He was sworn into office as the President of the United States of America while wearing the Sigma Chi badge?
President Grover Cleveland was proud to wear our badge while he became president.
He is considered the primary inventor of the laser?
Gordon Gould
He was named "Aemrica's most experiences astronaut" and the 9th man on the moon?
John Young
He was also an astronaut and he carried the fraternity flag with him to the moon?
Greg Harbaugh was proud to show the world that Sigma Chi helped him achieve his dream.
He invented the lung heart machine?
Dr. Richard A. Dewall
He performed the first successful permanent artificial heart implant?
Dr. William DeVries is proud to say that Sigma Chi helped him.
Thomas W. Selleck (1983), TV (Magnum P.I.) and motion picture actor (Three Men and a Baby)
>> "I made some very long-lasting friendships with Sigs in college... and are very valuable to me. The Fraternity has meant a lot to me, and the Ritual is very, very meaningful to me."
John Wayne (1948), #1 box-office star nicknamed "The Duke" and Academy-Award winning actor (True Grit)
Larry "Buster" Crabbe (1971), actor (Tarzan, Flash Gordon) and Olympic swimming star
William Christopher (1981), TV Actor ("Father Mulcahy" on M*A*S*H)
Rip Torn (1973), Academy-Award nominee (Cross Creek) and stage actor, currently appearing on HBO's The Larry Sanders Show
Woody Harrelson (1991), Actor ("Woody" on Cheers and in motion pictures White Men Don't Jump and Oscar nominee (1997) for The People vs. Larry Flynt)
David Letterman (1981), TV talk show host (Late Night with David Letterman) and comedian.
>>"When I became a Sigma Chi it was great; I was very proud of the association. It was kind of an instant confidence builder for me... It was a really good social experience, and for me also a social maturation and a great benefit."
Clarence Gilyard (1996), actor (Chips, Matlock, and currently co-star of Walker, Texas Ranger)
Michael B. Peters (1981), Pulitzer-Prize winning political cartoonist ("Mother Goose and Grimm"): Dayton Daily News
Brad Pitt (1996), Academy-Award nominated actor (12 Monkeys, Fight Club)
>>"What has impressed me throughout the years is that I have never met a Sigma Chi whom I didn't think was a special person. I am proud to be a Sigma Chi."
>>"What you do in life by your self doesn't mean as much as what you accomplish with a group of people. Sigma Chi was one of the greatest things that happened to me. I really appreciate what it has done for and to me. I know what it has done for men in my lifetime, and I can continue to give something back to it."
>>"It's tough hiring good people. It's always a great testament to a man if on his resume it says he's a SIGMA CHI."
A former U.S. President
9 U.S. Governors
10 U.S. Senators
7 U.S. Ambassadors
13 Fortune 500 CEOs
Record for most members of the same fraternity concurrently serving in the U.S. House of Representatives (21).
A former U.S. Supreme Court Justice
2 Congressional Medal of Honor Recipients
4 Astronauts
4 Academy Award Winners/Nominees
7 NFL Hall of Fame Members
6 Pulitzer Prize Winners
11 Current NFL Players
2 Current NFL Owners
3 Current NBA Owners
>>"There is no question that my Sigma Chi experience has had a tremendous impact on my career, professionally, and on my life."
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