National
Founded
March 9, 1856; University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. Known as the True Gentleman fraternity. First greek social fraternity founded in the deep south. Web site www.sae.net. Headquartered in Evanston (Chicago), Illinois at the Levere Memorial Temple.
Membership
The Fraternity resides on college and university campuses, as a guest of the host institution. The current structure, as of spring 2009, includes more than 11,000 undergraduates at more than 218 chapters and 12 colonies in 47 states and Canada. Alumni are active in more than 175 alumni associations.
Governance Structure
The organization is governed through a five-person executive board (Supreme Council) that is elected at biennial conventions. An executive director (Eminent Supreme Recorder) supervises a staff of approximately 28 at the FraternityServiceCenter in Evanston, Illinois, and eight regional directors. The United States and Canada are divided into 29 regions (provinces) overseen by regional volunteers called province archons. Each chapter is required to have an active chapter adviser.
The Levere Memorial Temple stands as the crown jewel of the Greek letter world. The historic structure still preserves the past and works for Sigma Alpha Epsilon's future. It houses the offices of the Fraternity Service Center composed of the three administrative and management organizations of Sigma Alpha Epsilon: the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity, the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Foundation, and the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Financial and Housing Corporation.
For more than 75 years, the Temple has been admired by those who have worked within its walls, toured its majestic rooms, and even lived under its roof. It has been lovingly perfected, preserved, and protected, standing today as testament to the vision of those who dreamed, so many years ago, of building a national shrine to Sigma Alpha Epsilon.