Founding
Andrew Alexander Kroeg Jr., Alpha (College of Charleston), age 32, and Andrew Alexander Kroeg III, Alpha (College of Charleston), age 5, sit on the steps at their new home in Charleston, South Carolina.
Andrew Alexander Kroeg Jr.
Andrew Alexander Kroeg Jr. was born on February 9, 1885, to Andrew and Ida Kroeg. A native of South Carolina, he attended the College of Charleston. Though Kroeg formed Pi Kappa Phi alongside Simon Fogarty and Lawrence Harry Mixson, it is said that if the founding could be attributed to one person, Kroeg would be considered the founder. He was the one who conceived the idea for the Fraternity in 1904, wrote much of the constitution and was the first to consider expansion as a national fraternity.
Kroeg passed away on February 6, 1922, just three days before his 37th birthday.
