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Beta Sigma Theta evolved from a chapter of Gamma Delta, an international Lutheran student organization organized in 1946. In Spring 1961, Dr. Hahn of the Missouri Synod Lutheran Church, referred several of Gamma Delta's male members to Beta Sigma Psi, a national fraternity for Lutheran men. Delegates from the group were sent to the Beta Sigma Psi national conventions in Lincoln, Nebraska in Spring 1961 and Spring 1962. They were encouraged by Beta Sigma Psi to start a new colony at Houghton.
On April 4, 1962, the group met for the first time officially, adopted a local constitution, elected officers and selected the name Alpha Zeta Chi for the colony. By the end of May 1962, the "Alpha Zets" had voted to accept Brother Dave Kallio's paddle design as the official design of the fraternity. They also formed an honorary alumni chapter consisting of local Lutheran businessmen and university professors.
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