Tau Kappa Epsilon

Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE, pronounced T-K-E or "Teke", as in teak wood) is a college fraternity with chapters primarily in the USA and Canada, and was founded on January 10, 1899 at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois. Currently, TKE boasts more chapters than any other fraternity in the world. TKE's five Founders were C. Roy Atkinson, Clarence Arthur Mayer, James Carson McNutt, Joseph Lorenzo Settles, and Owen Ison Truitt.

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Teak - College - Fraternity - USA - Canada - Illinois Wesleyan University - Bloomington, Illinois

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TKE was originally named the Knights of Classic Lore with the goal of establishing a fraternity where membership is based on personal worth and character rather than rank, wealth, or honor.

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As of August 2005, Tau Kappa Epsilon had 271 active collegiate chapters and colonies throughout the United States and Canada, making it the largest college fraternity worldwide by number of chapters.

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