The Nu Lambda Chapter was established on December 18, 1923 at Virginia State College in Petersburg, Virginia. The charter members were: Brothers W.A. Hall, J. A. Derbigny, J. M. Gandy, C. W. Florence, W.A. Rogers, J. H. Johnston, F. D. Patterson, B. N. Thurston, and T. L. Puryear. Nu Lambda, throughout its history, has contributed to projects which have aided “scholarship and love for all mankind.”