Phi Alpha Theta History - Men and Women ADMITTED TO ACHS 1945 Founded at the University Of Arkansas, March 14, 1921 Number of Active Chapters: 780 Total Membership: 240,000 Publications: The Historian, Newsletter

PURPOSE: To recognize and encourage excellence in the study of history. ELIGIBILITY: Undergraduate students must have junior standing or better, must rank in the upper thirty-five percent of their class, must have had at least 12 semester hours in history with an average grade of better than B in all history courses and an average of B in two-thirds of the remainder of the work. A graduate student must have completed at least thirty percent of the residence requirements for the master’s degree with a grade average of at least half being of the highest grade in the working scale and half of the second highest in the working scale. MAJOR ACTIVITIES: Publication of The Historian, a quarterly journal of history, a Newsletter issued three times yearly; establishment of nine annual scholarships covering student members entering graduate school and those taking advanced graduate work; sponsorship of an annual contest for papers on historical subjects by awarding six annual prizes covering both undergraduate and graduate student levels; annual grants of two awards of $500 each for the best book in history published by a member, one award for the first such book published and the second award for a subsequent book published by a member; six annual awards for the best chapter in each category of college enrollment; an annual publication of the best manuscript in the field of history submitted by a member during the current year; annual regional meetings; two annual grants, each of $1,000, one grant for advanced work by a faculty advisor and one grant for advanced work by a graduate student. OFFICIAL CONTACT: Dr. Graydon A. Tunstall, Jr., Executive Director, 6201 Hamilton Blvd., Ste. 116, Allentown, PA 18106-9691. Tele: (800)394-8195 or (610)336-4925. Fax: (610)336-4929. E-mail: phialpha@ptd.net.