In the spring of 1913, a group of 15 male Cornell undergraduates organized to form a fraternity, calling themselves the Alpha Chapter of Omega Delta. A house was leased at 636 Stewart Avenue (still standing) for the new brothers. In 1915, the growing fraternity purchased the house of a professor at 730 University Avenue for $20,000 for its 28 brothers. The new fraternity continued to flourish and soon petitioned Sigma Pi Fraternity of the United States to become a chapter. The petition was granted, and on May 18, 1917, the fraternity became the Mu Chapter of Sigma Pi.
To meet the needs of the growing fraternity, a new wing was added to the house in 1942, and a new kitchen, dining room, and front porch were added in 1958. A comprehensive remodeling project in 1994 ended in disaster as a workman’s error resulted in a fire that destroyed much of the house. Before the blaze was extinguished, the fraternity’s architect was told to start work on plans for an entirely new house, incorporating the parts of the house not destroyed by fire. The new and improved house was opened in 1999.
Centennial Celebration
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the fraternity, over 250 alumni and undergraduates gathered for the Centennial Celebration, a weekend of festivities in the fall of 2013. We look forward to the next 100 years of Sigma Pi Fraternity at Cornell!
Those Who Attended
Richard “Dick” Pew ’55
James Keene ’57
Robinson VanNess ’57
Ken Steadman ’59
James Palmer ’60
Wesley Grace ’62
Jim Gaskell ’66
Wally Knox ’71
Fred Peterson ’71
Greg Fisher ’72
Jim Boland ’73
Martin Burns ’73
Howard Rosen ’73
William Strasz ’73
Steve Booth ’74
Ted Chen ’74
Ralph Cinquegrana ’74
Robert Ferry ’74
Caseu Forbes ’74
Don Fullerton ’74
Edward Haas ’74
Bert Hurlbut ’74
Sandy Kraker ’74
Roger Perry ’74
James Chamberlain ’75
Jeff Craver ’75
David Dellenbaugh ’75
Bill Dougherty ’75
Ed Gogol ’75
Vance Harrison Jr. ’75
Mark Hausknecht ’75
Stephen Lozier ’75
John Morrison ’75
Fred Parker ’75
Michael Quaid ’75
John Stetson ’75
Gary Wicks ’75
William Forman ’76
Michael Anderson ’77
Dick Cahon ’77
Charley Clark ’77
John Christoforo ’77
Henry Dunnenberger ’77
Jim and Emy Franz ’77
Glenn Mazzamaro ’77
James Myers ’77
Matthew Petti ’77
Steve Ryan ’77
Dave Williamson ’77
Peter Wright ’77
Mark Barmasse ’78
Bill Cavanaugh ’78
John Haggerty ’78
Todd Hasselbeck ’78
Sandy (Meeks) True ’78
Steven Mongeau ’78
Lawrence Paglierani ’78
Michael Reiner ’78
Kent Sheng ’78
Jack Welch ’78
Larry Barstow ’79
Steve Bergh ’79
Wayne Buder ’79
Dave D’Orlando ’79
Andy Kantor ’79
Kevin Kruse ’79
Larry MacLennan ’79
Keith Molof ’79
Rob Novo ’79
Gordon Pugh ’79
Curt Quantz ’79
Steve Rosensweig ’79
Leo Timms ’79
Rick Bosshardt ’80
Luc Chabot ’80
Thomas Cherner ’80
Joe Dervay ’80
Jonathan Fordin ’80
Wayne Forman ’80
Steven Hobbs ’80
Owen McCarron ’80
Tony McManus ’80
Don Motschwiller ’80
Randy Ottinger ’80
Stephen Pirozzi ’80
Kurt Rasmussen ’80
Jay Sacco ’80
Jarett Wait ’80
Doug Uyeno ’80
John Altmeyer ’81
Edward Berlin ’81
Brad Crooke ’81
Gary Derck ’81
Brian Finneran ’81
Howie Gordon ’81
John Pettee ’81
Mike Rantz ’81
John Roche ’81
Joe Ruocco ’81
Tom Silver ’81
Nick Vojnovic ’81
Ford Fay ’82
Jim Garr ’82
Tim Hawes ’82
Gerry Leape ’82
John Mennell ’ 82
Rick Rego ’82
John Roche ’82
Kurt Bosshardt ’83
Dennis McNamara ’83
Steven Novak ’83
Tom Owens ’83
John Stewart ’83
Michael Vernick ’83
Greg Vojnovic ’85
Peter Sedivy ’98
James Hulvat ’99
Jason Scimeme ’00
Jonathan Coll ’01
Michaeol David ’01
Arnoldas Giedrimas ’01
Craig Huemmer ’01
Nick Kruczynski ’01
Edward Perez-Cortes ’01
Brian Yasutis ’01
Aaron Klein ’12
Harim Choi ’13
Jonathan Morello ’13
Zach Smith ’13
Anthony Alvarez ’14
James Alvarez ’14
David Baker ’14
Jeff Baker ’14
Jonathan Beckerman ’14
Andrew Luzzi ’14
Brendon Vina ’14
Alvaro Galan ’15
Bennet Heidenreich ’15
Jonathan Hernandez ’14
Mateo Hernandez-Ysasi ’14
Ben Dreier ’15
Alvaro Galan ’15
Adam Gottlieb ’15
Bennet Heidenreich ’15
Jacob Laufer ’15
Ian Leggett ’15
Chris Liendo ’15
Shayan McGee ’15
Maximiliano Olivares ’15
Jordan Thompson ’15
Nathan Winans ’15
Nicholas Wint ’15
Alec Charbonneau ’16
Andrew Wald ’16
Nicholas Ornitz ’16
Robby Attia ’16
Zach Gilbert ’16
Michael Adelstein
William Alford
Turk Anwar
Roscoe Balter
Brandon Choi
Greg Dgheim
Bryson Graves
Rohun Gupta
Benny Johnson
Andrew Joseph
Joseph Manzi
Connor Riser
Felix Tabary
Chris Zollner
