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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.triangle.org/index.php Triangle Fraternity – The Fraternity of Engineers, Architects, and Scientists]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080923225531/http://www.triangle.org/index.php Triangle Fraternity – The Fraternity of Engineers, Architects, and Scientists]
* [http://www.triangleef.org/ Triangle Education Foundation]
* [http://www.triangleef.org/ Triangle Education Foundation]



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Triangle Fraternity
File:Triangle Fraternity logo.png
FoundedApril 15, 1907; 118 years ago (1907-04-15)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
TypeSocial
EmphasisEngineers, Architects, and Scientists
ScopeNational
MottoTemplate:Lang-la
(Truth Conquers All)
Colors  old rose and   gray[1]
SymbolEngineers' transit
FlowerWhite chrysanthemum
PublicationTriangle Review
PhilanthropyHabitat for Humanity International
Chapters37
Members1,200+ active
26,000+ [2] lifetime
Headquarters120 South Center Street
Plainfield, Indiana
United States
Websitewww.triangle.org

Triangle Fraternity is a social fraternity, limiting its recruitment of members to 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.

There are currently thirty-five chapters and eight colonies of Triangle Fraternity active in the U.S. The headquarters is located in Plainfield, Indiana in a historic building built as a Carnegie library in 1912.[3]

Because Triangle's focus is on men of mostly similar fields of study, it is thought that members are more likely to be able to help each other succeed in their college studies. This focus also helps with professional networking later in life, particularly as there are alumni groups scattered throughout the world.

Triangle Fraternity is one of two national fraternities not to have Greek letters, with the other being FarmHouse.

History

The founders of Triangle Fraternity
Triangle Fraternity National Headquarters, Plainfield, Indiana, United States

Triangle's beginnings came from the desire of some congenial college friends to extend their friendship, not only through college, but also for life. In the fall of 1906, sixteen Civil Engineering juniors at the University of Illinois began the association that became Triangle Fraternity. These founders based their organization on the principles of honor, friendship, character, brotherhood, courage, and ideals. They quickly developed plans and, on 15 April 1907, incorporated Triangle in the State of Illinois. The date of incorporation has been designated as Founders' Day, and Triangle appropriately celebrates it every year at each chapter.

Symbols

  • Colors: Old Rose and Grey
  • Coat of Arms: The crest consists of a rising sun beneath a Triangle T. Beneath is an esquire helmet in profile. At the center of the Coat of Arms is the fraternity's shield and a ribbon containing the organization's motto "Veritas Omnia Vincit" (Truth Conquers All). Surrounding the shield is a mantling.
  • Flower: White Chrysanthemum
  • Flag: The Coat of Arms on a Yellow T with Gray field.

Code of Ethics

Triangle Fraternity was founded on high ethical and moral ideals, and expects the men of the fraternity to follow a set Code of Ethics, which is as follows:

As a member of Triangle, I recognize my obligation to:

  1. Observe the precepts of the Fraternity as set forth in the Ritual;
  2. Accept cheerfully my full share of any task, however menial, involved in maintaining a chapter home;
  3. Preserve and promote the chosen ideals of my Fraternity;
  4. Pay all personal bills promptly, and always live within my means;
  5. Help create in my chapter home an environment in which enduring friendships may be formed;
  6. Maintain a creditable scholastic record;
  7. Promote the welfare of my profession;
  8. Maintain my self-respect by proper conduct at all times;
  9. Uphold faithfully the traditions and program of my Alma Mater;
  10. Pay the price of success in honest effort.

Notable alumni

The following men are all notable alumni of Triangle Fraternity:[4]

Government and Politics

Business

Science and Medicine

Academia

Sports

Military

Chapter list

See also

References

  1. ^ "Graphics Library". Triangle Fraternity. Retrieved 2015-05-10.
  2. ^ "Triangle Fraternity Mourns the Loss of Br. Richard H. Sudheimer minn52". Triangle Fraternity. Retrieved 2015-05-10.
  3. ^ "Triangle Headquarters". Triangle Fraternity. Retrieved 2015-05-10.
  4. ^ "Distinguished Alumni". Triangle Fraternity. Retrieved 2017-08-19.