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Lambda Chapter - Organized May 11, 1880
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Lambda has Restarted in January 2008!!!!!!!
We will keep you informed as to the progress of our colony....
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126 Years... and More to Come
Nothing that happened between 1878 and 1880 did so much to strengthen Kappa Sigma Fraternity as the addition of Lambda Chapter at the University of Tennessee.
Every Kappa Sigma knows the traditional significance of Stephen Alonzo Jackson, the Worthy Grand Master, taking direct supervision in the organization of your chapter. It was at his request that Charles F. Humes of Abingdon, Virginia, a Kappa Sigma who was about to enter the University of Tennessee, took charge of initiating Price Thomas of Knoxville on December 20, 1879. Price and Humes then were authorized to initiate five others - E. W. Kennedy, R. F. O'Neal, W. B. Young, W. L. Bullock, and J. R. Flowers. These men were the first brothers of Lambda Chapter as it was organized on May 11, 1880.
Lambda Chapter - Organized May 11, 1880_______________________________________
Lambda has Restarted in January 2008!!!!!!!
We will keep you informed as to the progress of our colony....
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126 Years... and More to Come
Nothing that happened between 1878 and 1880 did so much to strengthen Kappa Sigma Fraternity as the addition of Lambda Chapter at the University of Tennessee.
Every Kappa Sigma knows the traditional significance of Stephen Alonzo Jackson, the Worthy Grand Master, taking direct supervision in the organization of your chapter. It was at his request that Charles F. Humes of Abingdon, Virginia, a Kappa Sigma who was about to enter the University of Tennessee, took charge of initiating Price Thomas of Knoxville on December 20, 1879. Price and Humes then were authorized to initiate five others - E. W. Kennedy, R. F. O'Neal, W. B. Young, W. L. Bullock, and J. R. Flowers. These men were the first brothers of Lambda Chapter as it was organized on May 11, 1880.
In its early years lambda had many prominent members; William Gibbs McAdoo, a prominent attorney and later Worthy Grand Master; Samuel Gordon Heiskell, Mayor of Knoxville; and John Bell Turner, Chapter-Mate of these Brothers, who became Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court. Lambda Chapter has furnished Kappa Sigma Fraternity with more Brothers to serve as Worthy Grand Master than any other chapter – four in all: William Gibbs McAdoo (1883-1884) – Beverly Winslow Howe (1923-1925) – James Leonard Raulston (1963-1965) – and Wallace Woodrow Baumann (1993-1995). Lambda has had another prominent member, U. S. Senator Estes Kefauver, who was nominated to be the Vice Presidential candidate at the 1956 Democratic National convention.
Of the several locations Lambda has had since its first on Gay Street, three houses have served the chapter for a memorable length of time. The first was at 10 Maplehurst Park from 1914 to 1932. The second was at 900 Temple Avenue from 1935 to 1959. The current house at 1730 Melrose Place was the first house ever built at the University of Tennessee specifically as a fraternity house. The chapter room was named The William B. Stokely, Jr. Chapter Room, after another prominent Brother and contributor to the building of the house at Melrose Place. Lambda’s New house was dedicated on Saturday, March 21, 1959.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE THE COMPLETE “HISTORY OF LAMBDA CHAPTER” WRITTEN BY WALLACE W. BAUMANN, CONTACT US VIA E-MAIL: alumni@utkappasigma.org
Of the several locations Lambda has had since its first on Gay Street, three houses have served the chapter for a memorable length of time. The first was at 10 Maplehurst Park from 1914 to 1932. The second was at 900 Temple Avenue from 1935 to 1959. The current house at 1730 Melrose Place was the first house ever built at the University of Tennessee specifically as a fraternity house. The chapter room was named The William B. Stokely, Jr. Chapter Room, after another prominent Brother and contributor to the building of the house at Melrose Place. Lambda’s New house was dedicated on Saturday, March 21, 1959.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE THE COMPLETE “HISTORY OF LAMBDA CHAPTER” WRITTEN BY WALLACE W. BAUMANN, CONTACT US VIA E-MAIL: alumni@utkappasigma.org
