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Tau Beta Pi is the only engineering honor society representing the entire engineering profession.  It is the nation's second oldest honor society, founded at Lehigh University in 1885 to recognize students of distinguished scholarship and exemplary character.  There are now collegiate chapters at 221 U.S. colleges and universities, active alumnus chapters in 16 regions across the United States and a total initiated membership of 429,000.

Louisiana Tech University's Tau Beta Pi chapter, Louisiana Gamma, has a notable history.  The Louisiana Gamma chapter has received Honorable Mention for the Outstanding Chapter Award in 1958-59, 1959-60, and 1970-71.  This award, now known as the R.C. Matthews Outstanding Chapter Award, is based on how well chapter service projects fulfill the objectives of Tau Beta Pi and on the quality and promptness of chapter reports to the national headquarters.  More recently, the chapter received Honorable Mention for the R.H. Nagel Most Improved Chapters Award in 1999-2000, and the Louisiana Gamma chapter received the R.H. Nagel Most Improved Chapters Award in 2000-2001.  This award recognizes major improvement in chapter development, including project work and headquarters reports, in one year compared with previous years.  The chapter also won the Secretaries Commendation Award in 1999-2000, 2000-2001, and 2001-2002, as well as winning the Project Award in 2000-2001.