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Alpha Gamma Rho

American collegiate agricultural fraternity

Summary

American collegiate agricultural fraternity

Field	Value
name	Alpha Gamma Rho
letters	ΑΓΡ
crest	Alpha Gamma Rho.png
image_size	180px
founded
birthplace	Ohio State University
affiliation	NIC
type	Social fraternity
scope	National (US)
colors	Dark Green and Gold
flower	Pink Rose
symbol	Sickle and Sheaf
motto	"To Make Better Men"
chapters	71
address	1333 NW Vivion Road, Suite 110
city	Kansas City
state	Missouri
ZIP code	64118
country	United States
homepage
status	Active
pillars	Recruitment, Commitment, Education, and Recognition
member badge	[[File:Alpha Gamma Rho badge.png	left	90px]]
emphasis	Professional - Agriculture

Alpha Gamma Rho (ΑΓΡ; commonly known as AGR or The Rho) is an American social and professional agriculture-focused fraternity. It was established at Ohio State University in 1904.

History

Alpha Gamma Rho considers the Morrill Act of 1862 to be the instrument of its inception. Having been signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1862, it provided land and other financial support to establish one institution of higher learning in the agricultural and mechanical sciences within each state. Alpha Gamma Rho, referred to as "AGR", was founded when two local fraternities from Ohio State University (Alpha Gamma Rho, founded on October 10, 1904) and the University of Illinois (Delta Rho Sigma, founded in 1906) met at an International Livestock Competition in Chicago.

Sixteen men signed the fraternity's charter at the Claypool Hotel in Indianapolis on April 4, 1908. Expansion increased dramatically over the next three decades to almost all land-grant universities in the country. The first chapter at a non-land-grant university was chartered in 1958 at Arizona State University. The first non-state (private) associated chapter (Beta Psi) was at Delaware Valley University in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.

Symbols

The four pillars of Alpha Gamma Rho are recruitment, commitment, education, and recognition. Its colors are dark green and gold. Its symbols are the sickle and the sheaf. Its flower is the pink rose. The fraternity's motto is "To Make Better Men".

Chapters

Main article: List of Alpha Gamma Rho chapters}}As of 2024, the fraternity has 71 chapters.{{Cite web

Notable members

Main article: List of Alpha Gamma Rho members

Local chapter or member misconduct

In 2018, the chapter at University of Minnesota was suspended after one of its members, Dylan Fulton, was found dead following a night of drinking. After an investigation, it was determined Fulton had died of alcohol poisoning.

In 2023, the chapter at Clemson University was placed on a four-year suspension for hazing after a pledge was burned on his back with salt-like material.

References

(22 May 2019). "History {{!}} Alpha Gamma Rho".
(2019-05-30). "Chapters".
Busche, Kelly. (October 11, 2018). "UMN responds to alcohol-related fraternity death".
https://thetigercu.com/13585/news/how-1-members-actions-caused-agrs-4-year-suspension-at-clemson-investigation/

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