By: Steve Uhland (Former President, ATO Alumni Board of Directors)
Edited By: David Raymond (ATO Alumni President 2004-Present)

The most impressive sight to see in the chapter house before 1997 was the chapter room. As you walked through the Ante room, you passed through a door that opened to our Eternal Temple of Friendship. This room was designed by Raby and Dedicated to his son who perished in World War II. It had 2 descending U shaped rows of pews, and a massive badge that lighted from below. The actual shape of the room imitated an Omega. At the open end of the Omega design were the officers’ stations, individually lit with then technologically advanced mercury gravity lights. It was this room that became the standard for all ATO chapters across the United States. It was here where every Worthy Grand Chief for the last 35 years made a pilgrimage. It was here where we honored our alumni, renewed old friendships and memories, and initiated new brothers into our remarkable organization, guaranteeing our perpetuity.