| Alpha Gamma Rho (ΑΓΡ) |
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| Founded | 1904 Ohio State University |
| Type | Social/Professional Fraternity |
| Scope | National |
| Motto | "To Make Better Men" |
| Colors | Forest Green,Old Gold |
| Symbol | Sickle and Sheaf |
| Flower | Pink Rose |
| Chapters | 72 |
| Headquarters | 10101 North Ambassador Drive Kansas City, Missouri, USA |
| Homepage | http://www.alphagammarho.org |
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Founding
The Fraternity considers the Morrill Act of 1862 to be the instrument of its inception. Having been signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1862, it provided land and other financial supports to establish one institution of higher learning in the agricultural and mechanical sciences within each state. Abraham Lincoln (February 12 1809 &ndash April 15 1865 the sixteenth President of the United States, successfully led his country through its greatest internal Alpha Gamma Rho, referred to as "AGR", was founded when two local fraternities from Ohio State University (Alpha Gamma Rho, founded 1904) and the University of Illinois (Delta Rho Sigma, founded in 1906) met at an International Livestock Competition in Chicago. The Ohio State University ( OSU) is a Coeducational public Research university in the state of Ohio. This article is about the flagship campus For other uses and locations of University of Illinois, see University of Illinois (disambiguation The University of Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Sixteen men originally signed the Fraternity's charter at the Claypool Hotel in Indianapolis on April 4, 1908. Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Expansion increased dramatically over the next 3 decades to almost all land-grant universities in the country. The first chapter at a non-land-grant university was chartered in 1959 at Arizona State University. Arizona State University ( ASU) is the largest public Research university in the United States under a single administration with total student The National Fraternity has expanded to many smaller agricultural colleges and departments in the last 45 years as a measure to increase its membership and influence in agricultural communities. Its members typically pursue agricultural careers upon completion of college, but many have gone on to have careers in other natural sciences, education, economics, law, medicine, and politics. Four easily recognizable alumni from Alpha Gamma Rho are Orville Redenbacher, Norman Borlaug, and J. C. Penney. Orville Clarence Redenbacher ( July 16 1907 &ndash September 19 1995) was an American Businessman most often Norman Ernest Borlaug (born March 25 1914 is an American Agronomist, Humanitarian, Nobel laureate, and has been called the father of the James Cash Penney (born September 16, 1875 in Hamilton Missouri, USA &ndash died February 12, 1971 in New York
Purpose
| “ | To make better men, and through them a broader and better agriculture by surrounding our members with influences tending to encourage individual endeavor, resourcefulness and aggressive effort along lines making for the development of better mental, social, moral, and physical qualities; to promote a wider acquaintance and a broader outlook on the part of agricultural men through fellowship in a national organization that stands for the best social, mental, and moral development | ” |
Executive board
There are at least 9 officers for every chapter of Alpha Gamma Rho on the Executive Board. The hierarchy results in a shape similar to many corporations. The board leaders are the Alumni President, Noble Ruler, and Chapter Advisor or Advisors. Several "vice noble rulers" head subdivisions of responsibility, under which are members in charge of specific areas of responsibilities.
Minor committees and offices
- Philanthropy
- Chaplain
- Public Relations
- Interfraternity Council or North-American Interfraternity Conference Representative
Famous alumni
Chapters
Chapter accomplishments
In the 2006-07 academic year, the Iota chapter (University of Wisconsin-Madison) became the first Greek Organization on campus to win "The Trifecta. A list of Alpha Gamma Rho Chapters " The Trifecta includes Homecoming, Humorology, and Greek Week; the three most important Greek competitions of the year.
The Alpha Kappa chapter at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville has won the Overall Homecoming competition the past 3 years (2005-2008). They participate in Large Float, Large Banner, Smokey's Howl, Soapbox Derby, Kickoff, 3 on 3 Basketball, and Window Display.
Popular culture
- Stephen King's novel Gerald's Game references the main character's husband as belonging to an Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity. Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American Author, Screenwriter, Musician, Columnist, Gerald's Game ( 1992) is a Novel by Stephen King. Unlike most of King's work there is almost no hint of the supernatural King attended the University of Maine, Orono, which hosts the Psi Chapter of Alpha Gamma Rho. The University of Maine, established in 1865 is the Flagship University of the University of Maine System. Orono is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. It was first settled in 1774 and named in honor of Chief Joseph Orono
- The former Alpha Pi Chapter house at the University of Arizona was used as the location of the Alpha Beta house in the movie Revenge of the Nerds(1984). The University of Arizona (also referred to as UA, U of A, or Arizona) is a Land-grant and space-grant public institution Revenge of the Nerds is a 1984 American comedy film starring Robert Carradine and Anthony Edwards, with Curtis Armstrong The house was also used in the 1998 issue of Playboy's Girls of the Pac-10. [1][2]
- In Major League II, as Vaughn is walking out onto the field during the last game of the movie in the 9th Inning, they show shots of the crowd. There are two people in the crowd wearing ΑΓΡ letters.
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