Kappa Nu

Kappa Nu was an American college fraternity that was active from 1911 to 1961 when it merged with Phi Epsilon Pi.

History

Kappa Nu was founded at the University of Rochester on November 12, 1911. The founders were:

Joseph Bernhardt
Abraham Levy
Joseph Lazarus
Harold Leve
Morris Lazersohn
Louis Gottlieb

All six were pre-medical or medical students. Their intention was to create a local-only fraternity for Jewish students.
In 1917, five loosely connected groups held a convention in Rochester and set up Kappa Nu as a National Fraternity. By the 1918 convention, Kappa Nu had ten chapters. It continued to add chapters through 1931. Its executive offices were in Rochester, New York.
On October 14, 1961, Kappa Nu's thirteen active chapters voted to merge with Phi Epsilon Pi fraternity. Of these, three chapters declined to participate in the merger at campuses where Phi Epsilon Pi already existed. In 1970, Zeta Beta Tau absorbed Phi Epsilon Pi.

Symbols

The badge is a diamond shield displaying a monogram of the Greek letters ΚΝ arranged horizontally along one plane below which is a six-pointed star and above which are קנ, standing for קשר נעורים or Kesher Neurim. The jeweled base of the pin is surrounded by twenty pearls with an amethyst set at each of the corners. Its colors were purple and white.
As of 1920, the fraternity had a semi-annual publication called Kappa Nu. It also published a magazine, The Reporter, three times a year.

Chapters

Kappa Nu established 27 chapters.

Chapter	Charter date and range	Institution	Location	Status	Location
Alpha	–	University of Rochester	Rochester, New York	Inactive
Beta	–1935; 1947 –	New York University	New York City, New York	Merged ΦΕΠ
Gamma	–	Columbia University	New York City, New York	Inactive
Delta	–	Union College	Schenectady, New York	Inactive
Epsilon	–	Boston University	Boston, Massachusetts	Inactive
Zeta	–	University at Buffalo	Buffalo, New York	Merged ΦΕΠ
Eta	–	Harvard University	Cambridge, Massachusetts	Inactive
Theta	–	New York State College for Teachers	Albany, New York	Inactive
Iota	–	Union College	Schenectady, New York	Merged ΦΕΠ
Kappa	–	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Troy, New York	Withdrew ΖΒΤ
Lambda	–	Western Reserve University	Cleveland, Ohio	Inactive
Mu	–	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, Michigan	Inactive
Nu	–	University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Withdew ΠΛΦ
Xi	–1932; 1948 –	University of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Withdrew ΖΒΤ
Omicron	–1934	University of Chicago	Chicago, Illinois	Inactive
Pi	–	University of Alabama	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	Merged ΦΕΠ
Rho	–	University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati, Ohio	Inactive
Sigma	–	Tulane University	New Orleans, Louisiana	Inactive
Tau	–	University of California, Berkeley	Berkeley, California	Merged ΦΕΠ
Upsilon	–	University of Arkansas	Fayetteville, Arkansas	Inactive
Phi	–	Alfred University	Alfred, New York	Merged ΦΕΠ
Chi	–	Louisiana State University	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	Inactive
Psi	–	University of Tennessee	Knoxville, Tennessee	Inactive
Omega	–19xx ?	New York University, Washington Square	Greenwich Village, New York City, New York	Inactive
Alpha Beta	–	Cornell University	Ithaca, New York	Withdrew ΦΣΕ
Alpha Gamma				Unassigned
Alpha Delta	–	University of California, Los Angeles	Los Angeles, California	Merged ΦΕΠ
Alpha Epsilon				Inactive
Alpha Zeta	195x ? –	City University of New York	New York City, New York	Merged ΦΕΠ
Alpha Omega	–	Wayne State University	Detroit, Michigan	Merged ΦΕΠ

Notable members

Mel Allen, play-by-play announcer for New York Yankees
Mortimer Rogoff, inventor and businessman