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THE ASSOCIATION
The Association was incorporated under the laws of Tennessee on December 1,
1947. The official name of the society is the Tau Beta Pi Association,
Incorporated. It is a not-for-profit, educational organization with no
stock- issuing power. Its assets are held in its corporate name or in
trust. The Association is classified under Section 501 (c) (3) (not
private) of the United Stated Internal Revenue Code, and gifts and bequests
to it are tax deductible.
THE ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE HONOR SOCIETIES
Tau Beta Pi is a founding member of the Association of College
Honor Societies, an association member of the American Society
for Engineering Education, as associate member of the American
Association of Engineering Societies, and an affiliate of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science and the Junior Engineering
Technical Society.
THE NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
The national headquarters of Tau Beta Pi are located on the campus of the
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, and have been there since R.
C. Matthews went to the University as a young instructor in 1907. R. C.
Matthews served as Tau Beta Pi's Secretary from 1905-1912 and as
Secretary-Treasurer from 1912 until his retirement in 1947. Before he
assumed office in 1905, the headquarters offices had been moved to wherever
the offices of the Secretary were located. Professor Matthew's long service
to Tau Beta Pi and the University of Tennessee has made the university the
permanent headquarters of the Association. In 1963, the headquarters staff
moved into a suite of offices designed specifically for Tau Beta Pi in the
then-new Nathan W. Dougherty Engineering Building.
ADDTIONAL INFORMATION
Tau Beta Pi History
Tau Beta Pi Symbols
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