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 is also the “Mother Chapter” of the Beta Gamma Chapter, which was chartered on December 22, 1926, on the campus of Virginia State College.

Throughout its history, the Nu Lambda Chapter has continued to uphold the aims of our fraternity, “Manly Deeds, Scholarship, and Love for All Mankind.”