Sigma Pi

Infobox Fraternity
letters=ΣΠ
name=Sigma Pi
crest=
founded=1897
birthplace=Vincennes University
type=Leadership, Social
mission=To build and support chapters and alumni organizations for the purpose of maintaining a Fellowship of kindred minds united in Brotherhood.cite web |url=http://www.sigmapi.org/AboutSigmaPi/mission.cfm |title=The Mission and Vision of Sigma Pi Fraternity |accessdate=2008-07-22]
vision=Sigma Pi Fraternity is the leading, international men's collegiate fraternal organization which provides training, guidance and innovative opportunities for:
*Leadership Development
*Social and Personal Development
*Academic Achievement
*Community Service
*Heightened Moral AwarenessFor its brothers throughout their lives.
philanthropy=
motto=ΣΕΒΑΣΤΗ ΠΙΣΤΙΣ
maxim=
colors=Lavender (color) and White with Gold as an auxiliary
symbol=
flower=Lavender Orchid
jewel=Emerald
publication=The Emerald
charterdate=
chartercity=
scope=International
USA
CAN
chapters=122 active chapters, 14 colonies, and 27 active alumni clubs [cite web |url=http://www.sigmapi.org/chapterServices/chapters.cfm/ |title=Sigma Pi Fraternity Chapter Listing |accessdate=2008-07-22]
undergraduate members=6,000+
lifetime=86,000+
free_label=
free=
address=P.O. Box 1897
city=Brentwood
state=TN, 37024
country=USA
homepage=http://www.sigmapi.org

Sigma Pi (ΣΠ) is an international college social fraternity with chapters in the United States and Canada. Like most social fraternities, membership is by invitation and limited to men. The Fraternity is headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee.

History

Founded on February 26, 1897 at Vincennes University by William Raper Kennedy, James Thompson Kingsbury, George Martin Patterson, and Rolin Rosco James, it started as Tau Phi Delta (ΤΦΔ), a literary society with fraternal ideals. Tau Phi Delta changed its name to The Sigma Pi Fraternity, United States in 1907 and began establishing new chapters that same year. With the establishment of the Fraternity's first Canadian chapter in 1984, the organization's name was changed to The Sigma Pi Fraternity, International. The Fraternity was the first of its kind to be founded west of the Ohio Valley and a charter member of the North-American Interfraternity Conference. Today, Sigma Pi consists of 136 active collegiate groups, dozens of alumni clubs, and over 88,000 initiates.

Philanthropy

Sigma Pi promotes fellowship, scholarship, chivalry, and character by organizing social, academic, and philanthropy events for its members and the communities in which its chapters are located. In addition, a separate, but related entity, the Sigma Pi Educational Foundation, manages trust assets for the educational benefit of both members and non-members. The Fraternity's "ACE" (Altruistic Campus Experience) Project is the first fraternity or sorority campus service program for chapters specifically designed to benefit their host institutions. [cite web |url=http://www.sigmapi.org/ACE/ace.cfm |title=Sigma Pi Fraternity >> What is ACE? |accessdate=2008-07-22]

Sigma Pi Creed

"I Believe"
"in Sigma Pi, a Fellowship of"
"kindred minds, united in"
"Brotherhood to advance Truth"
"and Justice, to promote"
"Scholarship, to encourage"
"Chivalry, to diffuse Culture, and"
"to develop Character, in the"
"Service of God and Man; and"
"I will strive to make real the"
"Fraternity's ideals in my own"
"daily life. Sir."cite web |url=http://www.sigmapi.org/AboutSigmaPi/index2.cfm |title=The Creed of Sigma Pi Fraternity |accessdate=2008-07-22]

The Five Ideals

Sigma Pi Fraternity promotes five basic ideals, which a brother considers to be of extreme worth. They are the goals which every member is encouraged to strive toward in their own daily life. cite web |url=http://www.sigmapi.org/AboutSigmaPi/ideals.cfm |title=The Ideals of Sigma Pi Fraternity |accessdate=2008-07-22]

The First Ideal: To establish a brotherhood.
The Second Ideal: To establish and maintain an aristocracy of learning.
The Third Ideal: To raise the standards of morality and develop character.
The Fourth Ideal: To diffuse culture and encourage chivalry.
The Fifth Ideal: To promote the spirit of civic righteousness and quicken the national conscience.

Chapters and colonies

Notable alumni

Government, military, law & politics

FratMember
name=Curtis Shake
chapter=Alpha
nota=Indiana jurist, politician, and 72nd Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court, and the presiding judge of the IG Farben trial, one of the Subsequent Nuremberg Trials
ref=FratMember
name=Mike Beebe
chapter=Alpha Pi
nota=Attorney General and Governor of Arkansas.
ref= [cite news |last = Duffy |first = Joan |title = Mike Beebe's ascension makes him our Arkansan of the Year. |publisher = Arkansas Times |date = 2007-01-18 |url = http://www.arktimes.com/Articles/ArticleViewer.aspx?ArticleID=454cca17-3756-4ad3-8bd4-5621b1d4377b |accessdate = 2007-07-27]

cience, technology & exploration

FratMember
name=Walter Marty Schirra, Jr.
chapter=Alpha Mu
nota=Astronaut: Project Mercury, Project Gemini, and Project Apollo.
ref= [cite press release |title = Sigma Pi Alumnus Veteran Astronaut Walter Schirra Dies |publisher = Sigma Pi International |date = 2007-05-03 |url = http://www.sigmapi.org/spNewsArticle.cfm?articleID=439 |accessdate = 2007-07-27] FratMember
name=Chauncey Guy Suits
chapter=Tau
nota=Co-founder of the National Academy of Engineering.
ref= [cite journal
last = Ketchum
first = Paul
title = Chauncey G. Suits
journal = The Wisconsin engineer
volume = 42
issue = 5
pages = 88
date = February 1938
url = http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/UW/UW-idx?type=div&did=UW.WIEV42NO5.I0007&isize=text
accessdate = 2008-08-21] FratMember
name= William D. Mensch
chapter=Kappa
nota=CEO of Western Design Center, Inc. and inventor of the microprocessor for the Apple MacIntosh II computer (the Motorola 6800 as well as the MOS 6502.
ref= [cite web
url= http://www.westerndesigncenter.com/wdc/WDC_Founder.cfm
title= Executive Biography of William Mensch
accessdate= 2008-08-21
author= The Western Design Center, Inc.
date= 2008-06-06 ]

ports, journalism, arts & entertainment

FratMember
name=Frank Broyles
chapter=Alpha Sigma
nota=Former NCAA football player, coach, broadcaster, athletic director for the University of Arkansas.
ref= [cite web |url=http://www.nicindy.org/whos_greek/greeks_in_the_news/ |title=North-American Interfraternity Conference - Greeks in the News |date=2007-12-07|accessdate=2008-10-10] FratMember
name=Tracy Lawrence
chapter=Epsilon Kappa
nota=Country music star.
ref= [cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1191892/bio |title=Tracy Lawrence Biography |accessdate=2008-07-22] FratMember
name=Tony Romo
chapter=Beta Gamma
nota=Quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys.
ref= [cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2561320/bio |title=Tony Romo Biography |accessdate=2008-07-22] FratMember
name=Lewis Grizzard
chapter=Alpha Phi
nota=Columnist and Sportswriter for the Atlanta Journal Constitution, author, stand-up comedian.
ref= [cite book | last = Ruppersburg | first = Hugh | title = Georgia Voices, Volume Two: Nonfiction | publisher = University of Georgia Press | location = Athens and London | pages = 556-557 | isbn = 0820314331]

References

External links

* [http://www.sigmapi.org/ Sigma Pi Fraternity]
* [http://www.sigpi.net/forums/index.php Sigma Pi Fraternity Discussion Forums]
* [http://www.sigmapi.org/chapterServices/chapters.cfm/ Chapters and Colonies of Sigma Pi]