Beta Beta Beta

Beta Beta Beta
BBB
Founded	1922 Oklahoma City University
Type	Honor Society
Motto	Blepein Basin Biou "To See the Foundation of Life"
Colors	Blood red and leaf green
Flower	American Beauty rose
Members	Over 200,000 active
Headquarters	Florence, AL United States of America
Website	http://www.tri-beta.org

Beta Beta Beta (also called TriBeta), is a collegiate honor society and academic fraternity for students of the biological sciences. It was founded in 1922 at Oklahoma City University by Dr. Frank G. Brooks and a group of his students. As of 2012 it has 553 chapters in the United States and Puerto Rico and over 200,000 members. The society's journal, BIOS, publishes research papers by undergraduates.

Chapter list

Except where otherwise specified, the fraternity's own Website is the primary source for dates and locations of chapters.

Number	Chapter Letter	School	Date Chartered (Or Most Recently Re-Chartered)
1	Alpha	Oklahoma City University	1922 (Founding)
2	Beta	Simpson College	1927
3	Gamma	Western State College	1925
4	Delta	Southwestern College (Kansas)	1925
5	Epsilon	Carthage College	1930
6	Zeta	Michigan State	Inactive/Disbanded chapter
7	Eta	Iowa Wesleyan College	1926
8	Theta	No source found for school	Inactive/Disbanded chapter
9	Iota	Marietta College	1926
10	Kappa	Thiel College	1927
11	Lambda	William Jewell College	1927
12	Mu	Carroll University	1927
13	Nu	No source found for school	Inactive/Disbanded chapter
14	Xi	Wittenberg University	1928
15	Omicron	University of the Pacific	1931
16	Pi	Peru State College	1928
17	Rho	Gettysburg College	Inactive/Disbanded chapter
18	Sigma	University of Tennessee at Chattanooga	1928
19	Tau	Morningside College	2001
20	Upsilon	Mississippi University for Women	1928
21	Phi	No source found for school	Inactive/Disbanded chapter
22	Chi	Drury College	1929
23	Psi	Winthrop University	1929
24	Omega	Knox College	Inactive/Disbanded chapter
25	Alpha Alpha	Albion College	1950
26	Alpha Beta	Bowling Green State University	1952
27	Alpha Gamma	University of Pittsburgh	1952
28	Alpha Delta	Wheeling Jesuit University	1997
29	Alpha Epsilon	College of Saint Elizabeth	1954
30	Alpha Zeta	Lebanon Valley College	1953
31	Alpha Eta	Hope College	1950
32	Alpha Theta	Canisius College	1941
33	Alpha Iota	Saint Lawrence University	1942
34	Alpha Kappa	University of Pittsburgh at Bradford	1991
35	Alpha Lambda	Hofstra University	1943
36	Alpha Mu	McDaniel College	1932
37	Alpha Nu	Randolph–Macon College	1945
38	Alpha Xi	College of Notre Dame	1947
39	Alpha Omicron	Hood College	1948
40	Alpha Pi	Mary Baldwin College	1948
41	Alpha Rho	University of Toledo	2006
42	Alpha Sigma	Westminster College (Pennsylvania)	1948
43	Alpha Tau	University of Scranton	1994
44	Alpha Upsilon	South Carolina State University	2011
45	Alpha Phi	Bethany College (West Virginia)	1949
46	Alpha Chi	Edinboro University of Pennsylvania	1950
47	Alpha Psi	University of Delaware	1955
48	Alpha Omega	Hartwick College	1950
49	Beta Alpha	Salem College	1990
50	Beta Beta	No source found for school	Inactive/Disbanded chapter
51	Beta Gamma	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	1951
52	Beta Delta	Delta State University	1950
53	Beta Epsilon	Berea College	1954
54	Beta Zeta	University of North Alabama	1953
55	Beta Eta	Florida Southern College	1955
56	Beta Theta	University of Richmond	1939
57	Beta Iota	University of Montevallo	1940
58	Beta Kappa	University of Mississippi	1973
59	Beta Lambda	Tulane University	Inactive/Disbanded chapter
60	Beta Mu	West Virginia Wesleyan	1944
61	Beta Nu	Huntington College	1946
62	Beta Xi	Stetson University	1947
63	Beta Omicron	University of Miami	1948
64	Beta Pi	Murray State University	1948
65	Beta Rho	Wake Forest University	1948
66	Beta Sigma	University of the Cumberlands	1990
67	Beta Tau	Baylor University	1931
68	Beta Upsilon	Georgetown College	1950
69	Beta Phi	University of West Alabama	1999
70	Beta Chi	University of Southern Mississippi	1950
71	Beta Psi	Appalachian State University	1954
72	Beta Omega	Mercer University	1954
73	Gamma Alpha	College of Saint Catherine	1956
74	Gamma Beta	Alma College	1957
75	Gamma Gamma	Greenville College	1957
76	Gamma Delta	Winona State University	1994
77	Gamma Epsilon	Saint Mary's University of Minnesota	1959
78	Gamma Zeta	Augustana College (South Dakota)	1959
79	Gamma Eta	Grand View College	1996
80	Gamma Theta	Eastern Illinois University	1961
81	Gamma Iota	Western Illinois University	1955
82	Gamma Kappa	University of Saint Francis	2011
83	Gamma Lambda	Wartburg College	1951
84	Gamma Mu	University of Wisconsin–Whitewater	1960
85	Gamma Nu	North Central College	1937
86	Gamma Xi	University of Minnesota Morris	2001
87	Gamma Omicron	Hamline University	1939
88	Gamma Pi	Monmouth College (IL)	1945
89	Gamma Rho	Drake University	1947
90	Gamma Sigma	Augustana College (Illinois)	1956
91	Gamma Tau	University of Saint Thomas (Minnesota)	1990
92	Gamma Upsilon	Central Methodist College	1956
93	Gamma Phi	University of Central Missouri	1956
94	Gamma Chi	Chadron State College	1951
95	Gamma Psi	Pittsburg State University	1960
96	Gamma Omega	Bethel University	1992
97	Delta Alpha	Southwestern University (Texas)	2000
98	Delta Beta	Oklahoma Baptist University	1954
99	Delta Gamma	Texas A&M University (Commerce Campus)	1961
100	Delta Delta	Texas A&M University (Galveston Campus)	1997
101	Delta Epsilon	Texas Woman's University	1946
102	Delta Zeta	University of North Texas	1947
103	Delta Eta	Arkansas State University	1948
104	Delta Theta	Northwestern State University (Louisiana)	1949
105	Delta Iota	University of Northern Iowa	1934
106	Delta Kappa	Emporia State University	1950
107	Delta Lambda	Stephen F. Austin State University	1961
108	Delta Mu	Midwestern State University	1954
109	Delta Nu	Ouachita Baptist University	1962
110	Delta Xi	West Texas A&M University	1963
111	Delta Omicron	Lamar University	1963
112	Delta Pi	Saint Mary's University (Texas)	1991
113	Delta Rho	Austin College	1964
114	Delta Sigma	Southwestern Oklahoma State University	1952
115	Delta Tau	Sam Houston State University	1965
116	Delta Upsilon	Texas Southern University	1965
117	Delta Phi	Jarvis Christian College	2007
118	Delta Chi	Howard Payne University	1995
119	Delta Psi	Hardin-Simmons University	1967
120	Delta Omega	No source found for school	Inactive/Disbanded chapter
121	Epsilon Alpha	San Jose State University	2010
122	Epsilon Beta	No source found for school	Inactive/Disbanded chapter
123	Epsilon Gamma	Azusa Pacific University	2010
124	Epsilon Delta	Loyola Marymount University (California)	1999
125	Epsilon Epsilon	No source found for school	Inactive/Disbanded chapter
126	Epsilon Zeta	University of Portland	1987
127	Epsilon Eta	Northern Arizona University	1959
128	Epsilon Theta	California State University (Los Angeles Campus)	1997
129	Epsilon Iota	Cornell College	1937
130	Epsilon Kappa	Santa Clara University	1994
131	Epsilon Lambda	California State University (Fresno Campus)	1951
132	Epsilon Mu	Chapman University	2010
133	Epsilon Nu	Cal Poly State/Pomona	1963
134	Epsilon Xi	Regis University	2010
135	Epsilon Omicron	Mesa State College	1988
136	Epsilon Pi	Cal Poly/San Luis Obispo	1952
137	Epsilon Rho	Trinity University (Texas)	1984
138	Epsilon Sigma	Angelo State University	1970
139	Epsilon Tau	University of Dallas	2011
140	Epsilon Upsilon	Fort Lewis College	1987
141	Epsilon Phi	Texas A&M University (Corpus Christi Campus)	1973
142	Epsilon Chi	New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology	1970
143	Epsilon Psi	Texas Lutheran University	1973
144	Epsilon Omega	Sul Ross State University	1972
145	Omega Mu	Minnesota State University Moorhead	1988
146	Upsilon Rho	Saint John Fisher College	2013
147	Kappa Nu	Centre College	1999

Note: The above list is not yet complete.

External links

• Beta Beta Beta
• http://www.bio.umb.edu/TriBetaHome2.html