The mission of Sigma Alpha Epsilon is to promote the highest standards of friendship, scholarship, and service for our members based upon the ideals set forth by our Founders and as specifically enunciated in The True Gentleman.
Membership:
The Fraternity resides on college and university campuses, as a guest of the host institution. The current structure includes approximately 10,000 undergraduates at approximately 203 chapters and 14 colonies in 47 states. Alumni are active in more than 120 alumni associations.
Governance Structure:
The organization is governed through a five-person executive board called the Supreme Council that is elected at biennial conventions. An executive director, the Eminent Supreme Recorder, supervises a staff of approximately 40 at the Fraternity Service Center in Evanston, Illinois, and eight regional directors. The United States is divided into 30 provinces overseen by regional volunteers called province archons. Each chapter is required to have an active chapter advisor.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation:
The SAE Foundation was established in 1927 to create programs that promote the highest ideals of academic and personal development. The existing programs include named scholarships, a student-loan program, and the John O. Moseley international Leadership School that has produced more than 23,000 graduates. The SAE Foundation awards $40,000 in scholarships annually in support of its mission.
Prominent Alumni:
William McKinley, Elliot Ness, David Spade, Phil Jackson, Dennis Erickson, William Faulkner, Joe Foss, Bob Ballard, General Richard Myers, Ernie Harwell, Tony Boselli, Bo Schembechler, Barry Switzer, Nick Lachey, and Fred Savage.
Fast Facts:
SAE is America's largest social fraternity with more than 283,000 initiated members. Fraternal symbols include the lion, the phoenix, Minerva, and the fleur-de-lis. Sigma Alpha Epsilon was the first fraternity to establish a national headquarters in 1929, a national Leadership School in 1935, a national Men's Health Issues Committee in 1980 and a career-development program called the Leading Edge in 1990. Currently, the Fraternity offers a comprehensive member-education program called The True Gentleman Initiative. The Fraternity communicates through The Record magazine, a quarterly publication that has been published continuously since 1880. New members receive a copy of The Phoenix, the manual of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, for educational development.
Founded:
March 9, 1856
University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa
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