American architectural fraternity
Scarab Founded February 25, 1909; 116 years ago (1909-02-25 ) University of Illinois Type Professional Former affiliation PFA Status Defunct Defunct date c. 1975 Emphasis Architecture Scope National Publication Scarab Bulletin The Hieratic Chapters 16 Headquarters United States
Scarab was a professional fraternity in the field ofarchitecture . It was founded in 1909 at theUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as the first group of its type for architecture.[ 1]
Scarab was founded on February 25, 1909, at theUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign .[ 1] [ 2]
Annually, each chapter held an exhibition of its best work.[ 3] [ 3] [ 4] [ 2]
The fraternity was governed by a supreme council that met during the annual convention.[ 2] The Hieratic . It also published theScarab Bulletin twice a year.[ 2]
Archival materials related to Scarab are housed atCarnegie Mellon University Libraries,Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Archives, and theUniversity of Illinois Archives.[ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
It is unknown when most chapters ceased operations; The mother chapter, at Illinois, ceased activity circa 1971.
Scarab's chapters were called temples.[ 2] [ 8] [ 9]
Temple Charter date and range Institution Location Status Reference Karnak 1909–c. 1971 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Urbana andChampaign, Illinois Inactive [ 7] Ipsamboul 1914 Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis County, Missouri Inactive Edfou 1915 Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, Illinois Inactive Thebes 1916 Pennsylvania State University University Park ,Pennsylvania Inactive Philae 1920 Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Inactive Luxor 1921–c. 1927 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts Inactive [ 9] [ 2] Abydos 1921 University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Inactive [ 10] [ a] Ammon 1926 George Washington University Washington, D.C. Inactive Khons 1926 University of Minnesota Minneapolis ,Minnesota Inactive Isis 1927 University of Southern California Los Angeles, California Inactive Hathor 1928 University of Virginia Charlottesville, Virginia Inactive Osiris 1929 University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio Inactive Horus 1932 Washington State University Pullman, Washington Inactive Khufu 1932 Auburn University Auburn, Alabama Inactive [ 11] [ b] Anubis 1954 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Pomona, California Inactive [ c] [ 12] Amenkotep 1955 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, New York Inactive
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