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Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity
Nickname: "Teke or TKE"
Official Name Tau Kappa Epsilon International Fraternity
Founded January 10, 1899
International Headquarters Indianapolis, Indiana
Chapters & Colonies 274
Total Initiates 233,542
Collegiate Members 9,172
Coat of Arms File:TKECoatofarms.gif
Colors Cherry & Gray
Official Flower Red Carnation
Offiicial Jewel White Pearl
Patron Apollo
Primary Symbol Equilateral Triangle
Good Luck Charm Horseshoe
Motto "Not for Wealth, Rank, or Honor, but for Personal Worth and Character"
Grand Council Officer
Grand Prytanis Mark A. Fite, CFC
Grand Epiprytanis Robert I. McMurry
Grand Grammateus Mark K. Johnson
Grand Crysophylos Julius J. Edelmann, Jr., CFC
Grand Histor Charles J. Trabold, CFC
Grand Hypophetes Brian C.M. Barrett
Grand Pylortes Dr. Herbert L. Songer
Grand Hegemon Rodney G. Talbot
2005 Sweetheart Jacquelyne Ryan (Florida State)
Executive Vice President Kevin Mayeux
Address Tau Kappa Epsilon,

8645 Founders Road Indianapolis, IN 46268-1393

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Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE, pronounced T-K-E or "Teke", as in teak wood) is a college fraternity with chapters primarily in the USA and Canada, and was founded on January 10, 1899 at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois. Currently, TKE is the largest social fraternity in the world. TKE's five Founders were Charles Roy Atkinson, Clarence Arthur Mayer, James Carson McNutt, Joseph Lorenzo Settles, and Owen Ison Truitt.

TKE was originally named the Knights of Classic Lore with the goal of establishing a fraternity where membership is based on personal worth and character rather than rank, wealth, or honor.

As of December 2005, Tau Kappa Epsilon had 274 active collegiate chapters and colonies throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico, making it the largest college fraternity worldwide by number of chapters.

TKE also maintains a confederation with a part of the German Student Corps.

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