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Kappa Sigma Fraternity company history timeline

1869

The original Badge was designed by Edmund Law Rogers and during the Christmas holidays of 1869, an order of badges was placed with Sadtler & Sons of Baltimore, Maryland.

1870

Upon their return to campus in spring 1870, the Five Friends and Brothers proudly displayed the Star and Crescent of Kappa Sigma for the first time.

1872

In 1872, Kappa Sigma initiated Stephen Alonzo Jackson, the brother who would transform a struggling local fraternity at the University of Virginia to a strong international Brotherhood.

1878

During the Fraternity’s second Grand Conclave in 1878 in Richmond, Virginia, Jackson was re-elected as Worthy Grand Master.

1905

In 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt designated Boyd to help incorporate the American National Red Cross.

1919

With good standing and expanding in numbers, the Kappa Sigma Housing Co. purchased the mansion for eighteen thousand dollars in 1919.

1929

At the 28th Biennial Grand Conclave in Los Angeles in 1929, McCormick, the only surviving founder at the time, was elected to the position of Most Worthy Grand Master – the only Kappa Sigma to hold such title.

1941

He died November 29, 1941, and the era of the Founders came to an end.

1948

Since 1948, the Endowment Fund has awarded nearly $5 million to thousands of deserving brothers.

Established at The University of Tulsa in 1948, the Epsilon-Mu Chapter consistently ranks among the top Kappa Sigma Chapters the world over.

1986

VCU Greek Olympics (1986)

2009

The chapter maintained an active and engaged presence at VCU until 2009.

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