School of Music

1885—Alpha Chi Omega sorority founded at DePauw University

One of Dean Howe’s longest-lasting contributions was his involvement in founding the sorority Alpha Chi Omega, which Howe described in 1927 as “a glorious institution and one that has gone far beyond the hopes of its founders.” With 100 members in the DePauw chapter, and 136 chapters across the nation, Alpha Chi Omega was originally designed for women students of the School of Music, who at the time were not accepted into existing fraternities on campus.