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Alpha Sigma Phi was originally a class society for sophomores when it was founded at Yale in 1845. (In those days it was not unusual for Yale students to belong to four different fraternities during their four years of study.

Louis Manigault, principal founder of the fraternity, was descended from the Huguenots who settled in South Carolina in the 1600s.

The fraternity's publication, The Tomahawk is one of the oldest fraternity publications. It first appeared in 1847, was shut down in 1852 by the Yale faculty. It has been in continuous publication since its second founding in 1907.

Between 1864 and 1875, Alpha Sigma Phi existed under a different set of Greek letters, Delta Beta Xi, when the original Alpha Sigma Phi was suppressed by the Yale faculty. Only one chapter (Delta at Marietta College, Ohio, founded in 1860) kept the name and traditions of the original fraternity; between 1875 and 1907, it was the sole surviving chapter of the fraternity after Delta Beta Xi was shut down by Yale faculty. (Today, the Delta Beta Xi key is the highest honor bestowed upon a fraternity alumnus.)

In 1907, members of the Yale Masonic Club revived Alpha Sigma Phi at Yale, and the members of Delta chapter initiated them.

Alpha Kappa Pi fraternity, which consolidated with Alpha Sigma Phi in 1946, had a faculty advisor (Rev. Albert H. Wilson) who was a Regent of Sigma Nu fraternity.

Famous Alpha Sig alumni:

Vincent Price (Alpha (Yale) 1930) - distinguished stage and screen actor.
John Kasich (Zeta (Ohio State) 1973) - former Congressman from Ohio and now commentator for Fox News.
Tom Watson (Tau (Stanford) 1970) - golf professional and player on the Senior PGA Tour).
Ted Cassidy (Beta Nu (W. Virginia Wesleyan) 1939) - Lurch on The Addams Family.
Stephen Schnetzer (Gamma (U Mass) 1967) - Cass Winthrop on Another World.
Dr. Reinhold Niebuhr (Alpha (Yale) 1913) - Distinguished theologian.
Dr. C. Everett Koop, MD (Alpha Eta (Dartmouth) 1938) - former Surgeon General of the United States.
Willard Scott (Beta Chi (American University) 1946) - former NBC Today show weatherman; also was the first Ronald McDonald when the character was introduced in the 1960s by McDonalds.
Frank Wolf (Upsilon (Penn State) 1960) - U.S. Congressman from the 10th District of Virginia.
John Ogden Merrill (Kappa (Wisconsin) 1914), founder of the architectural firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill.
Andrew Dickson White (Alpha (Yale) 1850) - first president of Cornell University (He was also a member of Psi Upsilon.)
Warren Buffett (Omicron (U Penn) 1948) - investor and principal stockholder of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.
Hubert H. (Skip) Humphrey III (Beta Chi (American) 1962) - Former attorney general of the state of Minnesota, son of the late U.S. Senator and Vice President Hubert Humphrey. Lost out to Jesse Ventura for the governorship of Minnesota in 1998.
Billy 'White Shoes' Johnson (Gamma Xi (Widener University) 1971) - Former college and professional football player.

Famous Alpha Alpha (Oklahoma) chapter alumni:

Ross Swimmer (#544, 1962) - Former principal chief of the Cherokee Nation.
Major General Alvin L. Gorby (#9, 1923) - Former Surgeon General of the U.S. Army.
Joe A. Smalley (#185, 1930) - Former Speaker of the Oklahoma Assembly and state senator. The U.S. Army Reserve Center in Norman is named after him.