Alpha Mu Sigma

Alpha Mu Sigma (ΑΜΣ) was an historically Jewish fraternity founded in 1914-03 at Cooper Union. It disbanded in 1963.

History
Alpha Mu Sigma was founded at Cooper Union on 1914-03-21. According to Baird's (20th), "The original plan was to limit membership to men of the Jewish faith and the first expansion was limited to similar engineering institutions."

Its Founders were:

Baird's goes on to further describe that, "With the prosperity of the 1920s expansion took place quickly, but many of the chapters did not survive the Great Depression." Its total membership in 1945 was 1,500.

The national fraternity disbanded in 1963, with the remaining four chapters becoming inactive or being absorbed by other, larger Jewish fraternities. Alpha chapter at Cooper Union functioned until 1971.

Symbols

 * Publication: The Shield.

Chapters
Following is a list of the chapters of Alpha Mu Sigma. Active chapters that withdrew or merged into other organizations shown in bold; dormant chapters shown in italics.