Lambda Chi Alpha National History (ΛXA)

        Lambda Chi Alpha was founded in 1909 at Boston University by Warren Albert Cole and two other law students. The Second General Assembly proclaimed the ideals of Lambda Chi Alpha by adopting the Fraternity's secret mottos and approving revisions to the Initiation Ritual, coat of arms, and badge. The date of the General Assembly, March 22, 1913, and its achievements are celebrated annually as Founders' Day. The first person initiated by the new ritual (1913) was Frank P. McCarthy.

        Lambda Chi Alpha became a national fraternity in 1912 with the installation of chapters at the University of Massachusetts, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania State University, Brown University, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology chapters. Then in 1927 Lambda Chi Alpha became an international fraternity with the installation of Epsilon-Epsilon at the University of Toronto.

        In 1926, the first edition of The Paedagogus, the official manual of fraternity education, was published. Soon after, the practice of hazing is roundly condemned by Lambda Chi Alpha at an NIC meeting. The concept of fraternity education formally introduced at the Leadership Seminar at Ball State University in August 1969. Lambda Chi Alpha adopted fraternity education in 1972 and the term "associate member" officially replaces the term "pledge" in Lambda Chi Alpha.

        Lambda Chi Alpha merged with Theta Kappa Nu on September 1, 1939. The union of Theta Kappa Nu and Lambda Chi Alpha increased the chapter roll from 77 to 105 and the membership from 20,000 to 27,000, becoming the largest merger in fraternity history. Upsilon Zeta at Louisiana State University became the first chapter to initiate 1,000 members in 1961. Six years later, Lambda Chi Alpha initiated its 100,000th member, only the fifth fraternity to do so.