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The Upsilon Sigma Chapter of
the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity was chartered September 11, 1927 by
Brothers; Summer Colum, MD, Austin Gray, MD, Milton Johnson, MD,
William M. Jones, George W. Lawrence, JD, Hugh Fisher Lewis, U.C.
McClerkins, George W. Prince and John E. Smith
Upsilon Sigma Chapter Charter
The chapter immediately
flourished and became a driving fore in the African American community in
Chicago. In the beginning, the chapter met at a funeral establishment on
South Indiana. The chapter's annual Drikel Ball on the Thursday
immediately following Thanksgiving opened the social calendar for the
formal event in Chicago.
 In
1949, a program was started to buy a fraternity house in Chicago. The
tireless effort of brothers in the chapter resulted in the purchase of
"The Sigma House" at 4941 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Drive.
Upsilon Sigma has been the
mother chapter of the Great Lakes Region. During the administration of
brothers Chester Riley and Clarence Johnson, Both Directors of the Great
Lakes Region (1974-1980) more that 61 chapters of the Phi Beta Sigma
Fraternity were chartered or reclaimed thought the region. |
Upsilon Sigma Chapter, 1953
(at a reception for Liberian
President, William Tubman)
Upsilon Sigma Chapter, 2002
(at the annual Carnation Ball)
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2003 Chapter Officers:
- Bro. Tyrone Swan, President
- Bro. Mark Fishback, Vice President
- Bro. Ralph Eichelberger, Treasurer
- Bro. Dwayne Cecil, Financial Secretary
- Bro. Merlin King, Recording Secretary
- Bro. Jabal Chase, Corresponding
Secretary
- Bro. Darly Parks, Chapter Secretary
- Bro. Clarence Johnson, Financial Secretary
Distinguished Service Chapter Members
- Bro. Dr. Howard Felder
- Bro. Clarence Johnson
- Bro. Emphraim Persons
- Bro. Chester Riley
- Bro. Maurice A. Moore
- Bro. Andrew Childress
- Bro. John E. Smith
- Bro. George W. Lawrence, Esq |
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