The Kappa Lambda Chapter of Kappa Sigma Kappa was the first fraternity established at the Norfolk Division of the College of William and Mary (now Old Dominion University) in 1949. The Virginia Military Institute established Kappa Sigma Kappa in 1867. The University of Virginia reactivated the fraternity after a period of dormancy in 1935. A series of informal talks between Kappa Sigma Kappa and Theta Xi concluded that a merger would prove beneficial to both organizations.  Accordingly, the merger of twenty-one chapters of Kappa Sigma Kappa located at accredited schools across the country became Theta Xi on August 20, 1962.  The Norfolk Division was one of these chapters and was designated the Kappa Lambda Chapter of Theta Xi Fraternity.  The Kappa Lambda Chapter received proof of the Chapter’s formal reception into the Bonds of Theta Xi in 1962. The Charter moved from fraternity house to fraternity house, and when the Chapter closed in 1973, the Charter commenced on a journey from brother to brother.  Brother William “Billy” E. Outten, KL 214 framed the Charter for safekeeping in 2011.

Note written by Allen Ayers