Tau Lambda Chapter at the Tennessee Agricultural and Industrial State College at Nashville, Tennessee, was organized in 1926, after its application was accepted by the General Convention.
Brother Maney Owen, president of the Chi Chapter(Meharry Medical College), assisted by Brother Freeman, set aside the chapter in January, 1927.
The charter members were:
- George W. Gore,
- Ray Clinthorne,
- J. W. Riley,
- C. H. Harper,
- James J. Tapp, and
- W. S. Ellington Jr.
The first initiates were Brothers:
- R.B.J. Campbell,
- I.I. Moore,
- W.S.E. Ellington, Sr.,
- A. R. Turner, and
- A. E. Lockert.