ATΩ First and facts
- ATΩ was the first fraternity founded after the Civil War in 1865, striving to heal the wounds created by the devastating war and help reunite the North and South.
- ATΩ was the first fraternity founded as a National Fraternity.
- The first meeting of ATΩ was at 114 E. in Richmond, Va., where Glazebrook read the Constitution of ATΩ to Marshall and Ross for the first time.
- The first chapter North of the Mason-Dixon line, was chartered at the University of Pennsylvania 16 years after the founding of ATΩ, helping to bring a realization to the founders' dreams of uniting the North and the South.
- ATΩ's first chapter west of the Rockies and first of any fraternity in the Northwest was at Oregon State University in 1882.
- ATΩ was the first national fraternity to start a chapter free of alcohol and tobacco on fraternity property
- ATΩ was the first national fraternity to sponsor and conduct co-educational leadership conferences nationwide in 1992.
