Gamma Alpha Chapter
The University of Alabama

About the chapter

A century on the Capstone

Pi Kappa Alpha was founded by six men at the University of Virginia in 1868. Fifty-six years later, the Gamma Alpha Chapter received its charter at The University of Alabama.

Our history

From Charlottesville to Tuscaloosa

Friendship, love and truth were the foundation the founders chose. Those ideals are what each class of Gamma Alpha inherits.

  1. 1868

    Pi Kappa Alpha founded

    Six students meet at the University of Virginia on March 1 and form a new brotherhood.

  2. 1924

    Gamma Alpha chartered

    The chapter is chartered at The University of Alabama on March 27.

  3. 2010

    A new home

    The chapter moves into its house at 202 University Blvd.

  4. 2024

    One hundred years

    Brothers, alumni and families celebrate the chapter's centennial on March 2, 2024, marking a century of Gamma Alpha at Alabama.