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Award Summary & Criteria
Awards for Professional Accomplishments

National Honorary Member
National Honorary Members may be chosen from engineers, architects, and scientists in appropriate fields who have attained recognized national standing in their professions. In general, National Honorary Membership is conferred on individuals who were not Triangle Brothers at the time of their noteworthy accomplishments.

Triangle Wall of Fame
The members of the Triangle Wall of Fame include Triangles who have received widespread acknowledgment of success within their chosen fields. The Wall of Fame is intended to honor successful members, serve as a motivation for Triangle members, and be used as a recruitment tool by Triangle chapters.

Triangle Distinguished Alumnus Citation
The Triangle Distinguished Alumnus Citation (formerly the Triangle Citation) is made to members of Triangle in acknowledgment of their having made outstanding contributions to such fields as engineering, architecture, science, education, industry, government, and the like, and by virtue of this having enhanced the prestige of Triangle.

Ellison Onizuka Young Alumnus Award
The Ellison Onizuka Young Alumnus Award is presented to members of Triangle within twenty years of their initiation who have received honorable recognition of success in such fields as engineering, architecture, science, education, industry, government, and the like, and by virtue of this having enhanced the prestige of Triangle.


Awards for Service to the National Organization

Triangle Service Key
The Triangle Service Key is for pre-eminent work in developing the National Organization of Triangle in one or more national posts. The criterion is that of molding the character of the Fraternity and the members, and not that of finance or numerical expansion. The member's service must have been clearly outstanding, not merely long-lasting, and must have had a positive effect on individual members and on the Fraternity as a whole. This is the highest award given for national service.

Certificate of Service
The Triangle Certificate of Service is presented in acknowledgment of service in an elective or appointive national post.

Certificate of Appreciation
The Triangle Certificate of Appreciation is presented in appreciation of services rendered to the National Organization of Triangle. It may be given to another organization, a non-member, or a Triangle member who is not considered eligible for a Certificate of Service.


Awards for Service to a Chapter or Association

Order of the Transit
The Order of the Transit is conferred for pre-eminent work in developing a Triangle chapter or association. The criterion is that of molding the character of the group and its members, and not that of finance or numerical expansion. The member's service must have been clearly outstanding, not merely long-lasting, and must have had a positive effect on individual members and on the chapter or association as a whole. This is the highest national award given for local service.

Outstanding Alumnus Award
The Outstanding Alumnus Award is presented to members of Triangle in acknowledgment of their having rendered significant service to a Triangle chapter or association in such fields as expansion, finance, organization, or counseling, and by virtue of individual supervision of collective efforts or personal dedication of their time and talents have promoted the objectives of the Fraternity.


Awards for Service to the Greek Community

Richard H. Sudheimer Interfraternal Leadership Award
The Richard H. Sudheimer Interfraternal Leadership Award is intended to recognize significant contributions by non-members of Triangle Fraternity to the betterment of the interfraternal movement. Candidates include, but are not limited to, Greek advisors, university administrators, faculty members, fraternity and sorority staff members, suppliers and vendors, and parents.


Symbols of Recognition

Top Triangle Pin
National Council does not explicitly vote to award someone a Top Triangle Pin. Permission to wear the Top Triangle Pin is automatic for National Honorary Members, members of the Wall of Fame, Citation holders, Distinguished Alumnus Citation holders, Young Alumnus awardees, Service Key holders, Order of the Transit holders, Certificate of Service holders, Outstanding Alumnus awardees, Building Loan Fund Trustees, Education Foundation Directors, and National Council Members.

 
 

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