Triangle Fraternity is a social fraternity, limiting its recruitment of members to male students majoring in engineering, architecture, and the physical, mathematical, biological, and computer/computational sciences. It is the only member of the North-American Interfraternity Conference to limit its membership recruitment to these majors.

Triangle Fraternity began to organize at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the fall of 1906 and was incorporated by the state of Illinois on April 15, 1907, which is celebrated each year as Founders' Day.

There are currently 30 chapters and 3 colonies of Triangle Fraternity active in the U.S., mostly in the Midwest. The headquarters is located in Plainfield, Indiana in an historic building that was built as a Carnegie library in 1912 .

Because Triangle's focus is on men of mostly similar fields of study, members are more likely to be able to help each other succeed in their college studies. This focus also helps with professional networking later in life, particularly as there are alumni groups scattered throughout the world.

Notable Triangle alumni

• Jim Geringer ks64, former governor of the U.S. state of Wyoming
• Kevin Granata os83, biomechanics researcher and professor, killed in the Virginia Tech Massacre
• Jay Hammond ps41, former governor of the U.S. state of Alaska
• Frank McCabe marq50, gold medal winner at 1952 Olympics as member of US basketball team
• Michael Morhaime ucla85, president and co-founder of Blizzard Entertainment
• Ellison Onizuka colo69, Space Shuttle Challenger astronaut

Chapter List

References

External links

• Triangle Fraternity — The Fraternity of Engineers, Architects, and Scientists
• Triangle Education Foundation