. Christian Sizemore - Chancellor, William Roy D. Hickman* - Former President, Rotary Jewel College International Pete Sessions Dr. Andrew A. Sorensen - President, The University General Courtney Hodges* - Former U.S. Army of South Carolina Chief of Infantry Edwin B. Strong, Jr. - President, Culver-Stockton College Leo A. Hoegh* - Former Governor of Iowa William P. Tolley* - Former President and Chancellor, Syracuse University John E. Horne* - Former Chairman, Federal Home Loan Bank Board Gary Trennepohl - President, Oklahoma State University-Tulsa Laurence F. Lee* - Former President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Robert F. Vagt - President, Davidson College Jack Lucas - Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient Glen Weissenberger - Dean of DePaul University School of Law David F. Maxwell* - Former President, American Bar Association William H. Willimon - Dean of Chapel at Duke University and professor of theology; Dr. John P. McGovern - Doctor author Stan L. McLelland - Former Ambassador to Jamaica * Deceased John W. McNair, Jr. - Head Program/Budget Coordinator, Office of the Comptroller, ATHLETICS Dept. of the Navy Bobby Bowden - Head Football Coach, Florida State University Clarence W. Meadows* - Former Governor of West Virginia Horace Grant - Professional Player Alan B. Mollohan - United States Representative, West Virginia Lance Alworth - Pro Football Hall of Fame Frank E. Moss* - Former United States Senator, Jamie Asher - Professional Football Player, Philadelphia Eagles Edward A. Pease - Former United States Trevino Betty - 2000 Canadian Olympian, Sprinter Congressman, Indiana Pat Bowlen - Owner, Denver Broncos Donald T. Regan* - Former White House Chief of Chad Clifton - Offensive Tackle, Green Bay Packers Staff (Reagan administration) Jason Collier* - Forward, C. Patrick Roberts - United States Senator, Kansas Wesley E. Fesler* - Former Head Football Coach, C. Wesley Roberts* - Former Chairman, Republican Ohio State National Convention Gus Frerotte - Quarterback, St. Louis Rams A. Willis Robertson* - Former United States Hubert Green - Pro Golfer Senator, Virginia Breaux Greer - 2000 U.S. Olympian, Javelin Karl C. Rove - President George W. Bush, chief Bill Guthridge - Retired Head Basketball Coach, political consultant, and chief of staff in University of North Carolina charge of policy Nicholas Lampson Todd Hays - 2002 Olymics Silver Medal Winner Breaux Greer Dr. John C. Ruddock* - Medical Research - Pro Basketball Player, Minnesota Samuel K. Skinner - Former Secretary of Timberwolves Transportation and Chief of Staff under President George Bush - Former and General Manager, NBA’s ; John J. Sparkman* - Former United States Senator, Alabama Professional Basketball Hall of Fame Luther L. Terry* - Former Surgeon General of the United States Garth Jax - Former Pro Football, Arizona Cardinals J. Strom Thurmond* - Former United States Senator, South Carolina Travis Knight - Pro Basketball Player, Dr. Malcolm C. Todd* - Former President, American Medical Association Jeff MacMunn - 1996 and 2000 Olympian - USA Disabled Volleyball Team Elbert P. Tuttle* - Former General Counsel, U.S. Treasury Department Bill McCartney - Former Head Football Coach, University of Colorado; Founder of Most. Rev. Bishop Henry St. George Tucker* - Bishop of the Episcopal Church Promise Keepers James van Hoften - Space Shuttle Astronaut William H. Moos - Athletic Director, University of Oregon Milo J. Warner* - Former National Commander, American Legion Dick Motta - Former NBA Coach, Claude R. Wickard* - Former Secretary of Agriculture George Nissen - Inventor of the trampoline; the Nissen Award is given annually to the General Louis Wilson* (Retired) - Marine Corps Commandant, Joint Chiefs of Staff, top collegiate gymnast Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient Steve Prefontaine* - Former World Class Runner, National Track and Field Hall of Fame Major Carl E. Wuertele - War Ace Bob Pruett - Head Football Coach, Marshall University * Deceased - Head Football Coach, EDUCATION Florida Atlantic University Kenneth T. Jackson - Jacques Barzun Professor Frank Sinkwich* - Heisman Trophy Winner, of History and the Social Sciences-Columbia University of Georgia University, Editor-in-Chief of The Encyclopedia Kevin Stallings - Head Basketball Coach, of New York City Vanderbilt University Dr. Samuel H. Smith - President Emeritus, Gene Stephenson - Head Baseball Coach, Wichita Washington State University State University E. Gordon Gee - Chancellor, Vanderbilt University Gino Torretta - Heisman Trophy Winner, University Joseph Ajello - Team Chief, Galileo UV of Miami Spectrometer Experiment/Jet Propulsion Lab Mike Trigg - Head Coach, The Rampage Arena Dr. Tom Bonner - President, Wayne State Football Team University E. Gordon Gee Jake Voskuhl - Center, Phoenix Suns Todd Hays John A. DiBiaggio - President, Tufts University * - Coach, University of California; Nick Dunagan - Chancellor, University of Tennessee-Martin National Football Hall of Fame Dr. Walter L. Harrison - President, University of Hartford Matt Whiteside - Professional Baseball Player, San Diego Padres Dr. James D. Hoskins* - Former President, University of Tennessee Woody Widenhofer - Head Football Coach, Vanderbilt University David L. Jorns - Former President, Eastern Illinois University * Deceased William Mankin - Senior Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research Thomas McGraw - Pulitzer Prize Winner Why Me? Why Now? Why Pi Kappa Alpha?

Founding Success: The Legacy of Pi Kappa Alpha

Pi Kappa Alpha’s history is rich in tradition. Founded in 1868 by six men at the University of Virginia, Pi Kappa Alpha was among the United States’ first social college fraternities.

Over the years, the Fraternity has grown to over 200 chapters throughout the United States and Canada, boasting over 215,000 initiated members.

The shared experience of Pike membership still causes individuals to make the most of their college experience. These individuals, as well as the long history of Pi Kappa Alpha, are testaments to the Fraternity’s exclusive and consistent superiority in fraternal programming, scholarship, membership and leadership.

Perhaps the best opportunity that Pi Kappa Alpha provides is the ability to cultivate a socially superior man. Pi Kappa Alpha challenges its members to be the pillars of integrity and beacons of insight on their college campuses and within their communities.

By being members of the greek community, Pikes experience what it means to be involved and responsible individuals who promotes community services, active campus involvement, and high standards of academic achievement.

BOTTOM LINE: Pi Kappa Alpha enhances the collegiate experience while providing a lifetime of opportunity and reward. Its legacy demands nothing less than excellence.

The Challenge of a Lifetime

Pi Kappa Alpha consists of Scholars, Leaders, Athletes and Gentlemen. If you exemplify one or several of these ideals, you could be just the type of person that Pi Kappa Alpha is looking for.

Pi Kappa Alpha is continuously working hard to find men who want to be champions, men who are dedicated to a common vision. Perhaps you are looking for ways to enhance your college experience. Perhaps you are looking for ways to get involved. Only you can judge what you want out of a fraternity. You know what Pi Kappa Alpha has to offer. You also know what Pike membership expects. You know the facts.

And now it is time to make a decision…

Just remember that too many people complete their college career with regrets. At this moment, you have an opportunity to join an organization that will impact and influence your campus community, professional career, and leadership ability. Are you ready for that challenge, or will you look back at your college career wondering… ”what if”

What if you became part of a legacy of success? “Character is definitely the most important attribute that a young man possesses.”

– Bobby Bowden (Samford, Alpha Pi ’49) Head Football Coach Florida State University Sunday Evening, March 1, 1868

University of Virginia

“For the establishment of friendship on a firmer and more lasting basis, for the promotion of brotherly love and kind feeling; for the mutual benefit and advancement of the interests of those with whom we sympathize and deem worthy of our regard; we have resolved to form a fraternity, believing that thus we can most successfully accomplish our object.”

Robertson Howard Julian Edward Wood James Benjamin Sclater, Jr. Frederick Southgate Taylor Littleton Waller Tazewell (Bradford) William Alexander

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