CONVENTION HISTORY THE FOUNDERS’ PARAGRAPH
At nine o’clock on the evening of the eighth day of the eighth month of the year 1839, eight earnest young men, all students at Miami University, held the first meeting of Beta Theta Pi in the Hall of the Union Literary Society, an upper room in the old college building known as “Old Main.” The eight founders in the order in which their names appear in the minutes were: John Reily Knox, 1839 Samuel Taylor Marshall, 1840 David Linton, 1839 James George Smith, 1840
Charles Henry Hardin, 1841 John Holt Duncan, 1840 Michael Clarkson Ryan, 1839 Thomas Boston Gordon, 1840
BETA CONVENTION LOCATIONS YEAR 1842 1847 1848 1851 1854 1856 1858 1860 1862 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882
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NO.
3rd 8th 9th 12th 15th 17th 19th 21st 23rd 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th 37th 38th 39th 40th 41st 42nd 43rd
REILY
LOCATION
Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati, Ohio Hudson, Ohio Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Cincinnati, Ohio Louisville, Kentucky Berkeley Springs, Virginia Columbus, Ohio (Skipped due to Civil War) Indianapolis, Indiana Detroit, Michigan Cincinnati, Ohio Indianapolis, Indiana Nashville, Tennessee Columbus, Ohio Chicago, Illinois Indianapolis, Indiana Richmond, Virginia Cincinnati, Ohio (Skipped due to late timing of 34th) Evansville, Indiana Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Detroit, Michigan Indianapolis, Indiana Cincinnati, Ohio Baltimore, Maryland Chicago, Illinois Cincinnati, Ohio
TAYLOR
YEAR
1883 1884 1885 1886 1887-93 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907-08 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917
NO.
44th 45th 46th 47th 48-54th 55tth 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68-69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th
DAVE
LOCATION
Saratoga Springs, New York Wooglin-on-Chautauqua, N.Y. St. Louis, Missouri Cincinnati, Ohio Wooglin-on-Chautauqua, N.Y. Niagara Falls, New York Chicago, Illinois White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. Niagara Falls, New York Cincinnati, Ohio Niagara Falls, New York Put-in-Bay, Ohio Lakewood, New York Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota Put-in-Bay, Ohio St. Louis, Missouri New York, New York Denver, Colorado Niagara Falls, N.Y. Put-in-Bay, Ohio Saratoga Springs, New York Niagara Falls, Ontario Detroit, Michigan Nantasket Beach, Mass. St. Louis, Missouri Oakland, California Saratoga Springs, New York Niagara Falls, New York
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