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Sigma Pi Phi (ΣΠΦ), also known as The Boulé, is an African American professional fraternity. Founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1904, it is arguably the oldest fraternity for African Americans, between it and Alpha Phi Alpha founded at Cornell University. The fraternity does not have collegiate chapters and is designed for professionals in mid-career or older. Sigma Pi Phi has over 5,000 members and 139 chapters throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, The Bahamas, Colombia and Brazil.




History


Sigma Pi Phi was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1904. The fraternity does not have collegiate chapters and is designed to be a professional fraternity for African American men at mid-career or older. When Sigma Pi Phi was founded, black professionals were not offered participation in the professional and cultural associations organized by the white community.
Its founders were:.

Robert J. Abele (1875–1929), graduated at the top of his 1895 class at Hahnemann University Medical School (and was its first Black graduate) who earned the highest score ever awarded at that point on the state's medical certification test, the Pennsylvania State Qualifying Examination for Physicians, in 1897 (where he scored 97.3% out of 100%).
Eugene T. Hinson - a medical doctor and cofounder of Mercy Hospital in Philadelphia, which opened in 1907.
Edwin C .J. T. Howard (October 21, 1846 – May 10, 1912) member of the Harvard Medical School Class of 1869 who practiced medicine in Charleston South Carolina and then Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he founded Frederick Douglass Hospital in 1895 and Mercy Hospital in 1907
Algernon B. Jackson (1878–1942), prominent African American physician, surgeon, writer, and columnist who contributed profoundly to the National Negro Health Movement, an organization that sought to uplift African Americans by educating them on preventative medicine and public health.
Henry McKee Minton, pharmacist and doctor who was superintendent of the Mercy Hospital of Philadelphia
Richard J. Warrick Jr. (1880–1957) Penn Dental School (Class of 1899), where he was the second Black person to graduate
Sigma Pi Phi quickly established chapters (referred to as "member boulés") in Chicago, Illinois and then Baltimore, Maryland.
Founded as an organization for professionals, Sigma Pi Phi never established collegiate chapters and eliminated undergraduate membership during its infant stages. However, Sigma Pi Phi has historically had a congenial relationship with intercollegiate Black Greek-letter organizations, as many members of Sigma Pi Phi are members of both.
Sigma Pi Phi has over 5,000 members and 139 chapters throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, The Bahamas, Colombia and Brazil.




Symbols and traditions


The organization is known as "the Boulé," which means, in Ancient Greek "the Council".




Membership


Membership in Sigma Pi Phi is highly exclusive. Sigma Pi Phi is open to members of all races.




Notable members


Sigma Pi Phi has around 5,000 members.




In media


Lawrence Otis Graham reports on the organization and his membership in it in the 1999 book Our Kind of People: Inside America's Black Upper Class.




See also


American Black Upper Class




Notes






References






External links


Official Site
Journal Articles
Site for Beta Lambda chapter in Hampton Roads, Virginia
Site for Gamma Iota chapter in Rochester, NY
Southeast Region Site
The Gentlemen's Club Beautillion Service Project
Grand Boulé of Sigma Pi Phi Centennial Celebration
Finding the Good and Praising It—Sigma Pi Phi: The Boule
1904–2004: The Boule at 100: Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity holds centennial celebration
Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University: Sigma Pi Phi records, 1926-2019

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