FREEPORT, NY, November 13, 2009
/24-7PressRelease/ -- Sixty years after Alpha Omega Theta began in the basement of a Brooklyn high school student, after four years of website development, two fraternal reunions, and a year of writing and research, AOT member Frederick M. Gross takes readers on a long wild ride through the decades—from formal black-tie ballroom dances in Brooklyn to backyard keg parties on Long Island, to all-out street warfare with other fraternities. Fraternal Brotherhood chronicles the history of a fraternity spanning six decades and multiple chapters in the U.S.A and Canada.
When author Frederick M Gross began his "dogging" days in Oceanside, New York, in February of 1978, Alpha Omega Theta was already a powerful brotherhood with multiple chapters in New York and Connecticut. There was a lot of turmoil and violence involving fraternities in the 1970's-90's. Fraternities were banned in Long Island high schools and declared to be gangs by local police. Public perception was negative, but Frederick M Gross states with pride that Alpha Omega Theta Fraternity turned young men into outstanding citizens—with a combined roster of doctors, lawyers, accountants, contractors, businessmen, proprietors, military men, athletes politicians, and even Hollywood stars.
Fred Gross delivers a remarkable history of the fraternity's humble beginnings and violent end. After the fraternity began in 1946, the founders' were determined to spread Alpha Omega Theta to the world. Two years after their founding, the brotherhood had become a non-profit corporation with a rapidly expanding membership roster. Today, the fraternities' alumni frequently meet and plan Alpha Omega Theta's place in the 21st century. They just had their Grand Chapter Reunion in 2007 which was attended by two hundred alumni spanning six decades. For more information, log on to http://www.FraternalBrotherhood.com.
About the Author
Frederick M. Gross, an alumnus of the Kappa Theta Chapter of Alpha Omega Theta from Oceanside, New York, was inducted into AOT at the age of fourteen in 1978. As the Webmaster of the fraternity's website, http://www.alphaomegatheta.com, Frederick M Gross has accumulated an abundance of e-mails, stories, and anecdotes from members of various chapters, and he felt there was a story that needed to be told.
Fraternal Brotherhood * by Frederick M. Gross
The Story of Alpha Omega Theta Fraternity Inc.
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