Tau Beta Pi Records

In recognition of the work of the Tufts College Engineering School a chapter of Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honorary society, was installed at the College on Friday, December 16, 1927. The exercises were conducted by Arthur D. Moore, president of the executive council of Tau Beta Pi and Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Michigan. Professor Moore was assisted by representative of the Tau Beta Pi chapters at Harvard and MIT and also by Edgar MacNaughton, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Tufts.

Both undergraduate and graduate students are invited to become candidates of Tau Beta Pi based on their academic qualifications. Juniors who rank in the top eighth of their class and seniors who rank in the top fifth of their class are invited to become candidates for membership in Tau Beta Pi. Graduate students who have completed at least 50% of their degree requirements and who rank in the top fifth of their class are also eligible to become candidates for membership. Others who have had a large impact on engineering and society through engineering are often invited by individual chapters to join as eminent engineers.