FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION

Black fraternity, founded in 1904 in Philadelphia.

Official Website:
http://www.sigma-pi-phi.net/

Founding Date:
15-May-1904

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.	Politician	4-Feb-1947		Congressman, Georgia 2nd
Kenneth Blackwell	Government	28-Feb-1948		Ohio Secretary of State, 1999-2007
Roland W. Burris	Politician	8-Aug-1937		US Senator from Illinois, 2009-10
Charles Drew	Doctor	3-Jun-1904	1-Apr-1950	First to separate blood plasma
W. E. B. Du Bois	Sociologist	23-Feb-1868	27-Aug-1963	Civil rights activist
James R. Gavin III	Doctor	c. 1945		Morehouse School of Medicine
Martin Luther King	Activist	15-Jan-1929	4-Apr-1968	Pacifist civil rights activist
Flemming L. Norcott, Jr.	Judge	11-Oct-1943		Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court
Edward Perkins	Diplomat	8-Jun-1928		US Ambassador to Australia, 1993-96
Bobby Scott	Politician	30-Apr-1947		Congressman, Virginia 3rd
Oliver R. Sockwell, Jr.	Business	c. 1944		CEO of Connie Lee, 1987-97
Isaiah Tidwell	Business	c. 1945		EVP at Wachovia, 1996-2005
George H. Walls, Jr.	Business	c. 1942		Retired USMC Brigadier General
Wesley S. Williams, Jr.	Attorney	13-Nov-1942		Former Partner, Covington & Burling

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