Kappa Pi Kappa (), also known as Pi Kap and formerly known as Tri-Kap, Kappa Chi Kappa, and Kappa Kappa Kappa, is a local men's

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. The fraternity was founded in 1842 and is the second-oldest fraternity at Dartmouth College. Pi Kap is the oldest local fraternity in the United States. It is located at 1 Webster Avenue, Hanover, New Hampshire.

History

Kappa Kappa Kappa, using from inception the Greek letter repeated three times, was founded on July 13, 1842, by

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and two of his closest companions, Stephen Gordon Nash, and

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The society was based on the principles of democracy, loyalty to Dartmouth, and

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. Originally a literary and debate society, Pi Kap officially became a social society in 1905 and has remained so ever since, making it the oldest extant local fraternity in the country. Pi Kap was the first student society at Dartmouth with its own meeting place, a building called The Hall, which was originally where the

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is today. Opened on July 28, 1860, the Hall served as Tri-Kap's home until the society moved into the Parker House in 1894. Parker House was where the modern-day Silsby Hall is. In 1923, the society moved into 1 Webster Avenue, where it resides to this day. Over the years, Tr-Kap's name remained problematic, due to name-only similarity to the

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, an unaffiliated racist organization that uses similar, but English letters. Thus, in April 1992, Kappa Kappa Kappa changed its name to Kappa Chi Kappa (). On October 23, 1995, the group changed their name back to Kappa Kappa Kappa. The issue persisted, and after a period of consensus-building, on May 18, 2022, Kappa Kappa Kappa again changed its name to Kappa Pi Kappa ().Kappa Kappa Kappa fraternity changes name to Kappa Pi Kappa, The Dartmouth (5/19/22)
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Notable alumni

* Alex M. Azar (1988), Secretary of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services *

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(1864), U.S. Congressman from New Hampshire * John Barrett (1889), U.S. Minister to Siam, the Argentine Republic, Panama, and Colombia *

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(1844), U.S. Senator and Governor of New Hampshire * Henry Eben Burnham (1865), U.S. Senator from New Hampshire *

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(1894), U.S. Congressman from New Hampshire * Channing H. Cox (1901), Governor of Massachusetts *

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(1870), U.S. Senator from New Hampshire * Samuel D. Felker (1882), Governor of New Hampshire *Michael Fisch (1983), Chair of Board of Trustees

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(1884), Governor of Minnesota *

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(1978),

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(1874), Governor of Massachusetts *

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(1953), professor at the

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(1962), Foreign Minister of Thailand and former Thai Ambassador to the United States * Ambrose A. Ranney (1844), U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts * Peter Robinson (1979), White House speechwriter for President

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* David Rosenbaum (1963), ''

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'' journalist * "Dr. Bob" Smith (1902), co-founder of

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* Douglas Walgren (1963), U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania

Honorary alumni

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, Governor of Michigan, U.S. Senator, and presidential nominee *

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(1819), U.S. Senator from Massachusetts * Daniel Clark (1834), U.S. Senator from New Hampshire *

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(1842), Governor of Louisiana *

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(1801), U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, Congressman, Ambassador to France, and Secretary of State *

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References

External links

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Kappa Kappa Kappa – Dartmouth Office of Residential Life''Halls, Tombs and Houses: Student Society Architecture at Dartmouth''
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History

Notable alumni

Honorary alumni

See also

References

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