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Our Mailing Address: SC Alpha Alumni Assn. P.O. Box 652 Columbia, SC 29202
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Sigma Phi Epsilon Facts & Information |
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Fast Facts About Sigma Phi Epsilon |
Sig Ep
was founded at Richmond College, now the University of Richmond, on November 1,
1901 on the cardinal principles of Virtue, Diligence, and Brotherly
Love. Today,
over 250,000 men have joined the fraternity and taken a vow to uphold these
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SC
Alpha was founded at the University of South Carolina 104 years ago in May,
1904. Over 1230 men of Carolina have been initiated into Sigma Phi Epsilon
at the S.C. Alpha Chapter. |
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Composed of 240 chartered chapters and 17 chapters in
the process of meeting chartering criteria (Sigma Epsilon Chapters) across the
United States. |
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Boasts the largest undergraduate membership, presently
over 14,000, of any men’s collegiate fraternity for the last two
decades |
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5,300-5,600 Men choose to join annually (based upon
the last 10 years). |
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Maintains
the highest first-year member retention rate, over 90%, of any national
fraternity.
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Sig Ep has the largest living alumni population of any national fraternity. |
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Governed
by the Grand Chapter, which is composed of undergraduate delegates (by an 85%
margin), District Governors, and National Board of Directors.
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Maintains a full-time professional staff of over 35 people.
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Publishes quarterly magazine, The Journal of Sigma Phi Epsilon, which
is distributed to all members for life upon joining. |
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A Fraternity of Firsts |
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First
major national fraternity to abolish membership restrictions based upon race,
religion, or creed, five years before America’s civil rights movement.
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First national fraternity to establish a housing trust for all chapters and
separate National Housing Corporation aimed at supporting housing excellence.
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First fraternity to charter a chapter in all fifty states.
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First national fraternity Educational Foundation to build an endowment
greater than $11 million.
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First national fraternity to receive a grant from the federal Department of
Education to enhance member development programs.
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First national fraternity to provide financial assistance to brothers for
graduate school through the Resident Scholar program.
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First national fraternity to partner with the White House’s Office of
National Drug Control Policy in order to create substance abuse education
programs for members.
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List of Famous Sig Ep Alumni |
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Carroll J. O'Connor, University of Montana, Actor
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R. David Thomas, Duke University, Chairman & Founder, Wendy's |
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Theodor S. "Dr. Seuss" Geisel, Dartmouth, Author |
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Joe Don Baker, North Texas State, Actor |
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Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr, Connecticut, Former Joint Chiefs of Staff |
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Anthony "Nuts" McAuliffe, West Virginia, General, US Army, WWII |
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Col. Karol J. Bobko, Texas, Space Shuttle Commander, NASA |
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Douglas C. Engelbart, Oregon State, Inventor of the Computer Mouse |
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Orel L. Hershiser, Bowling Green, LA Dodgers |
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J. C. Snead, East Tennessee State, Professional Golfer |
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Robert L. Lilly, Texas Christian, NFL Hall of Fame, Dallas Cowboys |
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Robert C. Stempel, WPI, Chairman & CEO, General Motors Corp, Retired |
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Harold A. Poling, Monmouth, Chairman & CEO, Ford Motor Co, Retired |
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Kenneth T. Derr, Cornell, Chairman, Chevron Oil |
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Fred L. Turner, Drake, Chairman, McDonald's Corporation |
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Sean T. Casey, Richmond, Cincinnati Reds First Baseman |
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