The Beta Alpha chapter (#49) at Baylor University was installed February 14, 1948 with Executive Secretary A. Frank Martin serving as the installing officer. The Alpha Omicron chapter performed the Ritual and installation ceremony. Charter members of the Beta Alpha chapter include: Byron Pevehouse; Norman Black; Theodore Fair, III; Whitsitt Shelton, Jr.; Wesley Alexander; Billy Brown; Halsell Davis; William Fariss; Edwin Fowler; Joe Johnson; Nick Klaras; Rudolph Kucera; Charles Ludwig; Jack McDaniels; Zack McFarland; John Owens; Thomas Riggs; Gene Smith; Richard Smith; Bryce Twitty, Jr.; Clayborn Umberfield, Jr.; George Williams, Jr.; Edward Wilson; and Richard Morse.
