1. The Leaders and Best, since 1865

2. What is ATO?
 Alpha Tau Omega is one of
the Nation’s, and UofM’s, 3 percent of the
most historical fraternity
U.S. is Greek, and
 After having an illustrious
117 years at UofM, the of that 3 percent,
charter was removed in only 1 percent
2005
 Join the efforts to bring this
gets this kind of
fraternity back to campus, opportunity
and help rebuild the
prestige it once had!

3. "Alpha Tau Omega holds before the young men of the country an ideal and something greater than
a mere intellectual ideal. Alpha Tau Omega stands for heart as well as head. It has given men a true
ideal of life.“
-Otis Allan Glazebrook
National Background
 ATO was founded by Otis Allan
Glazebrook, Erskine Mayo Ross
and Alfred Marshall, at
the Virginia Military Institute in
1865.
 ATO was not established in
imitation of or in opposition to
any existing fraternity.
 ATO annually ranks among the
top ten national fraternities for
number of chapters and total
number of members. ATO has
more than 250 active and inactive
chapters with more than 200,000
members and more than 6,500
undergraduate members.
Otis Allan Glazebrook

4. National Background
 Newsweek announced
Alpha Tau Omega as the
leader of "The Top Ten of
Fraternity Row.”
 ATO was the first fraternity
founded after the Civil War
in 1865, striving to heal the
wounds created by the
devastating war and help
reunite the North and
South.
 Colors: Azure and Gold.
 Nickname: Taus, Alpha The ATO Crest
Taus, ATOs

5. Local Background
 The Beta Lambda chapter of
Alpha Tau Omega was
founded at the University of
Michigan on December 8,
1888. Seven members were
initiated that night, in a
second story hall on Main
Street in Ann Arbor
 The Beta Lambda Alumni
Association (BLAA) was
incorporated on May 21, 190
ATO circa 1980
 The chapter house at 1415
Cambridge was constructed
in 1929 for Beta Lambda

6. Local Background
 In 1967, Beta Lambda
initiated its 1,000th
member
 Beta Lambda won its first
True Merit award in 1980
and went on to win the
award in seven out of the
next ten year
 The Beta Lambda Charter
was revoked on April 16,
The original UM ATO house at 1415
2005, after 118 years and Cambridge
over 1,700 initiated
member

7. What the ATO Colony Offers
 Leadership
 Social
 Brotherhood
 Philanthropy
 Academics
 Alumni
 Networking
 Fun The ATO Badge

8. Leadership
 The ATO Colony is looking to
fill many leadership positions
 Your actions have the ability
to change the fraternity for
good or bad
 Develop leadership skills for
life
 ATO offers many programs to
promote leadership
 Check out several offerings @
http://www.ato.org/AlphaTa
uOmega/LeadershipDevelop
ment/Altitude.aspx

9. Social
 ATO is both a social and
leadership fraternity
 One of the great things
about being in ATO is
getting the chance to
meet many Greeks and
Non-Greeks
 Mixers, parties, and
many other fun ATO Ice-skating with AEPhi
events

10. Brotherhood
 We do many events together to build a strong bond
between us
Painting the rock Hanging out
Tailgating
…And much
more!
Tigers Game Red Wings game

11. Philanthropy
 Another aspect to ATO is giving
back to the community
 Some things we have done are:
Relay for Life, NCAA Bracket
Pool for the Jalen Rose
foundation, Volunteering at the
Ronald McDonald House
 We are currently planning a
Relay for Life with AGD and
annual campus-wide ATO
Signature Philanthropy event Triangle
Relay for Life fundraising goal

12. Academics
 At ATO, school also has
great importance
 We have brothers in
Engineering, Business,
and LSA
 Brothers are a great
source for school help
 We have rooms reserved
in the UGLi every week
for brothers to use

13. Alumni
 Many UM ATO graduates loved their time in here, they are
very active with the colony
 We have alumni from the ’80s, ‘70s, and even the ‘50s that
are involved!
Resume workshop with Alumni
Alumni watching Michigan Football
Cigar night
at an Alum’s Another great
Restuarant
feature of
alumni…

14. Networking
 According to  Famous ATOs can be
Forbes.com, there are 7 found here:
Fortune 500 CEOs that http://en.wikipedia.org/
were in Alpha Tau wiki/List_of_Alpha_Tau
Omega _Omega_brothers
 In Southeast Michigan  Over 3,000 members in
alone, there are over 400 the ATO Linkedin group
UofM ATO alums
 The national fraternity
includes many career
resources

15. Fun
Ski Trip Tailgating!
Our letters engrained
in a table at Charley’s
Watching football with
Partying with ATOs at WMU Alumni

16. Fun at Greek Week
 ATO’s team placed 2nd last year in Greek Week, with Zeta Tau Alpha and FIJI
Cheerleaders….
1st place in Red Bull Greek Olympics
chariot race!
Ping pong champs! Thank You Cake to Team
Greek Sports partner

17. Fun Old UofM ATO Photos (Pre-
1990)

18. Join ATO!
Create
something
legendary!
Start your own
traditions
TODAY
Interested or have any questions?
Contact Colony President Ankur Shah at
ankursha@umich.edu

19. Other Sources
 ATO.org
 UmichATO.com
 Facebook:
 Alpha Tau Omega - Beta
Lambda
 Twitter
 @UmichATO