FAST FACTS ABOUT SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON

• Last fall, SAE ranked #1 in grades among all fraternities, and ranked #3 for the spring semester.
• The 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 282,000 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 116 years old.
• SAE has a student loan program to assist undergraduate members with their education.

Notable SAE Alumni from the Alpha-Upsilon Chapter:

• Sid McMath, former Governor of Arkansas
• David Pryor, former U.S. Senator and Governor of Arkansas
• Mark Pryor, current U.S. Senator 
• Steve Harrelson, Arkansas House Majority Leader
• Stanley Reed, past Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the UofA and immediate past President of the Arkansas Farm Bureau
• Jay Dickey, former U.S. Representative
• John Ed Anthony, Chairman of the U of A Board of Trustees, CEO of Anthony Timberlands
• William Dillard Jr., CEO of 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
• Ed Wilson, former President of Fox Television Network and current President of Tribune Television Networks