SIGMA
University of Kentucky

FOUNDED ON
4.4.1917

LOCATION
Lexington, KY

HISTORY
The University of Kentucky was founded in 1865 by John Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky. Original instruction was offered at Ashland, Kentucky, but the institution separated from Kentucky University (now Transylvania University) in 1876 and moved to Lexington in 1878. The University is the state’s largest and is the land grant university of the state.

Scroll and Crescent was organized in 1914 and changed its name to Phi Sigma in 1915. The group petitioned Alpha Sigma Phi for a charter which was granted and the Chapter was installed by Grand Junior President Wayne M. Musgrave, Yale 1907, on January 4, 1917. Sigma’s installation dispelled inter-fraternity rumors that Alpha Sigma Phi would not expand into the South. World War I delayed Sigma’s efforts to obtain a chapter house.

The first house was at 238 E. Maxwell Street, followed by 218 S. Limestone Street in the fall of 1920. In the early 1920’s, the Chapter moved to 211 East Maxwell Street. In 1926, the Chapter moved to 433 E. Maxwell Street. From 1935 to 1941, the chapter house was at 314 Transylvania Street. After World War II, the chapter house was at 334 South Broadway, followed by 418 East Maxwell and finally 641 Maxwelton Court. Sigma Chapter ceased operations in 1962 after several years of limited membership. The Chapter roster contained 387 names at the time of closing. The chapter newsletter was known as “Sig Bits.”

The Sigma Colony at Kentucky was re-started in the spring of 2016 by Kenny Denton, East Carolina ‘12. On March 23, 2017, the Colony was approved to charter by the Grand Council.

The Colony re-chartered on October 14, 2017 and once again became the Sigma Chapter of Alpha Sigma Phi. Undergraduate Grand Councilor Christian Barnes, Murray State ‘14, gave the Keynote Address. Ben Nichols, Kentucky ‘16, was the Re-Founding Chapter President. The Ceremony took place at the Hilary J. Boone Center. 

Coordinator of Fraternity Initiatives Max Nelson, Iowa State ‘12, and Director of Expansion L.T. Piver, Chico State ‘11, represented Fraternity Staff.

CHAPTER AWARDS
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INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Records show brother's name, initiation year, and award received.