Local History

The Alpha Nu chapter of Theta Chi Fraternity started its existence in 1919 as a local Fraternity under the letters Alpha Sigma Tau. AST moved into its first house in 1920 and remained for a year before moving to a new house at 17 East North Avenue. This house would become the first Alpha Nu house, as the organization petitioned the Grand Chapter of Theta Chi for a charter in 1922. The charter was in time granted, and the Alpha Nu Chapter was installed on May 28, 1923, becoming the 36th chapter of our esteemed brotherhood. In 1942, Beta Kappa fraternity merged nationally with Theta Chi. At a local level, however, only some Beta Kappas opted to become brothers in Theta Chi. The remaining Beta Kappas formed a local fraternity which eventually became Georgia Tech's chapter of Lamda Chi Alpha.

Robert H. Calvert, a Theta Chi from the University of Virginia, stands out as being instrumental in helping Alpha Nu in its earliest years. He also became involved with the local Alumni Association. The Coat of Arms that hangs in our parlor was donated by Calvert's widow and was sculpted by a Georgia Tech Architecture professor. Calvert also donated structural steel for the chapter house which stood at 840 Techwood Drive until 2003. Floyd Field, a Theta Chi alumnus and Tech's first Dean of Students, broke ground on that house on May 17, 1952.

A decade later, a pool was added in the center of the house, which allowed our chapter to include a pool in the plans for the current chapter house when construction began in 2003.

The new house now stands proudly as a physical representation of the strong brotherhood which has always existed at Alpha Nu.