page_title: Sigma Pi
section_title: Alpha chapter at Vincennes University: preserving Sigma Pi's history
hierarchical_section_title: Sigma Pi / History / Alpha chapter at Vincennes University: preserving Sigma Pi's history
caption_attribution_description: English: Sigma Pi Clock Tower
context_page_description: Sigma Pi, is an international social collegiate fraternity founded in 1897 at Vincennes University. Sigma Pi Fraternity, International has chartered over 230 chapters, with 111 currently active plus six colonies in the United States and Canada and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. Since its inception, the fraternity has initiated more than 110,000 men and has over 5,000 undergraduate members.
context_section_description: After its founding in 1897, the Alpha chapter at Vincennes University closed in 1910. It remained dormant for 55 years until 1965 when the Alpha chapter was re-activated. Grand Sage Frank C. Fryburg worked with the students and administration at Vincennes to re-activate the chapter. However, the North American Interfraternity Conference prevented its members from opening chapters at 2 year Junior colleges. Honorary Grand Sage Curtis G. Shake was tasked with creating a formal petition to the NIC, which requested special dispensation be granted to Sigma Pi to reopen the chapter. The petition passed and on February 26, 1965, Alpha chapter was re-charted. In December 1970, the success of the Alpha chapter convinced the NIC to allow chapters at all junior colleges.  A clock tower on the campus of Vincennes University commemorates the foundation of Sigma Pi.  Despite Sigma Pi's diminished presence in the area after the move of its headquarters, the fraternity still recognizes and celebrates the university as its birthplace. The Alpha chapter is still active today, claiming some of the university's most notable alumni, including three Vincennes University Presidents, as members.
caption: Sigma Pi Centennial Clock Tower at Alpha chapter (Vincennes University)
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