Who founded The Ability Experience and in what year?

• A. Thomas Sayre - ( Kappa ) UNC Chapel Hill - 1977
• B. James Smith - Alpha at UNC Chapel Hill - 1985
• C. Thomas Sayre - ( Kappa ) Duke University - 1977
• D. Thomas Sayre - ( Kappa ) UNC Chapel Hill - 1985

Answer: (A)

The key fact here is who started Pi Kappa Phi’s philanthropic effort and when it began. Thomas Sayre, a member of the Kappa chapter at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, founded The Ability Experience in 1977. This aligns with the UNC Chapel Hill chapter and the early intent to mobilize fraternity service for people with disabilities, establishing the national philanthropy that continues today. The other options place the founder at Duke or set the year in 1985, which don’t match the historical record of Sayre’s founding at UNC Chapel Hill in 1977. The Ability Experience grew from Sayre’s idea into the fraternity’s broader service focus, but its origin is linked to that UNC Chapel Hill chapter and that year.