Kappa Alpha Order Kappa Alpha Order (), commonly known as Kappa Alpha or simply KA, is a social Fraternities and sororities, fraternity and a fraternal order founded in 1865 at Washington and Lee University, Washington College (now Washington and Lee University) i ...

is a social

fraternity A fraternity (from Latin language, Latin ''wiktionary:frater, frater'': "brother (Christian), brother"; whence, "wiktionary:brotherhood, brotherhood") or fraternal organization is an organization, society, club (organization), club or fraternal ...

and a

fraternal order A fraternal order is a fraternity organised as an order, with traits alluding to religious, chivalric or pseudo-chivalric orders, guilds, or secret societies. Contemporary fraternal orders typically have secular purposes, including social, cult ...

founded in 1865 at

Washington and Lee University , mottoeng = "Not Unmindful of the Future" , established = , type = Private liberal arts university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $2.092 billion (2021) , president = William C. Dudley , provost = Lena Hill , city = Lexingto ...

. Chapter names were often reused in the early decades of the fraternity, and the final successor group normally goes by the shortened name, for example ''Mu chapter'' at Tulsa is the fourth to carry that name. Commissions first appeared in 1915, empowered to elect and initiate graduates of military institutions. Commissions can be established to replace a previously active chapter or at a four-year military institution, or in the case of ''Omega'', used for both Centre graduates and for general legacy election. Where an active chapter is re-established, the commission at that school is deactivated. Following is a list of Kappa Alpha Order chapters and commissions in order of their charter date.Lurding, Carroll and Becque, Fran. (December 3, 2022)
Kappa Alpha Order
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Almanac of Fraternities and Sororities
'. Urbana: University of Illinois. Accessed February 13, 2023. The active chapters are indicated in bold; inactive chapters are in ''italic''.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kappa Alpha Order, list of chapters Lists of chapters of active former North American Interfraternity Conference members by society Kappa Alpha Order