Beta Chi chapter is established at Willamette University.
Announced in the November 1944 Lyre article, the National Council decided to cancel the 1945 National Convention in view of the travel restrictions and non-essential travel being viewed as "unpatriotic." Elections of national officers occurred by mail.
Beta Psi chapter is established at Louisiana Tech University.
The 1945 National Convention is cancelled due to wartime conditions. National President Gladys Drach Power (Nu, University of Colorado Boulder) stated: "I assumed the Presidency in the middle of that devastating War during some of the most difficult years we had ever experienced. The shortage of many things we had always taken for granted had an extreme effect upon us. Food was rationed, gasoline was rationed, and all modes of travel were hampered. Train and airplane reservations were almost impossible to obtain since space was reserved for military personnel. Hotels were overcrowded. That year, our officers were elected by mail vote."
Beta Omega chapter is established at The University of Toledo.
President Harry S. Truman appoints the Committee on Civil Rights to investigate the status of civil rights in the United States.
Accessorize is the fashion trend. Teenagers wear rolled-up blue jeans and white shirts (usually their fathers') with the shirttails hanging out and were referred to as "bobby soxers".
Gamma Delta chapter is established at the University of Denver.
The National Society for Crippled Children (now Easterseals), Cerebral Palsy Division, is adopted as a national altruistic project.
The National Society for Crippled Children, Cerebral Palsy Division, was adopted as a national altruistic project.
Gamma Epsilon chapter is established at Oklahoma State University.
Gamma Zeta chapter is established at Kansas State University.
The return to convention after World War II was a grand event. The "Time and Progress" theme started off the first night, where attendees were seated by state. There were four formal dinners and three post-convention trips. This was also the first appearance of convention ribbons. National officers wore red ribbons, delegates green, red and green for members and white for nonmembers. Delegates voted to create a $5,000 scholarship for children with cerebral palsy. A $30,000 fund was designated for the Alpha Chi Omega Clubhouse, and a revision of the chapter officers manual was passed after disapproval of "discriminatory" chapter bylaws was expressed.
Gamma Eta chapter is established at San Jose State University.
Gamma Theta chapter is established at the University of Maryland.
The U.S. and 11 other Western nations form the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
Mildred Estabrook Scott (Pi, University of California, Berkeley) serves as National President from 1949-53. When questioned about the relevance of fraternities in the post-war era, she stated: "Most colleges are too dependent on them for housing, group activities, campus leadership, cultural stimulation and scholastic achievement to do away with them."
Gamma Iota chapter is established at the University of Florida.
The Huntington Hotel once again hosted 987 attendees, who traveled on The Special train from Chicago to Sun Valley. Post-convention offered a tour of Yosemite or a sight-seeing trip around San Francisco for $50 ($542 today). This was the first convention to offer a part-time registration.
The fraternity's focus on lodging for collegiate chapters in the early part of the 1950s results in 10 suites or lodges refurnished, 11 chapter houses remodeled or enlarged, four houses purchased or enlarged, and four new houses and two new lodges built.