Zeta Beta Tau (ZBT) was founded in 1898 as the nation's first Jewish fraternity. No longer sectarian, all men of good character who believe in ZBT's mission and values are eligible for membership in Zeta Beta Tau. Today the merged Zeta Beta Tau Brotherhood is one of the largest, numbering over 140,000 initiated Brothers, and over 90 chapter locations.

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Originally founded in 1919 as the Theta chapter of Phi Sigma Delta, the Beta Alpha Theta chapter was chartered in 1947 when Phi Sigma Delta and Zeta Beta Tau merged nationally.

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The mission of Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity (ZBT) is to foster and develop in its membership the tenets of its Credo: Intellectual Awareness, Social Responsibility, Integrity and Brotherly Love, in order to prepare its members for positions of leadership and service within their communities.

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At the 1963 National Convention, chapter presidents were concerned about the wave of anti-establishment feeling which was the emerging throughout the country, particularly as this manifested itself on college campuses in growing anti-fraternity sentiment. They determined to draw up a resolution that would serve as an effective response to those who claimed fraternities were irrelevant and had outgrown their usefulness.

The resolution, which the Convention adopted overwhelmingly, became so widely quoted during the turbulent years of the 1960s that it became known as the "Credo" of Zeta Beta Tau.

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