AEPI Sigma Tau History:

In the fall of 1913, the Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity was founded amidst the concrete and steel towers of Manhattan Island. This fraternity has witnessed the Great Depression, two world wars, several revolutions in public morality, and the rise and fall of James Brown, the Hardest Working Man in Show Business. Throughout this tumultuous time period, the fraternity has maintained the integrity of its purpose: to provide the Jewish college man with the best possible college and fraternity experience.

The college years serve as a training ground for young men who later will become leaders in business, government, religion, and science. Each student must develop himself mentally, spiritually, and physically to prepare for this demanding future. Because of the emphasis placed on personal growth within the context of a larger brotherhood, the fraternity setting offers the ideal opportunity in which to foster this development.

However, while any fraternity can offer this opportunity, Alpha Epsilon Pi extends an offer of much greater import. Students who enter the mainstream of college life generally find their heritage slipping away. Alpha Epsilon Pi, the only nationally Jewish fraternity, is the only fraternal organization capable of offering a membership that values the ethics and ideals of Judaism.

Since its inception in 1913, almost one hundred thousand men have worn the badge that is Alpha Epsilon Pi. This year alone, over five thousand Jewish men will continue into this rich and rewarding tradition. These men will join Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity today for the opportunity to develop the character, commitment, and responsibility necessary for the leaders of America's Jewish communities tomorrow.

The Sigma Tau Chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi officially became a chapter in February of 1988 at Stanford University. It was born, in a sense, following the 1987 Big Game, in Zach's pizzaria, a local establishment still in existence today.

The Sigma Tau Chapter was founded on the principles of honesty, faith, humility, mutual helpfulness, and perseverance - guideposts which still are the basis of the Chapter today.

We have always had a strong affiliation with Stanford Hillel , and hold many activities throughout the year, including our annual Passover Seder, Yom Kippur breakfast, and Jewish Culture Week kick-off party. This year, for the first time, we co-sponsored the extremely popular "Hookah in the Sukkah" event.

In 1996, we won the Jewish Communal Activity Award through AEPi National.

During the summer of 2000, five Sigma Tau AEPi brothers took part in the Birthright 2000 trip to Israel. One more brother went during the summer of 2001.

On the philanthropic end, we've helped to organize and promote Tay-Sachs screening here at Stanford and raised $2262 to help rebuild a Magen David Adom Trauma Center in Israel (a sum greater than any other chapter's total in the AEPi fraternity).