Happy 110th Birthday Sigma Alpha Iota!

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Sigma Alpha Iota, a social organization for women with a special interest in music, was founded on June 12, 1903 at the University of Michigan’s School of Music. It was incorporated in the State of Michigan on December 1, 1904.

Its founders are Elizabeth Campbell, Frances Caspari, Minnie Davis [Sherrill], Leila Farlin [Laughlin], Nora Crane Hunt, Georgina Potts, and Mary Storrs [Andersen]. June 12, 1903 was Commencement Day. Four of the founders were graduating that evening, two were leaving for graduate study, and one, Davis, was a young faculty member.

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