SIGMA PHI EPSILON
University of Illinois
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Lawrence, KS 66044-2100
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Fall 2018
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Remembering "SigEp Sam"
A
bout 50 years ago, a part of the Homecoming celebrations was a
house decoration contest among fraternities and sororities. ese
decorations could be quite elaborate. One of my first experiences
with house decorations was during my first year living in the chapter house
when Ivan Sue '73 designed a first-place winning house decoration. I re-
member it was a lot of work to put together, and a good deal of safety fea-
tures were put in. But before Ivan's work, there was the design work done
by Frank Lindberg '66, who also designed the house decorations. In fact,
Frank's work on the Illinois Alpha Homecoming house decoration won Illi-
nois Alpha the All-University Grand Prize for House Decorations as well as
the Interfraternity division House Decorations first prize in 1963.
Frank also construct-
ed "SigEp Sam," a great-
er-than-life-size-caricature.
Perhaps you've seen "SigEp
Sam" at Illinois Alpha. He's
made appearances around
Homecoming, recruitment,
and New Student Week. Unfor-
tunately, several years ago, Sam
met his demise when he was
stolen by another fraternity,
broken up, and later discovered,
thanks to Shawn Dalgleish '81
and Lloyd Murphy '78.
Fraternally,
John Vercellino '75
"SigEp Sam" was constructed by Frank Lindberg '66, and
was a staple of Illinois Alpha's Homecoming decorations.
