Dissatisfied with the Greek community, our three founding fathers Greer Butler, Kelly
Kingry and Brian Pugh set out in 1991 to start a new fraternity with core values not found in any of the University of Alabama's
traditional fraternities.
On May 15, 1991, our chapter was colonized with the 15 original members.
After completing the 11 requirements for raising a charter, the executive council petitioned the national fraternity to grant
our chapter a charter.
On October 23, 1993, the Gamma Beta Chapter of Alpha Kappa Lambda Fraternity was chartered
at the University of Alabama. This would mark the first fraternity to be recognized by the University of Alabama since 1977.
The
fraternity was run from its original home, Reed St. Apartments, until the spring of 1995 when the fraternity relocated to
its house on 10th Avenue.
In 1999 the Corporate Board began the first steps in obtaining a house on campus. After
near misses in 2001 and 2002, the chapter moved Alpha Kappa Lambda into its current location on campus at 450 Smithwood Circle
Building F in the fall of 2005.
Finally in the fall of 2006, UA's Board of Trustees approved the preliminary construction
of a new fraternity house for Alpha Kappa Lambda
on Jefferson Avenue. The brothers of AKL moved into the new fraternity house in August of 2008 and remain there today.
Since
our founding in 1991, the Gamma Beta chapter of Alpha Kappa Lambda has been committed to a style of membership different than
that of many traditional fraternities on the University of Alabama's campus. Our members have always taken a different
path. We are a different breed. We choose to build our own traditions rather than simply resting on one already established.
We stick together and rely on our unyielding brotherhood to compete with other fraternities on a daily basis.
Our founding fathers chose to start a fraternity that is supported by its values rather
than unfounded traditions. The University of Alabama's Greek system is one of the most storied in the nation. However,
the Gamma Beta Chapter of Alpha Kappa Lambda has always strove to remain committed to our unique brotherhood and unconventional
heritage that we were founded upon nearly two decades ago.
