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Fall 1977 Pledge Class Namesake - Life Members
Life membership was established in January 1936. Dr. M. C.
Hayes, national vice president and an advisor to Eta chapter, was
the fraternity's first life member. National president H. Roe
Bartle became number two and Sidney B. North, the national
executive secretary, was life member number three. All life
membership fees are deposited into the fraternity's endowment fund,
which is administered by six endowment trustees. When the 1977
pledge class was dedicated, there were 6,600 life members. In 1993
there were 14,576 active life members.
