Fraternity History
Sigma Alpha Iota was founded June 12, 1903 at the University of Michigan School of Music, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
The Founders were seven upperclass and graduate students -- Elizabeth Campbell, Fraces Caspari, Minnie Davis Sherrill, Leila Farlin Laughlin, Nora Crane Hunt, Georgina Potts and Mary Storrs Andersen, all deceased. The founding is described in a brief "History of Sigma Alpha Iota" by Elizabeth Campbell in the Pan Pipes of April 1910 "…when seven gifted young musicians solemnly pledged themselves to help each other with sisterly affection, stand for the highest possible musical scholarship, for nobility and uprightness of character, and for the maintenance of friendly and unselfish relations among women in the musical profession."(Taken from Manual For Members, Sigma Alpha Iota, Janet T. Neiburg, Ruth Sickafus and Ruth E. Sieber.)
