Sigma Alpha Kappa
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Sigma Alpha Kappa is a local fraternity
at Loyola University New Orleans
. SAK was founded on December 10 , 1923. The founders were Harold Winling, Blaise D'Antoni, and F. Edward Hebert. The charter members were Ewell A. Smith, Albert D. Smith, Louis J. D'Antoni, Joseph R. Domengeaux, Cecil Gibson, Gordon Hebert, Harold Winling, and Leo B. Schwegmann.
Sigma Alpha Kappa stresses inclusion rather than exclusion and emphasizes academics, athletics, and social graces. The fraternity also enforces a strict no-hazing policy. Its colors are gold, black, and white. The official flower is the white carnation.
Sigma Alpha Kappa members are proud of their long association with Loyola. A SAK alumnus gave first alumni endowment to the university in 1939. Some of the gifts that the fraternity has given to the university over the years include a stained glass window in Marquette Hall, exercise equipment for the former Loyola field house, and the famous Loyola letters that sit on the front of the campus on St. Charles Ave.
Sigma Alpha Kappa purchased Loyola's first fraternity house in 1924, remaining in it until it was sold in 1927.
SAK members participated in the first recorded inter-fraternal sports competition (against Alpha Delta Gamma
) and played the first intra-fraternal sports (old members vs. new members) at Loyola. Sigma Alpha Kappa, in fact, organized the first inter-fraternal sports league in 1927.
The fraternity was expanded in 1945 when Theta Alpha Chapter at Spring Hill College
became affiliated with the fraternity. The Beta Chapter of Sigma Alpha Kappa was established in 1970 at Emory and Henry College
. While similarities such as the fraternity colors (purple) and the diamond-shaped badge exist, no firm relationship between the groups has been established.
In 1975, Sigma Alpha Kappa lost its charter. However, with strong support from its alumni, the charter was regained in 2003.
Fraternities and sororities
Fraternities and sororities are fraternal social organizations for undergraduate students. In Latin, the term refers mainly to such organizations at colleges and universities in the United States, although it is also applied to analogous European groups also known as corporations...
at Loyola University New Orleans
Loyola University New Orleans
Loyola University New Orleans is a private, co-educational and Jesuit university located in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Originally established as Loyola College in 1904, the institution was chartered as a university in 1912. It bears the name of the Jesuit patron, Saint Ignatius of Loyola...
. SAK was founded on December 10 , 1923. The founders were Harold Winling, Blaise D'Antoni, and F. Edward Hebert. The charter members were Ewell A. Smith, Albert D. Smith, Louis J. D'Antoni, Joseph R. Domengeaux, Cecil Gibson, Gordon Hebert, Harold Winling, and Leo B. Schwegmann.
Sigma Alpha Kappa stresses inclusion rather than exclusion and emphasizes academics, athletics, and social graces. The fraternity also enforces a strict no-hazing policy. Its colors are gold, black, and white. The official flower is the white carnation.
Sigma Alpha Kappa members are proud of their long association with Loyola. A SAK alumnus gave first alumni endowment to the university in 1939. Some of the gifts that the fraternity has given to the university over the years include a stained glass window in Marquette Hall, exercise equipment for the former Loyola field house, and the famous Loyola letters that sit on the front of the campus on St. Charles Ave.
Sigma Alpha Kappa purchased Loyola's first fraternity house in 1924, remaining in it until it was sold in 1927.
SAK members participated in the first recorded inter-fraternal sports competition (against Alpha Delta Gamma
Alpha Delta Gamma
Alpha Delta Gamma National Fraternity is an American Greek-letter social fraternity and one of 74 members of the North-American Interfraternity Conference...
) and played the first intra-fraternal sports (old members vs. new members) at Loyola. Sigma Alpha Kappa, in fact, organized the first inter-fraternal sports league in 1927.
The fraternity was expanded in 1945 when Theta Alpha Chapter at Spring Hill College
Spring Hill College
Spring Hill College is a private, Roman Catholic Jesuit liberal arts college in the United States. It was founded in 1830 on the Gulf Coast in Mobile, Alabama, by Most Rev. Michael Portier, Bishop of Mobile, Alabama...
became affiliated with the fraternity. The Beta Chapter of Sigma Alpha Kappa was established in 1970 at Emory and Henry College
Emory and Henry College
Emory & Henry College, known as E&H, Emory, or the College, is a private liberal arts college located in Emory, Virginia, United States. The campus comprises of Washington County, Virginia, which is part of the mountain region of Southwest Virginia...
. While similarities such as the fraternity colors (purple) and the diamond-shaped badge exist, no firm relationship between the groups has been established.
In 1975, Sigma Alpha Kappa lost its charter. However, with strong support from its alumni, the charter was regained in 2003.
Notable alumni
- Ben BagertBen BagertBernard John "Ben" Bagert, Jr. is a prominent New Orleans attorney who was a member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature from 1970 to 1992. As a legislator, Bagert was known as a politician who did not follow structured party dogma...
, former Louisiana Congressman and prominent New Orleans attorney - Philip J. CarrollPhilip J. CarrollPhilip J. Carroll, Jr. is active in a variety of corporate and government roles.Carroll earned a Bachelor of science in Physics from Loyola University New Orleans in 1958 and a M.S...
, former CEO of Shell Oil - Gregory Choppin, Co-discoverer of MendeleviumMendeleviumMendelevium is a synthetic element with the symbol Md and the atomic number 101. A metallic radioactive transuranic element in the actinide series, mendelevium is usually synthesized by bombarding einsteinium with alpha particles. It was named after Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev, who created the...
, element 101 - Fr. Ernest FerlitaErnest FerlitaFather Ernest Ferlita is a Jesuit professor emeritus of drama and speech at Loyola University in New Orleans, Louisiana and a member of the Dramatists Guild. He received his degree in playwriting and dramatic literature at the Yale School of Drama.- Plays :His first play, The Ballad of John...
, S.J., Jesuit priest and playwright - William J. GusteWilliam J. GusteWilliam J. "Billy" Guste, Jr., is a New Orleans attorney, businessman and popular Democratic attorney general of Louisiana from 1972 to 1992. He succeeded the scandal-plagued Jack P.F. Gremillion, a fellow Democrat who had held the position since 1956. Guste received recognition for molding the...
, former Louisiana attorney general, co-proprietor of Antoine'sAntoine'sAntoine's is a Louisiana Creole cuisine restaurant located at 713 rue St. Louis in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. It has the distinction of being the oldest family run restaurant in the United States, having been established in 1840 by Antoine Alciatore...
Restaurant - F. Edward Hebert, former U.S. Congressman
- Richie PetitbonRichie PetitbonRichard Alvin Petitbon is a former American football safety and head coach of the Washington Redskins of the National Football League...
, retired NFL safety, former Washington RedskinsWashington RedskinsThe Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,...
head coach - Paul "Biff" RoseBiff RosePaul "Biff" Rose is an American comedian and singer-songwriter.Born in New Orleans, Rose first came to prominence as a banjo-toting standup comedian, profiled in Time magazine in 1965. By 1966 he moved to Hollywood, working as a comedy sketch writer with George Carlin for a host of television...
, comedian and artist - Eugene Walet III, Olympic sailor
External links
- Sigma Alpha Kappa's Homepage
- Sigma Alpha Kappa at Emory and Henry
- Loyola University History of Greek Life