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Conventions

The purpose of the biennial National Convention is to bring together brothers from all chapters together to work out the business of the fraternity.

Number-Name	Year	Location	Named to Honor	Outstanding Delegate	Notes
1st	1911	Minneapolis, Minnesota			Name was changed to Theta Tau Decided to include all branches of engineering
2nd	1913	Houghton, Michigan			Designated The Gear of Theta Tau as the national fraternity's magazine
3rd	1915	Cleveland, Ohio
4th	1919	Cleveland, Ohio
5th	1921	Lawrence, Kansas
6th	1923	Iowa City, Iowa
7th	1925	Columbus, Ohio
8th	1927	Chicago, Illinois
9th	1929	Minneapolis, Minnesota
10th	1931	Fayetteville, Arkansas
11th	1933	Chicago, Illinois
12th	1935	Kansas City, Missouri	Jamison Vawter
13th	1937	Chicago, Illinois	H.H. Hopkins
14th	1939	Chicago, Illinois
15th	1941	St. Louis, Missouri		Max D. Crittenden
16th	1946	Louisville, Kentucky	John M. Daniels	William L. Sparks
17th	1948	Chicago, Illinois	Russell G. Glass	Donald D. Blanchard
18th	1950	Kansas City, Missouri	Ralph Nusser	Thomas E. Mutchler
19th	1952	West Lafayette, Indiana	Norman B. Ames	Peter A. Minderman
20th	1954	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Founders	Robert E. Pope
21st	1956	Columbus, Ohio	Donald D. Curtis	John M. Dealy
22nd	1958	Madison, Wisconsin	George Louderback	George G. Dodd - Raymond J. Sullivan
23rd	1960	Detroit, Michigan	Erich J. Schrader	Jack A. Grimmett
24th	1962	Louisville, Kentucky	Paul L. Mercer	Michael D. Martin
25th	1964	Columbus, Ohio	A. Dexter Hinckley	John E. Daniel
26th	1966	Minneapolis, Minnesota	William M. Lewis	Anthony E. Filip
27th	1968	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	Isaac B. Hanks	Allan T. Mense
28th	1970	Houston, Texas	Elwin L. Vinal	H. Thomas Collins
29th	1972	Nashville, Tennessee	Charles W. Britzius	Thomas R. Herman
30th	1974	Indianapolis, Indiana	Charles E. Wales	Frank T. Philpott - George Puls III
31st	1976	Rapid City, South Dakota	Robert E. Pope	A. Thomas Brown
32nd	1978	Columbus, Ohio	J.W. Howe	John R. McClellan
33rd	1980	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	George G. Dodd	Randall L. Patton
34th	1981	Madison, Wisconsin	William K. Rey	Dean W. Bettinger
35th	1982	Houston, Texas	Stephen J. Barth	John C. Roberts
1983 Conference	1983	Fayetteville, Arkansas		Russell G. Pittman - Stephen D. Willner
36th	1984	Lawrence, Kansas	J. Sidney Marine	Randy L. Saunders
1985 Conference	1985	Raleigh, North Carolina		David Leong
37th	1986	St. Louis, Missouri	C. Raymond Hanes	Michael T. Abraham - Pierre J. LaMere
1987 Conference	1987	Detroit, Michigan		Michael J. Palmer
38th	1988	St. Louis, Missouri	Nick Trbovich	Carl W. Woodward
1989 Conference	1989	Columbus, Ohio		Michael R. Benoit
1990 Convention	1990	Iowa City, Iowa	A. Thomas Brown	Robert T. Utzinger
1991 Conference	1991	Detroit, Michigan		Carl E. Sickles
1992 Convention	1992	St. Louis, Missouri	Richard J. Russell	Tracy A. White
1993 Conference	1993	West Lafayette, Indiana		John F. Gustafson
1994 Convention	1994	Minneapolis, Minnesota	Randall J. Scheetz	Nicholas C. Croce
1995 Conference	1995	St. Louis, Missouri		Derek L. Diget
1996 Convention	1996	Detroit, Michigan	Robert E. Pope	Kendra L. Wyatt	First risk management policy created
1997 Conference	1997	Dallas, Texas		James D. Beckwith - Donald R. Hoffman
1998 Convention	1998	Iowa City, Iowa	Dean W. Bettinger	Aaron S.H. Kochar
1999 Academy	1999	Athens, Ohio
2000 Convention	2000	Scottsdale, Arizona	Lee C. Haas	Paul Priebe
2001 Academy	2001	Columbus, Ohio
2002 Convention	2002	Ft. Lauderdale, Florida		Casey Dunagan
2003 Academy	2003	Nashville, Tennessee
2004 Convention	2004	Minneapolis, Minnesota		Sean Campbell	Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Theta Tau Risk Management Policy created for chapters of the fraternity
2005 Academy	2005	St. Louis, Missouri
2006 Convention	2006	Orlando, Florida		John Barnett / Grady McCollum (Rho)
2007 Academy	2007	Chicago, Illinois
2008 Convention	2008	Washington, DC		Anthony Hughes	National Alumni Club of Theta Tau established by act of convention
2009 Academy	2009	St. Louis, Missouri
2010 Convention	2010	Denver, Colorado	Glen Wilcox	Doug Wagner
2011 Academy	2011	Chicago, Illinois
2012 Convention	2012	Boston, Massachusetts		Christian Lilly (Rho)

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