Founding & Colony Era
1948 – 1952
The colony held its first meeting on March 22, 1948 — Lambda Chi Alpha Day — with six men at its nucleus and Dr. Ralph F. Evans as faculty sponsor. Six had become seventeen by the end of the first semester, and by the spring of 1949 the colony had a house on North Van Ness Avenue.
1948
MAR 22
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The original colony meeting
Held at Fresno State College, on the campus that is now Fresno City College. Faculty sponsor Dr. Ralph F. Evans became one of the chapter’s foundational mentors.
Held at Fresno State College, on the campus that is now Fresno City College. Faculty sponsor Dr. Ralph F. Evans became one of the chapter’s foundational mentors.
1948
MAY 29
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Sixteen initiated at Culver City
Sixteen undergraduates, mostly pre-med students, traveled with Dr. Evans to Culver City and were initiated by Epsilon Sigma Zeta at UCLA. The nucleus of six who started the colony took the first six places on the Fresno roll: Tom Dunklin, Robert Kilpatrick, Blaine Stewart, Reinard Bergstrom, Dean Christy and Stanley Weitemier.
Sixteen undergraduates, mostly pre-med students, traveled with Dr. Evans to Culver City and were initiated by Epsilon Sigma Zeta at UCLA. The nucleus of six who started the colony took the first six places on the Fresno roll: Tom Dunklin, Robert Kilpatrick, Blaine Stewart, Reinard Bergstrom, Dean Christy and Stanley Weitemier.
Fall 1948
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One acre bought on the new campus site. The colony purchased one acre of land on the site of the new Fresno State College.
The colony purchased one acre of land on the site of the new Fresno State College.
Dec 11, 1948
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Thirteen more initiated at Berkeley. The fall 1948 class of thirteen men traveled to Mu Zeta at the University of California to be initiated.
The fall 1948 class of thirteen men traveled to Mu Zeta at the University of California to be initiated.
1949
SPRING
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Into the house on Van Ness
The colony moved into 1239 N. Van Ness Avenue — the second fraternity house on campus.
The colony moved into 1239 N. Van Ness Avenue — the second fraternity house on campus.
Spring 1951
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The land is sold. The colony sold the acre it had bought, after the State of California moved the location of the new campus.
The colony sold the acre it had bought, after the State of California moved the location of the new campus.
1952
FEB 23
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Chartered as Iota-Gamma Zeta
Fresno State was officially chartered as Iota-Gamma Zeta of Lambda Chi Alpha.
Fresno State was officially chartered as Iota-Gamma Zeta of Lambda Chi Alpha.
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