Alpha Tau Sigma

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Alpha Tau Sigma
ΑΤΣ
Crest of Alpha Tau Sigma Medical Fraternity.jpg
Founded1912; 109 years ago (1912)
Kirksville, Missouri
TypeProfessional
AffiliationIndependent
ScopeLocal
MottoMense Et Manu
PublicationThe Pyramid [1]
Chapters1, now dormant

Alpha Tau Sigma (ΑΤΣ) was a professional medical fraternity that ceased operations in 1964.

History[]

Alpha Tau Sigma Fraternity was a professional medical fraternity founded in 1912 at the American School of Osteopathy, now the private A.T. Still University, in Kirksville, Missouri.

Its founders were:

  • Charles W. Barnes
  • W.S. Giddings
  • E.E. Loose
  • E.E. Ruby
  • W.C. Warner

The Fraternity incorporated in 1915, with the intention and members were empowered to begin expansion to other recognized colleges of osteopathy. However, although the chapter remained successful on its Alpha campus, it never grew beyond a local entity.[2]

Archived member lists note at least 45 members among one member's network, scattered in the states of Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas, with a few elsewhere.[3]

Alpha Tau Sigma ceased operations in 1964.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ A 1942 example of The Pyramid, from the Museum of Osteopathic Medicine, accessed 6 Sept 2020.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Anson, Jack L.; Marchenasi, Robert F., eds. (1991) [1879]. Baird's Manual of American Fraternities (20th ed.). Indianapolis, IN: Baird's Manual Foundation, Inc. p. VIII-38. ISBN 978-0963715906.
  3. ^ Noted in an early, but undated mimeographed list of members in the archives of the Museum of Osteopathic Medicine, accessed 6 Sept 2020.
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