Membership, Purpose, Establishment of New Chapters History UT College of Engineering Traditions Texas Alpha Chapter ylaws Constitution

PU!P"#E The purpose of #igma $amma Tau is summari%ed in the preamble of the #o&iety's national &onstitution, whi&h states( )The #igma $amma Tau #o&iety is established to re&ogni%e and honor those indi*iduals in the field of aeronauti&s who ha*e through s&holarship, integrity, and outstanding a&hie*ement been a &redit to their profession+ The #o&iety see,s to foster a high standard of ethi&s and professional pra&ti&es and to &reate a spirit of loyalty and fellowship, parti&ularly among students of Aeronauti&al Engineering+The name, #igma $amma Tau, signifies the merger of the parent organi%ations into a single strong organi%ation, whi&h will &ontinue to promote the ideals of those two #o&ieties+ All members of the two parent organi%ations Tau "mega and $amma Alpha !ho be&ame members of the new #o&iety+ MEM E!#H.P The membership of the #o&iety will be those indi*iduals a&&epted into the #o&iety a&&ording to the pro*isions of the Constitution, Arti&le /+ The persons eligible for membership in&lude sophomore, 0unior, and senior aerospa&e engineering students and graduate students who meet the re1uirements stated in Arti&le /+ Also indi*iduals in the aerospa&e engineering profession who ha*e made worthy &ontributions toward the ad*an&ement of the profession are eligible+ The members may be 0oined together in &hapters or &lubs+ Chapters are named after the s&hools in whi&h they are established+ Clubs are named after the &ities in whi&h they are organi%ed+ Chapters may be established in &olleges or uni*ersities offering an aerospa&e engineering &urri&ulum or aerospa&e engineering as an option of another engineering &urri&ulum where su&h &urri&ulum or option is appro*ed by the Engineers' Coun&il for Professional 2e*elopment+ E#TA 3.#HMENT"4 CHAPTE!# AN2 C3U # Arti&le ... of the Constitution gi*es the re1uirement for establishing &lubs and &hapters+ A petition to establish a &hapter in a 1ualified s&hool may be presented to the Exe&uti*e Coun&il of #igma $amma Tau by fi*e students who would be 1ualified for membership+ A petition must in&lude affirmation, by a fa&ulty member, of the students' eligibility, and the statement from an authori%ed offi&ial of the s&hool appro*ing of the #o&iety+ The petition should be a&&ompanied by a &atalog or bulletin of the &ollege and statement of the number of students in
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the aeronauti&al &urri&ulum and the number of degrees awarded during the last two years+ H.#T"!6 "4 #.$MA $AMMA TAU "n 4ebruary 57, 89:;, a national &on*ention was held at Purdue Uni*ersity for the purpose of merging two national honorary aeronauti&al engineering so&ieties, Tau "mega and $amma Alpha !ho, into a new so&iety+ The so&iety established on that date was #igma $amma Tau with 8< Chapters, 89== members and >8,5;=+?= in its treasury+ The final a&t of merging &limaxed three years of wor, to unite the two so&ieties+ Tau "mega The older of the two original so&ieties was founded at the Uni*ersity of ",lahoma, Norman, ",lahoma, in the fall of 895@+ A group of students interested in flying instru&tion and in the study of aeronauti&s organi%ed under the leadership of A+ Court Hayes, Earl "+ Beining, Aames $+ Hai%8ip, Barren E+ 2aniel and "r*ille $ul,er, to promote this interest+ This group perfe&ted the organi%ation of Tau "mega and drew up its &onstitution, rights and byClaws+ .n 4ebruary 8957, the fraternity obtained its &harter and be&ame national+ .t was then ,nown as a National Honorary Aeronauti&al Engineering 4raternity+ The purpose of the fraternity was Dto &reate, foster and maintain a spirit of fellowship and &oCoperation among the students of aeronauti&s and to promote s&holarship and help to the best of its ability the progress of a*iation+D .n the early history of the fraternity, the membership was not made up entirely of engineering students+ The enthusiasm for aeronauti&s generated by Tau "mega and the growth that ensued made it possible to restri&t the membership to engineering students+ Tau "mega was gradually expanded to other &olleges and uni*ersities ha*ing aeronauti&al engineering &urri&ula+ These &hapters ha*e been a&ti*e on their &ampuses in promoting aeronauti&al, edu&ational and resear&h a&ti*ities+ Tau "mega annually published a maga%ine, The Conta&t, whi&h was distributed to all members+ At the time of the merger with $amma Alpha !ho, Tau "mega had well o*er a thousand a&ti*e, alumni, asso&iate, and honorary members and nine &hapters had been established+

The motto of Tau "mega, Euid Pro Euo, expressed the aim of attaining the result of a*iation progress through the efforts of the members+ The ,ey of the fraternity &onsisted of an air&raft engine and propeller superimposed on a Maltese Cross+ Also on the &ross were a &o*ered wagon and the lamp of learning signifying the pioneering spirit and the ,nowledge ne&essary for attainment in the field of aeronauti&s+ Eight more &hapters were added during the years between the founding of the first &hapter at the Uni*ersity of ",lahoma FAlphaG in 895@ and the merger in 89:;+ Chapter eta $amma 2elta Epsilon Jeta Eta 3o&ation Uni*ersity of Bi&hita Uni*ersity of Hansas .llinois .nstitute of Te&hnology Uni*ersity of Minnesota Uni*ersity of Pittsburgh "hio #tate Uni*ersity $eorgia .nstitute of Te&hnology Carnegie .nstitute of Te&hnology 6ear 4ounded 89;5 89;: 89<;I 89<; 89<;I 89:= 89:8 89:8

IAfter Borld Bar .., Professors 4red Ma&h and 3+ A+ Camp F",laG su&&eeded in getting all &hapters a&ti*e, ex&ept the Jeta Chapter at the Uni*ersity of Pittsburgh, whi&h was ne*er rea&ti*ated+ .llinois .nstitute of Te&hnology be&ame ina&ti*e prior to the 89:; Con*ention+ $amma Alpha !ho Meanwhile, a se&ond honorary aeronauti&al engineering group was being established+ .nitial wor, in the #o&iety was started in the spring of 89<: by H+ 3+ 4lomenhoft, a student of Aeronauti&al Engineering at !+P+.+ and H+ urlage, Ar+, a member of the fa&ulty+ They dis&ussed the possibility of forming su&h a group and also &ondu&ted an in*estigation to see if any other su&h organi%ations existed+ After some preliminary tal,s as to the pro&edure, a first informal meeting was held during a trip to #i,ors,y Air&raft Company+ 2r+ Aohn Bes,e was the fa&ulty member present and there were three students, 4lomenhoft, Claren&e Cohen and #te*e Maslem+
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$amma Alpha !ho was founded during the summer and fall of 89:< at the !ensselaer Polyte&hni& .nstitute, in Troy, New 6or,, with the *iew of ha*ing a national honorary aeronauti&al so&iety+ The date of formation has been &hosen as "&tober 58, 89<:, as at that date the first formal meeting of the organi%ation was held+ The initial group of four senior students of the department of aeronauti&al engineering, H+ 3+ 4lomehoft, C+ Cohen, #+ Maslem and A+ Murphy were already members of a national undergraduate honor so&iety+ Bor,ing with the students were the following four members of the fa&ulty of the department of aeronauti&al engineering( 2r+ A+ !+ Bes,e, 2r+ + 3+ New,ir,, H+ urlage, Ar+, and A+ B+ Miller, all of whom are also members of national honor so&ieties+ The name of the so&iety was &hosen as $amma Alpha !ho as these $ree, letters are the ones most &ommonly used in the field of aeronauti&al engineering+ The ,ey was &hosen as a Aou,ows,y airfoil superimposed upon its planning &ir&le+ The purpose of the so&iety was to re&ogni%e those in the field of aeronauti&s, who ha*e distinguished themsel*es by s&holarship, integrity, and a&hie*ements, and Dto promote better understanding between the students and fa&ulty and to de*elop a high plane of professional attitude, produ&ing among undergraduates espe&ially a better &ode of professional ethi&s+ .n attaining this, the #o&iety is to a&t as a means of organi%ing aeronauti&al a&ti*ities of both s&ientifi& and so&ial nature+D Early in the winter of 89<:, the first group of undergraduate students was ele&ted into the so&iety+ 4or the spring term of 89<:, 2r+ Aohn !+ Bes,e presided as fa&ulty ad*isor for the organi%ation+ 2uring the spring meetings the plans for the expansion of the so&iety to a national organi%ation were formed and started+ 2uring the fall term 89<?, the &onstitution was &ompleted+ 2r+ ert New,ir, was ele&ted as fa&ulty ad*isor with Henry urlage, Ar+, as &oCad*isor+ $amma Alpha !ho be&ame a National Honorary Aeronauti&al Engineering #o&iety in 89<7+ .n the years between these beginnings of $amma Alpha !ho and the merger with Tau "mega, &hapters were formed in other uni*ersities+ y the end of 89:5, se*en &hapters had been established and o*er a thousand members had been initiated into the #o&iety+ Chapter Alpha eta $amma 3o&ation !ensselaer Polyte&hni& .nstitute /irginia Polyte&hni& .nstitute Purdue Uni*ersity
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Uni*ersity of .llinois Uni*ersity of Alabama .owa #tate Uni*ersity Massa&husetts .nstitute of Te&hnology

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Although Tau "mega and $amma Alpha !ho were both honor organi%ations in aeronauti&al engineering, neither re&ogni%ed the other publi&ly+ "nly on&e in the years between 89<: and 89:=, did they &orrespond, e*en though $amma Alpha !ho be&ame national in 89<7+ .n 89<?, the se&retaries of the two organi%ations wrote ea&h other, stating their aims and method of organi%ation+ ut &hanges in offi&ers in both groups, in 89<9 and 89:=, brought about an interest in learning more of ea&h otherKs a&ti*ities+ The Tau "mega National Con*ention in the spring of 89<9 was held at .llinois .nstitute of Te&hnology in Chi&ago, .llinois+ At that &on*ention, the following offi&ers were ele&ted( 2r+ Harold /+ Haw,ins from the .llinois .nstitute of Te&hnologyCPresident, Professor 3+ A+ Camp from the Uni*ersity of ",lahomaC /i&e President, and Professor 4red Mou&h from the Uni*ersity of ",lahoma was reCele&ted #e&+Treas+ "n 4ebruary 8=, 89:=, Harold Haw,ins, National President of Tau "mega, wrote to Henry urlage, Ar+, National #e&CTreas+ of $amma Alpha !ho, expressing a desire to learn of their organi%ations and purpose+ 2r+ Haw,ins suggested that if the two organi%ations were similar in purpose, one strong organi%ation would be able to ser*e the air&raft industry better than two+ Mr+ urlage wrote ba&, in agreement, suggesting that a meeting be held between the two groups, in order to &larify ea&h otherKs ob0e&ti*es+ .n &on*entions following, the two organi%ationsK ob0e&ti*es were dis&ussed and &ompared+ At a $amma Alpha !ho National Con*ention, #eptember 59 and ;= of 89:=, the following offi&ers were ele&ted( !obert 4+ !obinson from Purdue Uni*ersity President, A+ 3+ Potter of the Na*al "rdan&e 3aboratory in Bhite "a,, MarylandC/i&e President, and Henry urlage, Ar+, then from !ensselaer Polyte&hni& .nstitute was reCele&ted #e&CTreas+ After this &on*ention, many plans for expansion and ideas for 0oining Tau "mega were dealt with+ oth organi%ations were at the time ha*ing their &onstitutions re*ised and reprinted+ This delayed the meeting of the two groups+ Also, offi&ers of both groups were busy with their duties at their respe&ti*e uni*ersities and differen&e in lo&ation made it diffi&ult to arrange a meeting until the 55nd of #eptember, 89:8+ At this meeting between President Haw,ins and /i&e President Comp of Tau "mega and President !obinson and #e&CTreas+ urlage of $amma Alpha !ho, se*eral points were dis&ussed and agreed upon+

This first informal meeting resulted in the formation of definite plans for merging the two groups+ #ome important points agreed upon were( F8G The new organi%ation would be ,nown as and ha*e its title written as a D#o&iety+D F5G There would be one grade of membership+ F;G The &onstitution of the new so&iety would be a &ombination of the &onstitutions of Tau "mega and $amma Alpha !ho+ The same four offi&ers met again on Mar&h 59, 89:5+ Mu&h was a&&omplished toward resol*ing problems and organi%ing the laws by whi&h the new so&iety would abide+ The offi&ers prepared preliminary Arti&les of 4ederation and Constitution+ .t was then de&ided that a 0oint &on*ention of both parent organi%ations be held to dis&uss and *ote on the following items( F8G Constitution F5G !itual F;G Name F<G .nsignia F:G National "ffi&es to be re1uired of new &hapters F?G Bhether or not to appro*e merger if details were satisfa&tory+ The 0oint &on*ention was held at Purdue Uni*ersity on 4ebruary 57, 89:;, and the so&iety established was &alled #igma $amma Tau+ .t was ,nown as a National Honorary Aeronauti&al Engineering #o&iety+ #igma signified the sum of the two parent so&ietyKs names, indi&ated by $amma and Tau+ .t was in&orporated under the laws of the #tate of ",lahoma on Mar&h 5<, 89:;+ 4ourteen &hapters Fse*en from ea&h so&ietyG be&ame re&ogni%ed member &hapters of the new so&iety+ Chapters were named after their respe&ti*e s&hools+ All persons who were pre*iously members of either organi%ation be&ame re&ogni%ed as members of the new so&iety+ Ea&h parent so&iety had approximately 8=== initiated members+ National offi&ers ele&ted were( 3+ A+ Comp from the Uni*ersity of ",lahomaC President, Henry urlage, Ar+, from Case .nstitute of Te&hnologyC4irst /i&eC President, Mel*in H+ #ynder, Ar+, from the Uni*ersity of Bi&hitaC#e&ond /i&eC President, Harry H+ Hilton from the Uni*ersity of .llinoisC#e&CTreas+ The purpose of #igma $amma Tau was summari%ed in the preamble of the #o&ietyKs National Constitution, whi&h states( DThe #igma $amma Tau #o&iety is established to re&ogni%e and honor those indi*iduals in the field of aeronauti&s who ha*e through s&holarship, integrity, and outstanding a&hie*ement been a &redit to their profession+ The #o&iety see,s to foster a higher standard of ethi&s and professional pra&ti&es and to &reate a spirit of loyalty and fellowship, parti&ularly among students of aerospa&e engineering+D

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THE !AM#H"!N efore the tower &ommanded the &ampus lands&ape, before e*o presided o*er UT sports, and before the Hoo,Kem Horns sign pro*ided 3onghorn fans a friendly hand gesture, the !amshorn defined ex&ellen&e for eagerCtoCbe engineers+ .t is the &ountryKs oldest 1uality symbol+ T+U+ Taylor, the first engineering fa&ulty member and first dean of the College, began drawing an elaborate &he&,mar, on his studentsK wor,Ca mar, reser*ed for perfe&t papers+ .n 89=:, Taylor o*erheard a student ex&laim he had earned a !amshorn+ 4rom that &hristening, the mar, e*ol*ed into a symbol Texas engineers sei%ed as their own+ To Texas engineering students at the beginning of the &entury, the !amshorn represented a high 1uality standard that be&ame a lifetime goal+ Taylor began gi*ing all engineering seniors a wat&h fob engra*ed with the !amshorn, preser*ing it as a reminder to stri*e for ex&ellen&e+ He wanted to en&ourage not only a&ademi& ex&ellen&e, but honesty, sobriety, and high standards in all human &ondu&t+ Thirty years after the naming of the symbol, a group of engineering seniors established the !amshorn #o&iety in 89;@+ #tudents near graduation be&ame asso&iate members, and alumni &ontributing to the College be&ame full members+ #till see,ing to promote his high standards, 2ean Taylor initiated a spe&ial &eremony to gi*e signed &ertifi&ates for the !amshorn #o&iety to ea&h graduate+ This group and another, the !amshorn Club, pro*ided a forum for preser*ing UTKs engineering tradition of 1uality, and ser*ed as a highlyC*alued ad*isory group+ Through the ad*i&e and finan&ial support of these alumni, the engineering program de*eloped strongly in the postCBorld Bar .. de&ade+ These same alumni helped establish the Engineering 4oundation in 89::, and later ser*ed on its ad*isory &oun&il+ Today this group is &redited with helping to establish the CollegeKs >8:= million endowment+ Earnings from these gifts allow the College to employ the professionKs best fa&ulty and support the &ountryKs brightest te&hni&al students+ The mar, remains ali*e on the &orresponden&e and literature of the College, as a reminder of the high standards pursued by a &entury of UT engineers+

A3EC Aoe H+ $ill and his sophomore engineering friends did not reali%e the lega&y they would &reate when they spotted a wooden statue at Aa&obyKs beer garden ba&, in 89=7+ They 0ust wanted the day off+ "n Mar&h ;8, 89=7, this group thoughtfully &onsidered how to ma,e a holiday of April 4oolKs 2ay+ They de&ided to &at&h some dogs, tie &ans around their tails and let them loose in the Main uilding to disrupt &lass+ An unsu&&essful sear&h for dogs led the engineers to Aa&obyKs beer garden for refreshments+ There they saw a wooden statue about fi*e feet high holding a glass of beer+ The sophomore engineers re1uested permission to borrow it+ The next day, an assembly of engineers gathered in front of the Main uilding+ etween &lasses, $ill presented the statue as their patron saint and tra&ed his an&estry ba&, to the pyramids, the Hanging $ardens of abylon, and the A1uedu&ts of !ome+ The &eremony su&&essfully bro,e up &lasses+ The next year on April 8, Alf Toombs, an engineering student leader, un*eiled the statue in front of the Main uilding, &hristened him Alexander 4rederi&,e Claire, patron saint of UT engineers and, in a spirited spee&h, tra&ed Ale&Ks genealogy ba&, to the $arden of Eden+ Criminals tried to spoil the fun the following year+ "n Mar&h ;, 898=, law students ,idnapped Ale& from the steps of the engineering building+ Ale& e*entually returned, but this mar,ed the beginning of many Ale& es&apades+ 4or de&ades Ale& remained at the &enter of friendly ri*alry between law and engineering students, suffering ,idnappings, amputations, and e*en an arrest followed by a pardon from $o*+ Aames E+ 4erguson+ Today, what remains of the original wooden statue is ,ept safely in the engineering library+ As engineering &ontinues to re1uire &reati*e people to design so&ietyKs future, Ale&Ks in&eption and enduran&e remains a lighthearted symbol of inno*ation and perse*eran&e+

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3.$HT.N$ THE T"BE! Carl A+ E&,hardt Ar+ ne*er won a Nobel Pri%e for his wor, with light, but he started some great UT traditions+ E&,hardt used light as he would use wood and metal( to &elebrate the 3onghorn spirit+ Bhen he implemented the orange lighting of the UT tower, he demonstrated one of the engineerKs &hief &ontributions to so&ietyCapplying te&hnology for human purposes+ Bith two UT engineering degrees and a fa&ulty post, E&,hardt be&ame head of the UT Physi&al Plant in 89;8+ That positioned him to super*ise &onstru&tion of the &ampusK new landmar,Cthe Main uilding Tower+ He saw wor, &rews hammer out the towerKs position, administrators plan its use and students study its stru&ture+ Meanwhile E&,hardt de*ised a lighting system to ta,e ad*antage of its &ommanding ar&hite&ture to announ&e UT a&hie*ements+ Not surprisingly, the football team ga*e him his lighting debut+ E&,hardtKs orange lights first flooded the tower in 89;@+ The year the highC rise stru&ture was &ompleted, E&,hardtKs lights signaled a 9C? football *i&tory that spoiled aylor Uni*ersityKs unbeaten season+ .n 89<@, E&,hardt helped &reate guidelines for using the orange lights+ A number D8D on all sides highlighted by orange lights signals that UT won a national &hampionship+ The full tower glowing orange alone represents a UT *i&tory o*er Texas AMM, &ommen&ement and other o&&asions UTKs president deems appropriate+ The tower top bathed in orange symboli%es other *i&tories or a &onferen&e title in any inter&ollegiate sport+ The tower lights be&ame the first of many UT traditions E&,hardt initiated+ efore the end of his <=Cyear UT &areer, E&,hardt shaped more history and traditions of The Uni*ersity than most Texas football teams+ He helped spearhead student &onstru&tion of the Taylor T !oom in 89:5, ere&ted the #anta !ita oil rig in 89:7 when it was mo*ed to &ampus, and designed and built ma&es for ea&h &ollege to use during &ommen&ement &eremonies+ 3i,e most su&&essful engineers, E&,hardt used his profession not only to implement the ideas of others, but to shape and guide poli&y and stru&ture to benefit so&iety+

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"PE!AT."N $"PHE! The first a&t of the newly formed #tudent Engineering Coun&il was literally to start digging a hole for itself+ 4our years after the first sho*el of dirt was turned, D"peration $opherD pro*ed to be one of the largest and most su&&essful student pro0e&ts in the history of The Uni*ersity+ .n the fall of 89:5, fi*e engineering students, Charles 2+ Anderson, !i&hard E+ ailey, Thomas E+ 4airey, Aerry $arrett, and B+ Charles Mills, wanted to build the espirt de &orps of Texas engineering students and fa&ulty+ At the time, all &ampus engineering was &entered at one buildingCTaylor Hall+ Bhile &lasses and resear&h were wellCser*ed, Taylor HallKs lo&ation made the Texas Union an uphill &limb for a soda and a study brea,+ $athering support from the administration, fa&ulty, and fellow students, the fi*e students, now offi&ers of the newlyCformed #tudent Engineering Coun&il, sought to &reate a re&reation and study lounge for engineering students+ These students, along with fa&ulty ad*isors 3eonardt 4+ Hreisle and Carl A+ E&,hardt Ar+ proposed building a basement beneath Taylor Hall+ #oon they had laun&hed a ma0or &onstru&tion pro0e&t that lasted four years+ TwentyCone students and two fa&ulty remo*ed the first sho*els of dirt on 2e&+ <, 89:5+ D"peration $opherD e*entually in&luded ;,=== students who wor,ed with donated e1uipment from !olfeCCrut&herCCummings Co+ College alumni 0oined the effort donating >5@,===, and Professor E&,hardt and his &rew from UTKs physi&al plant did mu&h of the wiring and plumbing free of &harge+ y the time the pro0e&t was &ompleted students and fa&ulty remo*ed more than 5,;== &ubi& yards of dirt and ro&, to &reate 7,=== s1uare feet of lounge+ Moore Constru&tion Company put the finishing tou&hes on the Taylor T !oom and on May 8;,89:@ it was offi&ially opened at a &eremony attended by $o*+ Pri&e 2aniel+ The T !oom pro*ided *ending ma&hines, study spa&e, and offi&es for student organi%ations+ The T !oom remains the only permanent &onstru&tion on The Uni*ersity of Texas &ampus built by students+ "peration $opher set a pre&edent for students, alumni, fa&ulty, staff and administration to wor, together su&&essfully+ "peration $opher built not only a study lounge, but lasting e*iden&e that determination and &ommitment benefit a &ommunity that has &on&rete goals+

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4!.EN2# "4 A3EC No one expe&ted Ale& to ha*e many friends+ A 1uiet, unassuming guy in an obs&ure &orner of a lo&al watering hole, Ale& seemed destined to *iew life with arm raised to anotherKs good &heer+ ut three young engineering &ollege students befriended the lone figure one e*ening, and &hanged his destiny, as well as their own+ 3i,e his new &ompanions, Ale&Ks &ir&le of friends widened when he attended &ollege+ And soon, li,e his engineering roommates, he found himself a&1uainted with the dean+ Though oddly dressed and stiffly demeanored, the potCbellied 2ut&hman was 1ui&,ly drawn into the CollegeKs &olorful history by the *isionary 2ean T+ U+ Taylor+ eaming among the other orphaned engineering students, Ale& *isited TaylorKs home at Than,sgi*ing for dinner+ And stalwartly, Ale& wat&hed his student friends rest on the &ou&hes and ben&hes not only of the dean, but among the offi&es of engineering fa&ulty as well+ Among the &loseC,nit group, Ale& often saw the dean and his fa&ulty loan money to engineering students trying to finish s&hool on exhausted budgets+ E*entually Ale& found a way to help his engineering friends as well+ 2uring Borld Bar . Ale& &ontributed a part of himself to UT engineers in the Ameri&an Expeditionary 4or&e when Taylor shipped to them wood &hips stamped CE3A4"T!AP Fpart of KAle&K spelled ba&,wards+G As Ale& refle&ted TaylorKs generosity, so did his students+ Alumni soon re&ruited graduates for wor, and e*entually donated funds to the College+ .n 89@< alumni generosity was formali%ed into 4riends of Ale&, the CollegeKs annual &olle&tion of gifts that benefits both fa&ulty and students+ Ale&Ks friends now number in the thousands and gifts to his &ause ha*e grown into millions+ 2espite his fame, Ale&Ks demeanor remains subdued, an unassuming fellow with arm and &up still raised in good &heer+ Now in his nineties, Ale& has mu&h to salute with that stein( se*eral generations of supporters for ex&ellen&e in engineering, and his early a&1uaintan&es who set the &ourse for generosity and s&hool spirit+

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63AB# C"MM.TTEE C+ A+ Mouton C+ #+ arbee Ena&ted by Chapter Aanuary 89, 5==8

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A!T.C3E . Aims and A&ti*ities The aims and a&ti*ities of The Texas Alpha Chapter of #igma $amma Tau, hereafter referred to as the Chapter shall be( #e&tion 8( To uphold the purposes, statutes, and pro&eedings from the Con*ention and Constitution of the #igma $amma Tau Aerospa&e Engineering Honor #o&iety+ To promote and en&ourage a higher s&holasti& standing and a desire for greater ,nowledge in the studies pres&ribed in the Aerospa&e Engineering &urri&ulum of The Uni*ersity of Texas at Austin+ To foster a spirit of respe&t and &oCoperation with the fa&ulty of The Uni*ersity of Texas at Austin+ To &oCoperate with and support the a&ti*ities of the lo&al student bran&hes of the Ameri&an .nstitute of Aeronauti&s and Astronauti&s and other professional te&hni&al so&ieties+ To pro*ide appropriate a&ti*ities whi&h foster respe&t and &amaraderie between members of the Chapter+ To mar, in a fitting manner those who ha*e &onferred honor upon their alma mater by distinguished s&holarship and exemplary &hara&ter as undergraduates, or by their attainments as alumni in the field of Aerospa&e Engineering+

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A!T.C3E .. Chapter $o*ernment #e&tion 8( The "ffi&ers of the Chapter shall be a&ti*e members of the Chapter and shall &onsist of the following( President, /i&eCPresident, #e&retary, Treasurer, Pledge "ffi&er, and two F5G #tudent Engineering Coun&il F#ECG !epresentati*es+ Ele&tion of "ffi&ers shall be &ondu&ted on&e ea&h long semester at a regular meeting to be held at least one wee,, but no more than four wee,s before the end of the semester+ No "ffi&er shall ser*e more than two &onse&uti*e terms in the same offi&e+ The up&oming fall "ffi&ers shall also ser*e during the summer term, if the Chapter remains a&ti*e during the summer+ The "ffi&ers shall be ele&ted by a ma0ority of those present and eligible to *ote+ .f no &andidate re&ei*es a ma0ority of the *otes &ast in a parti&ular ra&e, the two &andidates re&ei*ing the highest number of *otes shall parti&ipate in a runCoff ele&tion+ The order of ele&tion of "ffi&ers shall be( President, /i&eCPresident, #e&retary, Treasurer, Pledge "ffi&er, #EC !epresentati*e N8, and #EC !epresentati*e N5+ "ffi&er positions shall be for a term of one semester+ Any *a&an&y in the offi&es of the Chapter shall be filled at the first regular meeting after the *a&an&y o&&urs, and when possible, before the *a&an&y o&&urs+ The duties of the "ffi&ers shall be those spe&ified in the Constitution of #igma $amma Tau, Arti&le ./, #e&tion 8, Paragraphs eC0+ The outgoing "ffi&er shall write, upon re1uest of the in&oming "ffi&er, a letter in whi&h hisOher duties are detailed+ All newly ele&ted "ffi&ers shall understudy their prede&essors for the remainder of the semester in whi&h they were ele&ted and shall ta,e offi&e at the end of the semester in whi&h they were ele&ted+

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Any a&ti*e member, who is a member of the Chapter and in good standing, shall be eligible to hold offi&e, if so permitted by the rules and regulations of The Uni*ersity of Texas at Austin+ The Chapter President shall, with &onsent of the members, assign any duties that heOshe deems ne&essary to any "ffi&er of the Chapter+

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#e&tion 8=( .f a delegate is sent to the National Con*ention, the Chapter President shall be the delegateP the Chapter /i&eCPresident shall be the alternate+

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A!T.C3E ... Meetings #e&tion 8( #e&tion 5( !egular meetings shall be held at least on&e a month at a time de&ided by a ma0ority *ote of the "ffi&ers upon &onferring with the members+ The Chapter President may &all a spe&ial meeting at any time heOshe may deem it expedient and shall be re1uired to do so upon the re1uest of the Chapter Ad*iser or of fi*e members in good standing+ "neChalf of the a&ti*e membership shall &onstitute a 1uorum for ordinary business+ A 1uorum for the ele&tion of "ffi&ers, for the ele&tion of new members, and for the assessment of finan&ial matters shall &onsist of threeCfourths of the a&ti*e members+ An a&ti*e member is an undergraduate who has been initiated into #igma $amma Tau, or a graduate student or fa&ulty member who, ha*ing been initiated into #igma $amma Tau, either signifies in writing to the Chapter hisOher desire to be&ome an a&ti*e member, or who through the &ourse of the &urrent semester parti&ipates in at least one Chapter sponsored a&ti*ity+ All a&ti*e members shall ha*e the right to *ote upon all Chapter business, ex&ept as stated by the Constitution of #igma $amma Tau in Arti&le /, #e&tion <+ The order of business, whene*er it applies, shall be( a+ !oll Call b+ !eading of minutes of pre*ious meeting &+ 4inan&ial report d+ Unfinished business e+ New business f+ Ele&tion of new members g+ .nitiation h+ Ele&tion of "ffi&ers i+ Appointment of &ommittees 0+ Announ&ements, spe&ial papers, entertainment, dis&ussion ,+ Ad0ournment Parliamentary pro&edure shall follow those set out in )!oberts' !ules or "rder+87

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All meetings shall be announ&ed by eCmail and posted on the main door of the Chapter offi&e no later than se*entyCtwo F@5G hours before the meeting is to o&&ur+

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A!T.C3E ./ Chapter 4inan&es #e&tion 8( There shall be a $eneral 4und &onsisting of lo&al Chapter dues, fees, assessment, interest, et&+ The name of the fund shall be )Texas Alpha Chapter of #igma $amma Tau 4und,- and its money shall be deposited in the name of the fund in the #tudent "rgani%ations 4und of The Uni*ersity of Texas at Austin+ There shall be no dues assessed on members other than the initiation fee+ The initiation fee for a new member shall be set ea&h semester at the first meeting of the semester+ This fee shall in&lude all the national fees and the lo&al fees for the semester during whi&h the new member is ele&ted+

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A!T.C3E / Committees #e&tion 8( The following are the standing &ommittees, to be appointed by the Chapter President, who shall designate their &hairpersons, ex&ept in the &ase of the pledge &ommittee whose &hairperson will be the Pledge "ffi&er( a+ Pledge Committee, shall ,eep an a&&urate index file of all members of the Chapter, and shall ,eep pledges up to date with the a&ti*ities of the Chapter+ b+ A&ademi& Committee, shall manage and update the test ban, file+ The &ommittee shall arrange a system by whi&h to tutor other Aerospa&e Engineering students+ &+ 4undraising Committee, shall manage fundraising a&ti*ities and wor, with members to raise money for the Chapter+ d+ Publi& !elations Committee, shall ma,e &onta&ts with &ompanies that may be interested in supporting the Chapter, and ta,e a&tions to promote the awareness of the Chapter at The Uni*ersity of Texas at Austin+ e+ A&ti*ities Committee, shall arrange a&ti*ities to promote &amaraderie among members of the Chapter+ #e&tion 5( #e&tion ;( The &hairperson, with appro*al of the President, shall appoint &ommittee members+ The Chapter President may appoint other &ommittees as heOshe deems ne&essary and shall appoint their &hairpersons+

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A!T.C3E /. 2is&ipline #e&tion 8( Any pledge who is absent from any business meeting without proper ex&use shall be dis1ualified from initiation during the semester of absen&e+ Any pledge who is absent from an ele&tion meeting without proper ex&use shall be dis1ualified from initiation during the semester of absen&e+ An ex&use for absen&e from a meeting shall be presented to the Chapter President or Pledge "ffi&er in writing before the meeting is to o&&ur, if possible+ The Chapter President shall de&ide if the ex&use is a&&eptable, but a final appeal may be made to the Chapter "ffi&ers+ !e*ersal of the President's de&ision shall re1uire a 5O; ma0ority *ote of "ffi&ers+ "ther dis&iplinary a&tions may be ta,en by the Chapter as pres&ribed by the Constitution in Arti&le /.., #e&tion 5+

#e&tion 5(

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A!T.C3E /.. Eligibility #tandards for Ele&tion to Membership #e&tion 8( #e&tion 5( The pro*isions of the National Constitution, Arti&le /, #e&tion ; shall go*ern the eligibility of new members+ !egular students in good standing in the 2epartment of Aerospa&e Engineering or graduate students in fields related to the aeronauti&al andOor spa&e s&ien&es shall be eligible for ele&tion+ !esiden&e re1uirements shall be go*erned by Arti&le /, #e&tion ; of the National Constitution+ A sophomore student shall be &ategori%ed as a person who has &ompleted thirty F;=G hours of &redit toward hisOher degree, in&luding six F?G hours in Aerospa&e Engineering+ A 0unior student shall be &ategori%ed as a person who has &ompleted sixty F?=G hours, in&luding six F?G hours in Aerospa&e Engineering+ A senior student shall be &ategori%ed as a person who has &ompleted ninety F9=G hours, in&luding six F?G hours in Aerospa&e Engineering+ No student shall be eligible for membership if hisOher gradeCpoint a*erage, as &omputed by the College of Engineering of The Uni*ersity of Texas at Austin is lower than ;+=O<+=+ This re1uirement shall at no time be wai*ed+ The general minimum re1uirements for the *arious a&ademi& &lassifi&ations shall be as follows( Classifi&ation #tanding #ophomore Top 8O: Aunior Top 8O< #enior Top 8O; At no time shall these re1uirements be lower than those stated in the National Constitution in Arti&le /, #e&tion ;, Paragraph b+ #tudents who meet or ex&eed the re1uirements set in Arti&le /.., #e&tions 8C?, shall be &onsidered s&holasti&ally eligible+

#e&tion ;( #e&tion <(

#e&tion :(

#e&tion ?(

#e&tion @(

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#tudents who do not satisfy the &onditions in Arti&le /.., #e&tion ?, may be &onsidered for membership as a spe&ial &ase by unanimous *ote of the eligible a&ti*e membership ex&ept as stated by Arti&le /.., #e&tion :+ The National Constitution, Arti&le /, #e&tion ;, Paragraphs f and g shall regulate the ele&tion of graduate students+ Their gradeCpoint a*erage shall be based on &ombined undergraduate and graduate hours+ The $+P+A+ of students with degrees from foreign uni*ersities shall be based on their graduate wor, &ompleted at The Uni*ersity of Texas at Austin, if undergraduate e1ui*alent &annot be &omputed+ .n both &ases, their $+P+A+ shall satisfy #e&tion : of this arti&le+

#e&tion 9(

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A!T.C3E /... Pro&edure for Nomination and Ele&tion of Members #e&tion 8( The National Constitution, Arti&le /, #e&tions < and :, shall regulate the ele&tion of members+ Ele&tion of members shall o&&ur on&e e*ery fall and spring semester+ The ele&tion meeting shall ta,e pla&e no later than one month after the beginning of the semester+ At the ele&tion meeting the &andidates shall be dis&ussed and *oted upon in the order of their s&holasti& a*erages+ Candidates shall be ele&ted based on their s&holasti& a*erages, their extraC&urri&ular a&ti*ities and outside wor,, and their personality and &hara&ter, without regard to sex, ra&e, religion, nationality, sexual preferen&e, or politi&al affiliation or belief+ Candidates shall be notified indi*idually by U+#+ Mail of their ele&tion, as soon as possible after the ele&tion meeting+ All letters shall be mailed simultaneously+ The letter shall state the time and pla&e of the first pledge meeting, the fees to be paid, and the responsibilities &ontra&ted by the person who a&&epts the in*itation to pledge+ Candidates for membership, who ha*e satisfied the pledge re1uirements upon ma0ority *ote of the "ffi&ers, shall be initiated into the Chapter no later than one wee, before the end of the semester+ Pledging and initiation pro&edures shall be left to the dis&retion of the "ffi&ers, its de&isions to be bound by the National Constitution, Arti&le /.+ Candidates who do not satisfy the pledge re1uirements, due to extraordinary &ir&umstan&e, must be appro*ed for initiation by unanimous *ote of the "ffi&ers+ Candidates who do not satisfy the pledge re1uirements and who do not re&ei*e unanimous appro*al from the "ffi&ers shall not be initiated during that semester+ The &andidate shall ha*e their national fees, if pre*iously &olle&ted, reimbursedP lo&al fees shall be held+ The
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&andidate may pledge another semesterP if heOshe still meets the re1uirements set within Arti&le /.., #e&tion ?, and shall pay both lo&al and national fees+ The lo&al portion of the fees may be wai*ed by unanimous *ote of the "ffi&ers due to extraordinary &ir&umstan&es in the pre*iously failed pledge attempt+

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A!T.C3E .L Amendments Amendments to the bylaws may be ratified at any regular meeting of the Chapter by a *ote of threeCfourths of the a&ti*e members of the Chapter+ #u&h amendments, to be&ome effe&ti*e, must be appro*ed by the National Exe&uti*e Coun&il of #igma $amma Tau+

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C"N#T.TU.T."N "4 #.$MA $AMMA TAU The Constitution was re*iewed at the Triennial Con*ention held in "rlando, 4lorida on April :C?, 899@+ The following re*ision refle&ts the &hanges re&ommended at the Con*ention and appro*ed by threeCfourths *ote of the a&ti*e &hapters+

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P!EAM 3E The #igma $amma Tau #o&iety is established to re&ogni%e and honor those indi*iduals in the field of aeronauti&s and astronauti&s who ha*e through s&holarship, integrity, and outstanding a&hie*ement been a &redit to their profession+ The #o&iety see,s to foster a high standard of ethi&s and professional pra&ti&es and to &reate a spirit of loyalty and fellowship, parti&ularly among students of Aerospa&e Engineering+

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A!T.C3E . "rgani%ation #e&tion 8( The membership of the #o&iety will in&lude indi*iduals who ha*e been a&&epted into the #o&iety a&&ording to the pro*isions of this Constitution+ These members may be 0oined together in &hapters or &lubs as pro*ided+ The name of the #o&iety will be #igma $amma Tau+ The symbol of the #o&iety will be the ,ey and ha*e the form represented in the offi&ial re&ords of the #o&iety as maintained at the National "ffi&e+ The symbol of the #o&iety may be worn and used as a #o&iety symbol only by members+ The &ertifi&ates of membership will ha*e the form represented in the re&ords of the #o&iety as maintained at the National "ffi&e+ #e&tion :( #e&tion ?( #e&tion @( by the The seal of the #o&iety will be of the form represented in the offi&ial re&ords of the #o&iety as maintained at the National "ffi&e+ The &olors of the #o&iety will be red and white+ The format for the offi&ial stationary of the #o&iety will be de*eloped National "ffi&e and will be used for offi&ial business of the #o&iety+ .ndi*idual Chapters and Clubs &an de*elop Chapter stationary for Chapter or Club business only and this should be submitted to the Exe&uti*e Coun&il for appro*al+ #e&tion 7( #e&tion 9( The National "ffi&e of the #o&iety will be maintained at a site designated by the National President+ Chapters will be named after their respe&ti*e s&hools+

#e&tion 5( #e&tion ;(

#e&tion <( offi&ial

#e&tion 8=( Clubs will be named after the &ities or regions in whi&h they are organi%ed+

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A!T.C3E .. $o*ernment of the #o&iety #e&tion 8( the #tru&ture( The &hapters of the #o&iety shall be assigned to a !egion by National Con*ention+ .f a &hapter is &hartered between Con*entions, it shall be assigned to a !egion by the President of the #o&iety+ #e&tion 5( Administration( The National Con*ention a+ The #o&iety will be go*erned by the National Con*ention of the #o&iety+ The a&ti*e &hapters will ele&t National offi&ers who will a&t as an Exe&uti*e Coun&il Fas defined in Arti&le .., #e&tion <+bG &arrying out the dire&ti*es of the Con*ention and the Constitution during the interim between Con*entions+ .t is the responsibility of the Exe&uti*e Coun&il to interpret the Constitution during the interim between Con*entions+ b+ There will be a National Con*ention at least e*ery three years, but no more fre1uently than e*ery two years+ The time, format and lo&ation of ea&h Con*ention will be established by the Exe&uti*e Coun&il+ The Exe&uti*e Coun&il, or a &hapter, may initiate a re1uest for a spe&ial Con*ention+ All &hapters will be notified of su&h a&tion, and they will be responsible for returning the ballot on whether or not the Con*ention will be held+ .f the ballot is not returned within one month, t he *ote will be &ounted as affirmati*e+ .f the ma0ority of the &hapters appro*e, the Exe&uti*e Coun&il will &all the Con*ention as soon as possible and will designate the time, format, and lo&ation+ &+ Ea&h !egion will be represented at the National Con*ention by a !egional Coordinator For representati*e designated by the !egional CoordinatorG and a !egional #tudent !epresentati*e, ea&h with one *ote+ Any other members of the #o&iety may attend the Con*ention and may parti&ipate in the business of the Con*ention to the extent permitted by the Con*ention, but without *oting rights+ d+ The !egional #tudent Con*ention !epresentati*e will be appointed by the !egional Coordinator after gi*ing noti&e, in writing, to all &hapters within the region, at least a ;=Cday time period in whi&h to ma,e a nomination+
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e+ The Con*ention will establish the ne&essary rules that are re1uired for the operation of the Con*ention+ f+ The Con*ention will establish that part of the initiation fee to be transmitted by the Chapter to the National "ffi&e+ The fee in&ludes the &ost of the membership &ertifi&ate, operating and publishing expenses of the #o&iety+ QThe April 899@ National Con*ention set an upper limit on the initiation fee at >;= with the a&tual fee to be determined by the Exe&uti*e Coun&il based on the re1uired operating funds for the #o&iety+R g+ The expenses of the offi&ial delegates to the Con*ention will be paid from the National funds, if re1uired, to the extent of one round trip air &oa&h fare plus per diem for personal expenses of the delegate, to be determined at the Con*ention+ h+ #imilar Con*ention expenses, in&luding tra*el, meals, and lodging of the National President, /i&eCPresident and .mmediate Past President, will be paid for from the National funds+ i+ The semiCannual &ompensation of the #taff #e&retaryCTreasurer will be fixed by a *ote of the Con*ention+ i+ The Con*ention will a&t as the final arbitrator on all 1uestions of interpretation of the Constitution+ #e&tion ;( $o*ernment of the National Con*ention a+ The National President will open the Con*ention and will preside+ b+ The Con*ention will ele&t its own se&retary+ &+ A 1uorum will be at least one delegate F!egional Coordinator or #tudent !epresentati*eG from a ma0ority of the !egions+ d+ Proxy *otes will not be a&&epted at a Con*ention+ e+ The order of business at the National Con*ention will be established by the Exe&uti*e Coun&il prior to the Con*ention+ f+ Minutes of the Con*ention will be pro*ided to all &hapters and &lubs+ #e&tion <( Administration( The National "ffi&ers a+ The Exe&uti*e Coun&il will ha*e the authority to ta,e appropriate a&tion within the spirit of the Constitution and Con*ention dire&ti*es+ .t has the authority to de&lare a &hapter ina&ti*e, or to rea&ti*ate it, depending on the &hapterKs ability to &ondu&t its business+
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b+ The ele&ted National "ffi&ers will be the President and /i&eC President, who together with the immediate Past President, &ompose the Exe&uti*e Coun&il+ The #taff #e&retaryCTreasurer and the !egional Coordinators will be appointed by the Exe&uti*e Coun&il, who will ta,e into a&&ount any re&ommendations made by the &hapters+ The Exe&uti*e Coun&il will ma,e the appointments at a Con*ention or during the following summer+ The #taff #e&retaryC Treasurer and the !egional Coordinators will assume their duties no later than #eptember 8 in the year of appointment+ All terms of offi&e shall be for three years, and will end at the &lose of a Con*ention, or during the following summer as mutually agreed upon+ &+ The National President will preside at any meeting of the National "ffi&ers and at Con*entions+ The National President will be responsible for the finan&ial resour&es of the #o&iety+ d+ The National /i&eCPresident will preside in the absen&e of the National President and will assist the National President in the administration and expansion of the #o&iety+ e+ The #taff #e&retaryCTreasurer will ha*e &ustody of the permanent re&ords, seal, Constitution, and other properties of the #o&iety+ The #taff #e&retaryCTreasurer, along with the National President, will manage all &urrent publi&ations of the #o&iety and will administer the nomination and the ele&tion pro&edure for National offi&ers+ "ffi&ial &orresponden&e of the #o&iety must be addressed through the #taff #e&retaryCTreasurer who will also &olle&t and ,eep re&ords of all finan&ial transa&tions made by the National "ffi&e of the #o&iety+ The symbols of membership and any offi&ial materials will be obtained from the #taff #e&retaryCTreasurer+ The National President and the #taff #e&retaryCTreasurer will submit a detailed annual report of a&ti*ities to the Exe&uti*e Coun&il in&luding a detailed finan&ial report, a summary of whi&h will be pro*ided to the Chapters annually+ All &hapters must &ondu&t their finan&ial business with the #taff #e&retaryCTreasurer between #eptember 8 and May ;=+ Proper order blan,s or forms must be used where su&h blan,s are pro*ided+ Ele&troni& media is the preferred method of &ommuni&ation between Chapters, !egional 2ire&tors and the National "ffi&e and all efforts should be made to use this form of &ommuni&ation whene*er possible+

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f+ The !egional Coordinators shall a&t as liaison between the National and !egional "rgani%ation and ea&h shall ad*ise their !egional organi%ation+ g+ The Exe&uti*e Coun&il may submit to &hapters by letter or ele&troni& ballot any issue whi&h it deems ne&essary in the inter*al between Con*entions+ g+ Expenses, in&luding tra*el, meals and lodging, attendant to emergen&y meetings of the Exe&uti*e Coun&il will be defrayed by the National #o&iety+ #e&tion :+ Ele&tion of National "ffi&ers( The ele&tion of National "ffi&ers will ta,e pla&e e*ery three years using the pro&edures outlined below+ The indi&ated dates &an be amended by the Exe&uti*e Coun&il if warranted but should be used as general guidan&e+ The #taff #e&retaryCTreasurer will ad*ise the &hapters and &lubs by "&tober 8 of e*ery third year, using a form in&luding the rules for the balloting pres&ribed by the Exe&uti*e Coun&il, that they must pro*ide potential nominees by No*ember 8 for the two offi&es terminating during that a&ademi& year+ The nomination must be a&&ompanied by a letter from the nominee indi&ating willingness to ser*e if ele&ted+ #upporting material, sub0e&t to limitation of length as spe&ified in the balloting rules, may be submitted by the nominating &hapter+ This material will then be sent to ea&h &hapter+ allots will be sent to the &hapters and &lubs by 2e&ember 8, and the preliminary ballots will be due 4ebruary 8+ Ea&h &hapter will *ote for the two offi&es with a first, se&ond and third &hoi&e+ The #taff #e&retaryCTreasurer will then &ompile the final ballot in&luding only those &andidates re&ei*ing the two highest *otes, and submit it to the &hapters by 4ebruary 8:+ The final ballot will be due Mar&h 8+ The &hapters will be notified of the results by Mar&h 8:+ A plurality *ote will &onstitute ele&tion+ The new offi&ers may then attend the next National Con*ention+ .n the absen&e of multiple nominations, only one ballot will suffi&e+ !egional Administration( Ea&h !egion shall be administered by a !egional Coordinator who shall be appointed by the Exe&uti*e Coun&il+

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A!T.C3E ... Establishment of Chapters and Clubs #e&tion 8+ Eualifi&ations for a Chapter( Chapters may be established at any &ollege or uni*ersity with an A&&reditation oard for Engineering and Te&hnology FA ETG a&&redited Aerospa&e, Aeronauti&al, Astronauti&al or similarly named program+ A petition to establish a new &hapter in su&h a s&hool may be presented to the Exe&uti*e Coun&il by fi*e students who would be 1ualified for membership under Arti&le /+ Petition for Establishment of a Chapter( The petition will in&lude the following( a+ A statement from the department head of the uni*ersity or &ollege whi&h the petitioners are attending, affirming their eligibility, and the departmentKs willingness to furnish an interested 4a&ulty Ad*isor to super*ise the &hapter+ b+ A statement from an authori%ed offi&ial of the s&hool de&laring appro*al of the proposed &hapter+ &+ A statement from the petitioners that they will subs&ribe fully to this Constitution and agree to support it as it now stands or as it may later be amended+ d+ The petition should be a&&ompanied by the &atalog or bulletin of the &ollege des&ribing the Aerospa&e engineering &urri&ulum and any a*ailable material des&ribing the s&hool+ e+ Any other e*iden&e that the aerospa&e &urri&ulum meets the minimum standards as set forth by the Exe&uti*e Coun&il of the #o&iety+ f+ The number of students in the aerospa&e engineering &urri&ulum and the number of degrees awarded to students in this &urri&ulum during the last three years+ #e&tion ;( Consideration of a Petition by the #o&iety a+ The Exe&uti*e Coun&il &orresponds with the petitioning s&hool in order to assist in the preparation of the petition+ The Coun&il &an send a representati*e of the #o&iety to *isit the s&hool applying for

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a &hapter &harter before reporting on the appli&ation, if it is &onsidered ne&essary+ The Exe&uti*e Coun&il will &onsider all rele*ant information and prepare a report of their findings whi&h will be submitted to ea&h &hapter+ Ea&h &hapter will *ote on the petition in a&&ordan&e with the wishes of the ma0ority of the a&ti*e members and the de&ision should be returned to the Exe&uti*e Coun&il within thirty days of the mailing date of the report+ .f the ballot is not returned within the pres&ribed period, the *ote will be &onsidered affirmati*e+ Chapters may be established only with the &onsent of threeCfourths of the existing &hapters+ Bhen a petition is appro*ed and a &harter is granted, the Exe&uti*e Coun&il will furnish &harter, &opies of the Constitution, initiation, and other materials ne&essary for operation of the &hapter+ The Exe&uti*e Coun&il will appoint a person to install the &hapter and to initiate the &harter members+

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Clubs a+ A &lub may be authori%ed by the Exe&uti*e Coun&il on re&eipt of a written petition of at least ten members of the #o&iety who li*e within a reasonable distan&e of ea&h other+ b+ The &lub will be go*erned a&&ording to the pre&epts of this Constitution+ &+ A &lub may be present at a Con*ention but it will ha*e no *ote+

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A!T.C3E ./ $o*ernment of the Chapters #e&tion 8( Chapter Administration a+ The a&ti*e membership of a &hapter will be all ele&ted undergraduate members who are enrolled as &andidates for a degree in the &ollege or uni*ersity &on&erned+ .n addition, ele&ted graduate student members who are enrolled as &andidates for a degree and fa&ulty who are members of the #o&iety may be a&ti*e but ha*e restri&ti*e *oting powers as defined elsewhere in the Constitution+ b+ The &hapter will establish bylaws, within the pre&epts of this Constitution, that are re1uired for its operation+ A &urrent &opy will be furnished to the #taff #e&retaryCTreasurer for re&ord+ The &hapter bylaws are outlined below+ Chapter y 3aws( Chapter bylaws should in&lude the following items( Arti&le . .. Aims and a&ti*ities of the &hapter+ Chapter $o*ernment FEle&tion of "ffi&ersG, fa&ulty ad*isor, duty of offi&ers not &o*ered by Exe&uti*e Coun&il instru&tions, offi&er eligibility, et&+ Meetings and order of business, establishment of 1uorum for business meetings+ Chapter finan&es Committees Fhow appointed, duties and names of permanent &ommittees, et&+G+ Eligibility standard for ele&tion to membership Fmust e1ual or ex&eed those established in this ConstitutionG+ Pro&edure for nomination and ele&tion of

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member of the &hapter in good standing+ Additional offi&es may be established by a ma0ority *ote of the a&ti*e members+ A 4a&ulty Ad*isor who is a member of the #o&iety will be appro*ed by the &hapter+ .t will be responsibility of the &hapter to notify the National "ffi&e of any &hanges in their 4a&ulty Ad*isor The term of offi&e for the Ad*isor is established by the &hapter and reappointment is permissible+ "ffi&ers will perform duties and maintain re&ords in a&&ordan&e with instru&tions prepared by the Exe&uti*e Coun&il+ These re&ords will in&lude minutes of the meetings of the &hapter, TreasurerKs a&&ount, the #e&retaryKs files, the list of a&ti*e and alumni members of the &hapter, a &orre&t and itemi%ed a&&ount of &hapter properties, and offi&er instru&tions+ The President will be the responsible agent of the &hapter and will be responsible for the pro*iding information on the ChapterKs operation, finan&es or membership to the National offi&e if re1uested in the form re1uested+ The /i&eCPresident will ha*e as spe&ial duties the filing of &urrent &hapter news, the maintenan&e of a &hapter history, and the preparation of &andidates for initiation into the #o&iety+ The #e&retary will ,eep the roll and re&ord boo, of the &hapter, ,eep the minutes of &hapter meetings upCtoCdate, and see that all ne&essary &orresponden&e is prepared+ The Treasurer will ,eep an a&&urate and understandable a&&ount of &hapter funds+ The &hapter should hold at least two meetings of a te&hni&al nature during Ea&h s&holasti& year in addition to the regular meetings+ Membership ele&tion meetings will be followed by an initiation meeting or ban1uet+ Meetings of a so&ial or te&hni&al nature may be held with other organi%ations, but business meetings should be open only to members+

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A!T.C3E / Membership in the #o&iety #e&tion 8( #e&tion 5( $rades of Membership( There will be but one grade of membership in the #o&ietyCCthat of Member+ Eligibility Criteria a+ #tudents dire&tly asso&iated with aerospa&e engineering who are degree &andidates and who are eligible for membership Fwith appro*al of the Exe&uti*e Coun&il in 1uestionable &asesG as pres&ribed in Arti&le /, #e&tion ;aC;b and who are ele&ted by the student &hapter+ b+ .ndi*iduals in the aerospa&e engineering profession using pro&edures as pres&ribed in Arti&le /, ;&+ An indi*idual, to be &onsidered eligible for membership, must either 8G ha*e made worthy &ontributions toward the ad*an&ement of the aerospa&e engineering profession, 5G be a tea&her of aerospa&e or related sub0e&ts, or ;G ha*e made su&h a signifi&ant &ontribution to s&ien&e that he or she may be deemed worthy of membership in the #o&iety+ #e&tion ;( Eualifi&ations for Membership a+ Undergraduate #tudents( 8+ To be &onsidered for membership, students must ha*e &ompleted at least fi*e 1uarters or three semesters of their &ollege wor, and ha*e been a resident for a minimum of two semesters or three 1uarters at the time of their &andida&y for membership+ 5+ #tudents must be in the upper oneCthird of their senior or upper oneCfourth of their 0unior aerospa&e engineering &lass+ #ophomores who ha*e shown outstanding a&hie*ement and are in the upper oneCfifth of their &lass are also eligible for membership+ .ndi*iduals who ha*e a s&holasti& standing slightly below that spe&ified, but who are ex&eptionally 1ualified in other respe&ts, may be ele&ted by the unanimous *ote of the a&ti*e undergraduate members+

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;+ A &hapter may establish higher s&holasti& standards than those spe&ified, with the unanimous &onsent of a&ti*e members+ The standards &an ne*er be lower than those spe&ified in this Constitution+ <+ Candidates for membership must ha*e shown, in addition to s&holarship, 1ualities of high moral &hara&ter, an a&ti*e interest in aeronauti&s and astronauti&s, and an interest in the #o&iety+ :+ #tudents enrolled in night s&hools may be &onsidered eligible under the same re1uirements+ b+ $raduate Aerospa&e Engineering #tudents( $raduate students must maintain graduate standing satisfa&tory to the institution+ They must ha*e been residents for a minimum of one semester or two 1uarters at the s&hool and ha*e &ompleted at least twoCfifths of the &redits re1uired for the graduate degree toward whi&h they are wor,ing at the time of their &andida&y for membership+ /oting will be as spe&ified in Arti&le /, #e&tion :+ &+ .ndi*iduals &o*ered by Arti&le /, #e&tion 5b+ 8+ Nomination shall be made by a member who is not an undergraduate student+ 5+ Nomination will be submitted to the Exe&uti*e Coun&il on a form pres&ribed by the Exe&uti*e Coun&il+ ;+ The Exe&uti*e Coun&il will a&t on the nomination and notify the nominator of the a&tion ta,en+ <+ After appro*al of nomination, membership in the #o&iety will be &ontingent upon the nominee a&&epting the nomination+ .ndi*iduals so sele&ted will not a&1uire membership in any spe&ifi& &hapter+ #e&tion <( /oting on Undergraduate Candidates for Membership a+ The President of the &hapter will &ondu&t the ele&tions+ b+ All *otes will remain se&ret+ &+ A 1uorum &onsisting of threeCfourths of the a&ti*e undergraduate members must be present+ /oting on &andidates for undergraduate membership will be done only by a&ti*e undergraduate members+ d+ A threeCfourths *ote of the members present is re1uired for the ele&tion of senior students and a fourCfifths *ote is re1uired for ele&tion of 0unior and sophomore students+

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A!T.C3E /. .nitiation Ceremony All members should be initiated into the #o&iety with a dignified &eremony+ The spe&ifi& nomination, preCele&tion pro&edure and initiation pro&ess will be as spe&ified by Chapter bylaws+ The &eremony will be open to all members and guests of members and initiates+ No se&ret symbols and ritual will be introdu&ed and at no time will any initiate be sub0e&ted to pra&ti&es harmful to their personal wellCbeing, or be re1uired to do anything that would in0ure their dignity as persons+

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A!T.C3E /.. 2is&ipline #e&tion 8( 2is&ipline of Chapters a+ A &hapter may be dis&iplined by the Con*ention or by de&ision of the Exe&uti*e Coun&il for *iolation of the Constitution, &ontinued ina&ti*ity, or other su&h a&ti*ities deemed to in0ure the reputation of the profession or #o&iety+ b+ 4ines may be determined and le*ied by ma0ority *ote of the Con*ention or by de&ision of the Exe&uti*e Committee with appro*al *ia by mail *ote of threeCfourths of the a&ti*e &hapters+ .f the ballot is not returned within thirty days, the *ote will be &onsidered against the fine+ &+ #uspension or expulsion of a &hapter may o&&ur only by a threeC fourths *ote of the all a&ti*e &hapters+ #e&tion 5( 2is&ipline of Members a+ Members may be dis&iplined by the &hapter for &ontinuous and unC ex&used absen&e from meetings, failure to &arry out assigned duties, beha*ior unbefitting a member of the #o&iety, or any a&t &onsidered warranting su&h a&tion+ b+ Any dis&iplinary a&tion ta,en against a member by a &hapter may be appealed by the member to the Exe&uti*e Coun&il+ &+ #uspension or expulsion of a member from the #o&iety may be initiated, at the re1uest of a &hapter, for appro*al of the Exe&uti*e Coun&il and the regional &oordinators, but may o&&ur only with the *ote of twoCthirds of the Exe&uti*e Coun&il and regional &oordinators+ .f the ballot is not returned within thirty days, the *ote will be &onsidered against expulsion+

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A!T.C3E /... !eser*e 4und #e&tion 8( .t will be the duty of the Exe&uti*e Coun&il to maintain at all times a !eser*e 4und in*ested in safe se&urities, and registered in the name of the #o&iety+ These se&urities will be ,ept in a safety deposit box under the &ustody of the National President and one other representati*e of the #o&iety as designated by the Exe&uti*e Coun&il+ This safety deposit box will be rented by the #o&iety and will be used solely for the storage of se&urities and *aluable papers of the #o&iety+ The !eser*e 4und whi&h represents the finan&ial reser*es of the #o&iety will be maintained as insuran&e against finan&ial emergen&ies endangering the life or seriously impairing the a&ti*ities of the #o&iety+ .t may be drawn on by the Exe&uti*e Coun&il only when fourCfifths of the a&ti*e &hapter appro*e+ .f the ballot is not returned within thirty days, the *ote will be &onsidered affirmati*e+ A Con*ention is authori%ed to draw on the !eser*e 4und for expenses asso&iated with the operation of the #o&iety at the re&ommendation of the Exe&uti*e Coun&il and if &on&urred in by a fourCfifths *ote of the *oting delegates present at the Con*ention+ Bhene*er the reser*e fund has been redu&ed below a total fa&e *alue of >8:,===, repla&ement shall ta,e pre&eden&e o*er all expenditures of the #o&iety+ This minimum *alue should be re*iewed at ea&h National Con*ention and amended by the Con*ention as deemed ne&essary+ At the dis&retion of the Exe&uti*e Coun&il, any ex&ess funds in the treasury at the end of ea&h fis&al year may be transferred to the !eser*e 4und+ The allo&ation of the operating treasury between sa*ings and other finan&ial se&urities will be at the dis&retion of the National President+ #e&tion ?( The #taff #e&retaryCTreasurer will ,eep all finan&ial re&ords of the reser*e fund, and submit a written report to be read and appro*ed at ea&h National Con*ention+

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#.$MA $AMMA TAU CHAPTE!# Chapters

oston Uni*ersity Massa&husetts .nstitute of Te&hnology Polyte&hni& .nstitute !ensselaer Polyte&hni& .nstitute #tate Uni*ersity of Now 6or, at uffalo #yra&use Uni*ersity Pennsyl*ania #tate Uni*ersity Uni*ersity of Maryland Uni*ersity of /irginia /irginia Polyte&hni& .nstitute M #tate Uni*ersity Best /irginia Uni*ersity Auburn Uni*ersity EmbryC!iddle Aeronauti&al Uni*ersity $eorgia .nstitute of Te&hnology Mississippi #tate Uni*ersity North Carolina #tate Uni*ersity Tus,egee Uni*ersity Uni*ersity of Alabama Uni*ersity of 4lorida Uni*ersity of Tennessee Air 4or&e .nstitute "f Te&hnology .llinois .nstitute of Te&hnology "hio #tate Uni*ersity Purdue Uni*ersity TriC#tate Uni*ersity Uni*ersity of Cin&innati Uni*ersity of .llinois Uni*ersity of Mi&higan Uni*ersity of Notre 2ame .owa #tate Uni*ersity Par,s College of #t+ 3ouis Uni*ersity U+#+ Air 4or&e A&ademy Uni*ersity of Colorado Uni*ersity of Hansas Uni*ersity of Minnesota Uni*ersity of MissouriC!olla Bi&hita #tate Uni*ersity ",lahoma #tate Uni*ersity Texas AMM Uni*ersity Uni*ersity of ",lahoma
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Uni*ersity of Texas at Arlington Uni*ersity of Texas at Austin Ari%ona #tate Uni*ersity California #tate Polyte&hni& Uni*ersity California #tate Polyte&hni& Uni*ersity "bispo, CA EmbryC!iddle Aeronauti&al Uni*ersity #an 2iego #tate Uni*ersity #an Aose #tate Uni*ersity Uni*ersity of #outhern California Uni*ersity of Bashington

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National President

2r+ !oy Myose President M #e&retaryOTreasurer, #igma $amma Tau 2epartment of Aerospa&e Engineering Bi&hita #tate Uni*ersity Bi&hita, H# ?@5?=C==<< o F;8?G 9@7C:9;: o F;8?G 9@7C;;=@ F4axG o ECmail( roy+myoseSwi&hita+edu

National /i&e President

2r+ #hahriar Heshmiri /i&e President, #igma $amma Tau 2epartment of Aerospa&e Engineering The Uni*ersity of Hansas 585= 3earned Hall, 8:;= B 8:th #t+ 3awren&e, H# ??=<:C@?58 o F@7:G 7?<C<5?@ o F@7:G 7?<C;:9@ F4axG o ECmail( ,eshmiriS,u+edu

.mmediate Past President

2r+ Aohn /alase, National Past President, #igma $amma Tau 2epartment of Aerospa&e Engineering Texas AMM Uni*ersity ;8<8 TAMU College #tation, TL @@7<;C;8<8 o F9@9G 7<:C8?7: <@

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National #e&retaryOTreasurer
Faddress general &orresponden&e to this offi&eG 2r+ !oy Myose President M #e&retaryOTreasurer, #igma $amma Tau 2epartment of Aerospa&e Engineering Bi&hita #tate Uni*ersity Bi&hita, H# ?@5?=C==<< o F;8?G 9@7C:9;: o F;8?G 9@7C;;=@ F4axG o ECmail( roy+myoseSwi&hita+edu

Past Presidents
2r+ Aohn /alase, FK=?C=9G, Texas AMM Uni*ersity 2r+ Hlaus Hoffmann FK=;CK=?G, Bi&hita #tate Uni*ersity 2r+ #aeed 4aro,hi FK==CK=;G, Uni*ersity of Hansas 2r+ 4rederi&, H+ 3ut%e FK9@CK==G, /irginia Polyte&hni& .nstitute and #tate Uni*ersity 2r+ #tephen M+ atill FK9<CK9@G, Uni*ersity of Notre 2ame 2r+ Aohn E+ 3a$raff FK98CK9<G, #yra&use Uni*ersity 2r+ !obert + "etting FK77CK98G, Uni*ersity of MissouriC!olla 2r+ Balla&e T+ 4owler FK7:CK77G, Uni*ersity of Texas at Austin 2r+ Mal&olm A+ Cut&hins FK75CK7:G, Auburn Uni*ersity 2r+ laine !+ utler FK@9CK75G, Purdue Uni*ersity 2r+ 4red !+ 2eAarnette FK@?CK@9G, North Carolina #tate Uni*ersity 2r+ !obert Nerem FK@=CK@?G, "hio #tate Uni*ersity 2r+ 3eon J+ #elt%er FK?=CK@=G, Par,s College 2r+ H+ #+ #tillwell FK:?CK?=G, Uni*ersity of .llinois 2r+ 3a*erne A+ Comp FK:;CK:?G, Uni*ersity of ",lahoma

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