Alpha Pi Mu

---

title: "Alpha Pi Mu" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["association-of-college-honor-societies", "engineering-honor-societies", "student-organizations-established-in-1949", "1949-establishments-in-georgia-(u.s.-state)"] description: "American honor society for industrial engineering" topic_path: "engineering" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Pi_Mu" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American honor society for industrial engineering ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox Fraternity"]

Field	Value
letters	ΑΠΜ
name	Alpha Pi Mu
crest	Alpha_Pi_Mu_Honor_Society_logo.jpg
image_size	120px
birthplace	Georgia Tech
founded
status	Active
type	Honor society
emphasis	Industrial Engineering
affiliation	ACHS
scope	National
colors	Purple and Light Yellow
chapters	68
address	1309 Panorama Circle
city	Salem
state	Virginia
ZIP code	24153
country	United States
website
lifetime	47,000+
::

|letters = ΑΠΜ |name = Alpha Pi Mu |crest = Alpha_Pi_Mu_Honor_Society_logo.jpg |image_size = 120px |birthplace = Georgia Tech |founded = |status = Active |type = Honor society |emphasis = Industrial Engineering |affiliation = ACHS |scope = National |colors = Purple and Light Yellow |chapters = 68 |address = 1309 Panorama Circle |city = Salem |state = Virginia |ZIP code = 24153 |country = United States |website = |lifetime=47,000+|motto="Humble service to humanity is the goal of the true engineer"}}

Alpha Pi Mu (ΑΠΜ) is an American honor society for Industrial and Systems Engineering students. All chapters are based in the United States, with the exception of one university in Puerto Rico which is an unincorporated territory of the United States.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Alpha_Pi_Mu,_Georgia_Tech.jpg" caption="Georgia Institute of Technology"] ::

History

The founder of Alpha Pi Mu was James T. French, who in 1949 was a senior industrial engineering student at Georgia Tech. He recruited nine men that were members of the Georgia Tech chapter of Tau Beta Pi as the first members of Alpha Pi Mu. Alpha Pi Mu is the only nationally accepted industrial engineering honor society. The Georgia Tech engineers who led the initial developmental work wanted an organization to provide a common ground "on which their outstanding young engineers could exchange ideas," and to provide experiences which could help their future professional development. The Alpha Pi Mu Honor Society aims to:Confer recognition upon students of Industrial and Systems Engineering who have shown exceptional academic interest and abilities in their field, encourage the advancement and quality of Industrial and Systems Engineering education, unify the student body of the Industrial Engineering department in presenting its needs and ideals to the faculty.

Alpha Pi Mu became a member of the Association of College Honor Societies in 1952. The society has 68 chapters that have initiated more than 47,095 members as of 2014.

Symbols

French chose the Greek letter name Alpha Pi Mu to represent the three major areas of Industrial Engineering at the time: Administration, Production, and Methods. The society's motto is "Humble service to humanity is the goal of the true engineer".

The society's colors are purple and light yellow. Its stole is white with an embroidered logo.

Activities

The society provides $1,000 scholarships to outstanding members. Its members also participate in activities that improve their campus and the profession.

Membership

Students of Industrial and Systems Engineering programs who rank in the upper one-third of the senior Industrial and Systems Engineering class and the upper one-fifth of the junior Industrial and Systems Engineering class are considered for membership on the basis of leadership, ethics, sociability, character, and breadth of interest. Graduate students and alumni may be elected to membership if they meet the requirements. Faculty members and professional industrial and systems engineers may be elected to faculty and honorary membership respectively have proven themselves outstanding professionals in the field. Around 940 members are initiated each year.

Chapters

Main article: List of Alpha Pi Mu chapters

The Society has established 68 chapters since 1949.

References

References

1. "About".
2. "Alpha Pi Mu History". Alpha Pi Mu.
3. (February 14, 2014). "Alpha Pi Mu Honor Society- Industrial Engineering".
4. "Home".

::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page. ::