Lambda Alpha Upsilon

Latino America Unida, Lambda Alpha Upsilon Fraternity, Inc. (ΛΑΥ or LAU, also known as Condors) is a Latino oriented Greek letter intercollegiate fraternity founded on December 10, 1985, at the State University of New York at Buffalo.^[1][2] In 1998, it became the first East Coast based fraternity to join the majority West Coast and Mid-West based conference of the National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations (NALFO) instead of the majority East Coast based ConcÌlio Nacional de Hermandades Latinas.^[3]

Lambda Alpha Upsilon
ΛΑΥ
Founded	December 10th, 1985; 39 years ago (December 10th, 1985) State University of New York at Buffalo
Type	Social
Affiliation	NALFO NIC
Status	Active
Emphasis	Latino
Scope	National
Motto	¡Venceremos porque Nacimos para Triunfar!
Colors	Red,   Yellow,   White and   Black
Mascot	Andean Condor
Chapters	25 undergraduate, 7 alumni
Colonies	10
Headquarters	1162 St. Georges Avenue Suite #258 Avenel, New Jersey 07001 United States
Website	www.lambdas.com

Establishment

In the fall of 1985 at the University at Buffalo, sixteen young men of various ethnic backgrounds decided to form a support group that would provide a social and cultural outlet for students of Latin American descent. The university's Greek system lacked an organization dedicated to the needs of the Latino community. To meet those needs, the group chose to pursue recognition as the first Latino-oriented Greek-letter organization on campus. After a brief period of time of being recognized as a colony of La Unidad Latina, Lambda Upsilon Lambda fraternity by their institution, the individuals who had joined the group would go on to secede from the rest of Lambda Upsilon Lambda in 1988. In the process of which, they founded the Alpha chapter of Latino America Unida, Lambda Alpha Upsilon Fraternity, Inc., with them choosing the establishment date of the former colony as the founding date for the fraternity as a whole.^[4][5]

The founding fathers are recognized by the fraternity as:

• Antonio Adorno
• José Betances
• Miguel Buitrago
• Manuel Cáceres
• José Chiu
• Ronald Ellín
• Daniel Figueroa III
• Victor Gutiérrez
• Justo León
• Julio Martínez Jr.
• José Núñez
• Antonio Rodríguez
• Daryl Salas
• Manny Sánchez
• José Soto
• Simón Vélez

Chapters

Undergraduate chapters

Lambda Alpha Upsilon reserves the Lambda chapter designation for deceased Hermanos.^[6] In the chapter list below, active chapters ae indicated in bold and inactive chapters are in italics.^[1][7]

Chapter	Charter date	Institution	Location	Status	References
Alpha	1985	University at Buffalo	Buffalo, New York	Inactive	[a]
Beta	1993	Rochester Institute of Technology	Rochester, New York	Active
Gamma	1994	St. John's University	New York City, New York	Inactive
Delta	1996	State University of New York at Oswego	Oswego, New York	Inactive
Epsilon	1996	New York Metro	New York City, New York	Active
Zeta	1997	State University of New York at Delhi	Delhi, New York	Inactive
Eta	1998	State University of New York at Old Westbury	Old Westbury, New York	Inactive
Theta	1999	Southern Connecticut State University	New Haven, Connecticut	Inactive
Iota	2001	University of Florida	Gainesville, Florida	Inactive
Kappa	2004	University of New Haven	West Haven, Connecticut	Inactive
Lambda				Memorial	[6]
Mu	2005	University of Wisconsin–Whitewater	Whitewater, Wisconsin	Active
Nu	2007	West Chester University	West Chester, Pennsylvania	Inactive
Xi	2008	University of Connecticut	Storrs, Connecticut	Active
Omicron	2009	Central Connecticut State University	New Britain, Connecticut	Active
Pi	2014	Syracuse University	Syracuse, New York	Active
Rho	2016	Binghamton University	Vestal, New York	Active
Sigma	2016	University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Active
Tau	2016	State University of New York at Oneonta	Oneonta, New York	Inactive
Upsilon	2019	Nova Southeastern University	Fort Lauderdale and Davie, Florida	Active
Phi	2019	Florida Atlantic University	Boca Raton, Florida	Active
Chi	2021	State University of New York at New Paltz	New Paltz, New York	Active
Psi	2019	Drexel University	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Active
Omega	2022	Rutgers University–New Brunswick	New Brunswick, New Jersey	Active
Alpha Alpha	2023	Colorado School of Mines	Golden, Colorado	Active
Alpha Beta	2023	University of Denver	Denver, Colorado	Active
Trinity College Colony	2016	Trinity College	Hartford, Connecticut	Active
UWP Colony	2017	University of Wisconsin–Parkside	Kenosha, Wisconsin	Active
Syracuse Metro Colony	2019	Le Moyne College	DeWitt, New York	Active
FIU Colony	2022	Florida International University	University Park, Florida	Active
Marquette Colony	2024	Marquette University	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Active
Northeastern Colony	2024	Northeastern University	Boston, Massachusetts	Active

1. This chapter was initially established as a colony of Lambda Upsilon Lambda in 1985. It would go onto rebrand itself as the Alpha chapter of Lambda Alpha Upsilon in 1988.

Alumni chapters

Iterations beginning with the letter Lambda are reserved for alumni chapters as described below.^[1] The alumni chapters of Lambda Alpha Upsilon consist of working professionals and graduate-level students who were inducted as undergraduate members and are established in the workforce or continuing their education while deciding to remain active within the fraternity. Lambda Alpha Upsilon also inducts interested men with at least a bachelor's degree into one of the alumni chapters through the Graduate Induction Process. Lambda Alpha Upsilon officially recognizes the following alumni chapters:

Chapter	Charter date	Region	Status	References
Lambda Alpha	2005	Connecticut	Active	[7]
Lambda Beta	2005	New York City Metro	Active	[7]
Lambda Gamma	2010	Washington, D.C. Metro	Active	[7]
Lambda Delta	2012	Rochester/Buffalo	Active	[7]
Lambda Epsilon	2017	South Florida	Active	[7]
Lambda Zeta	2015	Wisconsin	Active	[7]
Lambda Eta	2017	Pennsylvania	Active	[7]
Lambda Theta	2024	New Jersey	Active	[7]
Lambda Iota	2024	Colorado	Active	[7]

Affiliations

The fraternity is a founding member of the National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations (NALFO).

See also

• List of social fraternities and sororities