TriangleOhio State

Ohio State Chapter

About Triangle

A fraternity built on honor, friendship, character, brotherhood, and courage since 1907.

It was in the fall of 1906 that sixteen civil engineering juniors at the University of Illinois began the association that became Triangle Fraternity. These Founders based their organization on the principles of honor, friendship, character, brotherhood, and courage. They developed their plans quickly, and on April 15, 1907, incorporated Triangle in the State of Illinois.

The chapter at Ohio State was founded on February 2, 1911 as the third chapter nationwide. While the fraternity was originally only open to men studying civil engineering, the organization eventually expanded to a social fraternity for engineers, architects, and scientists. Our purpose is to develop balanced men who cultivate high moral character, foster lifelong friendships and lead lives of integrity. We offer countless leadership opportunities, avenues for community service, scholarships, and much more. Triangle provides a bridge between academic life and a career as well as a foundation for success in the years after college.

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The Founders of Triangle Fraternity

The Founders based Triangle on the principles of honor, friendship, character, brotherhood, and courage.

Our Values

Code of Ethics

All Triangle brothers hold themselves to high moral standards and strive to be the best men they can in order to build a better world for tomorrow. Triangle's Code of Ethics reflects our fraternity's beliefs and values, which is as follows:

As a member of Triangle, I recognize my obligation to:

  1. 1Observe the precepts of the Fraternity as set forth in the Ritual;
  2. 2Accept cheerfully my full share of any task, however menial, involved in maintaining a chapter home;
  3. 3Preserve and promote the chosen ideals of my Fraternity;
  4. 4Pay all personal bills promptly, and always live within my means;
  5. 5Help create in my chapter home an environment in which enduring friendships may be formed;
  6. 6Maintain a creditable scholastic record;
  7. 7Promote the welfare of my profession;
  8. 8Maintain my self-respect by proper conduct at all times;
  9. 9Uphold faithfully the traditions and program of my Alma Mater;
  10. 10Pay the price of success in honest effort.