Sigma Lambda Pi () was an officially non-sectarian and historically Jewish fraternity founded in 1915 at New York University. It stopped operations in 1932 as chapters either closed, became locals or merged with Phi Epsilon Pi.
History Sigma Lambda Pi was established in April 1915 at New York. Its founders were Herbert J. Roeder, Mathew W. Sherman, Abraham Weinberg, and Milton R. Weinberger. It was a Jewish emphasis fraternity but was incorporated in New York as a non-sectarian organization.
In 1932 the fraternity disintegrated. The chapters at Boston, Muhlenberg, and Ohio State joined Phi Epsilon Pi. The Baird's archive explains that at the time, these were the last three active chapters. The Columbia chapter dissolved The branch at Rider College became a local, being allowed to retain the name Sigma Lambda Pi. Later, the Rider chapter granted a charter to the Bryant and Stratton Commercial College in Providence, Rhode Island.
Symbols The badge of Sigma Lambda Pi was in the shape of an arch with a crown surmounting it. The arch had seven pearls, the crown ten pearls, and there was a sapphire at the top. The badge's exposed gold was nugget finished, and the letters were gold on a background of gold. The fraternity's colors were sapphire blue and gold. Its motto was whose English translation is "While we live, let us live as brothers". Its flower was the Carnation.Noted in the 1924 WVU Monticola yearbook, p.151, accessed 27 November 2021.
Chapters Following is a list of the chapters of Sigma Lambda Pi. Inactive chapters and institutions are in italics.
ChapterCharter date and rangeInstitutionLocationStatusAlpha1915–1922New York UniversityNew York City, New YorkInactiveDelta1920–1923New York College of Dental and Oral SurgeryNew York City, New YorkConsolidatedPhi1920–1932Fordham UniversityNew York City, New YorkInactiveKappa1920–1932Columbia UniversityNew York City, New YorkDisbandedTheta1921–1925West Virginia UniversityMorgantown, West VirginiaInactiveBeta1922–1932University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaInactiveMu1923–1925University of MichiganAnn Arbor, MichiganInactiveRho1923–1930Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, OhioInactiveZeta1924–1932Boston UniversityBoston, MassachusettsMerged (ΦΕΠ)Gamma1925–1932Muhlenberg CollegeAllentown, PennsylvaniaMerged (ΦΕΠ)Omicron1927–1932Ohio State UniversityColumbus, OhioMerged (ΦΕΠ)Tau1930–1957Rider UniversityLawrenceville, New JerseyMerged (ΖΒΤ)1935–1967Bryant and Stratton Commercial College Smithfield, Rhode IslandMerged (ΤΕΦ)
See also List of Jewish fraternities and sororities
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