The Chapter House

The Beta Upsilon Chapter of the Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity was founded in 1949 by Abner I. Klein. The first seven initiates of Beta Upsilon were Howard April, Jerome Kassel, Milton Cooper, Stan Okun, Jerald Goldsmith, Don Gable and Abby Siegal. The original house was located at 1107 N. University. The Beta Upsilon Chapter went through reorganization in 1997. The current house was the first house built on Fredonia as a fraternity house on September 24, 1961. The address is 1309 W. Fredonia, Peoria, IL 61606. We are the fourty-fifth AEPi chapter.

Facts

Statistics show that a majority of congressmen, some American presidents, and many corporate executives were members of fraternities during their college days. Additionally, being in a fraternity is about establishing life-long friendships. Currently, there are over 6,000 men in over 120 chapters across North America who are active members of Alpha Epsilon Pi. The fraternity was founded in 1913 at New York University and counts over 70,000 alumni in its history. Some of our famous alumni include CNN's Wolf Blitzer, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, NCAA President Myles Brand, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, Owner of the Chicago Bulls and White Sox Jerry Reinsdorf, and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.