Editing Lambda Chi Alpha (section)

=== Chapter naming ===
Lambda Chi Alpha is atypical in its naming scheme. Unlike most fraternities, the order in which chapters are named is not strictly based on the [[Greek alphabet]]. Instead, Lambda Chi Alpha chapters are known as Zetas. As such, for instance, the Alpha-Beta chapter is designated Alpha-Beta Zeta. In addition, since the fraternity's founding, Cole assigned Greek letters to petitioning groups that had not yet been chartered. Not all of these groups were chartered, however. As a result, the first 22 chapters were designated Α, Γ, Ε, Ζ, Ι, Λ, Β, Σ, Φ, Δ, Π, Ο, Μ, Τ, Η, Θ, Υ, Ξ, Χ, Ω, Κ, Ν, Ρ, Ψ. After the 24th chapter, the sequence was continued with a prefix following the same sequence (Α-Α, Α-Γ, Α-Ε, ... Γ-Α, Γ-Γ, Γ-Ε, ... Ε-A, etc.)

When [[Theta Kappa Nu]] merged with Lambda Chi Alpha in 1939, the former Theta Kappa Nu chapters were each given chapter designations prefixed with Θ, Κ, or Ν. The second letter of their chapter name was assigned in the order mentioned above and applied to the chapters in order of their precedence in Theta Kappa Nu. On campuses with chapters of both Lambda Chi Alpha and Theta Kappa Nu, the chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha kept its original designation.

A singular exception was the chapter at [[Georgia Institute of Technology|Georgia Tech]] in [[Atlanta]], ''Β-Κ Zeta'', which was named in recognition of its existence as a chapter of the [[Beta Kappa]], a national fraternity whose other existing chapters merged with [[Theta Chi]] in 1942.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lambdachi.org/collegiate/resources/files/Ritual_What_and_Why.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529151452/http://www.lambdachi.org/collegiate/resources/files/Ritual_What_and_Why.pdf|url-status=dead|title=Leonard, Edward F., George W. McDaniel, Charles S. Peyser (Eds.) (1987). ''Ritual: What and Why'', p. 28. Indianapolis, Lambda Chi Alpha.|archive-date=May 29, 2008}}</ref>