Triangle Fraternity

Triangle Fraternity
FoundedApril 15, 1907; 117 years ago (1907-04-15)
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
TypeSocial
AffiliationNIC
StatusActive
EmphasisEngineers, Architects, and Scientists
ScopeNational
MottoVeritas Omnia Vincit
(Truth Conquers All)
Colors  Old Rose and   Gray[1]
SymbolEngineers' transit
Flag
FlowerWhite chrysanthemum
PublicationTriangle Review
PhilanthropyFIRST
Chapters38
Colonies4
Members1,200+ active
26,000+ [2] lifetime
Headquarters120 South Center St
Plainfield, Indiana 46168
United States
Websitewww.triangle.org

Triangle Fraternity is an American collegiate fraternity for male students majoring in engineering, architecture, and the physical, mathematical, biological, and computer sciences. It is the only member of the North American Interfraternity Conference to limit its membership recruitment to these majors.

Triangle Fraternity organized at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the fall of 1906 and was incorporated by the state of Illinois on 15 April 1907, which is celebrated each year as Founders' Day.

As of February 2020 there are 39 chapters and six colonies of Triangle Fraternity active in the U.S.[2] The headquarters is located in Plainfield, Indiana in a historic building erected as a Carnegie library in 1912.[3]

Triangle Fraternity is one of three active national fraternities not to use Greek letters for its name, the others being Acacia and FarmHouse.

  1. ^ "Graphics Library". Triangle Fraternity. Retrieved 2015-05-10.
  2. ^ a b According to the Fraternity's official website, accessed 16 Feb 2020.
  3. ^ "Triangle Headquarters". Triangle Fraternity. Archived from the original on 2014-12-19. Retrieved 2015-05-10.