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intercollegiate

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founded on December 10, 1985 at the

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Founding fathers

The founding fathers represented various ethnic backgrounds, demonstrating the diversity of the Latin American community. In the fall of 1985 at the University at Buffalo, sixteen young men decided to form a support group that would provide a social and cultural outlet for students of Latin American descent. The university's Greek system lacked an organization dedicated to the needs of the Latino community. To meet those needs, the group chose to pursue recognition as the first Latino-oriented Greek-letter organization on campus. The founding fathers were: * Antonio Adorno * José Betances * Miguel Buitrago * Manuel Cáceres * José Chiu * Ronald Ellín * Daniel Figueroa III * Victor Gutiérrez * Justo León * Julio Martínez Jr. * José Núñez * Antonio Rodríguez * Daryl Salas * Manny Sánchez * José Soto * Simón Vélez

Undergraduate chapters

Lambda Alpha Upsilon reserves the Lambda
chapter designation for deceased Hermanos. Iterations beginning with the letter Lambda are reserved for alumni chapters as described below.

Alumni chapters

The alumni chapters of Lambda Alpha Upsilon consist of working professionals and graduate level students, whom were inducted as undergraduate members and are established in the workforce or continuing their education while deciding to remain active within the fraternity. Lambda Alpha Upsilon also inducts interested men with at least a bachelor's degree into one of the alumni chapters through the Graduate Induction Process. Lambda Alpha Upsilon officially recognizes the following alumni chapters:

Affiliations

The fraternity is a founding member of the

National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations The National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations (NALFO) is an umbrella council for 16 Latino Greek Letter Organizations (GLOs) established in 1998. The purpose of NALFO is to promote and foster positive interfraternal relations, commu ...

(NALFO).

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