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HISTORY
Sigma Chi
was founded on the Miami University (Ohio) campus on June
28, 1855 by seven men. Our founding resulted from an
injustice incurred upon six of the seven founders as junior
members in another fraternity, where they were instructed to
do something that they did not agree with.
They felt that
principles they professed were imperfectly realized by any
other college fraternity, which lead to the establishment of
Sigma Chi. From our beginning, the Fraternity has been
based upon the high ideals of Friendship, Justice &
Learning.
For over 150 years, Sigma Chi has continued to recruit,
pledge, train, and initiate those men who possess uniquely
noble ideals. During this time, membership has grown to
over 250,000 members and over 360 undergraduate and alumni
chapters around the world.
HISTORY
(FRESNO STATE)
Sigma
Tau was the second
fraternity (by a few weeks) founded at Fresno State College
on November 10, 1921, making ours the oldest
continuously active fraternity at Fresno State.
In 1949,
the members of Sigma Tau decided to seek affiliation with a
national fraternity, but with the reservation that such
affiliation was with one of the top 2 or 3 national
fraternities. Sigma Chi was chosen as the number one
fraternity in the country with which to affiliate, and work
towards that goal was immediately started. After three
years of observation by Sigma Chi, Sigma Tau became the
122nd chapter of the Sigma Chi Fraternity on February
23, 1952.
At Fresno State, Sigma Chis include a former U.S.
Congressman, U.S. Ambassador to Colombia &
Honduras, Major General (Marines), three
Superior Court Judges, a Fresno District Attorney, two Fresno City
Mayors & the current Mayor of Clovis.
The Fraternity has also produced a U.S. President,
scores of Senators, Congressmen & Governors,
a Supreme Court Justice, Pulitzer Prize &
Academy Award winners, Congressional Medal of Honor
Recipients, Fortune 500 CEOs, and countless other
accomplished individuals in broad fields of endeavor.
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"When I became a
Sigma Chi it was great; I was very proud of the association.
It was kind of an instant confidence-builder for me,
that what I considered the best fraternity on campus had
actually wanted me. I had always been very shy and without a lot of confidence. It was a really
good social experience, and for me also a social maturation
and a great benefit."
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