Alpha Epsilon Pi Totally Explained

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Alpha Epsilon Pi (ΑΕΠ or AEPi) is currently the only international Jewish college fraternity in North America, with chapters in the United States and Canada. Alpha Epsilon Pi is a Jewish fraternity, though non-discriminatory and open to all who are willing to espouse its purpose and values.

Mission statement

Chapter Mission Statement:
History AEPi was founded in 1913 under the arch at New York University (NYU) by Charles C. Moskowitz and 10 other Jewish men: David K. Schafer, Isador M. Glazer, Herman L. Kraus, Arthur E. Leopold, Benjamin M. Meyer, Arthur M. Lipkint, Charles J. Pintel, Maurice Plager, Emil Lustgarten, and Hyman Shulman. Their first pledge was Samuel L. Epstein.
Charles C. Moskowitz was a basketball player and had just transferred to New York University’s School of Commerce from the City College of New York. Several fraternities at the School of Commerce expressed interest in him and one gave him a bid. The name of that fraternity is unknown. When Charles asked if his close Jewish friends could join as well, he was told that the invitation was for him alone. At this point, the group of 11 men began meeting regularly in the German rathskellar. Official school recognition of AEPi was granted on November 7.
The founding members always intended for AEPi to be a national fraternity. Long before the second chapter, the NYU group was designated "Alpha Chapter." In 1917, the local fraternity Phi Tau at Cornell University became the Beta Chapter of AEPi.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of Alpha Epsilon Pi, while capable of being described through a traditional blazon, contains a number of symbolic objects, the true meaning of which is only revealed to new members (pledges) during their initiation into the fraternity.

Chapter organization

AEPi has specific titles that are used for its officers, many correspond to Fraternal tradition.

President - Master

Vice President - Lieutenant Master

Secretary - Scribe

Treasurer - Exchequer

Sergeant at Arms - Sentinel

National organization structure

AEPi is governed in a diamond model. It consists of the AEPi Foundation

, The Fiscal Control Board, the Executive Office and the Supreme Board of Governors.
   The AEPi Foundation is the charitable arm of the organization. It directs the philanthropic affairs of the fraternity, supports projects of a Jewish and fraternal nature, and provides support for the individual chapters and colonies. They work very closely with the Director of Jewish Programming.
   The Fiscal Control Board (FCB) is responsible for the financial well-being of the organization. It oversees the financial decisions of the apparatus, and makes recommendations to the Supreme Board of Governors. Each member of the FCB is also on the Board of Directors of the AEPi Foundation.
   The Executive Office is made up of the professional staff that oversees the day to day functions of the fraternity. The staff consists of the housing coordinator, the leadership consultants, the Director of Jewish Programming, and the Executive Director.
   The Supreme Board of Governors is made up of 11 positions, the Supreme Master (President), Supreme Master Elect (President-Elect/VP), Supreme Scribe (Secretary), Supreme Exchequer (Treasurer), Supreme Sentinel (Sergeant at Arms), and four alumni members, styled Supreme Governors, as well as two undergraduate representative, styled, Undergraduate Supreme Governors. The Board of Governors makes the majority of decisions for the fraternity's well-being and meets semi-annually to discuss matters of importance, including the granting of charters.

Notable alumni

Irving Azoff, Illinois 1970 - chairman and founder of Azoff Music Management Group, Inc.; former president of MCA Records

Herbert Baum, Drake 1958 - Former president, Quaker Oil

Jason Bedrick, Babson College 2005 - Member of the New Hampshire state legislature.

Alan Baker, Carleton University- Current Israel Ambassador to Canada

Newton Becker, Kent State 1952 - Founder, Becker CPA Review Course

Gary Bettman, Cornell 1972 - Current Commissioner, National Hockey League

Wolf Blitzer, SUNY Buffalo 1970 - Journalist, Author, CNN Correspondent

Myles Brand, R.P.I. 1964 - President, National Collegiate Athletic Association/ Former President, Indiana University

James L. Brooks, NYU 1958 - Academy Award And Emmy Award winning Producer/Director

Ken Chertow, Penn State 1989 - Wrestling Olympian

Jeff Cohen, UC Berkeley '96 - Child Actor (The Goonies)

Rabbi Stanley Davids, Case Western 1961 - President of Association of Reform Zionists of America

(ARZA)

Haim Divor, Carleton University- Former Israel Ambassador to Canada

Ian Eagle, Syracuse 1990 - Sports Broadcaster

Wayne Firestone, George Washington - Current President,

Richard H. Frank, Illinois 1964 - Former president of Walt Disney Studios

Steven Friedman, Illinois 1968 - Executive producer of Executive Producer, NBC Nightly News

Art Garfunkel, Columbia 1964 - Singer/Composer

Frank Gehry, USC - Architect, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain

Leonard Goldberg, Pennsylvania 1955 - Former Chairman of 20th Century Fox

Steve Goldman - Illinois 1964, Executive Vice President, Paramount Pictures

Nathaniel Goldstein, NYU 1915 - Former New York Attorney General (Deceased)

Sheldon Good, Illinois 1955 - International Realtor, Former World President of FIBICA

Sanford Grossman, Alabama 1957 - Director of NFL telecasts for CBS and now FOX

Patrick Harker, Pennsylvania 1981 - Dean of the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania

David Harris, Washington University - Executive Director of the Israel On Campus Coalition

Russ Herman - Past President, Association of Trial Lawyers of America

David Horowitz, Bradley 1959 - Television Personality/Consumer Advocate

H. Robert Horvitz, MIT 1968 - 2002 Nobel Prize Winner in Medicine

William Immerman, Wisconsin 1959 - former senior VP for 20th Century Fox, Film Producer

Allan Jaffe, Pennsylvania 1957 - Family Owner of New Orleans' Preservation Hall (Deceased)

Richard Joel, NYU- Former International Director of, Current President of Yeshiva University

Allyn Kilsheimer - George Washington 1963 - Structural Engineer who orchestrated the rebuiling of the Pentagon after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks

Ron Klein, Ohio State 1979 - Congressman, U.S. House of Representatives (D-FL-22nd)

Martin Leaf, Illinois 1947 - Family Owner, Founder, Leaf Candies and Donruss Baseball Cards

Jerry Lewis - Comedian, Chairman of the Muscular Dystrophy Association

Richard Lewis, Ohio State 1969 - Actor, Comedian

Howard Lorber, C.W. Post 1970 - CEO/President, Nathan's Famous and Vector Group

Bernard Marcus, Rutgers University 1952 - Founder, Home Depot

David Markin, Brandley 1953 - Former Chairman of The U.S. Tennis Association

Perry Mendel, Emory 1943 - Founder, Kinder Care Day Care Centers

Charles C. Moskowitz, NYU 1914 - Former President/Treasurer, MGM Studios (Deceased)

Jerrold Nadler, Columbia University 1970- United States Congressman, New York's 8th congressional district

Robert Novak, Illinois 1952 - Columnist, pundit and panelist on CNN Crossfire,

Louis Nizer, Columbia - Lawyer, Novelist (deceased)

Michael Politz, American 1990 - Media Conglomerate Owner and National Television Host, owner of Food & Beverage Magazine

Ron Popeil, Illinois 1957 - Inventor, Infomercial Producer, Owner, Ronco Industries

Stanley Prusiner, Pennsylvania 1962 - Nobel Prize recipient in Medicine

Jerry Reinsdorf, George Washington 1957- Owner of Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox

Sam Rothberg, Bradley - Creator of Israel Bonds

Abe Saperstein, Illinois - Former owner of Harlem Globetrotters (Deceased)

Alexander Schindler, WPI - Past President of Union of American Hebrew Congregations (Deceased)

Alan Schulman, NYU 1955 - Retired CEO/Chair of Board, Ecolab, Inc.

Michael Schwerner, Cornell 1961 - Civil Rights worker killed June 21, 1964, depicted in Mississippi Burning

Evan Serpick, Columbia 1996- Music Critic, Rolling Stone

Samuel H. Shapiro, Illinois 1929 - Former Governor of Illinois (Deceased)

Rabbi Levi Shemtov - Director of Chabad, Washington, D.C.

Fred Silverman, Syracuse 1958 - Independent Producer, Former President NBC Television

Chet Simmons, George Washington 1950 - Founder of ESPN

Paul Simon, Queens College 1963 - Singer/Composer

Jack Stahl, Emory 1976 - Former president, The Coca-Cola Company, current president of Revlon

Steve Stone, Kent State 1969 - Cy Young Winner 1980 Baltimore Orioles, Chicago radio color analyst

Sanford Weill, Cornell 1955 - Co-chairman, Citigroup

Gene Wilder, Iowa 1955 - Actor, Producer, Director

Walter Winchell, Miami - Early Gossip Columnist/Radio Personality (Deceased)

Scott Wolf, Goerge Washington 1991 - Actor

H. Albert Young, Delaware 1926 - Former Delaware Attorney General (Deceased)

Sam Zell, Michigan 1963 - Real-estate entrepreneur, co-founder and Chairman of Equity International, a real-estate private equity firm, owner of the Chicago Tribune

Mark Zuckerberg, Harvard 2006 - Creator of Facebook

List of chapters

The fraternity currently has 136 active chapters and colonies. Alpha Epsilon Pi is the only national fraternity to have a chapter at every Ivy League and University of California Campus with the exception of UC Merced, San Francisco and Hastings.

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