The Beta Kappa chapter (#58) at Bowling Green State University was installed April 17, 1949 with William Revelli serving as the installing officer. The Nu chapter from the University of Michigan performed the Ritual and installation ceremony. Charter member of the Beta Kappa chapter include: Jerry Kiger; E. Lowell Rogers; William Champion; Douglas Hartzell; William Burt; William Renwick; Kenneth Smykil; Carl Marggraff; Donald Kisabeth; Charles Collier; Allen Gaines, Jr.; Leland Barnhart; Lloyd Miller; Ned Prucha; Robert Tuttle; Clare Champion; James Loomis; Glenn Walker; Richard Chadwick; Frank Zurlo; Arthur Zuelzke; A. Richard Ecker; and Merrill McEwen.
