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This is a list of Kappa Sigma Grand Conclaves and Leadership Conferences.
Kappa Sigma (ΚΣ) is an international fraternity with currently 235 active chapters and 32 colonies in North America. There have been more than 245,000 initiates, of which more than 188,000 are living and more than 12,900 are undergraduates. It is currently the leader of all American fraternities in terms of pledges and new initiates per year, service hours, and philanthropic donations.[1] It has the oldest continuous endowment fund which has donated $4.5 million to undergrads since its inception in 1919.
Legend: — Grand Conclave — Leadership Conference — Cancelled due to war
| Dates (Year) | Location | Notes / References | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1876 | 1st | Baltimore, Maryland | [2][3][4] | ||
| 1878 | 2nd | Richmond, Virginia | [2][3] | ||
| 1880 | 3rd | Abingdon, Virginia | [2][3][5][6] | ||
| 1883 | 4th | Knoxville, Tennessee | [2][3][4] | ||
| 5th | Omitted from numbering. [6] | ||||
| June 22, 1885 – June 23, 1885 | 6th | Lynchburg, Virginia | [2][3][4][7] | ||
| June 27, 1887 – June 28, 1887 | 7th | Nashville, Tennessee | [3][4][8] | ||
| November 14, 1888 – November 16, 1888 | 8th | Atlanta, Georgia | [3][4][9][10] | ||
| December 31, 1890 - January 2, 1891 | 9th | Baltimore, Maryland | [11] | ||
| October 1892 | 10th | Washington, DC | [3][12][13][14] | ||
| 1894 | 11th | Richmond, Virginia | [3][12] | ||
| October 1896 | 12th | Indianapolis, Indiana | [3][12][15][16] | ||
| December 28, 1898 – December 30, 1898 | 13th | Chattanooga, Tennessee | [3][4][17] | ||
| November 28, 1900 – November 30, 1900 | 14th | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | [3][18][19] | ||
| November 1902 | 15th | New Orleans, Louisiana | [3][20][21] | ||
| August 1904 – August 5, 1904 | 16th | World's Fair Grounds, St. Louis, Missouri | [3][22] | ||
| July 25, 1906 – July 27, 1906 | 17th | Lookout Mountain, Tennessee | [3][24][25] | ||
| July 1, 1908 – July 3, 1908 | 18th | Denver, Colorado | [26][27] | ||
| July 1910 | 19th | Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York City, New York | [28] | ||
| July 1912 | 20th | Louisville, Kentucky | [29][30] | ||
| 21st | |||||
| July 21, 1915 – July 23, 1915 | 22nd (?) | Panama–Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California | [31][32] | ||
| Atlanta, Georgia | [33] | ||||
| 1919 | 23rd | [34] | |||
| July 20, 1921 – July 22, 1921 | 24th | Chicago, Illinois | [33][35][36] | ||
| June 28, 1923 – June 30, 1923 | 25th | Atlanta, Georgia | [37][38] | ||
| July 1925 | 26th | Colorado Springs, Colorado | [39] | ||
| 1927 | 27th | ||||
| 1929 | 28th | Los Angeles, California | [40] | ||
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| 1949 | 37th | Swampscott, Massachusetts | [41] | ||
| August 28, 1951 – August 31, 1951 | 38th | Chicago, Illinois | [42] | ||
| August 24, 1953 – August 27, 1953 | 39th | St. Louis, Missouri | [42] | ||
| 1955 | 40th | ||||
| 1957 | 41st | ||||
| 1959 | 42nd | ||||
| 1961 | 43th | ||||
| 1963 | 44th | ||||
| 1965 | 45th | ||||
| 1967 | 46th | Atlanta, Georgia | [43] | ||
| 1969 | 47th | ||||
| 1971 | 48th | ||||
| 1973 | 49th | ||||
| 1975 | 50th | ||||
| 1977 | 51st | ||||
| 1979 | 52nd | ||||
| 1981 | 53rd | ||||
| 1983 | 54th | Knoxville, Tennessee | [44] | ||
| 1985 | 55th | Memphis, Tennessee | [45] | ||
| 1987 | 56th | ||||
| 1989 | 57th | Orlando, Florida | [46] | ||
| 1991 | 58th | Atlanta, Georgia | [47] | ||
| 1993 | 59th | Dallas, Texas | [48] | ||
| 1995 | 60th | Richmond, Virginia | [46] | ||
| 1997 | 61st | New Orleans, Louisiana | [46][48] | ||
| 1999 | 62nd | Phoenix, Arizona | [46] | ||
| 2001 | 63rd | Memphis, Tennessee | [46] | ||
| 2003 | 64th | Tampa, Florida | |||
| 2004 | Cincinnati, OhioE Denver, ColoradoW |
[49] | |||
| 2005 | 65th | Las Vegas, Nevada | [46] | ||
| 2006 | Cincinnati, OhioE
Salt Lake City, UtahW |
[48][50] | |||
| 2007 | 66th | Miami, Florida | [46] | ||
| 2008 | Richmond, VirginiaE | ||||
| 2009 | 67th | San Antonio, Texas | [46] | ||
| 2010 | New Orleans, LouisianaE
Las Vegas, NevadaW |
[51] | |||
| 2011 | 69th | Las Vegas, Nevada | [51] |
Notes[]
References[]
- ↑ "Kappa Sigma Finishes Strong". Kappa Sigma Fraternity. http://www.kappasigma.org/cgi-upload/news_article/KappaSigmaFinishesstrongspring2008PressRelease.doc.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Full text of "Sources of the history of the Kappa Sigma fraternity"". http://www.archive.org/stream/sourcesofhistory00kapprich/sourcesofhistory00kapprich_djvu.txt. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 "Full text of "The Kappa Sigma book; a manual of descriptive, historical, and statistical facts concerning the Kappa Sigma Fraternity"". The Cumberland Press. http://www.archive.org/stream/kappasigmabookma00dunlrich/kappasigmabookma00dunlrich_djvu.txt. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Baird, William (1905). Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities. pp. 174-175. http://books.google.com/books?id=7SArAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Kappa%20Sigma%22%20%20%22grand%20conclave%22&pg=PA174#v=onepage&q=%22Kappa%20Sigma%22%20%20%22grand%20conclave%22&f=false.
- ↑ The Cadeceus of Kappa Sigma. Kappa Sigma Fraternity. 1940. http://books.google.com/books?id=FhdMAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Kappa+Sigma%22++%22third+grand+conclave%22&dq=%22Kappa+Sigma%22++%22third+grand+conclave%22&ei=2NkGTPOaNob4ywSguKidBA&cd=2.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Farr, Finnis (1929). Kappa sigma: a history, 1869-1929. http://books.google.com/books?id=lhx-AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Kappa+Sigma%22++%22third+grand+conclave%22&dq=%22Kappa+Sigma%22++%22third+grand+conclave%22&ei=2NkGTPOaNob4ywSguKidBA&cd=1.
- ↑ Kappa Sigma Quarterly, Volume 1. Kappa Sigma Fraternity. October 1885. p. 1. http://www.archive.org/stream/caduceuskappasi02sigmgoog#page/n19/mode/1up.
- ↑ Kappa Sigma Quarterly, Volume 2. Kappa Sigma Fraternity. October 1887. p. 1. http://www.archive.org/stream/caduceuskappasi02sigmgoog#page/n417/mode/1up/.
- ↑ The Rainbow of the Delta Tau Delta, Volumes 12-14. Delta Tau Delta Fraternity. 1888. http://books.google.com/books?id=dCgUAAAAIAAJ&dq=%22Kappa%20Sigma%22%20%20%22grand%20conclave%22&pg=PA49#v=onepage&q=%22Kappa%20Sigma%22%20%20%22grand%20conclave%22&f=false.
- ↑ "THE KAPPA SIGMA FRATERNITY - The Biennial Conclave of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity Postponed". Atlanta Journal-Constitution: p. 2. October 5, 1888. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/ajc_historic/access/540684092.html?dids=540684092:540684092&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&date=Oct%2B05%2C%2B1888&author=&pub=The%2BAtlanta%2BConstitution&desc=THE%2BKAPPA%2BSIGMA%2BFRATERNITY.. "until the 14th 15th and 16th of November."
- ↑ "Beta-Nu History". http://beta-nu.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=50:beta-nu-history&catid=37:history&Itemid=64.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Caduceus of Kappa Sigma, Volume 10. Kappa Sigma Fraternity. 1895. http://books.google.com/books?printsec=frontcover&id=3v4SAAAAIAAJ#v=onepage&q&f=false. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "caduceus_vol10" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Baird, William (1898). American College Fraternities. http://books.google.com/books?id=zhkrAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Kappa%20Sigma%22%20%20%22grand%20conclave%22&pg=PA149#v=onepage&q=conclave&f=false.
- ↑ . Kappa Sigma Fraternity. 1893. http://www.archive.org/stream/caduceuskappasi00sigmgoog.
- ↑ The Beta Theta Pi, Volume 25. Beta Theta Pi. 1897. http://books.google.com/books?id=OwITAAAAIAAJ&dq=%22Kappa%20Sigma%22%20%20%22grand%20conclave%22&pg=PA413#v=onepage&q=%22Kappa%20Sigma%22%20%20%22grand%20conclave%22&f=false.
- ↑ The Daily Argus News - Oct 14, 1896
- ↑ . Kappa Sigma Fraternity. 1898. http://www.archive.org/stream/caduceuskappasi01sigmgoog.
- ↑ "Caduceus Fall 2000". Kappa Sigma Fraternity. http://www.kappasigma.org/pdf/Caduceus%20Fall%202000.pdf. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
- ↑ "Moments of Shipping". Atlanta Journal-Constitution: p. I12. November 29, 1900. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/347152262.html?dids=347152262:347152262&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+29,+1900&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=MOVEMENTS+OF+SHIPPING.&pqatl=google. "The fourteenth biennial conclave of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity began at Philadelphia yesterday and will run until Friday"
- ↑ The Trident of Delta Delta Delta, Volume 12. Delta Delta Delta. 1902. http://books.google.com/books?id=YyoTAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA49&lpg=PA49&dq=%22kappa+sigma%22+%22fifteenth+biennial+grand+conclave%22&source=bl&ots=215YVbIX4x&sig=_qI5r_-Z6IMkeQy6pnYQQKGSg8M&hl=en&ei=Jm4GTOWmNMT7lwfCz7nsCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22kappa%20sigma%22%20%22fifteenth%20biennial%20grand%20conclave%22&f=false.
- ↑ Free Lance - College Orbit (Penn State University) Dec 1, 1902
- ↑ Caduceus of Kappa Sigma, Volume 19. Kappa Sigma Fraternity. 1904. http://books.google.com/books?id=VwETAAAAIAAJ&pg=PP11&lpg=PP11&dq=%22kappa+sigma%22+%22sixteenth+biennial+grand+conclave%22&source=bl&ots=vzrbSr1JY-&sig=lwBdDhw7aoY4yMIrbta_SX3uHz4&hl=en&ei=r24GTLnxNoK0lQed2924Cg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22kappa%20sigma%22%20%22sixteenth%20biennial%20grand%20conclave%22&f=false.
- ↑ "SANDS HEADS KAPPA SIGMA -College Fraternity Men Close Meeting in St. Louis.". Atlanta Journal-Constitution: p. 4. August 6,1904. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/ajc_historic/access/558623182.html?dids=558623182:558623182&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&date=Aug%2B06%2C%2B1904&author=&pub=The%2BAtlanta%2BConstitution&desc=SANDS%2BHEADS%2BKAPPA%2BSIGMA.&pqatl=google. "World's Fair Grounds, August 5.—At the concluding session of the national biennal conclave of the Kappa Sigma fraternity held today"
- ↑ Caduceus of Kappa Sigma, Volume 21. Kappa Sigma Fraternity. 1906. http://books.google.com/books?id=8wMTAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=%22kappa+sigma%22+%22seventeenth+biennial+grand+conclave%22&source=bl&ots=Dhp6SeB5lR&sig=lHPr2dtntVr0Uov6QxtzgcPRXp8&hl=en&ei=bm8GTLb-CMKblgfHp5zMCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22kappa%20sigma%22%20%22seventeenth%20biennial%20grand%20conclave%22&f=false.
- ↑ Caduceus of Kappa Sigma, Volume 20. Kappa Sigma Fraternity. October 1905. p. 903. http://books.google.com/books?id=_AQTAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA903.
- ↑ Delta Upsilon Quarterly, Volume 26. 1907. http://books.google.com/books?id=mvYTAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA306&lpg=PA306.
- ↑ Caduceus of Kappa Sigma, Volume 23. Kappa Sigma Fraternity. 1908.
- ↑ "Will Have Fine Trip". Rock Hill Herald: p. I12. July 12, 1910. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nUggAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jKQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6255,2240577&dq=kappa-sigma+conclave&hl=en. "...to attend the big conclave of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity. The meeting will be held at the Walfor[sic]-Astoria and will continue five days"
- ↑ LEADING GREEKS: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE WORKERS IN THE AMERICAN COLLEGE FRATERNITIES AND SORORITIES 1915. 1915.
- ↑ "Kappa Sigma Convention.". Atlanta Journal-Constitution: p. 5. July 11,1912. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/ajc_historic/access/546396792.html?dids=546396792:546396792&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&date=Jul+11,+1912&author=&pub=The+Atlanta+Constitution&desc=Kappa+Sigma+Convention.&pqatl=google. "July 10. Several delegates representing all sections Of the country were in attendance when the twentieth biennial conclave.."
- ↑ "Sigma Kappa's plan Conclave". Berkeley Daily Gazette: p. 2. July 15,1915. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Jc8oAAAAIBAJ&sjid=egYGAAAAIBAJ&pg=4924,639186&dq=kappa-sigma+conclave&hl=en. "The twentieth biennial grand conclave of Kappa Sigma will be held at the Exposition July 21, 22 and 23"
- ↑ "Civil War Relic at Fraternity Conclave". Berkeley Daily Gazette: p. 1. July 22nd, 1915. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=K88oAAAAIBAJ&sjid=egYGAAAAIBAJ&pg=4111,948359&dq=kappa-sigma+conclave&hl=en. "An interesting relic of the days before the Civil war will be displayed at the Panama-Pacific exposition next week at the twentieth biennial grand conclave of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity"
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 Caduceus, Volume 36, Issue 8. Kappa Sigma Fraternity. 1921. http://books.google.com/books?id=m0dOAAAAMAAJ&lpg=PA662&ots=2dU35Weea_&dq=%221917%20conclave%22%20%22kappa%20sigma%22&pg=PA641#v=snippet&q=conclave&f=false.
- ↑ Caduceus of Kappa Sigma. Kappa Sigma Fraternity. 2001. http://www.kappasigma.org/pdf/Caduceus%20Summer%202001.pdf.
- ↑ Caduceus of Kappa Sigma. Kappa Sigma Fraternity. 1921. http://www.archive.org/stream/caduceusvolumen00fratgoog/caduceusvolumen00fratgoog_djvu.txt.
- ↑ "Closeups". Chicago Daily Tribune: p. 20. July 20, 1921. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/359844362.html?dids=359844362:359844362&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Jul+20,+1921&author=&pub=Chicago+Tribune&desc=CLOSEUPS&pqatl=google. "Many members of the Kappa Sigma national fraternity registered yesterday at the Congress hotel for the annual three day conclave"
- ↑ Caduceus, Volume 38, Issue 3. Kappa Sigma Fraternity. 1922. http://books.google.com/books?id=iUhOAAAAMAAJ&oe=UTF-8.
- ↑ "KAPPA SIGMA MEET OPENS WEDNESDAY". Atlanta Journal-Constitution: p. 6. June 25th, 1923. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/ajc_historic/access/555476112.html?dids=555476112:555476112&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Jun+25,+1923&author=&pub=The+Atlanta+Constitution&desc=KAPPA+SIGMA+MEET+OPENS+WEDNESDAY&pqatl=google. "Approximately 700 members of the Kappa Sigma fraternity will gather in Atlanta Wednesday for the grandconclave of that body.."
- ↑ "Extra Night of Pilgrimage Play for Actor's Fund". September 11, 1925. p. 14. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/359489502.html?dids=359489502:359489502&FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&type=historic&date=Sep+11,+1925&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Extra+Night+of+Pilgrimage+Play+for+Actor's+Fund&pqatl=google. "...a Kappa Sigma charter at the biennial conclave in Colorado Springs in July"
- ↑ "Kappa Sigma - Five Friends and Brothers". http://www.kappasigma.com/FiveFriends.asp?founder=mccormick. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
- ↑ "Full text of "Bell telephone magazine"". http://www.archive.org/stream/belltelephonevol2728mag00amerrich/belltelephonevol2728mag00amerrich_djvu.txt. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
- ↑ 42.0 42.1 VINTAGE KAPPA SIGMA FRATERNITY EPHIMERA PROGRAMS PLUS 1
- ↑ "Full text of "Bell telephone magazine"". archive.org. http://www.archive.org/stream/bell1970telephonemag4950amerrich/bell1970telephonemag4950amerrich_djvu.txt. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
- ↑ "Caduceus - Spring 2000". Kappa Sigma Fraternity. http://www.kappasigma.org/pdf/Caduceus%20Spring%202000.pdf.
- ↑ "Baker University Sets Activities Before Classes Start Next Week". http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19850826&id=XHsyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=l-UFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6529,6690548. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
- ↑ 46.0 46.1 46.2 46.3 46.4 46.5 46.6 46.7 "Trustees - Kappa Sigma Endowment Fund". Kappa Sigma Endowment Fund. http://ef.kappasigma.org/about_us/trustees. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
- ↑ "Bononia Docet". Kappa Sigma Fraternity. http://www.kappasigma.org/pdf/Bononia_Docet_2003.pdf. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
- ↑ 48.0 48.1 48.2 "20th Annual A.L. Slonaker Hall of Fame Awards - November 10, 2006". Kappa Sigma Fraternity Gamma-Rho Chapter. http://www.gamma-rho.org/downloads/HOF/2006_HOF_Program.pdf. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
- ↑ "Caduceus, Spring 2004". Kappa Sigma Fraternity. http://www.kappasigma.org/pdf/Caduceus_Spring_2004.pdf. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
- ↑ "Kappa Sigma Fraternity - Gamma-Omicron Chapter". http://www.gamma-o.org/publications/NoticeFromFredKGreen.pdf. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
- ↑ 51.0 51.1 Scheduled
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