Join the Sigma Pi Alumni Club

We appreciate your interest in the Sigma Pi Alumni Club. If you are interested in becoming a member please E-Mail the club at the address below and we will send you a membership form or just send some basic information about yourself (address, phone number etc..)and your a check for your membership to the address below. Membership dues are only $25 per year and go toward alumni events and chapter support.

Sigma Pi Alumni Club of Troy
P.O. Box 394
Troy, AL 36081

E-Mail us at SigmaPiTSU@hotmail.com

More Information on the Delta Psi Alumni Club of
Sigma Pi Fraternity International.

Board of directors:
Adam Shores, president
Dan Hilley, vice president
Devin Schaff, secretary
Mike Henby, treasurer
Larry Dunn
Jeff Kirkland
Randy Stephens
Brandon Spears
Phil LaPrad, chapter president (appointed non-voting member)

Formation:
The Delta-Psi Alumni Club of Sigma Pi, Inc. was granted a certificate of incorporation on July 24, 1997, by the Probate Judge of Pike County, Alabama. The corporation was originally formed as an alumni club on September 22, 1975, by a group of alumni in the Troy area. The group was granted a charter as the Alumni Club of Troy on March 26, 1976, by the Grand Council of Sigma Pi Fraternity International.

Governance:
Under the July 24, 1997 articles of incorporation, and in accordance to the by-laws duly adopted by the incorporating board of directors, the Delta-Psi Alumni Club of Sigma Pi, Inc. shall be managed by a board of directors consisting of seven voting directors elected by the voting membership of the Alumni Club. The board of directors shall consist of one appointed non-voting member, who shall be the sage of the undergraduate chapter. Each voting director must be 24 years of age. At each annual meeting of members, the voting membership shall elect directors to hold office until the next annual meeting. Only dues-paying members of the Alumni Club have voting rights at the annual membership meeting. The board may elect or appoint a president, one or more vice presidents, a secretary and a treasurer.

Objectives: The corporation's objectives, basically stated, are:

• To promote and further the welfare and the interests of the alumni and undergraduates of the Delta-Psi Chapter.
• To bring together the intellectual life and the points of view of the members of the different departments of Troy State University of which members of this corporation may have been registered as students.
• To encourage sound undergraduate chapter management through advice and counsel, and to provide continuity to undergraduate chapter operations
• To coordinate and plan all chapter alumni activities and communication, and to stimulate alumni interest in chapter affairs.
• To provide and maintain a house for the benefit of the undergraduate members of Sigma Pi in which they may reside and hold meetings.

Number of dues paying members: 37 (as of January 13, 1998)

Membership and membership dues:
There are three classes of membership: (a) alumni, (b) undergraduate, and (c) associate. There shall be a one-time initial membership fee of $25, due and payable upon application for membership in the corporation. Thereafter, annual membership dues shall be $25, due and payable on or before 10 a.m. on the date of the annual membership meeting. Any member with dues in arrears shall not be entitled to vote at the annual membership meeting.

Board meetings:
Regular meetings of the board of directors may be held at such time and place as the board members shall determine. The directors generally meet quarterly, but more often as required by matters pending before the board. Special meetings can be called by the president or by the secretary upon written request of two directors. Emergency meetings may also be called to address urgent matters relating to or involving the undergraduate chapter and/or corporation.

Annual meeting:
10 a.m. on the date each year designated by Troy State University as Homecoming.

Meeting location:
social room of the Chapter House unless otherwise designated.

Undergraduate Chapter History:
Initially founded as Sigma Alpha around the time Troy State University's administration decided to allow Greek organizations to form. The Sigma Alpha group soon sought to become affiliated with an established national fraternity, and petitioned Sigma Pi Fraternity to become a colony. Sigma Pi Fraternity granted colony status, and the group was officially chartered Nov. 12, 1971 as the Delta-Psi Chapter of Sigma Pi. There are three Sigma Pi chapters in Alabama: one at Troy State, one at Auburn and one at the University of West Alabama in Livingston.

Sigma Pi's History:
Sigma Pi was founded Feb. 26, 1897, at Vincennes University in Vincennes, Indiana, by four friends following a lecture about the birth of college fraternities. In 1897, college fraternities were just forming on the nation's oldest college campuses. The four founders adopted the name Tau Phi Delta. The name was changed to Sigma Pi Fraternity about 10 years later, and expansion continued. Today, Sigma Pi Fraternity is international with more than 190 chapters and colonies in the United States and Canada, and more than 70,000 initiated brothers and alumni. Expansion is still continuing nationwide.

Facts About Sigma Pi International
Sigma Pi was founded February 26, 1897, at Vincennes University in Indiana.

Originally called the Tau Phil Delta society, the organization became a national fraternity in 1907 and was renamed Sigma Pi.

The four founders of Sigma Pi were William Raper Kennedy, James Thompson Kingsbury, George Martin Patterson and Rolin Roscoe James.

Today, the Sigma Pi brotherhood includes more than 5,000 undergraduates and 62,000 alumni.

Sigma Pi has 132 active chapters in 30 states and Canada.

Famous Sigma Pi Alumni

• Willard M. Kiplinger, editor, The Kiplinger Letter
• Capt. Walter M. "Wally" Schirra Jr., astronaut, commander of Apollo 7
• Herman G. Fisher, founder, Fisher-Price Toys
• John W. Meyers, U.S. Congressman, Indiana
• the late Lewis Grizzard, syndicated newspaper columnist and Southern humorist
• the late James B. "Scotty" Reston Jr., vice president, New York Times, Pulitzer Prize winner
• H. Lawrence Fuller, chief executive officer, Amoco Oil Company
• Tracy Lawrence, country music singer
• Dan Marino, quarterback, Miami Dolphins

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