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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SEPTEMBER 8, 2009 | 4:00 PM EDT
TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA – The University of Alabama Interest Group has earned the right to call itself a Colony of Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity. The Colony was first recognized in April 2008 as an Interest Group.
The Pledge and Colonization Ceremony took place on the Alabama campus on Thursday, August 27, 2009. Twenty-seven men participated in the ceremony. The event was attended by men from the Delta Tau Chapter at Murray State University. Several area alumni were also present during the expansion.
Alabama is considered a re-start for the Fraternity. A local group of men established a new fraternity in 1925 and called themselves Chi Delta Epsilon. They petitioned Alpha Sigma Phi and was granted a charter as the Alpha Iota Chapter on May 3, 1930. The chapter was inactive from 1943 to 1948, and the first post-war initiation was conducted in January 1948 with assistance of members of University of Kentucky Chapter. Don Cronin, Alabama ’48, was the first post-war Chapter President. The Chapter House was located at 721 Tenth Avenue in Tuscaloosa. The 721 Tenth Avenue facility was a two story colonial style house accommodating 24 men. The 721 Tenth Avenue house burned on August 23, 1968, during the 1968 National Convention of Alpha Sigma Phi. The chapter operated from temporary quarters at its old 310 Thomas Street house for about a year and a half after the house fire, but died out in 1970.
Alabama boasts U. S. Senator and Alabama Lieutenant Governor James B. Allen, Alabama ’30, who received the Fraternity’s Distinguished Merit Award in 1971. Four initiates of the Alpha Iota Chapter, Gordon Davis, Alabama ’30, Robert W. Lee, Jr., Alabama ’40, James B. Allen, Alabama ‘30, and Leonard Hultquist, Alabama ’60, have received the Delta Beta Xi Award.
The Colony is on track to be chartered in the fall of 2010. If you are interested and live in Tuscaloosa or the surrounding area, please contact Fraternity Headquarters.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Matt Humberger, Director of Expansion and Growth
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Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity, Inc. was founded at Yale University in 1845, and currently recognizes 68 chapters and colonies across the country. The Fraternity aims to be the co-curricular organization of choice for discerning young men through the provision of an enriching brotherhood experience and a full range of character and leadership development opportunities. The national headquarters of Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity is located in Carmel, Indiana.
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