The Founders of Sigma Chi

Benjamin Piatt Runkle remembered for his Courage

Thomas Cowan Bell remembered for his Wisdom

William Lewis Lockwood remembered for his Integrity

Isaac M. Jordan remembered for his High Ambition

Daniel William Cooper remembered for his Self Control

Franklin Howard Scobey remembered for his Courtesy

James Parks Caldwell remembered for his Fidelity

These men came together to form our fraternity whose purpose is to

 cultivate and maintain the high ideals of Friendship, Justice, and Learning

The Sigma Chi motto is: In Hoc Signo Vinces

Translation: “In this sign you will conquer”


The Gamma Epsilon Chapter motto is: Non sentinus declaratis sed consecratis vitarum nostarum nos ipsos existamamos

Translation: “We judge ourselves not by the purposes we profess, but by the commitment we live.”