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Mu Chapter Information
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C H A P
T E R H I S T O R Y |
| In the Summer
of 1990, Frank Yeverino was working through an internship program
in Washington, D.C. While there he came into contact with Brother
Juan Rodriguez, Founding Father of the Beta Chapter of Sigma Lambda
Beta. Juan Rodriguez and others such as Founding Father Baltzar Mendoza
introduced him to Sigma Lambda Beta International Fraternity, Inc.
Later that summer, he was proudly initiated and the vision of expansion
in Texas was planted. |
| In the Fall
of 1990, that vision came to the University of Houston. Brother Frank
Yeverino had returned to continue his college career and became friends
with Abel Garza. Abel was later introduced to Frank's younger Brother
Alex Yeverino. At age, 19 and 20, respectively, Alex and Abel were
inducted as associate members of Sigma Lambda Beta. In March of 1991,
they crossed, establishing the University of Houston as the first settlement of Sigma Lambda Beta in Texas.
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| Abel and Alex
became roommates and met up with what would later be the Beta line:
Clayton Simms, Hugo Navarro, John Vitela and Leo DeForrest. They were
all good friends, but most importantly they were all officers of MASO
and very active on campus and in the community. It was with these
Chicano/Latino men and those soon after that the foundation of the
Mu Chapter was created. |
| The years leading
up to 1995, Sigma Lambda Beta was a big presence on campus and in
Latino organizations such as MASO and Mecha. It was the goal of
those Brothers to keep quality a higher priority over quantity. Therefore,
from 1995 to 1997, the fraternity chose to concentrate on their
involvement on campus and co-sponsorships with other organizations. Inadvertently,
new membership ceased. However, after realizing that Brothers were
graduating and/or moving onto their respective careers, a push was
put for recruitment. Brothers Hugo Navarro, Fred Farrias, Adrian Chavez,
Arturo Padilla and others began re-establishing contact with
Nationals and
working on re-petitioning for colony status. |
| After coming
into contact with the UH Brothers, Alumni Brother Jomo Castro of the
University of Indiana advised the fraternity on its goal of continuing
the legacy of Sigma Lambda Beta. Five individuals: John Morales, Jorge
Escatellinguez, Fernando Garcia, Enrique Huerta and Manuel Ortega,
became associate members on October 2nd 1997. On December 20th 1997,
L.F.U. crossed marking the re-birth of Sigma Lambda Beta at the University
of Houston and the first new Blood, since 1994. |
| As feared, many
Brothers graduated that Fall semester, the Mu colony took on a
new image due to new ties and younger Brothers. However, the foundation
had never faltered and the hard work of rebuilding was excepted. The
Mu colony started to become more involved with other organizations,
such as H.S.A. and La Comunidad, while continuing bonds with other
organizations. Recruitment has continued and the Brotherhood as grown
and the quality as still been kept to this day. |
| So, due to the
vision in 1991 and the rebirth in 1997 and all the hard work in between
and thereafter, the Mu Chapter was re-established on May 20th 2000.
And with that a new DREAM, a dream that only the Brothers of the
"Off The Gancho" Mu
will know... |
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