Tau Beta Pi (TBP) is the only engineering honor society representing the entire engineering profession. It is the nation's second-oldest honor society, founded at Lehigh University in 1885. There are now collegiate chapters at 242 US colleges and universities, 39 active alumnus chapters in 16 districts across the country, and more than 554,000 total members.Tau Beta Pi was founded in 1885 to mark in a fitting manner those who have conferred honor upon their alma mater by distinguished scholarship and exemplary character as undergraduates in the field of engineering, or by their attainments as alumni in the field of engineering, and to foster a spirit of liberal culture in the engineering colleges. The Michigan Gamma Chapter of TBP is committed to providing service to the college and the community and to help members develop both personally and professionally. Membership in Tau Beta Pi is by invitation only, based on high scholastic achievement and exemplary character.