Title
Zeta Beta Tau
Subject
Fraternal organizations--United States
Description
A marker erected by the Alabama Historical Association marks the site of the Psi chapter of Zeta Beta Tau , the first Jewish fraternity on the University of Alabama campus.
Zeta Beta Tau (ZBT) was first organized in New York at Columbia University as a youth Zionist Society, officially becoming a Greek letter fraternal organization in 1903.
The original Psi chapter was colonized in Tuscaloosa with 15 men. As ZBT thrived, two additional Jewish fraternal organizations, Kappa Nu and Phi Epsilon Pi, also formed chapters on campus. Ultimately both merged into ZBT at the national and local levels. No longer an exclusive Jewish fraternity, ZBT has been open since 1954 to "All Men of Good Character" who understand and appreciate its mission and founding purpose.
The historic marker was erected on the occasion of Zeta Beta Tau's Centennial at the University of Alabama campus, March 2016, on Jefferson Avenue in Tuscaloosa.
Zeta Beta Tau (ZBT) was first organized in New York at Columbia University as a youth Zionist Society, officially becoming a Greek letter fraternal organization in 1903.
The original Psi chapter was colonized in Tuscaloosa with 15 men. As ZBT thrived, two additional Jewish fraternal organizations, Kappa Nu and Phi Epsilon Pi, also formed chapters on campus. Ultimately both merged into ZBT at the national and local levels. No longer an exclusive Jewish fraternity, ZBT has been open since 1954 to "All Men of Good Character" who understand and appreciate its mission and founding purpose.
The historic marker was erected on the occasion of Zeta Beta Tau's Centennial at the University of Alabama campus, March 2016, on Jefferson Avenue in Tuscaloosa.
Creator
Betty Slowe
Source
Betty Slowe
Date
April 5, 2017
Contributor
Betty Slowe (Description)
Type
Photograph
Identifier
2323
Coverage
Tuscaloosa (AL)
Original Format
Photograph