Samuel Taylor Marshall
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Samuel Taylor Marshall (1812–1895) was one of eight founders of Beta Theta Pi, a college fraternity founded at Miami University in 1839. It was the first college fraternity founded west of the Allegheny Mountains. Marshall was a lawyer in Lee County, Iowa and served as the sergeant-at-arms of the Iowa legislature (1846–48). He was the oldest of the eight founders and received his A.B. degree in 1840.
Other founders of Beta Theta Pi:
- John Reily Knox 1839
- David Linton 1839
- James George Smith 1840
- Charles Henry Hardin 1841
- John Holt Duncan 1840
- Michael Clarkson Ryan 1839
- Thomas Boston Gordon 1840
[edit] Sources
- Brown, James T., ed., Catalogue of Beta Theta Pi, New York: 1917.
