FAST FACTS ABOUT SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON:
- For every semester during the past 3 years, SAE has ranked among the top 3 fraternities academically.
- The Fall 2011 pledge class combined grade point was over a 3.00.
- The Alpha-Upsilon Chapter is the largest SAE chapter in the nation.
- SAE has the greatest number of initiates nationally of any Greek Letter Organization at nearly 300,000 men.
- SAE raised more money for community service in the past year than any other Greek organization.
- SAE was the first fraternity to be established in the South, having been founded at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, on March 9, 1856.
- The University of Arkansas Alpha-Upsilon Chapter of SAE was founded on July 9, 1894, making out chapter 118 years old.
- SAE has a student loan program to assist undergraduate members with their education.
- 3 of the last 11 Governors of Arkansas have been SAE's.
Notable SAE Alumni from the Alpha-Upsilon Chapter:
- Gov. Sid McMath, former Governor of Arkansas
- Sen. David Pryor, former U.S. Senator and Governor of Arkansas
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Sen. Mark Pryor, current U.S. Senator
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Stanley Reed, past Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the UofA and past President of the Arkansas Farm Bureau
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Gov. Jim Guy Tucker, former Governor of Arkansas
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Rep. Jay Dickey, former U.S. Representative
- John Ed Anthony, Chairman of the U of A Board of Trustees, CEO of Anthony Timberlands
- John Goodson, member of the U of A Board of Trustees
- William Dillard, Jr., CEO of Dillard's Department Stores
- Mike Dillard, Dillard's Department Stores
- Alex Dillard, Dillard's Department Stores
- Scott Ford, former CEO of Alltel Communications
- William Bowen, retired CEO of First Commercial Corporation
- Rodger Kline, retired COO of Acxiom Corporation
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Ed Wilson, former President of Fox Television Network and current President of Tribune Television Networks
