Sigma Chi

Sigma Chi (ΣΧ) ist eine der Verbindungen männlicher Studenten in den USA. Gegründet wurde diese sozial geprägte Verbindung 1855 an der Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

Sigma Chi hatte sieben Gründungsväter: Benjamin Piatt Runkle, Thomas Cowan Bell, William Lewis Lockwood, Isaac M. Jordan, Daniel William Cooper, Franklin Howard Scobey, James Parks Caldwell. Bis heute lautet das Motto von Sigma Chi „In hoc Signo Vinces“ („In diesem Zeichen wirst du siegen!“). Die Farben der Vereinigung sind Gold und Blau, ihr Symbol ist ein weißes Kreuz. Ihr Hauptsitz befindet sich in Evanston, Illinois. Aktuell umfasste Sigma Chi 213.535 Brüder mit 233 Kapiteln an den Hochschulen und Universitäten in den Vereinigten Staaten und Kanada sowie 145 Schülergruppen rund um die Welt.

Am 16. November 2006 fand in London das erste Treffen des European Sigma Chi Alumni Chapters statt. Dies war das erste Alumni (= Ehemaligen) Chapters außerhalb der Vereinigten Staaten und umfasste rund 200 Sigma Chi Alumnies.

Übersicht der Chapters

• Α Miami University
• Β College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio, 1873–1913
• Γ Ohio Wesleyan University
• Δ University of Georgia
• E (Original Epsilon) Western Military Institute, Nashville, Tennessee, 1856–57
• Ε George Washington University
• Ζ Washington and Lee University
• Η University of Mississippi
• Θ Gettysburg College
• Ι Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, 1858–69
• Κ Bucknell University
• Λ Indiana University
• Μ Denison University
• Ν (Original Nu) Washington College, Washington, Pennsylvania, 1859–63
• Ν Cumberland University, 1872–80
• Ξ DePauw University
• Ο Dickinson College (Das Omicron-Chapter wird vom Dickinson nicht anerkannt.)
• Π (Original Pi) Erskine College, Due West, South Carolina, 1860–61
• Π Howard College, East Lake, Alabama, 1872–85
• Π Samford University
• Ρ Butler University
• Σ (Original Sigma) La Grange Synodical College, La Grange, Tenn. 1860–61
• T Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia
• Υ Polytechnic College of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 1865–76
• Φ Lafayette College, Easton, Pennsylvania, 1867–1966
• X Hanover College
• Ψ University of Virginia
• Ω Northwestern University
• AB University of California, Berkeley
• ΑΓ The Ohio State University
• ΑΖ Beloit College
• AH University of Iowa
• ΑΘ Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• ΑΙ Illinois Wesleyan University
• ΑΚ Hillsdale College
• ΑΛ University of Wisconsin-Madison
• ΑΝ University of Texas at Austin
• AO Tulane University
• AΠ Albion College
• ΑΡ Lehigh University
• AΣ University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
• ΑΤ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• ΑΥ University of Southern California
• ΑΦ Cornell University
• ΑΧ Pennsylvania State University
• ΑΨ Vanderbilt University
• ΑΩ Stanford University
• ΒΑ Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 1963–1970
• ΒΓ Colorado College
• ΒΔ University of Montana
• ΒΕ University of Utah
• ΒΗ Case Western Reserve University
• BΘ University of Pittsburgh
• ΒK University of Oklahoma
• ΒΛ Duke University
• ΒΝ Brown University
• ΒΟ Iowa State University
• Bπ Oregon State University
• ΒΡ Montana State University
• ΒΣ University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• BX Emory University
• ΒΨ Georgia Institute of Technology
• ΒΩ University of Toronto and Ryerson University
• ΓΔ Oklahoma State University
• ΓΖ Union College
• ΓΗ University of Idaho
• ΓΙ Louisiana State University
• ΓΚ Utah State University
• ΓΛ McGill University
• ΓΝ University of South Carolina
• ΓΠ University of Rochester
• ΓΡ Dalhousie University
• ΓΣ Auburn University
• ΓΤ North Dakota State University
• ΓΥ Mississippi State University
• ΓΨ Michigan State University
• ΓΦ University of Miami
• ΔΔ Purdue University
• ΔΕ North Carolina State University
• ΔΖ Willamette University
• ΔΗ University of California at Los Angeles
• ΔΘ University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
• ΔΙ University of Denver
• ΔΚ Bowling Green State University
• ΔΜ Southern Methodist University
• ΔN Wake Forest University
• ΔΞ San Diego State University
• ΔΟ University of British Columbia
• ΔΠ Ohio University
• ΔΡ Bradley University
• ΔΣ University of Rhode Island
• ΔΤ Westminster College, Missouri
• ΔY Kansas State University
• ΔΦ University of Puget Sound
• ΔΧ Wabash College
• ΔΨ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• ΔΩ University of Tulsa
• ΕΖ Florida State University
• ΕΗ California State University, Fresno
• ΕΘ San Jose State University
• ΕK University of Memphis
• ΕΛ Ripon College
• ΕΟ University of Western Ontario
• ΕΠ University of Northern Colorado
• ΕΡ University of Richmond
• ΕΤ Murray State University
• ΕΥ Arizona State University
• ΕΦ Southeast Missouri State University
• ΖΘ Kettering University
• ΖΚ University of California at Santa Barbara
• ZΛ Kent State University
• ΖΜ Western Kentucky University
• ZN Western Michigan University
• ΖΟ Northern Arizona University
• ZP Central Michigan University
• ΖΥ College of William and Mary
• ZΧ University of Nevada, Las Vegas
• ΖΨ University of Cincinnati
• ΖΩ East Tennessee State University
• ΗΑ Eastern Kentucky University
• ΗΓ Middle Tennessee State University
• ΗΔ Tennessee Technological University
• ΗΕ University of South Alabama
• ΗI Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida
• ΗΛ Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• ΗΞ Austin Peay State University
• HΠ University of Central Florida
• ΗΣ University of California, Irvine
• ΗΦ Troy University
• ΗΨ Clemson University
• ΘΒ University of South Florida
• ΘΓ Drake University
• ΘΗ University of Missouri–Rolla
• ΘI St. Louis University
• ΘΚ University of Texas at Arlington
• ΘΜ Spring Hill College
• ΘΝ Alma College
• ΘΠ Indiana State University
• ΘΣ California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
• ΘΘ University of Michigan
• ΘΥ Yale University
• ΘΧ Arkansas State University
• ΘΨ University of Waterloo
• ΘΩ Elon University
• ΙΑ California State University, San Bernardino
• ΙΓ Jacksonville University
• IΔ State University of New York at Albany
• ΙΕ College of Charleston
• IZ Clarkson University
• ΙΗ Western Connecticut State University
• ΙΙ University of Alabama
• ΙΘ University of Dayton
• ΙΚ Fairleigh Dickinson University
• ΙΜ Wilfrid Laurier University
• ΙΝ Furman University
• ΙΟ Western Illinois University
• ΙΞ George Mason University
• ΙΠ Marquette University
• ΙΡ Bishop’s University, Lennoxville, Québec
• ΙΣ Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana
• ΙΤ University of St. Thomas, Saint Paul, Minnesota
• ΙΥ Boston University
• ΙΦ University of North Texas
• ΙΧ University of California, San Diego
• ΙΨ Rutgers University
• ΙΩ Loyola Marymount University
• ΚΒ University of North Florida
• ΚΓ Western Carolina University
• ΚΕ University of Delaware
• ΚΖ Radford University
• ΚΗ Harvard University
• ΚΘ California State University, Chico
• ΚK University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• ΚΛ Albertson College of Idaho
• ΚΜ University of Windsor
• ΚΞ Tarleton State University
• ΚΟ Pepperdine University
• ΚΡ American University
• ΚΣ University of the Pacific
• ΚT Minnesota State University, Mankato
• ΚΥ Johns Hopkins University
• ΚΦ Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Arizona
• ΚΧ Villanova University
• ΒΒ Mississippi College, Clinton, Mississippi, 1873–1874
• ΔΔ Purdue University
• MM West Virginia University
• PP University of Maine
• ΧΧ Birmingham-Southern College
• YΥ University of Washington
• ΩΩ University of Arkansas
• ΧΨ University of Louisiana in New Orleans, 1882–1883
• ΛΛ University of Kentucky

Bekannte Sigs

Schauspieler

• Woody Harrelson, Indiana
• Dr. Nick Riviera (The Simpsons)
• Brad Pitt
• John Wayne
• Jim Caviezel
• Archie Kao

Sportler

• Mike Ditka, Pittsburgh, 1961. Tight End und Coach, Chicago Bears, Pro Football Hall of Fame.
• Luke Donald, Northwestern, 2001. Golfspieler, PGA Tour.
• Bob Griese, Purdue, 1967. Quarterback der Miami Dolphins, 17-0 1972, Pro Football Hall of Fame.
• Bob Hill, BGSU, 1971. Head coach, NBA Seattle SuperSonics, 2006; San Antonio Spurs 1994–1996; Indiana Pacers 1990–1993.
• Mike Holmgren, USC, 1970. NFL coach, Green Bay Packers, Seattle Seahawks.
• Jim Palmer, Arizona State, 1967. Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Pitcher.
• Sean Payton, Eastern Illinois, 1987. Head coach, NFL New Orleans Saints; Quarterback, AFL Chicago Bruisers, 1987.
• John Pont, Miami, 1952. Head football coach, Miami University, Yale University, Indiana University, Northwestern University.

Politik und Wirtschaft

• Scott Altman, Illinois, 1981. Space Shuttle Astronaut, STS-90, STS-106, STS-109.
• Grover Cleveland, U.S. Präsident (Ehrenmitglied).
• Thomas du Pont, MIT, 1885. Präsident DuPont Chemical; U.S. Senator, Delaware, 1921–1922, 1924–1925.
• Jake Garn, University of Utah, 1954. U.S. Senator, Utah. Erster amerikanischer Politiker, der mit einem Space Shuttle in den Weltraum flog (STS-51-D), 1985.
• Barry Goldwater, University of Arizona, 1932. U.S. Senator, Arizona, 1953–1965, 1969–1987.
• Greg Harbaugh, Purdue 1978. Space Shuttle Astronaut, STS-39, STS-54.
• Jon Huntsman, Jr., University of Utah, 1983. Utah Governor, 2005–present.
• Henry Hyde, Duke University, 1946. United States House of Representatives, Illinois.
• Thomas F. McLarty III (Mack McLarty), Arkansas, 1969. Stabschef des Weißen Hauses während der Regierungszeit von Bill Clinton.
• Bob White, San Diego State University, 1965. Chief of Government Affairs, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kalifornien.
• John W. Young, Georgia Tech, 1952. Astronaut, Gemini 3, Apollo 10, Apollo 16, Space Shuttle.
• Ron Ziegler, University of Southern California, 1961. White House Press Secretary während der Regierungszeit von Nixon.

Fernsehen

• David Letterman, 1965. US-amerikanischer Moderator.

Weblinks

• Offizielle Homepage (engl.)