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Sigma Chi Fraternity company history timeline

1855

In February 1855 Runkle and his companions planned a dinner for their brothers in an attempt to seal the rift.

On June 28, 1855, the organization was founded under the name Sigma Phi Fraternity.

1856

The eventual theft of Sigma Phi's constitution, rituals, seals, and other records from Lockwood's room in Oxford in January 1856 prompted them to change the name of the fraternity to Sigma Chi.

1864

On September 17, 1864 Dixon founded the Constantine chapter of Sigma Chi during the Atlanta campaign with Harry Yerger, a brother from Mississippi who was in Dixon's division.

1899

In 1899 the Fraternity adopted the flag design created by Henry V. Vinton.

1903

In 1903 at the Grand Chapter in Detroit the Board of Grand Trustees was established.

1920

On December 13, 1920, Cooper's body was conveyed to the Beta Theta chapter house where Beta Theta Consul Donald E. Walker removed Cooper's Sigma Phi Badge and replaced it with his own.

1922

Having only established a centralized form of government in 1922, Sigma Chi was installing new chapters at a rate of about one chapter per year.

1939

In May 1939 the Constantine chapter Memorial was erected by Sigma Chi in memory of the Constantine chapter and its members.

The Sigma Chi Foundation was created on November 9, 1939, when the Sigma Chi Endowment Foundation was incorporated in Colorado.

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