Tau Epsilon Phi founded

October 10, 1910
You think “The Skull and Bones” Society rule this country. Several of the readers and I (and well as George Stephanopoulos) are members of the fraternity, Tau Epsilon Phi. (It still causes me a great deal of grief to think that Rick Santorium and I share a common fraternity.)

Tau Epsilon Phi (TEF, commonly pronounced “TEP“) is a predominantly American fraternity with approximately 40 active chapters, chiefly located at universities and colleges in the Northeastern United States. The organization was founded on this date, by ten Jewish men at Columbia University, as a response to the existence of similar organizations who would not admit Jewish members. The national headquarters is currently located in Voorhees, New Jersey and the official colors of the organization are lavender and white (although most chapters use purple instead of lavender).

But don’t ask about our secret handshake or whose pinball machine we had in the basement.

And so it goes

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