Following written by George S. Toll:

Excerpt from Alpha Epsilon Pi: The First Sixty-Five Years, 1913-1978

The University of Chicago, one of America's outstanding educational institutions, was the site of the eleventh chapter. Installation took place on July 2, 1923, at the Congress Hotel in Chicago. Charter members were Eli Herman ('23), Harvey L. Horwich ('23), Maurice H. Simon ('23), David Ziskind ('23), Joseph P. Gault ('24), Solomon Katz ('24), Arthur Cassman ('25), David Stotter ('25), and Meyer Handler ('26). SM Siemon L. Hamburger was the installing officer, assisted by PSM Nat Wolf, SE Jesse Safir, SS William Cohen, David Schlesinger and SLM Sid Picker. Delta Alumni were also present.

By the fall of 1924, Lambda had rented quarters and was engaged in rush. Its pledge class consisted of six men. Mandel Spivek took second place in his event in Big Ten fencing, and Matthew Margolis was the Big Ten fencing champion in sabre, captain of the U. of Chicago team for 1924-25, and was awarded a major letter. Mortimer Diamond was out for swimming and Nathan Levin for track. On February 22, 1925, Harold Brill and Sylvan Robertson were initiated. In the 1925-26 year, Mandel Spivak was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, Mortimer Diamond swam for the varsity, Arthur Cassman was a law student, and Sylvan Robertson was Master. On June 18, 1926, Lambda initiated six new men, Harold Eisenstein, Milton Durschlag, Albert Mesirow, Samuel Pollyea, Albert Steadman and Jerome Weiss.

For 1926-27, Sylvan Robertson was elected Master, Emmet Newman served as Lieutenant Master, Jerome Weiss as Scribe, Albert Meserow as Exchequer and Harold Eisenstein as Sentinel. Aaron Kenigsberg was out for Varsity track. The chapter ranked second among all fraternities academically, and Nathan Levin was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. National AEPi day was celebrated together with Delta and the Chicago Alumni Club. Ben Sackheim of Delta transferred to Chicago and affiliated with Lambda. When Emmet Newman transferred to Delta the position of LM was filled by Sam Pollyea. On January 30, 1927, Sidney Klein and Nathan Stein we added to Lambda's rolls. The chapter ranked first on campus scholastically, with a chapter average of 3.67 on a four-point scale. Harold Eisenstein made both the varsity wrestling and football squads, and Saul Knapp was pledged and initiated. In the 1927-28 year,the chapter initiated Sol Feldbein, Richard Golden, Morris Leibman, Irwin Silverman and Nathan Williams. Milton Durschlag was Master and Jerome Weiss was Lieutenant Master. For the second term Brother Durschlag was re-elected, with Albert Steadman as LM, Irwin Silverman as Scribe, and Harold Eisenstein as Exchequer. Sol Feldbein was initiated by Blackfriars, honorary dramatic society.

In 1928-29, David Apfelbaum, who had entered law school after graduating from Delta at Illinois, was elected Master; Samuel Pollyea was Lieutenant Master and Nathan Williams served as sentinel. The chapter was at its largest size in its short history, with 30 active members. Bernard Urist won his "C" in varsity track, Benjamin Orloff was out for freshman football, and Brother Leibman was a sports editor of the Daily Maroon. A number of the new men in the chapter came from Tau Sigma Omicron, a local which was absorbed by Lambda. Tau Sigma Omicron had existed also at Wisconsin, and became Pi Chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi. Morton Getzov swam for varsity. Ira and Delmar Kolb both ranked high academically. Harold Savitt, Burton Sherre, Maurice Palles, Morris Finkel, Nathan Williams, Ben Orloff and Carl Cohn all played on the chapter basketball team, which was undefeated in the early season. Seymour Guthman was among the brothers graduating in 1928-29.

For academic year 1929-30, Sam Pollyea assumed the Master's post, Harold Eisenstein served as Lieutenant Master, Carl Cohn as Scribe, Irving Sternberg as Exchequer and Harold Savitt as Sentinel. Laurence Jacobson made Phi Beta Kappa, while Louis Sevin was graduated from the law school cum laude. In 1930-31, the chapter house was located at 5541 University Avenue, with Irwin Silverman as Master and Carl Cohen as Scribe. But the Depression hit Lambda hard and it was forced to give up its house. Master Silverman and LM Leibman rented an apartment for use as chapter headquarters, but the chapter continued to lose membership and by 1932 became dormant. An attempt to re-activate Lambda was made after World War II, but after prolonged negotiations, the University of Chicago, which had lost the majority of its chapters, decided that it was not ready to encourage the return of fraternities, and the lifeblood that was Lambda died at UChicago and in 1948, was established at the Illinois Institute of Technology.

In 1947, Executive Secretary George S. Toll made contact with a local group known as Praetorians at the Illinois Institute of Technology (formerly Armour Institute). Praetorians had existed at Illinois Tech since September 14, 1943, It had been a chapter of a small national, but had withdrawn, feeling that it needed the support of a stronger national organization. The contact was followed up by Herzl B. Mendelsohn of the Chicago Alumni Club, and by Supreme Governor Jerome Rosengard. The petition, forwarded on April 26, 1948, was granted, and on June 13, 1948 with a ritual team from Nu at Marquette conducting the ceremony, the Lambda Chapter was reborn. Since, like the University of Chicago, Illinois Tech was located on the South Side of the city, it was thought fitting and proper to grant the Lambda charter to the new chapter. Guests included Executive Secretary George S. Toll, SG Dr. Jerome Rosengard, Chicago Alumni Club Members, representatives of neighboring AEII chapters, and other guests. PSM Louis V. Heller presented the charter. Charter members were Melvin Balikov, Raymond Balikov, Elliott Bloom, Jack Diamond, Walter Goldman, Albert Goldstein, Ira Graham, Simeon L. Kosberg, Paul M. Levine, Bernard Marshfield, Lewis Malnak, Gerald Meyers, Fred Minkus, Werner Neuman, Marvin Quateman, Gerald Rose, Harry Rubin, Sheldon Schumacher, David Schwarz, Philip Siegel, Marshall Wechtter, Joseph Weinberger and Roger Wolff. The first chapter quarters were at 3254 S. Michigan Avenue. Elliott Bloom was Master, Ira Graham, Scribe. David Apfelbaum (Lambda '29) was the first Advisor.

From the outset, Lambda was an outstanding chapter. Bert Cohn won a four-year scholarship in fire protection engineering. Ira Graham was Senior Class President, Salamander fire protection honorary, Tau Beta Pi, and Alpha Phi Omega. He served on the school election commission, on which Cohn also served. Gerald Rose was elected to Tau Beta Pi and Phi Lambda Upsilon, as well as Alpha Phi Omega. Murray Luftglass and Richard Kaplan made Phi Eta Sigma, and Kaplan was also appointed to the election commission. In 1950-51, Bert Cohn was elected Assistant Editor of the Technology News and inducted into Salamander. Sam Weiman made Alpha Chi Sigma. Alan E. Sherman was art director of the News and Allen Berenson was cartoonist. Edward Keevins played varsity gold, and Morley Simon ran the 100 and 220 for the track team. Bob Schwartz reported sports for the News, Fremont Reizman made Phi Eta Sigma, and Bert Cohn, Tau Beta Pi. Chapter officers were Master Bert Cohn, LM Bob Abrams, Exchequer Jerry Friedman, Scribe Fremont Reizman and House Manager Herm Levin. Bert Cohn was editor-in-chief of the News, and Murray Luftglass, Master in 1952, was news editor.

In 1953-54, the chapter reported taking its largest pledge class to date, and Ira E. Graham served as Advisor. In 1954-55, Don Savitt was associate editor of the Technology News, while Past Master Lou Roth was publicity chairman of Technorama. Yale Kardish and Richard Rubin created and ran the award-winning chemistry exhibit at spring carnival. Roth was voted Man of the Year by the student body and was listed in Who's Who in American Colleges. He belonged to Psi Chi and was a member-at-large of the Student Governing Board. Don Savitt was chosen Outstanding Engineering Student at Illinois Tech. Donald Dann was Master of Lambda, and president of Sigma Iota Epsilon. Ron Center and Don Savitt were elected to both Eta Kappa Nu and Tau Beta Pi, and Ron Kanarish was captain of the Tech golf team.

In 1955-56, Lambda took the scholarship trophy, led by straight A performances by Sy Lotsoff and Larry Greenstein. Mel Fohrman, Junior Class Social Chairman, made Pi Tau Sigma, Tau Beta Pi, and Sigma Iota Epsilon. Irv Zaretsky was treasurer of the Arnold Air Society. Dan Ruskin was Master, and with Lou Gold took all the prizes at Technorama. Kantoff made Chi Epsilon and was in Arnold Air Society. During 1956-57 academic year Lambda realized its dream. It had always shared a large building with three other fraternities but in this year it obtained its own home at 3218 S. Michigan Avenue. The chapter continued to grow and became a dominant force on the Tech campus. Charles Kramer '56, became Chapter Advisor, a post he retained for many years.

By 1958-59 Lambda had reached a total of sixty-seven actives and pledges. Its members were involved in every important activity, including Senior BMOC honoary Beta Omega Nu. It had begun a drive to raise funds for a chapter house to be built on the campus. Lambda alumnus Alan E. Sherman was creating cover illustrations for the AEII Lion which were well-received in the fraternity world. Marshall Taylor was Master, with Earl Glass as Lieutenant Master, Bob Goldman as Member-at-Large, Jerry Mandel as Scribe and Russ Weinberg as Exchequer. Burt Harris was IFC vice-president, Larry Weiss was ITSA treasurer, Norm Berger was sports editor of the News. In the 1959-60 year the chapter placed three men on the Board of Control of the Student Association, Jerry Geren and Randy Wortman were varsity swimmers, Lou Glantz was elected to Beta Omega Nu, and the chapter inducted fourteen men and pledged five.

In 1960-61, Lambda had sixty-one brothers. The chapter finished second in IFC football, swimming, basketball, and pageant, and won the IFC scholarship trophy. Pageant success was due to the efforts of Al Mazur, Marc Lieberman, and Ernie Schubert, who wrote, produced, and directed the skit. The roles were played by Al Schwartzenverg, Arnie Coleman, Marc Lieberman, Bernard Kaufman, Harold Stotland and Burt Harris. Officers for 1960-61 were Master Al Mazur, LM Arnie Coleman, Member-at-Large Rich Reiner, Exchequer Harold Stotland and Scribe Ron Bailis. Al Mazur was chosen Man of the Year by the student body. For 1961-62 the officers were: Arnold Coleman as Master, Randy Wortman as Lieutenant Master, Ira King as Member-at-Large, Harold Stotland as Pledgemaster, Ralph Mendelson as Exchequer and George Lazik as Scribe. In the fall of 1961, the chapter moved into its new 48-man house, with Estelle Gloss as housemother. The IFC Scholarship trophy was retired after three consecutive wins. Hay Fisher was inducted into Tau Beta Pi, and Rho Epsilon tapped George Lazik, Harold Stotland, Gene Goldstein, Ron Bailis and Ira King. King was named Man of the Year. Arnie Coleman was named to Who's Who in American Colleges. Vic Morganstern and Bob Schwartz were presidents of the Sophomore and Freshman Classes, respectively, and Arnold Epstein was secretary of the Student Union Board. Officers for 1962-63 were: Master Ron Bailis, LM Joel Goldberg, Member-at-Large Marty Behr, Exchequer Al Roufa, Scribe Bob Schwartz and Pledgemaster Al Unikel. The 1962 pledge class, 21 strong, was one of the best on campus.

Lambda continued on an even keel. Reports to The Lion of Alpha Epsilon Pi were not made for the next several years, but in 1966-67 Lambda reported that it was sponsoring a campaign to send holiday greetings to servicemen in Viet Nam. Elected to Who's Who in American Colleges were Mike King, Nathan Karch, Neil Naroff, Howard Alport, Leonard Slobodin, Jay Kurtzman, Stu Agres, and Maurice Hoffman. Stuart Agres was president of the Illinois Tech Student Association, and Allen Gutovitz held the posts of vice-president of IFC and chairman of the Student Admissions Advisory. Rich Pathman was public relations chairman for Union Board, Steve Lipson was treasurer of ITSA, and Howard Alport served as vice-president of Beta Omega Nu and secretary of the Publications Board. Jay Kurtzman was captain of the IIT basketball team and Jim Karlin, captain of the IIT bowling team. Scholastically Steve Lipson scored a perfect 4.00 for the third time, Jeff Kanofsky achieved a 4.00, Steve Adelman a 3.89, and Stu Agres a 3.83. Beta Omega Nu tapped Moe Hoffman, Howard Alport, Jay Kurtzman, Paul Gordon, and Harley Feldman. Neil Thall was in Eta Kappa Nu, Steve Adelman in Phi Lambda Upsilon, and Jay Kurtzman was vice president of Honor 1, athletic honorary. Mel Cohen was president of Union Board, with Howard Dahl, Bob O'Connor, and Rick Pathman on the Board. Spring term officers were Master Allen Gutovitz, LM Steve Ronsen, ML Barry Newman, Pledgemaster Paul Gordon, Exchequer Harley Feldman and Scribe Glenn Roth.

Lambda Chapter marked its twentieth anniversary on the Illinois Tech campus in 1967-68, as the largest chapter on campus, with a 31-man pledge class. Mel Cohen was Union Board President, and Allen Gutovitz IFC President. Jay Kurtzman was president of Beta Omega Nu, and Master Steve Lipson served as secretary-treasurer of the Student Association, and treasurer of the Senior Class. With nearly half the brotherhood on the Dean's List, the chapter once again placed first on campus scholastically. IIT's Homecoming featured Brothers Simon and Garfunkel. The officers elected to serve in the fall of 1968 were Harley Feldman as Master, Barry Newman as Lieutenant Master, Ernest Bergsman as Exchequer, Charles Fox as Pledgemaster, Richard Leibman as Scribe and Roy Gelbhaus as House Manager.

In 1968-69, Harley Feldman was IFC President, a member of Beta Omega Nu, and was also selected for Who's Who in American Colleges. The IFC had on its committees Allen Marshall, Howard Dahl, Roy Gelbhaus, and John Feingersch. Other influential brothers on campus elected to Beta Omega Nu, were Richard Schlesinger, Eldon Zorinsky, Leo Kryss and Tom Goldblatt. Steven Ceresonsky was one of the initiated. For the spring of 1969, officers were Master Howard Dahl, LM Harry Heifetz, Harley Michelson, ML, Pledgemaster Tom Goldblatt, Exchequer Steve Heller and Scribe Roy Gelbhaus. Eldon Zorinsky was elected president of the Sophomore Class, and Stuart Zwang played varsity soccer. For the fall 1969 semester, the chapter selected Harley Michelson, as Master, Richard Schlesinger as Lieutenant Master, Ira Weiner as ML, Tom Goldblatt as Pledgemaster, Harry Heifetz as Exchequer, and Eldon Zorinsky as Scribe. Lambda won the national fraternity's Outstanding Chapter Award at the 1969 convention.

Roy Gelbhaus was president of the Beta Omega Nu honorary in 1970-71. In 1969-70 Harry Heifetz was elected assistant treasurer of Student Governmen, and in 1970-71, president of Student Government. In 1971, he received the Outstanding Senior Award from the IIT Alumni Association, an award won by Chuck Haas in 1973.

By 1972-73, IIT seemed to be experiencing declining enrollment. Lambda was led by Master Jerry Behn, LM Herbert Lewis, Pledgemaster Stu Sklar, Exchequer David Epstein, Scribe David Wheeler, and Ira Rothman, ML. The chapter ranked first academically with an average of 3.2 on a four-point scale. Steve Fox was elected Senior Representative, and Charles Haas, President of the Student Government in 1972-73, was Graduate Representative. In the succeeding years the chapter began to have difficulties. Manpower declined, and it seemed for a while that Lambda might be forced to close. However, with the help of Advisor (since 1958) Charles Kramer and other Chicago alumni, by the 1977-78 year the chapter was rebuilding. The house was filled to 80% of its capacity, on December 3, 1977 the chapter was able to welcome Supreme Master Robert Silverman and prove to him that Lambda was on its way back to the top of the fraternities at the Illinois Institute of Technology.

Lambda Chapter, including both its years at the University of Chicago and at Illinois Institute of Technology, initiated a total of 520 men.

Following written by Will Dawoodi:

In 1995, a group of men decided to bring AEPi back to the University of Chicago and established the Lambda Alpha Chapter on their campus. Sadly, financial burdens and a lack of new recruits forced the chapter to shut its doors in 1999.

But in May 21, 2000, the Lambda Alpha Chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi was refounded at the University of Chicago. In the spring of 2000, a small group of Maroon men formed the Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity. The first two quarters were times of bonding and regular meetings for the brothers, but little progress was made. But in the third quarter, the chapter expanded and grew stronger. The first president of the chapter was Scott Andrew Ungar, and during his term in office, Alpha Epsilon Pi sent two representatives to visit with the group - Brian Schneider and Harley Gold. A petition was forwarded and granted by the Supreme Board in May of 2000. Lambda Alpha's affiliation came as a result of the work of the founding fathers, the national office, and their chapter consultants.

The installation took place at the Northwestern University Hillel, and charter members were David Nathaniel Abuaf - Exchequer, Nery Alaev - Lt. Master, Aaron Isaac Baum - Athletic Chairman, Arash (William) Dawoodi - Academic Chairman, David Epstein - Scribe, Benjamin Richard Naimark-Rowse - Social Chairman, Josef (Jef) Klazen - Brother At Large, Daniel Shiba - Philantropy Chairman, Jeremy Taub - Rush Chairman, and Scott Andrew Ungar - Master. Two of the brother got the urge to expand their academic studies abroad, and so brothers Alaev and Naimark-Rowse went to study at Cambridge University and the University of Havana respectively. In the second quarter, brother Dawoodi was then elected as Lt. Master. At the beginning of third quarter, brothers Ungar and Shiba stepped down to concentrate on their academic pursuits and brother Epstein stepped down as Scribe. Brother Dawoodi stepped up to fill the Master position, brother Ungar went on to become the new Scribe, and brother Taub picked up the second position of Lt. Master. Once the chapter was more firmly established, it became necessary to pursue growth and a rush period was run from January 29, 2001 until February 2, 2001 followed by a Neophyte Induction on February 10, 2001 at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. James Adelman, Peri Berger, Dan Levy, and Ethan Lieber were inducted as the Alpha Class. In the fourth quarter (June 2001), Brothers Klazen and Taub graduated while Brother Epstein moved, and these three became Lambda Alpha's first alumni.

Brother Dawoodi adopted rules of conduct, attendance, and appearance for the group in the third quarter and in the fourth quarter, the Lambda Alpha Chapter designed and adopted a formal constitution.

In its 7 years on campus, the Lambda Alpha Chapter has initiated a total of 79 men, and produced some of the best and most diversified Maroons along with outstanding alumni.