Sigma Chi (ΣΧ) is one of a big international everthing-male college social fraternities, with chapters at universities in Canada and the United States. Sigma Chi was founded within 1855 at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio when members split from Delta Kappa Epsilon. Sigma Chi got vii creation members: Benjamin Piatt Runkle, Thomas Cowan Bell, William Lewis Lockwood, Daniel William Cooper, Franklin Howard Scobey, James Parks Caldwell, and Isaac M. Jordan. Sigma Chi occurs as a portion of the Miami Triad, along with Beta Theta Pi and Phi Delta Theta.

A fraternity's official colors come blue & old gold, & its symbol occurs as whiten cross by using emblems in its arms: Hybrid keys on the upper arm, an eagle's head on the correct arm, 7 gold stars & the pair of clasped mitts on the moo arm, & the scroll on the left arm. In a center of the cross, in the blacken background, come the gold symbols for the Greek letters sigma and chi. A left & correct arms come attached to the upper arm by 5-linked gold chains.

Membership around Sigma Chi involves each service-oriented activities when well as social bonding for its members. Sigma Chi's suggested benificiary for chapter community service projects is the Children's Miracle Network. Since 1992 Sigma Chi chapters keep around raised about $3,000,000 for front yard CMN hospitals & devoted hundreds to thousands of hours of service to CMN affiliates.

A fundamental purpose of this fraternity to promote a construct of Friendly relationship, Justice & Learning inside its membership.

Presently it has 202,600 active brothers around 219 chapters at colleges & universities throughout a United States & Canada.

Last Sigma Chi was honored per United States Congress in its 150th day of remembrance in June 13th, 2005.

The Split from Delta Kappa Epsilon

the creation of Sigma Chi come when a effect of a disagreement on top world health organization would become known as Poet in the Erodelphian Literary Society of old Miami University in Ohio.

Many members of Miami University's Delta Kappa Epsilon chapter were likewise members of the Erodelphian Literary Society. In the fall of 1854 this society was to pick its Poet, & the member of Deltthe Kappa Epsilon (a "Deke") wanted a position. He was supported by 5 of his brothers, however 4 others (Caldewell, Jordan, Runkle, & Scobey) felt that he lacked poetic talent. These men instead chose to give their trend lines to the second human world health organization was non a Deke. Bell & Cooper were non members of Erodelphian, however their trend lines for the dissentient quaternary was definitive.

Within 1854 Delta Kappa Epsilon at Miami University got Dozen members, therefore a disagreement across world health organization to trend lines when Poet evenly divided a chapter. More differences will keep close at h& been forgotten, however each sides saw this conflict as the matter of principle and above a next couple months there come a distancing of their friendly relationship.

the matter eventually come to a head withwithin February of 1855, once, in an attempt to seal the rift, Runkle & his companions planned a dinner for their brothers. A feast wwhen prepared, & a table was placed, but only one of a men world health organization supported a Deke as poet arrived, Whitelaw Reid. Using him Reid brought the alien. the sextet learned that a unknown was an graduate of DKE from either a nearby town.

"My name is Minor Millikin; I live in Hamilton," said a human. "I am a man of few words." Reid got told Millikin his side of a dispute, & them were present to lay down penalty in Runkle, Scobey, & the rest. A leaders of a rebellion (Runkle & Scobey) were to exist as expelled from either the fraternity. the more quadruplet, when existence properly chastised, would become allowed to stay a a share of the class action.

At a announcement of the penalisation Runkle stepped forward. He pulled off his Deke pin, discarded it to the table, & said, "I didn't join this fraternity to be any man's tool. And that, sir," addressing Millikin, "is my answer!" Runkle stalked from either a room & his 5 brothers followed.

Famous "Sigs"

Athletics
Drew Brees, Purdue University 2001 Drew Bennett, UCLA 2001 Bill Buckner, University of Southern California 1972 Mark DeRosa, Major League Baseball, Atlanta Braves Mike Ditka, University of Pittsburgh 1961 Luke Donald, PGA Tour, Northwestern University 2001 Eric Fanoimoana Bob Griese, Purdue University Woody Hayes, Denison University Mike Holmgren, University of Southern California 1970, head coach of the Green Bay Packers & Seattle Seahawks Brad Hoover Don Hutson, University of Alabama Johnny Majors, University of Tennessee Casey Martin, PGA, Stanford University Bronko Nagurski, University of Minnesota Merlin Olsen, Utah State University Jim Palmer, Arizona State University 1967, Major League Baseball Hall of Famer pitcher Eddie Sutton, Oklahoma State Basketball Coach, Large Dozen Coach of the Year Fielding Yost

Politics and Government
Lamar Alexander, U.S. Senator, Tennessee (Vanderbilt University - 1962) Jim Brady, University of Illinois, White House Press Secretary C. Saxby Chambliss, U.S. Senator, Georgia (University of Georgia - 1966) Grover Cleveland, U.S. President Honorary Member John Ensign, U.S. Senator, Nevada (Oregon State University - 1981) Barry Goldwater, U.S. Senator, Arizona (University of Arizona - 1932) Greg Harbaugh, Purdue University 1978, Space Shuttle astronaut Jon Huntsman, Jr., Utah Governor William P. Rogers, United States Secretary of State, United States Attorney General (Colgate University) John Watson, U of British Columbia, Director of the Vancouver International Airport & President of each major British Columbia Engineering Associations. John W. Young, Georgia Tech 1952, Space Shuttle astronaut

Entertainment and Media
Warren Beatty, Northwestern University 1959 Stephen J. Cannell, University of Oregon James Caviezel, University of Washington 1990 William Christopher, Wesleyan University 1958 Clarence Gilyard, California State University - Long Beach Woody Harrelson David Letterman, Ball State University 1969 Brad Pitt, Missouri 1986 Andy Rooney, Colgate University Tom Selleck, University of Southern California 1967 Rip Torn, University of Texas, Alpha Nu Chapter John Wayne, University of Southern California 1929

Business
Kenneth "Bud" Adams, University of Kansas 1944, owner of Tennessee Titans Lod Cook Louisiana State University 1949 Jon Huntsman, University of Pennsylvania 1959 Bob McNair, owner of Houston Texans J. William Marriott, Utah State University 1954, President of Marriott International Chuck Watson, Oklahoma State University, Founder, Former CEO, Dynegy