What do the three stars on the pledge pin stand for? - answer Scholarship, Fellowship,
and Character
What does the crescent on the pledge pin stand for? - answer The brotherhood guiding
us
What is ATO's flower? - answer White tea rose
Who is the current national president? - answer Jeffrey G. Busch
Who is the current CEO? - answer Wynn R. Smiley, currently an honorary member
When was ATO founded? - answer September 11, 1865
Who are the three founders? - answer Otis Allen Glazebrook, Alfred Marshall, Erskine
Mayo Ross
Where was ATO founded? - answer Virginia Military Institute
What is the creed? - answer The Creed of Alpha Tau Omega
To bind men together in a brotherhood based upon eternal and immutable principles,
with a bond as strong as right itself and as lasting as humanity; to know no North, no
South, no East, no West, but to know man as man, to teach that true men the world
over should stand together and contend for supremacy of good over evil; to teach, not
politics, but morals; to foster, not partisanship, but the recognition of true merit wherever
found; to have no narrower limits within which to work together for the elevation of man
than the outlines of the world: these were the thoughts and hopes uppermost in the
minds of the founders of the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity.
Otis Allan Glazebrook
1880
Who is the second founder of ATO and why? - answer Joseph R. Anderson, he showed
great leadership and devotion to ATO.
When was the creed written? - answer1880
What is the address of ATO's founding chapter? - answer114 East Clay Street,
Richmond Virginia
How much should you tip when going out to eat? - answer15% - 20%
, Who is the only woman to ever be initiated into ATO and where? - answer Lizzie
Lecher, Virginia
What religion was ATO founded upon? - answer Christianity
What was Otis Allen Glazebrook's rank in the military? - answer First Corporal Artillery
What was Alfred Marshall's rank in the military? - answer Second Corporal Company B
What was Erskine Mayo Ross's rank in the military? - answer First Sargent Company A
What are the primary colors of ATO? - answer Sky blue and Old Gold
What are the secondary colors of ATO? - answer Green and White
What is the highest award that a chapter can be given? - answer Top Chapter Award
How many True Merit awards can be given in a single year? - answer There is no limit
What was the former name for the badge and what is its new name? - answer It was
formally known as the Maltese but now it is the heraldic
What award is given to a chapter that has overcome a hardship? – answer Storm strap
award
On the badge, why does it read north to south ATO but east to west OTA? - answer To
signify what God is the beginning and the end
What are the characteristics of the brother badge? - answer Heraldic cross with ATO
going north to south and OTA going east to west, three stars around the T, hands
shaking below the T, and a crescent above the T
What is the highest award that a single person can win? - answer The Thomas Arkle
Clark award
Where headquarters currently located? - answer One North Pennsylvania Street, 12th
Floor Indianapolis, IN 46204
Who is Thomas Arkle Clark? - answer Dean of Men and set moral and ethical standards
for the Fraternity
What are the six duties of new members? - answer Finances, Personal Conduct,
Academic & Student Activities, Recruitment, Participation & Signature Events, National
Fraternity Relations
Which ATO has his own television show and game show? - answer Guy Fieri
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