A new headquarters, constructed specifically for Alpha Chi Omega's needs, is built at 8733 Founders Road in Indianapolis. This building served as the fraternity's headquarters until 1993.
Epsilon Upsilon chapter is established at Mississippi State University.
Governor (and soon to be President) Jimmy Carter opened the "Reflect. Rekindle. Respond." convention at the Stouffer's Atlanta Inn. Registration was $25, and the excursion was to Six Flags, a shopping mall and Stone Mountain Park.
Facing impeachment charges, President Richard Nixon becomes the first U.S. president to resign.
Epsilon Phi chapter is established at Georgia Institute of Technology.
Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, is captured, ending the Vietnam War.
Karen Aunan Miley (Alpha Lambda, University of Minnesota) serves as National President from 1976-80.
The "Relate and Renew" convention welcomed 830 attendees to The Radisson Hotel. All collegiate delegates were asked to arrive with a school pennant.
157 women become the first female cadets to enter the Air Force Academy. The Class of 1980 was the first to graduate women, with a total of 97 women graduating that year.
The Founders' Bell Tower is constructed by Alpha Chi Omega as part of DePauw University's new performing arts building and is dedicated to the memory of the seven founders.
Epsilon Chi chapter is established at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Epsilon Psi chapter is established at the University of California, Irvine.
The formation of the Alpha Chi Omega Foundation is approved at the 1978 National Convention.
Nancy Nitchman Leonard (Alpha Chi, Butler University) becomes executive director and serves until 1999.
Pi chapter, which closed in 1973, is reopened at the University of California, Berkeley in Berkeley, California.
Epsilon Omega chapter is established at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.
Zeta Eta chapter is established at Bradley University.
The Alpha Chi Omega Experience themed event saw many historic milestones, but none as significant as the approval to form a Foundation to work independently and to be managed by a Board of Trustees. The first professional photographer sold prints on-site for $3 each to all 790 attendees.
The Alpha Chi Omega Foundation's first direct mail campaign raises $72,000 from 3,500 members.
The Medallion Roll is established to recognize donors reaching the $10,000 cumulative giving level.