The Sigma Phi Society was founded on 4 March 1827, on the campus of Union College as a part of the Union Triad in Schenectady, New York. It is the second oldest Greek fraternal organization in the United States, and the oldest in continuous existence. The Sigma Phi Society was the first Greek organization to establish a chapter at another college, which occurred with the founding of the Beta of New York at Hamilton College in 1831, thus making it...
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Sigma Phi
Fraternity/Sorority
Colleges and Universities:
- Cornell University
- Hamilton College
- Hobart and William Smith Colleges
- Lehigh University
- Union College
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of Michigan
- University of North Carolina School of Law
- University of Vermont
- University of Virginia
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Number of chapters:
- 12
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