Alpha Lambda Tau () was a men's

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founded in 1916 at

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. For its first decade Alpha Lambda Tau permitted expansion only within the southern states. At the start of its fourth decade, in , the national organization of Alpha Lambda Tau dissolved; the majority of its chapters affiliated with

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History

Alpha Lambda Tau was founded at Oglethorpe University, of

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(a northeastern suburb of

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) on .''Yamacraw'' (Oglethorpe Yearbook), 1923
p.103 The organization at Oglethorpe became ''Alpha chapter'' on . Being of southern origin, it was originally decided that the fraternity would not expand north of the

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. By , the anti-northern expansion policy was met with disapproval at the fraternity's national convention. The policy was dropped in , and a charter was issued to a new chapter at the

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. Alpha Lambda Tau became a Junior member of the

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in .

Merger with ΤΚΕ

In , the national organization of Alpha Lambda Tau dissolved. Five of the eight chapters that were active in merged with

. Several chapters went to other national fraternities.Noted by Teke in it
online history
accessed 6 Dec 2019.

Chapters

These were the chapters of Alpha Lambda Tau. Those active at the time of the merger are noted in bold, those inactive are noted in ''italics''. Where chapters affiliated with their status is noted as "Merged"; where they joined other fraternities they are listed as "Withdrawn". The main archive URL i
The Baird's Manual Online Archive homepage
Alumni chapters existed as of in Chicago, Birmingham and Atlanta.

Notes

References

{{North American Interfraternity Conference Student organizations established in 1916 Student societies in the United States Defunct former members of the North American Interfraternity Conference 1916 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)