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'{{Short description|Puerto Rican fraternity}} {{Infobox fraternity | letters = {{lang|grc|ΦΣΑ}} | name = Phi Sigma Alpha | crest = Escudo Sigma.jpg | image_size = 215px | founded = {{start date and years ago|1928|10|22}} | birthplace = [[University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus]] | affiliation = CIPFI | type = [[List of social fraternities and sororities|Social]] | emphasis = | scope = International | mission = | vision = | motto = ''Caballeros Ante Todo'' | maxim = ''Omne Rarum Carum'' | member badge = | pledge pin = | colony badge = | colony pledge pin = | colors = {{color box|#000080}} [[Azure (heraldry)|Azure]]<br/>{{color box|red}} [[Gules]]<br/>{{color box|#FFD700}} [[Or (heraldry)|Or]] | symbol = | flag = [[File:Bandera SIGMA.JPG|200px]] | flower = | tree = | jewel = | mascot = | patron greek divinity = | publication = Anuario Sigma | philanthropy = Fundación Sigma | charterdate = | chartercity = | chapters = | colonies = | members = | lifetime = | factoid = | object = | free = | address = Calle Méjico corner of Calle Chile | city = [[Hato Rey]] | state = | country = Puerto Rico | homepage = {{URL|http://phisigmaalpha.org/}} | footnotes = }} '''Phi Sigma Alpha''' ('''{{lang|grc|ΦΣΑ}}'''), commonly known as '''La Sigma''', is a [[Puerto Rican fraternities and sororities|Puerto Rican fraternity]] originally established as the Sigma Delta Alpha Fraternity (Sociedad de Amigos) on October 22, 1928, at the [[University of Puerto Rico]] by 12 students and a professor.<ref name=Valle>{{cite news |first=Firuzeh |last=Shokooh Valle |title=Fraternidad con fin social y sin violencia |url=http://archivo.primerahora.com/abstract.asp?guid=CD8E3B45620E43EBB9E2A6669C1FDF86&year=2005 |publisher=PRIMERA HORA |access-date=2008-01-03 |language=es |date=2005-03-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002194353/http://archivo.primerahora.com/abstract.asp?guid=CD8E3B45620E43EBB9E2A6669C1FDF86&year=2005 |archive-date=2011-10-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Phi Sigma Alpha can trace its roots back to 1898 to the Union Hispano Americana,<ref name=Ricketts>{{cite book | last=Ricketts | first=Palmer C. | year=1934 | title=A History of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1824-1934 | publisher=[[John Wiley & Sons|Wiley Publishing Company]] | location=New York, New York }}</ref> as well as to the first ever Greek letter Hispanic-oriented fraternity, [[Sigma Iota]], established in 1912.<ref>{{cite book | last=Brown | first=Tamara L. |first2=Gregory S. |last2=Parks |first3=Clarenda M. |last3=Phillips | year=2005 | title=African American Fraternities And Sororities: The Legacy And The Vision | publisher=[[University Press of Kentucky]] | location=[[Lexington, Kentucky]] | isbn=0-8131-2344-5 | page=59 }}</ref> By 1998 there were over 4,376 members.<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Bhatia | first = Eduardo | author-link = Eduardo Bhatia | language = es | publisher = [[Senate of Puerto Rico]] | title = R. del S. 1718 | pages = 1–2 | date = August 12, 1998 | url = http://www.oslpr.org/files/docs/%7BD6440C0D-8A6B-4DE8-9E50-1CDD16E59145%7D.doc | access-date =September 8, 2010}}</ref> ==History== ===Origins 1898-1928=== [[File:Simonument.jpg|left|175px|thumb|Monument of Sigma Iota's birthplace on the [[Pentagon Barracks|former LSU Campus]]]] Phi Sigma Alpha traces its origins to a number of organizations including Phi Lambda Alpha. [[Phi Lambda Alpha]] fraternity was founded at the [[University of California, Berkeley]], in 1919. The fraternity was the result of a merger of three societies: Pi Delta Phi Fraternity at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT), founded in 1916; Phi Lambda Alpha Fraternity, founded in 1919 at the University of California, Berkeley;<ref>{{cite book | year=1922 | title=University of California Berkeley Blue & Gold Yearbook | publisher=University of California Berkeley | location=Berkeley, California | page= 600 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.ic.sunysb.edu/clubs/phiota/fraternal_history.html| title=Beta Chapter Phi Iota Alpha Fraternity: Fraternal history| publisher=Stony Brook University| access-date=2008-01-03}}</ref> and the Unión Hispano Americana, founded in 1898, at [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]], [[Troy, New York]]. This last one was the first Latin-American student society formed in the USA;<ref name="Ricketts" /> A group of [[Latin American]] students organized the Unión Hispano Americana (UHA) as a cultural and intellectual [[secret society]] based on the ideology of [[Pan-Americanism]].<ref>{{cite journal | title = Universities and world affairs | journal = Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | year = 1952 |issn = 0502-6393 }}</ref> [[File:Union Hispano Americana emblem.gif|thumb|right|150px|Union Hispano Americana emblem]] After ΦΛΑ was organized, other societies joined it: the "Club Latino-Americano", founded in 1919 at [[Colorado School of Mines]]; the "Federación Latino-Americana", founded in 1926 at [[Columbia University]] and which joined in 1928; the "Club Hispania" of [[Cornell University]], founded in 1929, and which joined in 1931; the "Club Hispano-Americano" of [[Tri-State College]] in [[Angola, Indiana]], founded in 1921, and which joined in 1929, and the Alfa Tenoxtitlan Militant chapter (founded in 1929) whose members had come from the former ΦΛΑ society in [[Mexico City, Mexico]].<ref name="Sigma History">{{cite web|title=Sigma History |url=http://www.fisigmaalfa.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=44 |access-date=2008-05-01 |language=es |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723022408/http://www.fisigmaalfa.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=44 |archive-date=2011-07-23 }}</ref> [[Sigma Iota]] fraternity was founded in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on March 2, 1912, previously known as the Sociedad Hispano Americana, which was founded in the [[Louisiana State University|University of Louisiana]] in 1904. Between 1912 and 1925, Sigma Iota expanded rapidly in the United States, South America, and Europe. As a result of this, Sigma Iota became the first international Latin American-based fraternity.<ref name=Bairds91>{{cite book |last=Anson |first=Jack L. |author2=Robert F. Marchesani, Jr. |year=1991 |title=Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities |title-link=Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities |publisher=Banta Publishing Company |location=[[Menasha, Wisconsin]] |isbn=0-9637159-0-9 |no-pp=true |pages=VIII–22}}</ref> [[Sigma Iota]] and [[Phi Lambda Alpha]] joined and became [[Phi Iota Alpha]] in 1931.<ref>{{cite news | author=Staff writer| title=Phi Lambda Alpha and Sigma Iota To Unite | url=http://tech.mit.edu/archives/VOL_051/TECH_V051_S0328_P001.pdf | publisher=[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]] |work=The Tech | page=1 | date=1932-01-08 | access-date=2005-12-03}}</ref> In 1932, Phi Iota Alpha reorganized and formed the [[Union Latino Americana]] (ULA) as its overall governing body, dividing their member fraternities in Latin America into zones according to the country they represented.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.albany.edu/~fiadelta/history.html |title=Phi Iota Alpha: History |publisher=University At Albany |access-date=2008-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415122903/http://www.albany.edu/~fiadelta/history.html |archive-date=2008-04-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ===The Sigma 1928-1934=== [[File:Historia Sigma.JPG|left|250px|thumb|Sigma History]] Sigma Delta Alpha fraternity was established by 12 students and a professor on October 22, 1928, at the [[University of Puerto Rico]] at the Glorieta Fabián. The founding members included [[Santos P. Amadeo]] (professor of law),<ref name=presidente>{{cite web |url=http://www.fisigmaalfa.org/presidentes.htm |title=Phi Sigma Alpha Presidents |publisher=fisigmaalfa.org |access-date=2009-01-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723022259/http://www.fisigmaalfa.org/presidentes.htm |archive-date=2011-07-23 }}</ref> Juan Figueroa, Fernando Jiménez, [[Hugo D. Storer]], Joaquin Velilla, Victor M. Sánchez, Adalberto Carrasquillo, Diego Guerrero Noble, Samuel L. Rodríguez, José Laracuente, [[Charles H. Juliá]], Gilberto del Valle and Gilberto Alemar.<ref name="Sigma History"/> [[File:Fundadoressigma.jpg|thumb|300px|Sigma founders and two of the first members to join]] Originally the name Kappa Delta Alpha was considered but it was quickly changed to Sigma Delta Alpha. By December 5, 1928, they established their Chapter House where they began celebrating their meetings.<ref name="Sigma History"/> For many years, Sigma Delta Alpha enjoyed a certain amount of notoriety not enjoyed by other student organizations at the university. Its membership included four of the most important student leadership positions at the university: the Yearbook editor, the senior class president, the Athletic Society president, and the ROTC Battalion Commander. Every activity sponsored by the school administration was consulted with the Sigma Delta Alpha chapter president at the university in [[Río Piedras]].<ref name="Sigma History"/> In 1929, the Beta Chapter at the Colegio de Mayagüez ([[University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez]]) was established; thus the original chapter came to be known as Alpha.<ref>{{cite web | title=Beta Activo History| url=http://betafsaactivo.tripod.com//id1.html | access-date=2009-07-21 |language=es }}</ref> ===The union 1934 - 1939=== {{Main|Union Latino Americana}} Phi Sigma Alpha had its first reorganization with the merger between the Alpha Boriquen Militant chapter of [[Phi Iota Alpha]] and Sigma Delta Alpha of the [[University of Puerto Rico]] in 1934. The Puerto Rican zone came to be when the Alpha Boriquen Militant Chapter was founded in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on March 4, 1934, by former members of Phi Iota Alpha.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www2.uic.edu/stud_orgs/greek/pia/FIAx/History.htm| title=FIA History| publisher=Fi Iota Alfa: Fraternidad Latino Americana| language=es| access-date=2009-07-21| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100718102746/http://www2.uic.edu/stud_orgs/greek/pia/FIAx/History.htm| archive-date=2010-07-18| url-status=dead}}</ref> {{External media | video1 = You may listen to the "Farola" and "Brindis Sigma" with an introduction by José Miguel Agrelot [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1tzlCFQJAQ here.] }} Under the conditions stated above, a movement came about to unite Sigma Delta Alpha with the Alpha Boriquen Militant Chapter of Phi Iota Alpha. It was not an easy task since many of the Sigma Delta Alpha members did not want the change or to alter their history. But the decision was made and thus the Phi Sigma Alpha Zone of the [[Union Latino Americana]] came to be.<ref name=Bairds49/><ref>{{cite book | last= Johnson | first=Clyde Sanfred | year=1972 | title=Fraternities in our colleges. | publisher=National Interfraternity Foundation | location=New York, New York | pages=42–43 }}</ref> A "Zone Directive" was created and a constitution was drafted, since there was no central body to control the fraternity. By 1937, the ULA had several well-established and functional zones including:<ref name=Bairds49>{{cite book | last=Baily | first= Harold J. | year=1949 | title=Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities | title-link= Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities | publisher=Banta Publishing Company | location=[[Menasha, Wisconsin]] | id=OCLC 1353909 | page=315 }}</ref> * ΦΙΑ - Phi Iota Alpha in the [[United States]] * ΦΚΑ - [[Phi Kappa Alpha]] in [[Cuba]]<ref>{{cite book | last=Baird | first= William Raimond | year=1940 | title=Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities | title-link= Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities | publisher=G. Banta Pub. Co. | page=260 }}</ref> * ΦΣΑ - Phi Sigma Alpha in [[Puerto Rico]] * ΦΤΑ - Phi Tau Alpha in [[Mexico]] ULA held its last Convention on January 7–8, 1938.<ref name="Sigma History"/> Delegates from the United States, [[Cuba]] and the [[Puerto Rico]] zones were present. At the convention, agreement could not be reached over the ideals of the fraternity. After the convention, each zone considered the matter independently. The USA zone decided that the ideals of the ULA ought to be [[Pan-Americanism]] (the unification of Latin America by a system of confederacy) and led its members towards a position of pro-independence as it related to Puerto Rico, while the Cuban zone did not reach a decision on their own and ultimately decide to go along with the ideals conceptualized by the USA zone.<ref name="Sigma History"/> The Puerto Rico zone rejected this decision because it considered the introduction of political issues to be detrimental to the fraternity. Thus on September 25, 1938, the Phi Sigma Alpha Zone withdrew from the [[Union Latino Americana]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.phiota.org/fraternalhist_sp.php| title=Historia Fraternal| publisher=Fi Iota Alfa: Fraternidad Latino Americana| language=es| access-date=2008-01-04| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214195039/http://www.phiota.org/fraternalhist_sp.php| archive-date=2007-12-14| url-status=dead}}</ref> The ULA dissolved shortly after. ===The era of growth 1939 - 1964=== Like the members of the Sigma, a majority of the members of the Chapter of Phi Iota Alpha of the University of Louisiana, disillusioned with character given to their brotherhood, withdrew from the Fraternity and, in April, 1939, founded Sigma Iota Alpha,<ref name="Sigma History"/> a fraternity composed of Latin students of that University. As it was to be expected this new grouping was received with distrust by the other Latin fraternal organizations at the university. Since Phi Sigma Alpha was organized in Puerto Rico with ideals similar to those of the Sigma Iota Alpha in Louisiana, and since both organizations were the product of almost identical former brotherhoods, negotiations were immediately started to merge the two brotherhoods into one. This was decided in a convention celebrated on September 10, 1939, at the University of Puerto Rico, organizing themselves as "Fraternidad Sigma" (Sigma Fraternity) with two ramifications: Phi Sigma Alpha Zone in Puerto Rico and Sigma Iota Alpha Zone in Louisiana (Later the USA Zone's name was changed to Phi Sigma Beta Zone and came to include other universities in north Louisiana).<ref name="Sigma History"/> [[File:PinSigma.gif|thumb|left|300px|Phi Sigma Alpha Pin]] The Phi Sigma Alpha Zone was organized by a board of directors of the zone, the Militant chapter Alpha Boriquén of San Juan, and two university chapters, one at U.P.R.-Río Piedras and another one at the U.P.R.-Mayagüez (then known as the Colegio de Agricultura y Artes Mecanicas de Mayagüez (CAAM)). Years later the militant chapters of Ponce and Mayagüez were also organized.<ref>{{cite web | title=Sigma History | url=http://www.fisigmaalfa.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5&Itemid=6 | access-date=2009-06-27 | language=es | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090506181354/http://www.fisigmaalfa.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5&Itemid=6 | archive-date=2009-05-06 }}</ref> The Sigma Iota Alpha Zone (Phi Sigma Beta) was made up of the Alpha chapter in the [[University of Louisiana System|University of Louisiana]]. In 1941, the Beta chapter in the city of [[Baltimore]], Maryland, was organized. It was composed of students of various nearby universities, including [[Georgetown University|Georgetown]], [[University of Maryland, College Park|University of Maryland]], [[University of Baltimore]], [[Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins]], and [[George Washington University]].<ref name="Sigma History"/> With time it became increasingly more difficult to sustain a fully functional zone in the United States, while pretending it worked as well as the zone one in Puerto Rico. A reformist movement arose abroad that culminated in 1964 with the establishment of the Phi Sigma Alpha Fraternity composed of active and militant chapters that can be found in Puerto Rico, in the United States or abroad. Therefore, the model based on zones was abolished and eliminated.<ref name="Sigma History"/> ===The era of progress and adaptations (1964) === {{Phi Sigma Alpha articles|right}} Puerto Rico felt economic boom of the post Second World War years, and this boom was also evident in its universities. Puerto Rican youth registered in Puerto Rican universities in record numbers, and the Fraternity, which acted as the suppliers of the union between its young people and an escape from arduous studies, also offered student housing. During the next two decades, Sigma enjoyed extensive enrollment in the original chapters as well as the new ones that were beginning to develop. While the baby boom effect declined dramatically in the late 1970s /early 1980s, it resurged at the end of the 1980s, and continuing until the beginnings of the 1990s.<ref name="Sigma History"/> {{Quote_box|width=30%|align=left|quote= "Un Sigma es ante todo un caballero"|source= Phi Sigma Alpha [[Creed]]}} The 1990s brought an era of mandated accountability of fraternities, partly resulting from the deaths of two young cadets of the quasi-fraternal group the "Panthers" of the [[ROTC]] in the CAAM,<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.zonai.com/noticia_mainm.asp?ZONAI:71311&pos=m&title=NOTICIAS&catid=61| title=Una tradición bélica| publisher=ZONAi| author=Firuzeh Shokooh Valle| date=2005-03-07| access-date=2008-01-04| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415043156/http://www.zonai.com/noticia_mainm.asp?ZONAI:71311&pos=m&title=NOTICIAS&catid=61| archive-date=2008-04-15| url-status=dead}}</ref> and also a damages lawsuit perpetrated against another island fraternity. This brought forth a law, which can be found in Article 125 of the New Puerto Rico Penal Code, to control the initiation processes or "hazing" and to protect candidates.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.tribunalpr.org/CodigoPenal/acrobat/57a-Anejo-1-Camara.pdf| title=ANEJO 1, Informe de la Cámara| author=House of Representatives of Puerto Rico| publisher= Rama Judicial del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico| date=2004-04-27| access-date=2008-01-03}}</ref> The Sigma Brotherhood, which since 1959 had prohibited in its processes the use of the "Pledge Paddle", achieved another "first" from its prohibition of acts against the physical and mental dignity of the neophyte even before Article 125 was enacted. The Sigma has continued its emphasis throughout the years on the areas of community and social work by its active and militant chapters which regularly take part in blood drives and fund-raising activities for different organizations. The "Beca Sigma" (Sigma Scholarship) program has been re-established and promises to offer young Puerto Ricans of scarce resources the opportunity to receive a university education.<ref name= Valle /> ==Organization== The fraternity's highest administrative body is the "Junta de Directores", or Board of Directors. This body is composed of two groups. The first is the "Comité Ejecutivo Central" (Central Executive Committee) which includes the fraternity president, vice president and others. The second group is composed of the regional presidents, and the presidents and secretaries of all the fraternity chapters, alumni and active members.<ref name=Junta>{{Cite web | title = Junta de Directores | publisher = Fraternidad Fi Sigma Alfa | date = 2 January 2009 | url = http://www.fisigmaalfa.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=38 | language = es | access-date = January 4, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110723022355/http://www.fisigmaalfa.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=38 | archive-date = 23 July 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref> All members have an equal vote. The Board of Directors meets several times a year, as convened by the fraternity president. As of 2010, there were six regions, with the ones in Puerto Rico named after their main city: San Juan Region, Guayama Region, Ponce Region, Arecibo Region, Mayagüez Region, and the USA Region, based in Florida.<ref name=Junta/> ==Headquarters== [[File:CasaClubSigma.JPG|thumb|200px|Casa Club Sigma's main entrance]] Phi Sigma Alpha's main headquarters are located at the corner of Calle Mejico and Calle Chile in [[Hato Rey, Puerto Rico]].<ref name= Valle /> The offices are located in the Alpha Boriquen Chapter's clubhouse, known as ''Casa Club Sigma''. Its restaurant has operated uninterrupted since 1968.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.sal.pr/hatoreycriolla/casaclubsigma.html | title=Casa Club Sigma - Hato Rey &#124; Sal.pr}}</ref> Its activity halls are rented out for meetings and events held by many organizations.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.clubrunner.ca/CPrg/home/storyitem.asp?cid=1683&iid=146758 |title=Club Rotario de Rio Piedras |access-date=2010-06-19 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730181725/http://www.clubrunner.ca/CPrg/home/storyitem.asp?cid=1683&iid=146758 |archive-date=2012-07-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The clubhouse has two main activity halls and two smaller ones, which can all be opened up to create one big room, or used individually. There is also a bar and restaurant area, called Vale's Place, reserved for fraternity members and their guest. In the back of the Casa Club Sigma is a basketball court. There used to be a swimming pool as well, but it has been paved over to provide additional parking area. The main offices of the fraternity are on the second floor of the building. On the back is the Pub Sigma, which is used by the Alfa Omega Activo chapter for their meetings and social events. ==Sigma Foundation== [[File:Sigma Foundation.jpg|thumb|200px|Sigma Foundation]] The "Fundación Sigma" (Sigma Foundation) is a [[non profit]] organization, established to offer Puerto Rican youth of limited resources and those of outstanding academical records the opportunity to cover part of their university expenses. Through different fraternity activities, carried out to raise funds, the organization seeks to be fiscally responsible as the basis to fulfill its philanthropic goals.<ref>{{cite web | title=Fi Sigma Alfa | url=http://www.fisigmaalfa.org/ | access-date=2007-08-14 |language=es }}</ref> The fraternity collaborates and contributes to different organizations, mainly to the "Fondita de Jesus", the [[American Red Cross]], [[American Cancer Society]] and "Centro Espibi" in [[Mayagüez]].<ref name="Valle"/> Various golf tournaments are held to raise funds for charities. The Beta Boriquen chapter coordinates one such tournament with the Mayagüez Rotary Club.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Rotary and Sigma Open | url = http://www.clubrunner.ca/Data/7000/html/50028/Hoja%20Inscripcion%20Torne0.doc | access-date = August 3, 2010| language = es }}</ref> The fraternity has raised funds for [[Raymond_Arrieta#Da_Vida_Caminando_con_Raymond_(Walk-A-Thon)|Da Vida Caminando con Raymond (Walk-A-Thon)]] during the years the event was active, for the 2023 event they raised $25,000.00. <ref>{{cite news| last = Rivera Cedeño| first = Jomar José | title = Raymond Arrieta recauda más de $1,325,000 en la decimoquinta edición de “Da vida”| newspaper = [[El Nuevo Dia]]| location = San Juan, Puerto Rico| pages = | language = Spanish| publisher = GFR Media| date = 6/6/2023| url = https://www.elnuevodia.com/entretenimiento/television/notas/reciben-a-raymond-arrieta-con-una-gran-fiesta-para-cerrar-los-15-anos-de-la-caminata-da-vida/?fbclid=IwAR3sKiNh07DKre1dQyR5qz_xy92_mgJBp5jfQwSpolCsVruQdx8X_Ioq67Y| access-date = 6/6/2023}}</ref> ==Chapters== The fraternity has both university and [[alumni]] chapters. The university chapters are named by a Greek letter (depending on their order of founding), followed by the word "activo" (active). The alumni chapters follow the same nomenclature, except that instead "activo" they are called "boriquén". Brothers in active chapters are called "activos" and alumni Brothers are called "militantes" (militants). Yet all Brothers call each other "Sigmas". {| style="border:5px solid #1e2482; margin:0.5em auto" cellspacing=2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#1e2482" |colspan=5|<big>{{color|white|'''Puerto Rico'''<br/>{{flagicon|PRI}}}}</big> |-style="background-color:lightblue" |'''Alfa-Omega Activo''' {{ref label|Notes|Notes}} |[[University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras]] |-style="background-color:lightblue" |'''Alfa Boriquén''' |San Juan |-style="background-color:lightblue" |'''Beta Activo'''<ref>{{cite web | title=UPRM | url= http://www.uprm.edu/estudiantes/prepas/associales.pdf| access-date=2008-01-16 |language=es }}</ref> |[[University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez]] |-style="background-color:lightblue" |'''Beta Boriquén''' |Mayagüez |-style="background-color:lightblue" |'''Delta Activo'''<ref>{{Cite book | last = Baird | first = William Raimond |first2=John |last2=Robson | title = Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities, Issue 19 | title-link = Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities | publisher = G. Banta Co. | year = 1977 | pages = 120 }}</ref> |[[Inter American University]] at San Germán |-style="background-color:lightblue" |'''Delta Boriquén''' |Arecibo |-style="background-color:lightblue" |'''Epsilon Activo''' {{ref label|Notes|Notes}} |[[Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico]] |-style="background-color:lightblue" |'''Épsilon Boriquén''' |Guayama |-style="background-color:lightblue" |'''Tau Boriquén''' |Caguas |-style="background-color:lightblue" |'''Omicrón Activo''' |[[University of Puerto Rico at Aguadilla]] |-style="background-color:lightblue" |'''Omicrón Boriquén''' |Aguadilla |-style="background-color:lightblue" | '''Gamma Activo'''<ref>{{cite web | title=PUCPR | url=http://www.pucpr.edu/Catalogo/espanol/info_general/vice_asuntos_est.htm | access-date=2008-01-03 | language=es | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112172120/http://www.pucpr.edu/Catalogo/espanol/info_general/vice_asuntos_est.htm | archive-date=2008-01-12 }}</ref> |[[Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico]] |-style="background-color:lightblue" |'''Gamma Boriquén''' |Ponce |-style="background-color:lightblue" |'''Zeta Activo''' |[[University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo]] / [[Interamerican University of Puerto Rico|UIPR Arecibo Campus]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Organizaciones Estudiantiles| url= http://www.arecibo.inter.edu/vida_estudiantil/organizaciones.htm| access-date=2015-08-21 |language=es }}</ref> |-style="background-color:lightblue" |'''Omega Boriquén''' |San Germán |-style="background-color:lightblue" |'''Ýpsilon Boriquén''' |Yauco |} '''Notes{{Note|Notes}}''' {{refbegin}} : * ΑΩ-Activo Chapter was originally two chapters located in SJ, PR; Α-Activo at UPR Río Piedras and Ω-Activo at Inter American U at SJ; the chapters merged. : * Epsilon Activo Chapter was originally at [[UPR, Medical Sciences Campus]], but after years of inactivity it was re-opened in 2007 at the [[Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico]]. {{refend}} {| style="border:5px solid #1e2482; margin:0.5em auto;" cellspacing=2 |- align="center" bgcolor="#1e2482" |colspan=5|<big>{{color|white|'''United States and Mexico'''<br/>{{flagicon|USA}} {{flagicon|MEX}}}}</big> |-style="background-color:lightblue" |'''Alpha Columbia Boriquen''' |[[Washington, D.C.]] |-style="background-color:lightblue" |'''Epsilon Columbia Activo''' |[[Miami, Florida]] |-style="background-color:lightblue" |'''Epsilon Columbia Boriquén''' |Miami, Florida |-style="background-color:lightblue" |'''Omega Columbia Activo''' |[[Orlando, Florida]] |-style="background-color:lightblue" | '''Omega Columbia Boriquén''' | Orlando, Florida |-style="background-color:lightblue" | '''Tau Columbia Boriquén''' | Texas |-style="background-color:lightblue" | '''Alfa Azteca Activo''' |[[Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara]] |} ==Notable members== [[File:FerreFSA.jpg|thumb|right| Don Luis A. Ferré (left)]] [[File:RaymondArrieta.jpg|thumb|right| Raymond Arrieta]] [[File:Gennavas.jpg|thumb|William Navas]] [[File:Raul Julia.jpg|thumb|Raul Julia]] The group has had among its members many respected Puerto Ricans and Latin Americans.<ref name="Valle"/> {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left" |- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" ! Name !! Notability |- |[[Raúl Juliá]]<ref name="Capitulo Eterno">{{cite web|url=http://www.fisigmaalfa.org/eterno.htm |title=Capitulo Eterno |publisher=fisigmaalfa.org |access-date=2008-02-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415101900/http://www.fisigmaalfa.org/eterno.htm |archive-date=2008-04-15 }}</ref> <ref name="P. de la C. 1653">{{Cite journal | last = Morey Noble | first = Angel | author-link = | language = es | publisher = [[House of Representatives of Puerto Rico]] | title = P. de la C. 1653 | pages = 1–3 | date = March 7, 2023 | url = https://sutra.oslpr.org/osl/esutra/medidareg.aspx?rid=143648 | access-date =April 3, 2023}}</ref> |Professional actor |- |[[Osvaldo Rivera Cianchini]] |Judge and founder of the San Blas Half Marathon |- |[[Raúl M. Arias-Marxuach]] |Chief United States District Judge of the [[United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico]]. |- |[[Mako Oliveras]] |former Minor League Baseball player who later managed in the minors for several teams |- |[[Luis A. Ferré]]<ref name="Capitulo Eterno"/><ref name=Hernandez>{{Cite journal|last=Hernández |first=Rosario |language=es |publisher=[[House of Representatives of Puerto Rico]] |title=R. de la C. 1310 |pages=2 |date=July 20, 1993 |url=http://www.oslpr.org/files/docs/%7BD9C45AFF-536D-4306-BC4B-213A816108A8%7D.pdf |access-date=September 1, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927122154/http://www.oslpr.org/files/docs/%7BD9C45AFF-536D-4306-BC4B-213A816108A8%7D.pdf |archive-date=September 27, 2011 }}</ref> <ref name="P. de la C. 1653"/> |Governor of Puerto Rico, [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] recipient, Puerto Rico state senator<ref name="PR Senators">{{cite web|url=http://www.senadopr.us/Archivo_Digital/2009-2012/Interes_Publico/Senadores_PR%201917-2007.pdf |title=PR Senators |publisher=senadopr.us |access-date=2009-01-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115160057/http://www.senadopr.us/Archivo_Digital/2009-2012/Interes_Publico/Senadores_PR%201917-2007.pdf |archive-date=January 15, 2009 }}</ref> |- |[[Ramón Torres Braschi]]<ref name="Capitulo Eterno"/> |Superintendent of the [[Puerto Rico Police Department]]<ref>{{Cite book | last = William Anderson | first = Robert | title = Gobierno y partidos políticos en Puerto Rico: seguido de un estudio sobre el plebiscito de 1967 y las elecciones de 1968 | publisher = Editorial Tecnos | year = 1973 | language = es | pages = 64 }}</ref> |- |[[Eudaldo Báez Galib]]<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Duprey Salgado | first = Nestor R. | language = es | publisher = [[House of Representatives of Puerto Rico]] | title = R. de la C. 7336 | pages = 2 | date = August 18, 2003 | url = http://www.oslpr.org/files/docs/%7B4A5F67D8-D0BF-44E8-8901-228E43B3255F%7D.doc | access-date =September 2, 2010 }}</ref> |Senator in the Puerto Rico legislature<ref>{{Cite news | author = Prensa Asociada | title = Ilegales las acciones de Cintron, segun Baez Galib | newspaper = [[Primera Hora (Puerto Rico)|Primera Hora]] | language = es | publisher = [[Primera Hora (Puerto Rico)|Primera Hora]] | date = August 29, 2008 | url = http://www.primerahora.com/ilegales_las_acciones_de_cintron,_segun_baez_galib-225046.html | access-date = January 11, 2011}}</ref> |- |[[Carlos Contreras Aponte]] |Current Secretary of the [[Puerto Rico Department of Transportation and Public Works]] |- |[[Noel Estrada]]<ref name="Capitulo Eterno"/> |Composer of "[[En mi viejo San Juan]]" |- |[[Pedro N. Rivera]] |Brigadier General and first Hispanic to be named medical commander in the Air Force. |- |[[José Izquierdo Stella]]<ref name= Hernandez/> |Senator in the Puerto Rico legislature<ref name= Hernandez/> |- |[[Ángel Luis Rosas Collazo]] | first commissioner of [[Puerto Rico Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions]] and first Dean of the UPRM College of Business Administration |- |[[Facundo Bueso Sanllehí]]<ref name="Capitulo Eterno"/> |Guggenheim Fellow, physicist and educator |- |[[Carlos Irizarry Yunque]]<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Irizarry Yunque | first = Carlos J. | author-link = Carlos Irizarry Yunque | language = es | publisher = 42 Rev. Jur. U.I.P.R. 425 | title = VIVENCIAS Y OPINIONES DE UN ABOGADO | date = May 2008 }}</ref> |Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico |- |[[José Miguel Agrelot]]<ref name="Capitulo Eterno"/> <ref name="P. de la C. 1653"/> |Comedian and Guinness record holder |- |[[Raymond Arrieta]]<ref>{{cite book |date=October 2009 | title=Celebrando 81 años de Hermandad | publisher=Fi Sigma Alfa | location=Puerto Rico | page= 21 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last =Marrero | first =Rosalina |first2=Patricia |last2=Vargas | title =Mañana será un gran día | newspaper =[[El Nuevo Día]] | location =Puerto Rico | pages =62–63 | language =es | publisher =GFR Media | date =June 7, 2013 | url =http://www.elnuevodia.com/raymondarrietamananaseraungrandia-1526985.html | access-date = June 10, 2013}}</ref> |Comedian |- |[[David Cruz Vélez]]<ref name= Hernandez/> |Senator in the Puerto Rico legislature<ref name= Hernandez/> and former Ombudsman for Persons with Disabilities of Puerto Rico |- |[[Manuel Abreu Castillo]]<ref>{{Cite book | title = Who's who in finance and industry | publisher = Marquis Who's Who | year = 1963 | pages = 3 }}</ref> |President of the [[Puerto Rico Bar Association]]; writer |- |[[William Navas]]<ref>{{cite book |date=October 2009 | title=Celebrando 81 años de Hermandad | publisher=Fi Sigma Alfa | location=Puerto Rico | page= 35 }}</ref> |Sub-Secretary of the United States Navy; General |- |[[Angel Morey]] |17th Secretary of State of Puerto Rico |- |[[Pedro González Ramos]] |second Dean of the [[University of Puerto Rico at Humacao]] from 1960 to 1972 and President of [[Universidad del Sagrado Corazón]] from 1972 to 1986 |- |[[José Victor Oliver Ledesma]] |Owner of P.R. Distillers |- |[[Luis Somoza Debayle]]<ref name="Capitulo Eterno"/> |[[President of Nicaragua]] |- |[[Marco Rigau Gaztambide]]<ref>{{Cite journal | title = Semblanzas de lo Jueces del Tribunal Supremo de Puerto Rico | journal = Revista Jurídica de la Universidad de Puerto Rico | volume = 47 | pages = 343 | publisher = [[University of Puerto Rico]] | location = San Juan, Puerto Rico | year = 1978 | language = es}}</ref> |Associate Justice of the [[Supreme Court of Puerto Rico]] |- |[[Marco Rigau Jiménez]]<ref name= Hernandez/> |Puerto Rican senator for the [[Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico)|Popular Democratic Party]]<ref name= Hernandez/> |- |[[Juan A. Rivero]]<ref>{{cite book |date=October 2009 | title=Celebrando 81 años de Hermandad | publisher=Fi Sigma Alfa | location=Puerto Rico | page= 134 }}</ref> |Biologist, author, founder of [[Dr. Juan A. Rivero Zoo]]; has discovered previously unidentified animals |- |[[Arturo L. Carrión Muñoz]] |Former executive vice president of the Puerto Rico Bankers Association |- |[[Charles Cuprill Oppenheimer]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fisigmaalfa.org/presidentes.htm |title=Phi Sigma Alpha Presidents |publisher=fisigmaalfa.org |access-date=2008-04-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723022259/http://www.fisigmaalfa.org/presidentes.htm |archive-date=2011-07-23 }}</ref> |Major General, Puerto Rico National Guard; Dean of the [[Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico School of Law]] |- |[[Oscar A. San Antonio Mendoza]]<ref name= Hernandez/> |Member of the [[House of Representatives of Puerto Rico]]<ref name= Hernandez/> and [[Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives of Puerto Rico|Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives]] |- |[[Ángel Morey Noble]] |Member of the [[House of Representatives of Puerto Rico]] |- |[[Hiram Rafael Cancio]]<ref name="Valle"/> |District Judge of the [[United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico]] |- |[[Luis Stefani]]<ref name="Capitulo Eterno"/> |Long time Chancellor of the [[University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez]] |- |[[Santos P. Amadeo]]<ref name="Capitulo Eterno"/><ref name= Hernandez/> |Senator in the Puerto Rico legislature;<ref name="PR Senators"/> constitutional law scholar; first president of the fraternity |- |[[José Luís Purcell Rodríguez|José L. Purcell]]<ref name="Capitulo Eterno"/> |Judge in the Superior Court of Puerto Rico; founded the Puerto Rico Volleyball Federation |- |[[Guillermo A. Baralt]] |Author, historian |- |[[Rafael Pont Flores]]<ref name="Capitulo Eterno"/> |Well known radio ([[WKAQ (AM)|WKAQ]]) sports commentator in the 1950s; sports columnist for the ''[[El Mundo (Puerto Rico)|El Mundo]]'' newspaper |- |[[César Benito Cabrera]] |Former [[United States Ambassador to Mauritius|US Ambassador]] to the island nations of [[Mauritius]] and the [[Seychelles]] |- |[[Mario R. García Palmieri|Mario Rubén García Palmieri]]<ref name=presidente/> |Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico<ref>{{Cite journal | title = Historia de la regionalización | journal = Galenus | volume = 03 | language = es | year = 2003 | url = http://www.galenusrevista.com/Historia-de-la-regionalizacion | access-date = January 11, 2011}}</ref> |- |[[Manuel Rodríguez Ramos]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fisigmaalfa.org/presidentes.htm |title=Phi Sigma Alpha Presidents |publisher=fisigmaalfa.org |access-date=August 20, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723022259/http://www.fisigmaalfa.org/presidentes.htm |archive-date=July 23, 2011 }}</ref> |Puerto Rican writer, law professor and Secretary of Justice of Puerto Rico |- |[[William Riefkohl]]<ref>{{cite book |date=October 2010 | title=82 Sigma Convención | publisher=Fi Sigma Alfa | location=Puerto Rico | page= 7 }}</ref> |Executive Director of the [[Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association]] |- |[[Adán Nigaglioni Loyola]] |Dean of [[UPRCM School of Medicine]] |- |[[Enrique Pérez Santiago]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fisigmaalfa.org/eterno.htm |title=Capitulo Eterno |publisher=fisigmaalfa.org |access-date=2008-04-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415101900/http://www.fisigmaalfa.org/eterno.htm |archive-date=2008-04-15 }}</ref> |Secretary of Health of Puerto Rico |- |[[José M. Saldaña]] |President of the [[University of Puerto Rico]] |- |[[Jaime Frontera]] |Olympic basketball player, [[List of flag bearers for Puerto Rico at the Olympics|flag bearer]] for Puerto Rico in the [[1968 Summer Olympics]] |- |[[Eugenio Fernández Cerra]]<ref name= Hernandez/> |Senator in the Puerto Rico legislature<ref name="PR Senators"/> |- |[[Herminio Brau del Toro]]<ref>{{cite book | last =Aurelio | first =Martínez | title =Cabo Rojo: historia y personalidad de un pueblo | publisher =Ediciones Chriscela | year =2004 | location =Indiana University | pages =189 | language =es | isbn =1596080396 }}</ref> |Lawyer, engineer, professor, writer, president of P.R. Distillers |- |Reinaldo Rampolla-Selles |Co-director of the Lung Transplants Services and transplant pulmonologist at Oschner Medical Center in New Orleans |- |[[Justo A. Méndez Rodriguez]]<ref name= Hernandez/><ref name="fisigmaalfa.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.fisigmaalfa.org/eterno.htm |title=Capitulo Eterno |publisher=fisigmaalfa.org |access-date=2008-04-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415101900/http://www.fisigmaalfa.org/eterno.htm |archive-date=2008-04-15 }}</ref> |Senator in the Puerto Rico legislature;<ref name="PR Senators"/> ex-[[Department of Agriculture of Puerto Rico|Secretary of Agriculture of Puerto Rico]] |- |[[José Menéndez Monroig]]<ref name= Hernandez/><ref name="fisigmaalfa.org"/> |Senator in the Puerto Rico legislature<ref name="PR Senators"/> |- |[[Enrique A. Vicéns]]<ref name= Hernandez/> |Senator in the Puerto Rico legislature<ref name="PR Senators"/> |- |[[Lionel Fernández Méndez]]<ref name= Hernandez/> |Senator in the Puerto Rico legislature<ref name="PR Senators"/> |- |[[Gaspar Rivera Cestero]]<ref name="Capitulo Eterno"/> |Member of the [[House of Representatives of Puerto Rico]] |- |[[Ubaldino Ramírez de Arellano]]<ref name= Hernandez/><ref name="fisigmaalfa.org"/> |Member of the [[House of Representatives of Puerto Rico]] |- |[[Eduardo Zavála Vázquez]]<ref name= Hernandez/> |Member of the [[House of Representatives of Puerto Rico]]<ref name= Hernandez/> |- |[[Eduardo Bhatia|Eduardo Bhatia Gautier]]<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Stewart Sotomayor | first = John A. | language = es | publisher = [[Senate of Puerto Rico]] | title = Ponencia Sigma | pages = 1–4 | date = September 9, 2009 | url = http://www.oslpr.org/2009-2012/ponencias/C2KVAR0W.pdf | access-date =January 11, 2011 }}</ref> <ref name="P. de la C. 1653"/> |Former [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]] of the [[Senate of Puerto Rico]] |- |[[Hugo David Storer Tavarez]]<ref name="fisigmaalfa.org"/> |Director of Promotion of the [[Puerto Rico Economic Development Administration]], also known as "Fomento" |- |[[Eugenio S. Belaval]]<ref name= Hernandez/><ref name="fisigmaalfa.org"/> |Member of the [[House of Representatives of Puerto Rico]]<ref name= Hernandez/> |- |[[Hernán Padilla]]<ref name= Hernandez/> |Member of the [[House of Representatives of Puerto Rico]]; two-term Mayor of [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]] |- |[[Santiago Polanco Abreu]]<ref name= Hernandez/><ref name="fisigmaalfa.org"/> |[[House of Representatives of Puerto Rico#Speakers of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives|Speaker of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives]]; [[Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico]] |- |[[Adolfo L. Monserrate Anselmi]]<ref name= Hernandez/><ref name="fisigmaalfa.org"/> |Member of the [[House of Representatives of Puerto Rico]] |- |[[Isidro A. Negrón Irizarry]]<ref>{{cite book |date=October 2009 | title=Celebrando 81 años de Hermandad | publisher=Fi Sigma Alfa | location=Puerto Rico | page= 107 }}</ref> |Mayor of the city of [[San German]] |- |[[Charles H. Juliá]]<ref name= Hernandez/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fisigmaalfa.org/presidentes.htm |title=Phi Sigma Alpha Presidents |publisher=fisigmaalfa.org |access-date=2007-09-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723022259/http://www.fisigmaalfa.org/presidentes.htm |archive-date=2011-07-23 }}</ref> |Three-time member of the [[Senate of Puerto Rico]] |- |[[Antonio Colorado]]<ref name= Hernandez/> |[[Secretary of State of Puerto Rico]]; [[Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico]] |- |[[José Rodríguez Quiles]] |Former member of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives |- |[[Agustín F. Carbó Lugo]] |Former executive director of the Puerto Rico Solid Waste Management Authority; Chairman of PR Energy Commission<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.noticel.com/noticia/164427/designan-presidente-de-la-comision-reguladora-de-energia.html|title=Designan presidente de la Comisión Reguladora de Energía|website=www.noticel.com|access-date=2016-04-26}}</ref> |- |} ==See also== {{Portal|Puerto Rico}} * [[Phi Iota Alpha]] * [[Phi Lambda Alpha]] * [[Sigma Iota]] * [[Union Latino Americana]] * [[Concilio Interfraternitario Puertorriqueño de la Florida]] * [[Puerto Rican fraternities and sororities]] ==References== {{Reflist|2}} ==External links== * [http://www.fisigmaalfa.org National home page] {{Fi Sigma Alfa Presidents}} {{Concilio Interfraternitario de Puerto Rico}} {{Concilio Interfraternitario Puertorriqueño de la Florida}} {{Fraternities and Sororities |collapsed}} [[Category:Phi Sigma Alpha| ]] [[Category:Concilio Interfraternitario Puertorriqueño de la Florida]] [[Category:Fraternities and sororities in Puerto Rico]] [[Category:Phi Iota Alpha]] [[Category:International student societies]] [[Category:1928 establishments in Puerto Rico]] [[Category:Student organizations established in 1928]] [[Category:Latino fraternities and sororities]]'