Alpha Epsilon Pi

Alpha Epsilon Pi (ΑΕΠ)
Founded	November 7, 1913 (1913-11-07) (age 95) New York University
Type	Social
Emphasis	Jewish
Colors	Gold & Blue
Symbol	Lion
Flower	Fleur-de-lis
Philanthropy	Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Chai Lifeline’s Camp Simcha, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum[1]
Chapters	136 chapters and colonies [2]
Members	Over 82,000 [3] collegiate lifetime
Nicknames	ΑΕΠ, AEPi, Apes, Pies
Headquarters	8815 Wesleyan Road Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Homepage	www.aepi.org

Alpha Epsilon Pi (ΑΕΠ or AEPi) is the only international Jewish college fraternity in North America, with chapters in the United States and Canada. Alpha Epsilon Pi is a Jewish fraternity, though non-discriminatory and open to all who are willing to espouse its purpose and values.

Contents 1 Mission statement 2 History 3 Coat of arms 4 Chapter organization 5 National organization structure 6 Notable alumni 7 List of chapters 8 External links 9 References

Mission statement

“

Alpha Epsilon Pi, the Jewish Fraternity of North America, was founded to provide opportunities for Jewish men seeking the best possible college and fraternity experience. We have maintained the integrity of our purpose by strengthening our ties to the Jewish community and serving as a link between high school and career. Alpha Epsilon Pi develops leadership for the North American Jewish community at a critical time in a young man's life. Alpha Epsilon Pi’s role is to encourage the Jewish student to remain dedicated to Jewish ideals, values, and ethics and to prepare the student to be one of tomorrow’s leaders so that he may help himself, his family, his community, and his people.[4]

”

History

AEPi was founded in 1913 under the arch at New York University (NYU) by Charles C. Moskowitz and 10 other Jewish men: David K. Schafer, Isador M. Glazer, Herman L. Kraus, Arthur E. Leopold, Benjamin M. Meyer, Arthur M. Lipkint, Charles J. Pintel, Maurice Plager, Emil Lustgarten, and Hyman Shulman. Their first pledge was Samuel L. Epstein.

Charles C. Moskowitz was a fine basketball player and had just transferred to New York University’s School of Commerce from the City College of New York. Several fraternities at the School of Commerce expressed interest in him and one gave him a bid. The name of that fraternity is unknown. When Charles asked if his close Jewish friends could join as well, he was told that the invitation was for him alone. At this point, the group of 11 men began meeting regularly in the German rathskellar. Official school recognition of AEPi was granted on November 7.

The founding members always intended for AEPi to be a national fraternity. Long before the second chapter, the NYU group was designated "Alpha Chapter." In 1917, the local fraternity Phi Tau at Cornell University became the Beta Chapter of AEPi.^[5]

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of Alpha Epsilon Pi contains a number of symbolic objects, the meaning of which is only revealed to new members (pledges) during their initiation into the fraternity.

Chapter organization

AEPi has specific titles that are used for its officers, many correspond to Fraternal tradition.

• President - Master

• Vice President - Lieutenant Master

• Secretary - Scribe

• Treasurer - Exchequer

• Sergeant at Arms - Sentinel

National organization structure

AEPi is governed in a diamond model^[6]. It consists of the AEPi Foundation, The Fiscal Control Board, the Executive Office and the Supreme Board of Governors.

The AEPi Foundation is the charitable arm of the organization. It directs the philanthropic affairs of the fraternity, supports projects of a Jewish and fraternal nature, and provides support for the individual chapters and colonies. They work very closely with the Director of Jewish Programming.

The Fiscal Control Board (FCB) is responsible for the financial well-being of the organization. It oversees the financial decisions of the apparatus, and makes recommendations to the Supreme Board of Governors. Each member of the FCB is also on the Board of Directors of the AEPi Foundation.

The Executive Office is made up of the professional staff that oversees the day to day functions of the fraternity. The staff consists of the housing coordinator, the leadership consultants, the Director of Jewish Programming, and the Executive Director.

The Supreme Board of Governors is made up of 11 positions, the Supreme Master (President), Supreme Master Elect (President-Elect/VP), Supreme Scribe (Secretary), Supreme Exchequer (Treasurer), Supreme Sentinel (Sergeant at Arms), and four alumni members, styled Supreme Governors, as well as two undergraduate representative, styled, Undergraduate Supreme Governors. The Board of Governors makes the majority of decisions for the fraternity's well-being and meets semi-annually to discuss matters of importance, including the granting of charters.

Notable alumni

Name	Original Chapter	Notability	Reference
Michael Albert	Mu Tau	Political activist and economist, co-founder and co-editor of Z Magazine
Irving Azoff	Delta	chairman and founder of Azoff Music Management Group, Inc.; former president of MCA Records
Herbert Baum	Alpha Deuteron	Former president, Quaker Oil
Jason Bedrick	Beta Epsilon	Member of the New Hampshire state legislature	[7]
Alan Baker (Honorary brother)	Nu Kappa	Current Israel Ambassador to Canada (Honorary brother)
Newton Becker	Phi Deuteron	Founder, Becker CPA Review Course
Gary Bettman	Beta	Current Commissioner, National Hockey League
Wolf Blitzer	Upsilon Beta	Journalist, Author, CNN Correspondent
Myles Brand	Rho Pi	President, National Collegiate Athletic Association/ Former President, Indiana University
James L. Brooks	Alpha	Academy Award And Emmy Award winning Producer/Director
Ken Chertow	Pi Deuteron	Wrestling Olympian
Jeff Cohen	Chi Alpha	Child Actor: The Goonies	[citation needed]
Rabbi Stanley Davids	Tau Deuteron	President of Association of Reform Zionists of America (ARZA)
Haim Divon	Nu Kappa	Former Israel Ambassador to Canada
Ian Eagle	Sigma Deuteron	Sports Broadcaster	[citation needed]
Wayne Firestone	Kappa Deuteron	Current President, Hillel
Richard H. Frank	Delta	Former president of Walt Disney Studios
Steven Friedman	Delta	Executive producer of Executive Producer, NBC Nightly News
Art Garfunkel	Iota	Singer/Composer
Scott Garson	Sigma Beta	Basketball Coach, UCLA
Frank Gehry	Upsilon	Architect, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain
Leonard Goldberg	Gamma	Former Chairman of 20th Century Fox
Steve Goldman	Delta	Executive Vice President, Paramount Pictures
Nathaniel Goldstein	Alpha	Former New York Attorney General (Deceased)
Sheldon Good	Delta	International Realtor, Former World President of FIBICA
Sanford Grossman	Iota Deuteron	Director of NFL telecasts for CBS and now FOX
Patrick Harker	Gamma	Dean of the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania
David Harris	Sigma	Executive Director of the Israel On Campus Coalition
Russ Herman		Past President, Association of Trial Lawyers of America
David Horowitz	Beta Upsilon	Television Personality/Consumer Advocate
H. Robert Horvitz	Mu Tau	Nobel Prize Winner in Medicine
William Immerman	Pi	Former senior VP for 20th Century Fox, Film Producer
Allan Jaffe	Gamma	Family Owner of New Orleans' Preservation Hall (Deceased)
Richard Joel	Alpha	Former International Director of Hillel, Current President of Yeshiva University
Jake Jundef	Sigma Beta	Child Actor: Brooklyn Bridge, Mannequin, Earth Girls Are Easy	[8]
Allyn Kilsheimer	Kappa Deuteron	Structural Engineer who orchestrated the rebuiling of the Pentagon after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
Ron Klein	Eta	Congressman, U.S. House of Representatives (D-FL-22nd)	[citation needed]
Martin Leaf	Delta	Family Owner, Founder, Leaf Candies and Donruss Baseball Cards
Jerry Lewis		Comedian, Chairman of the Muscular Dystrophy Association
Richard Lewis	Eta	Actor, Comedian
Howard Lorber	Alpha Epsilon	CEO/President, Nathan's Famous and Vector Group
Bernard Marcus	Rho Upsilon	Founder, Home Depot	[9]
David Markin	Beta Upsilon	Former Chairman of The U.S. Tennis Association
Perry Mendel	Epsilon	Founder, Kinder Care Day Care Centers
Charles C. Moskowitz	Alpha	Former President/Treasurer, MGM Studios (Deceased)
Jerrold Nadler	Iota	United States Congressman, New York's 8th congressional district
Robert Novak	Delta	Columnist, pundit and panelist on CNN Crossfire	[citation needed]
Louis Nizer	Iota	Lawyer, Novelist (deceased)
Michael Politz	Sigma Pi	Media Conglomerate Owner and National Television Host, owner of Food & Beverage Magazine	[citation needed]
Ron Popeil	Delta	Inventor, Infomercial Producer, Owner, Ronco Industries
Stanley B. Prusiner	Gamma	Nobel Prize recipient in Medicine
Jerry Reinsdorf	Kappa Deuteron	Owner of Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox
Sam Rothberg	Beta Upsilon	Creator of Israel Bonds
Abe Saperstein	Delta	Former owner of Harlem Globetrotters (Deceased)
Alexander Schindler		WPI - Past President of Union of American Hebrew Congregations (Deceased)
Alan Schulman	Alpha	Retired CEO/Chair of Board, Ecolab, Inc.
Michael Schwerner	Beta	Civil Rights worker killed June 21, 1964, depicted in Mississippi Burning
Evan Serpick	Iota	Music Critic, Rolling Stone	[citation needed]
Samuel H. Shapiro	Delta	Former Governor of Illinois (Deceased)
Rabbi Levi Shemtov		Director of Chabad, Washington, D.C.
Fred Silverman	Sigma Deuteron	Independent Producer, Former President NBC Television
Chet Simmons	Kappa Deuteron	Founder of ESPN
Paul Simon	Kappa Chi	Singer/Composer
Jack Stahl	Epsilon	Former president, The Coca-Cola Company, current president of Revlon
Steve Stone	Phi Deuteron	Cy Young Winner 1980 Baltimore Orioles, Chicago radio color analyst
Sanford I. Weill	Beta	Co-chairman, Citigroup
Gene Wilder	Iota Upsilon	Actor, Producer, Director
Walter Winchell	Lambda Deuteron	Early Gossip Columnist/Radio Personality (Deceased)
Scott Wolf	Kappa Deuteron	Actor
H. Albert Young	Rho Deuteron	Former Delaware Attorney General (Deceased)
Sam Zell	Omega Deuteron	Real-estate entrepreneur, co-founder and Chairman of Equity International, a real-estate private equity firm, owner of the Chicago Tribune
Mark Zuckerberg	Eta Psi	Creator of Facebook	[10]

List of chapters

The fraternity currently has 136 active chapters and colonies including all eleven of the Big Ten Conference, seven of the eight Ivy League schools, and seven of the ten University of California campuses. It is also the largest 'national' fraternity in Canada.

Main article: List of Alpha Epsilon Pi chapters

External links

• Alpha Epsilon Pi International
• Official AEPi Blog
• Alpha Epsilon Pi Kent State University

References

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