INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA– Phi Kappa Theta Fraternity is disappointed to announce the closure of the Pennsylvania Alpha Chapter at Lehigh University, effective immediately. The unanimous decision to suspend the Pennsylvania Alpha chapter came from the Fraternity Board in March and resulted in the revocation of the charter, finalized this summer. The Executive Offices learned the chapter lost university recognition as the result of a university hearing regarding a code of conduct violation in November 2019. The chapter’s charter will remain suspended and in the care of the Board of Trustees. The Pennsylvania Alpha chapter was chartered in 1919 as Theta Kappa Phi and was the first chapter in Pennsylvania. This chapter was the founding site for Theta Kappa Phi—one of two fraternities which joined together in 1959 to create Phi Kappa Theta.