The Virginia Tech colony petitioned for national membership in the fall of 1975, and on April 3rd, 1976, representatives from the Zeta Psi Chapter at Virginia State College installed our colony as the Eta Beta chapter. Eta Beta's first constitution was written by Brother Mike Russell in April 1975 and was accepted in July of that same year by the University. For our chapter, out of 50 interested people, only four were dedicated enough to follow through with the plan to begin the honorary band fraternity. Colony members assisted with the first Marching Virginians party and explored other service projects, connecting to local public school programs to foster an interest in continuing music activities, and recruiting for the band program by contacting prospective freshmen. The first report was sent to the national office on October 30, 1974, and by this time, the colony listed 49 members. Upon arriving at Tech, Professor Heath promptly initiated the formation of a colony of Kappa Kappa Psi. The newly hired director of The Marching Virginians, Roger Converse Heath, was recruited for the Alpha Iota Chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi in 1949 at the University of Colorado and had been active with the Gamma Pi Chapter at Purdue, where he was employed before coming to Virginia Tech. Kappa Kappa Psi began with the arrival on the Virginia Tech campus of The Marching Virginians, the civilian marching band.
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