Fast Facts About Sigma Alpha Epsilon

SAE is North America's largest social fraternity with more than 280,000 initiated members.  Fraternal symbols include the lion, the phoenix, Minerva, and the fleur-de-lis.  Sigma Alpha Epsilon was the first fraternity to establish a national headquarters (1929), a national Leadership School (1935), a national Men's Health Issues Committee (1980), and a career-development program entitled the Leading Edge (1990).  Currently, the Fraternity offers a comprehensive member-education program called The True Gentleman Initiative.  The Fraternity communicates through The Record, a quarterly magazine that has been published continuously since 1880.  New members receive a copy of The Phoenix pledge manual for educational development.