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Mu Chapter was founded in 1962, covering Northern California, including the San Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento and Davis. The chapter had the honor of hosting the 1969 Winter Convention, drawing Rho Psi members not only from different parts of the Continent, but also representatives from Hawaii and Hong Kong.

The chapter was quite active in the 1970s and led a number of inter-fraternity functions, in cooperation the other three major Chinese fraternities, before the level of activities flattened during the 1980s. However, as an increasing number of Rho Psi members (and their children) moved to the Bay Area, the list of Mu Chapter members exceeded 20 by early 1990s.

Inspired by the Rho Psi spirit during the 80th and 90th anniversary reunions hosted by the Iota Chapter, the more active Mu members exchanged ideas with Frank Pao, President of the Rho Psi Foundation, regarding ways and means to attract young men and women to join Rho Psi. After several successful parties at the homes of Chih-ming & Yue-fen Hu (Mu Chapter president) in Palo Alto, and Ron & Rosie Soohoo in Davis, and elsewhere, Mu Chapter held its first initiation in decades at Kan & Lillian Chen's home in Hillsborough on March 18, 2007. A second initiation will be held at Steve & Iris Tsai's clubroom on September 9, 2007.

The Mu Chapter has been taking the “academic route” to recruit new members – so far through Stanford University and San Jose State University, and in the future, hopefully, through UC Davis and UC Berkeley as well. It is worth noting that the new initiate on September 9 is a graduate student recommended by one of the initiates on March 18. Therefore we may say that the new initiate is truly a second generation. We hope some of our out-of-town members will come to celebrate with us on September 9. Please contact Chih-ming Hu at (650) 322-9522; chihminghu@yahoo.com if you plan to come.

Rho Psi Mu Chapter Initiation at Brother Winston Ko's home in Davis , CA 4/20/08
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Back row from left: Winston Ko 高大昕, Margaret Marr 劉婉勤, Gilbert Marr 馬觀利, Chig-Ming Hu 胡芷民, Rosie Soohoo 林慕華, Ron Soohoo 司徒勛, Steve Tsai 蔡為侖, Lillian Chen 謝孟媛, Katy Ko 孫清美, Kan Chen 陳 幹, Roz Chow 郭勤珊, Edith Hsiao, Ted Hsiao 蕭慶德, Bonnie Lam 司徒玫華, Kit Lam 林杰生, Reina Lam 林英華; Front row from left: C.K. Chow 周紹康, Gang Sun 孫 剛, Mathew Tom 譚仁慈, Grace Tsao 汪慧蓮, Yue-Fen Hu 胡月芬, Larry Lam 林念熹, Jane Lam 姚振林, Andy Bai, Zhao-Jun Bai 柏兆俊, Jacob Tsao 曹孝先

Rho Psi Mu Chapter Initiation at Larry & Jane Lam's home in Walnut Creek, CA 9/30/07
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Standing from left: Kan Chen, Steve Tsai, C.K. Chow, Gilbert Marr, Chih-ming Hu, Larry Lam, Jacob Tsao (sponsor of the initiate), Zengbin Hao 郝增彬 (the new initiate); Sitting from left: Lillian Chen, Margaret Marr, Jane Lam, Iris Tsai, Yue-fen Hu, Rosalind Chow