Sigma Phi

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The Sigma Phi Society, founded on 4 March 1827 on the campus of Union College in Schenectady, New York is the second oldest Greek social fraternal organization in the United States.^[1]The Sigma Phi Society was the first Greek organization to establish a second chapter at another college, thus making it the first National Greek Organization.^[2] Its Union College chapter has been in continual operation since its founding, making it the oldest fraternity chapter in the U.S. Little is known about the Sigma Phi Society, as it began and remains a secret society.

Contents 1 Chapters of The Sigma Phi 2 Founders 3 Notable alumni 4 External links 5 References

[edit] Chapters of The Sigma Phi

It maintains chapters at Union College, Hamilton College, Hobart and William Smith, University of Vermont, University of Michigan, Cornell University, University of Wisconsin, University of California, Berkeley, and University of Virginia.

[edit] Founders

Charles Thorne Cromwell

Thomas Fielders Bowie

John Thomas Bowie

Thomas Sydenham Witherspoon

[edit] Notable alumni

• Sen. Elihu Root - U.S. Secretary of War and U.S. Secretary of State in the administration of Theodore Roosevelt. Root was a Nobel Peace Prize Winner, and U.S. Senator.^[3]
• Earl Warren - Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, Governor of California, member of the Bohemian Grove.
• James Schoolcraft Sherman - Vice President under William Howard Taft.
• Arthur C. Nielsen Jr., son of Arthur C. Nielsen creator of Nielsen Ratings (both were Sigma Phi members).
• Henry Rathbone, major in the U.S. army during the Civil War and present in Lincoln's booth at Ford's Theatre; was stabbed tackling John Wilkes Booth.^[4]
• Hon. Ken Dryden - NHL Hall of Fame Goaltender and Canadian Member of Parliament.
• Rep. Hastings Keith - United States Congressman from Massachusetts.
• Rep. John Cochrane - United States Congressman, Attorney General of New York, and Brigadier General in the Civil War.
• Ward Wettlaufer, amateur golfer, Western New York executive.
• Philip Will, Jr, co-founder of architecture firm Perkins+Will and President of the American Institute of Architects.

[edit] External links

• Official Site

[edit] References

North-American Interfraternity Conference

Acacia  • Alpha Chi Rho  • Alpha Delta Gamma  • Alpha Delta Phi  • Alpha Epsilon Pi  • Alpha Gamma Rho  • Alpha Gamma Sigma  • Alpha Kappa Lambda  • Alpha Phi Alpha  • Alpha Phi Delta  • Alpha Sigma Phi  • Alpha Tau Omega  • Beta Chi Theta  • Beta Sigma Psi  • Beta Theta Pi  • Chi Phi  • Chi Psi  • Delta Chi  • Delta Kappa Epsilon  • Delta Phi  • Delta Psi  • Delta Sigma Phi  • Delta Tau Delta  • Delta Upsilon  • FarmHouse  • Iota Phi Theta  • Kappa Alpha Order  • Kappa Alpha Psi  • Kappa Alpha Society  • Kappa Delta Phi  • Kappa Delta Rho  • Lambda Chi Alpha  • Lambda Phi Epsilon  • Lambda Sigma Upsilon  • Lambda Theta Phi  • Phi Gamma Delta  • Phi Iota Alpha  • Phi Kappa Psi  • Phi Kappa Sigma  • Phi Kappa Tau  • Phi Kappa Theta  • Phi Lambda Chi  • Phi Mu Delta  • Phi Sigma Kappa  • Phi Sigma Phi  • Pi Kappa Alpha  • Pi Kappa Phi  • Pi Lambda Phi  • Psi Upsilon  • Sigma Alpha Epsilon  • Sigma Alpha Mu  • Sigma Chi  • Sigma Lambda Beta  • Sigma Nu  • Sigma Phi Delta  • Sigma Phi Epsilon  • Sigma Phi Society  • Sigma Pi  • Sigma Tau Gamma  • Tau Delta Phi  • Tau Epsilon Phi  • Tau Kappa Epsilon  • Theta Chi  • Theta Delta Chi  • Theta Xi  • Triangle  • Zeta Beta Tau  • Zeta Psi