William Grigsby McCormick was born in Chicago on June 3, 1851. After a preparatory education at the old University of Chicago, he moved to Baltimore in 1865. He enrolled at the University of Virginia in October, 1868, returning again in the year of the founding, 1869....
George Miles Arnold was born August 27, 1851 in Troy, New York. He entered the University of Virginia in 1869, his chief studies being Latin, French, and mathematics. His facility for languages led his friends to call him “the little Spaniard.” George...
John Covert Boyd was born December 24, 1850, near Bradford Springs, Sumter County, South Carolina. After preparing for college at private schools in Charleston, South Carolina, Boyd spent two years at the University of Virginia from 1869 to 1871. Boyd began his...
Edmund Law Rogers was born July 1, 1850 in Baltimore, Maryland. He prepared for college at the James Kinnier Academy in Baltimore, where Founder Frank Courtney Nicodemus was one of his classmates. As with Arnold, Rogers entered the University of Virginia as a freshman...
Frank Courtney Nicodemus, a lifelong resident of Baltimore, was born January 8, 1853. Before entering the University of Virginia, he was a student at Kinner Academy and a friend of Rogers. Nicodemus left the University of Virginia in the spring of 1870 to join his...
Rho-Sigma at St. John’s University (Staten Island, New York) hosted their 3rd Annual Military Heroes Dinner to raise funds for Kappa Sigma’s Military Heroes Campaign. The dinner was held at St John’s Staten Island campus to honor those who sacrificed their lives for...
Kappa Sigma is pleased to welcome the Tau-Tau Chapter at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee! These 43 members were installed on Saturday December 5th. Worthy Grand Master Derek L. Marchman was in attendance for the installation of this new Chapter. The members of...
In the wake of the San Bernardino attack, Kappa Sigma lost one of our own. Brother Harry Bowman (Alpha-Alpha Prime, Johns Hopkins, ’88) was among the 14 victims who tragically lost their lives. We extend our deepest condolences to Brother Bowman’s family...
Officer First Class Kevin Rollins will be receiving a “Life Saving” award from the Chesterfield County Police Department for his actions on July 1st of this year. Officer Rollins was dispatched to a disturbance call when he noticed that a nearby woman was unable to...
This past September the Alpha-Beta & Lambda-Xi chapters of Kappa Sigma worked together along with PWGM H. Phillip Bell, IV to raise money for the SEAL Legacy Foundation. The chapters ran a football from Milledgeville, GA to Mercer University’s Five Star Stadium...
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