The Lambda Eta chapter at Murray State University was established in 1968. The alumni association is for the over 1500 men who have built lifelong friendships through the brotherhood.
Lambda Chi Alpha was founded by Warren A. Cole, while a student at Boston University, on November 2, 1909; with the expressed objective purpose of bringing about the association together of college students of good moral character in the various collegiate institutions within the United States and Canada; to foster a high Christian standard of life and ideals, to promote honorable friendship, to secure for members the greatest advantages in college life, to establish brotherly love, mutual aid, close personal connection between alumni, undergraduates and college, and to bind them together for mutual pleasure and interest in college as well as after life by testing each with courage, self-control, obedience, democracy and courtesy toward all with whom they may come in contact.
Today, Lambda Chi Alpha International Fraternity is one of the largest men’s general fraternities in North America with more than 275,000 intiated members and more than 180 chapters and colonies. It was the first fraternity to eliminate pledging and remains a leader in the fight against hazing, alcohol abuse, and other challenges facing today’s college student. Lambda Chi Alpha serves to compplement higher education by providing opportunities for academic achievement, leadership development and lifelong friendships.