Chapter Performance Awards (1962-2006)

In 1962, National Council began recognizing the top ten chapters for their rating in overall performance as measured by scholarship, campus activities, financial stability, alumni relations, and house activity. Starting in 1976, the rating was made automatically on the basis of data routinely submitted by undergraduate officers. Colonies were added in 1977 and alumni corporations were added in 1978, finally making it truly a chapter evaluation.

The first time a chapter won, it received a triangular wall plaque and an engraved pendant indicating rating and school year. Successive ratings and years in which they are won are recognized by additional pendants.

1962 1st: Marquette
2nd: Purdue
3rd: Penn State
4th: UCLA
5th: Clarkson
6th: Ohio State
7th: Wisconsin
8th: Missouri Mines
9th: Illinois
10th: Minnesota
1963 1st: Purdue
2nd: Clarkson
3rd: Marquette
4th: Ohio State
5th: Penn State
6th: South Dakota Mines
7th: Illinois
8th: UCLA
9th: Wisconsin
10th: Michigan
1964 1st: Marquette
2nd: Kansas
3rd: Clarkson
4th: Illinois
5th: Wisconsin
6th: UCLA
(Only six chapters entered the competition)
1965 1st: Marquette
2nd: Purdue
3rd: Minnesota
4th: Oklahoma State
5th: Wisconsin
6th: South Dakota Mines
7th: Iowa State
8th: Illinois
9th: Penn State
10th: Nebraska
1966 1st: Marquette
2nd: Iowa State
3rd: Nebraska
4th: Purdue
5th: Illinois
6th: Penn State
7th: Oklahoma State
8th: Clarkson
9th: Mississippi State
10th: Kansas
1967 1st: Marquette
2nd: Clarkson
3rd: Nebraska
4th: Wisconsin
5th: Kansas
6th: Kansas State
7th: UCLA
8th: Oklahoma State
9th: Michigan
10th: MSOE
1968 1st: Kansas State
2nd: Iowa State
3rd: Wisconsin
4th: Armour
5th: Kansas
6th: Purdue
7th: Nebraska
8th: Oklahoma State
9th: Clarkson
10th: Minnesota
1969 1st: Kansas State
2nd: Marquette
3rd: Ohio State
4th: Oklahoma State
5th: Armour
6th: Iowa State
7th: Penn State
8th: Michigan
9th: Kansas
10th: Wisconsin
1970 1st: Kansas State
2nd: Ohio State
3rd: Marquette
4th: Missouri Mines
5th: Minnesota
6th: UWM
7th: Iowa State
8th: Kansas
9th: Oklahoma State
10th: Armour
1971 1st: Kansas State
2nd: Rose Tech
3rd: Minnesota
4th: Cornell
5th: Kansas
6th: Armour
7th: Kentucky
(Only 7 chapters entered the competition)
1972 1st: Kansas State
2nd: Wisconsin
3rd: Armour
4th: Cincinnati and
5th: Minnesota (tie)
6th: Missouri Mines
7th: Ohio State
8th: Oklahoma State
9th: Kentucky
10th: Purdue
1973 1st: Cincinnati
2nd: Kansas State
3rd: Purdue
4th: Missouri Mines
5th: Oklahoma State
6th: Minnesota
7th: Wisconsin
8th: Armour
9th: Ohio State
10th: Kentucky
1974 1st: Cincinnati
2nd: Kansas State
3rd: Missouri Mines
4th: Armour
5th: Kentucky
6th: Marquette
7th: Mississippi State
8th: Cornell
9th: Ohio State
10th: UCLA
1975 1st: Cincinnati
2nd: Iowa State
3rd: Kansas State
4th: Missouri Mines
5th: MSOE
6th: Armour
7th: Ohio State
8th: Toledo
9th: Cornell
10th: Minnesota
1976 1st: Purdue
2nd: Cornell
3rd: Kansas State
4th: Missouri Mines
5th: Penn State
6th: MSOE
7th: Iowa State
8th: Northwestern
9th: Michigan
10th: UCLA
1977 1st: Iowa State
2nd: Michigan
3rd: Mississippi State
4th: Kansas
5th: Purdue
6th: Cornell
7th: Penn State
8th: Northwestern
9th: Missouri Mines
10th: Armour
1978 1st: Michigan
2nd: Purdue
3rd: Minnesota
4th: Iowa State
5th: Kansas State
6th: Michigan State
7th: Oklahoma State
8th: Nebraska
9th: Cincinnati
10th: Kansas
1979 1st: Minnesota
2nd: Kansas State
3rd: Michigan
4th: Illinois
5th: Michigan State
6th: UWM
7th: Marquette and Iowa State (tie)
8th: Purdue
9th: Cincinnati
10th: Penn State
(After the awards were given, it was discovered that Iowa State was mistakenly left out of its deserved 7th place ranking.)
1980 1st: Purdue
2nd: Ohio State
3rd: Michigan State
4th: MSOE
5th: VPI
6th: Missouri Mines
7th: Cincinnati
8th: Marquette
9th: Penn State
10th: Wisconsin
Most Improved: MSOE
1981 1st: Purdue
2nd: Cincinnati
3rd: VPI
4th: Wisconsin
5th: Nebraska
6th: Michigan
7th: Kansas State
8th: Kansas
9th: Iowa State
10th: Missouri Mines
Most Improved: Kansas State
1982 1st: Purdue
2nd: VPI
3rd: Michigan
4th: Rose Tech
5th: Missouri Mines
6th: Pittsburgh
7th: Penn State
8th: Cincinnati
9th: RIT
10th: Nebraska
Most Improved: Pittsburgh
1983 1st: Michigan
2nd: Colorado State
3rd: Minnesota
4th: Purdue
5th: Illinois
6th: RIT
7th: Pittsburgh
8th: Kansas
9th: Cincinnati
10th: Wisconsin
Most Improved: Minnesota
1984 1st: Armour
2nd: Illinois
3rd: Minnesota
4th: Michigan
5th: South Dakota Mines
6th: Pittsburgh
7th: Ohio State
8th: Purdue
9th: RIT
10th: Kansas State
Most Improved: Kansas State
1985 1st: Colorado State and Illinois (tie)
2nd: Michigan
3rd: Pittsburgh
4th: Oklahoma State
5th: Purdue
6th: Cincinnati
8th: Minnesota
9th: RIT
10th: Ohio State
(Due to an error in the original calculations, Illinois was originally placed seventh and CSU first. After the error was discovered, Illinois and CSU were declared joint winners)
Most Improved: Colorado State
1986 1st: Michigan
2nd: Illinois
3rd: Armour
4th: Pittsburgh
5th: Cincinnati
6th: Minnesota
7th: Purdue
8th: Oklahoma State
9th: South Dakota Mines
10th: RIT
Most Improved: Armour
1987 1st: Minnesota
2nd: Rose Tech
3rd: UTA
4th: Toledo
5th: VPI
6th: Iowa State
7th: South Dakota Mines
8th: Michigan
9th: Purdue
10th: MSOE and UWM (tie)
Most Improved: Toledo
1988 1st: Toledo
2nd: Cincinnati
3rd: Minnesota
4th: Rose Tech
5th: Michigan
6th: UCLA
7th: Purdue
8th: Ohio State
9th: Mississippi State
10th: Kansas
Most Improved: UCLA
1989 1st: Rose Tech
2nd: Kansas
3rd: Toledo
4th: Armour
5th: Purdue
6th: Penn State
7th: Cincinnati
8th: South Dakota Mines
9th: Nebraska and Oklahoma (tie)
Most Improved: Oklahoma
1990 1st: Rose Tech
2nd: Minnesota
3rd: Toledo
4th: Kansas
5th: Purdue
6th: Penn State
7th: Louisville
8th: Michigan Tech
9th: Connecticut
10th: Wisconsin
Most Improved: Connecticut
1991 1st: Rose Tech
2nd: Purdue
3rd: Nebraska
4th: South Dakota Mines
5th: Wisconsin
6th: Penn State
7th: RIT
8th: Illinois
9th: Michigan Tech
10th: Colorado State
Most Improved: Nebraska
1992 1st: Rose Tech
2nd: Minnesota
3rd: Nebraska
4th: Michigan State
5th: Missouri Mines
6th: Marquette
7th: RIT
8th: Tri-State
9th: Iowa State
10th: Akron
Most Improved: Michigan State
1993 1st: Minnesota
2nd: Armour
3rd: Nebraska
4th: Rose Tech
5th: Marquette
6th: Purdue
7th: South Dakota Mines
8th: Kansas State
9th: Tri-State
10th: Toledo
Most Improved: Armour
1994 1st: Rose Tech
2nd: Minnesota
3rd: Marquette
4th: Cincinnati
5th: Penn State
6th: Purdue
7th: UWM
8th: Oklahoma
9th: Wisconsin
10th: Nebraska
Most Improved: Oklahoma
1995 1st: Rose Tech
2nd: Cincinnati
3rd: Minnesota
4th: Nebraska
5th: Armour
6th: Purdue
7th: RIT
8th: Northern Illinois
9th: Penn State
10th: Marquette
1996 1st: South Dakota Mines
2nd: Pittsburgh
3rd: Missouri Mines
4th: Minnesota
5th: Rose Tech
6th: Northern Illinois
7th: Kansas State
8th: Michigan Tech
9th: Armour
10th: UWM
Most Improved: Pittsburgh
1997 1st: Nebraska
2nd: Marquette
3rd: Rose Tech
4th: Armour
5th: Minnesota
6th: Cincinnati
7th: South Dakota Mines
8th: Pittsburgh
9th: Louisville and Purdue (tie)
10th: Oklahoma
Most Improved: Marquette
(Due to an error in calculations, Purdue was originally left out of its deserved 9th place ranking.)
1998 1st: Rose Tech
2nd: Pittsburgh
3rd: South Dakota Mines
4th: Kansas State
5th: Oklahoma
6th: Cincinnati
7th: Louisville
8th: Wisconsin
9th: Northern Illinois
10th: Iowa State
Most Improved: Iowa State
1999 1st: Iowa State
2nd: Marquette
3rd: Kansas State
4th: Tri-State
5th: Rose Tech
6th: South Dakota Mines
7th: Michigan State
8th: Cincinnati
9th: Purdue
10th: Minnesota
Most Improved: Tri-State and Michigan State (tie)
2000 1st: Rose Tech
2nd: Iowa State
3rd: Marquette
4th: UCLA
5th: Wisconsin
6th: Northern Illinoi
7th: Minnesota
8th: Penn State
9th: Kansas State
10th: Nebraska
Most improved: Ohio State
2001 1st: Rose Tech
2nd: Louisville
3rd: Cincinnati
4th: South Dakota Mines
5th: Marquette
6th: Purdue
7th: Minnesota
8th: UCLA
9th: Ohio State
10th: Iowa State
Most improved: Toledo
2002 1st: Iowa State
2nd: Rose Tech
3rd: Louisville
4th: Cincinnati
5th: UWM
6th: RIT
7th: Minnesota
8th: NIU
9th: Oklahoma
10th: Purdue
Most Improved: RIT
2003 1st: Rose Tech
2nd: Armour
3rd: Iowa State
4th: Louisville
5th: Oklahoma
6th: MSOE
7th: Colorado State
8th: UCLA
9th: Purdue
10th: NIU
Most Improved: Colorado State
2004 1st: Rose Tech
2nd: Armour
3rd: Tri-State
4th: Colorado State
5th: Illinois
6th: Iowa State
7th: NIU
8th: Toledo
9th: Louisville
10th: Marquette
Most Improved: Illinois and Toledo (tie)
2005 1st: Rose Tech
2nd: Tri-State
3rd: Michigan State
4th: Armour
5th: UWM
6th: Purdue
7th: MSOE
8th: Minnesota
9th: Marquette
10th: Louisville
Most Improved: Michigan State
2006 1st: Purdue
2nd: Ohio State
3rd: Armour
4th: Marquette
5th: Kansas
6th: Wisconsin
7th: Kansas State
8th: Penn State
9th: UMBC
10th: UCLA