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# Al Gore 2000 presidential campaign

| Al Gore for President 2000 |
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| Gore-Lieberman campaign logo. |
| Campaign | 2000 Democratic primaries 2000 U.S. presidential election |
| Candidate | **Al Gore** 45th Vice President of United States *(1993–2001)* **Joe Lieberman** U.S. Senator from Connecticut *(1989–2013)* |
| Affiliation | Democratic Party |
| Status | Announced: June 16, 1999 Presumptive nominee: March 9, 2000 Official nominee: August 17, 2000 Lost general election: December 12, 2000 |
| Headquarters | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Key people | Donna Brazile, Campaign Manager William M. Daley, Campaign Chairman |
| Slogan | *Leadership for the New Millennium Prosperity for America's Families* |
| Website |
| www.gorelieberman.com (Archived - October 29, 2000) |

The **2000 presidential campaign of Al Gore**, the 45th Vice President of the United States under President Bill Clinton, began when he announced his candidacy for the presidency of the United States in Carthage, Tennessee, on June 16, 1999.

Gore became the Democratic nominee for the 2000 presidential election on August 17, 2000.

On November 7, 2000, showed that Gore's opponent, then-Governor of Texas George W. Bush, the Republican candidate, had narrowly won the election.

Gore won the national popular vote but lost the electoral college vote after a bitter legal battle over disputed vote counts in the state of Florida.

Bush won the election on the electoral college vote of 271 to 266. One elector pledged to Gore did not cast an electoral vote; Gore received 267 pledged electors.

The election was one of the most controversial in American history.
# Alan Cranston

| Alan Cranston |
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| Cranston in 1979 |
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| Chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs |
| **In office** January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1993 |
| Preceded by | Frank Murkowski |
| Succeeded by | Jay Rockefeller |
| **In office** January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1981 |
| Preceded by | Vance Hartke |
| Succeeded by | Alan K. Simpson |
| Senate Majority Whip |
| **In office** January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1991 |
| Leader | Robert Byrd George Mitchell |
| Preceded by | Alan K. Simpson |
| Succeeded by | Wendell Ford |
| **In office** January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1981 |
| Leader | Robert Byrd |
| Preceded by | Robert Byrd |
| Succeeded by | Ted Stevens |
| Senate Minority Whip |
| **In office** January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1987 |
| Leader | Robert Byrd |
| Preceded by | Ted Stevens |
| Succeeded by | Alan K. Simpson |
| United States Senator from California |
| **In office** January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1993 |
| Preceded by | Thomas Kuchel |
| Succeeded by | Barbara Boxer |
| 25th California State Controller |
| **In office** 1959–1967 |
| Governor | Pat Brown |
| Preceded by | Robert C. Kirkwood |
| Succeeded by | Houston I. Flournoy |
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| Personal details |
| Born | Alan MacGregor Cranston (1914-06-19)June 19, 1914 Palo Alto, California |
| Died | December 31, 2000(2000-12-31) (aged 86) Los Altos, California |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Geneva McMath (divorced) Norma Weintraub (divorced) |
| Alma mater | Stanford University |

**Alan MacGregor Cranston** (June 19, 1914 – December 31, 2000) was an American politician and journalist. He was the United States senator of California. He served as senator from 1969 to 1993. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

Cranston ran for President of the United States in 1984, but lost the Democratic Party primary to Walter Mondale.

Cranston died in Los Altos, California from natural causes, aged 86.
# Estes Kefauver

| Estes Kefauver |
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| United States Senator from Tennessee |
| **In office** January 3, 1949 – August 10, 1963 |
| Preceded by | A. Thomas Stewart |
| Succeeded by | Herbert S. Walters |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 3rd district |
| **In office** September 13, 1939 – January 3, 1949 |
| Preceded by | Sam D. McReynolds |
| Succeeded by | James B. Frazier, Jr. |
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| Personal details |
| Born | Carey Estes Kefauver (1903-07-26)July 26, 1903 Madisonville, Tennessee |
| Died | August 10, 1963(1963-08-10) (aged 60) Bethesda, Maryland |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Nancy Kefauver (1911-1967) |

**Carey Estes Kefauver** (July 26, 1903 – August 10, 1963) was an American politician from Tennessee. He was the Vice Presidential running mate in the 1956 election. He ran for President of the United States in the 1952 and 1956 Democratic primaries

## Early life

Kefauver was born in Madisonville, Tennessee, to Robert Cooke Kefauver and Phredonia Bradford (née Estes). Robert Kefauver was a hardware manager. Estes attended the University of Tennessee from 1922 to 1924, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree and being initiated into the Kappa Sigma Fraternity. After a year of teaching mathematics and coaching football at a Hot Springs, Arkansas, high school, he attended Yale Law School, where he received a LL.B. *cum laude* in 1927. The next twelve years Kefauver practiced law in Chattanooga, first with the firm of Cooke, Swaney & Cooke, as a partner in Sizer, Chambliss & Kefauver, and later in the firm of Duggan, McDonald, & Kefauver. In 1935 he married Nancy Pigott, who is from Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, whom he had met during her visit to relatives in Chattanooga, Tennessee. They had four children, one of them was adopted. Mrs. Kefauver died in 1967.

He was aroused by his role as attorney for the *Chattanooga News*, Kefauver became interested in local politics and sought election to the Tennessee Senate in 1938. He lost but in 1939 spent two months as Finance and Taxation Commissioner under the newly-elected governor Prentice Cooper. When Congressman Sam D. McReynolds of Tennessee's 3rd district, which included Chattanooga, died in 1939, Kefauver was elected to succeed him in the House.
# Ross Barnett

**Ross Robert Barnett** (January 22, 1898 – November 6, 1987) was the Governor of Mississippi from 1960 to 1964. He was a prominent member of the Dixiecrats. They were southern Democrats who supported racial segregation.
# Harry F. Byrd

| Harry F. Byrd |
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| United States Senator from Virginia |
| **In office** March 4, 1933 – November 10, 1965 |
| Preceded by | Claude A. Swanson |
| Succeeded by | Harry F. Byrd Jr. |
| 50th Governor of Virginia |
| **In office** February 1, 1926 – January 15, 1930 |
| Lieutenant | Junius Edgar West |
| Preceded by | Elbert Lee Trinkle |
| Succeeded by | John Garland Pollard |
| Member of the Virginia Senate from the 26th district |
| **In office** January 9, 1924 – February 1, 1926 |
| Preceded by | James M. Dickerson |
| Succeeded by | Joseph S. Denny |
| Member of the Virginia Senate from the 10th district |
| **In office** January 12, 1916 – January 9, 1924 |
| Preceded by | Frank S. Tavenner |
| Succeeded by | Marshall B. Booker |
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| Born | Harry Flood Byrd (1887-06-10)June 10, 1887 Martinsburg, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | October 20, 1966(1966-10-20) (aged 79) Berryville, Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Douglas Beverley |
| Children | 4, including Harry Jr. |
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**Harry Flood Byrd Sr.** (June 10, 1887 – October 20, 1966) was an American newspaper publisher and political leader of the Democratic Party. H was Governor of Virginia from 1926 until 1930. He was then a United States Senator from 1933 until 1965. He was a critic of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, largely blocking most liberal legislation after 1937.

His son Harry Jr. replaced him as U.S. Senator, but ran as an Independent following the decline of the Byrd Organization.

Although Byrd never announced as a presidential candidate, he received many votes in the 1956 presidential election and 15 electoral votes in the 1960 election.

Byrd died in Berryville, Virginia on October 20, 1966 at the age of 79.
# Eugene McCarthy

| Eugene McCarthy |
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| United States Senator from Minnesota |
| **In office** January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1971 |
| Preceded by | Edward John Thye |
| Succeeded by | Hubert Humphrey |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota's 4th district |
| **In office** January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1959 |
| Preceded by | Edward Devitt |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Karth |
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| Personal details |
| Born | Eugene Joseph McCarthy (1916-03-29)March 29, 1916 Watkins, Minnesota |
| Died | December 10, 2005(2005-12-10) (aged 89) Washington, D.C. |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic-Farmer-Labor |
| Spouse(s) | Abigail McCarthy (1915–2001) |
| Alma mater | Saint John's University University of Minnesota |
| Profession | Professor |

**Eugene Joseph "Gene" McCarthy** (March 29, 1916 – December 10, 2005) was a United States senator from Minnesota. He ran for President of the United States five times. He died from Parkinson's disease.

## Other websites

* Eugene J McCarthy Lectureship at Saint John's University
* Eugene McCarthy (1916–2005): The Legacy of the Former Senator and Anti-War Presidential Candidate Archived 2006-01-25 at the Wayback Machine
* Eugene J. McCarthy, Senate Dove Who Jolted '68 Race, Dies at 89 — *The New York Times*
* Minnesota senator shook world in '68 Archived 2005-12-12 at the Wayback Machine — Star Tribune of Minneapolis
# Walter Fauntroy

| Walter Fauntroy |
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| Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives from the District of Columbia's at-large district |
| **In office** March 23, 1971 – January 3, 1991 |
| Preceded by | Constituency reestablished |
| Succeeded by | Eleanor Holmes Norton |
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| Personal details |
| Born | Walter Edward Fauntroy  (1933-02-06) February 6, 1933 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
Dorothy Simms ​(m. 1957)​ |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | Virginia Union University (BA) Yale University (BDiv) |

**Walter Edward Fauntroy** (born February 6, 1933) is an American politician, civil rights activist and criminal. He is also a former delegate to the United States House of Representatives. He was a candidate for the 1972 and 1976 Democratic presidential nominations.

In 2012, Fauntroy disappeared and presumably fled the United States after a bench warrant was issued for his arrest. In 2016, Fauntroy returned to the United States and was arrested at Washington Dulles International Airport. He had been hiding in Ajman, the capital of the Emirate of Ajman in the United Arab Emirates.

In 2018, his financial problems placed him in danger of losing his home.
# Terry Sanford

Sanford in 1992
**James Terry Sanford** (August 20, 1917 – April 18, 1998) was an American politician and educator. He was the United States senator of North Carolina. He served as senator from 1986 to 1993. He was a Democrat.

Sanford ran for President of the United States in 1976, but lost the primary to Jimmy Carter.

Sanford died in Durham, North Carolina from esophageal cancer, aged 80.
# Lech Wałęsa

| His Excellency Lech Wałęsa |
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| President of Poland |
| **In office** December 22, 1990 – December 22, 1995 |
| Preceded by | Wojciech Jaruzelski (in country)/Ryszard Kaczorowski (in exile) |
| Succeeded by | Aleksander Kwaśniewski |
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| Personal details |
| Born |  (1943-09-29) September 29, 1943 Popowo, Poland |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Spouse(s) | Danuta Wałęsa |
| Profession | Electrician |

**Lech Walesa** (Polish: *Lech Wałęsa* (pronounced [lɛx vaˈwɛ̃sa]); born September 29, 1943) is a Polish shipyard worker, trade unionist and a politician who used to be the leader of Solidarity and the President of Poland between 1990 and 1995. Walesa won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983.
# Barbara Lee

| Barbara Lee |
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| Official portrait, 2025 |
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| 52nd Mayor of Oakland |
| **Incumbent** |
| **Assumed office**  May 20, 2025 |
| Preceded by | Kevin Jenkins (acting) |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California |
| **In office** April 21, 1998 – January 3, 2025 |
| Preceded by | Ron Dellums |
| Succeeded by | Lateefah Simon |
| Constituency | 9th district (1998–2013) 13th district (2013–2023) 12th district (2023–2025)
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| Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus |
| **In office** January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011 |
| Preceded by | Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick |
| Succeeded by | Emanuel Cleaver |
| Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus |
| **In office** January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2009Serving with Lynn Woolsey |
| Preceded by | Peter DeFazio |
| Succeeded by | Raúl Grijalva
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| Member of the California State Senate from the 9th district |
| **In office** December 2, 1996 – April 17, 1998 |
| Preceded by | Nicholas Petris |
| Succeeded by | Don Perata |
| Member of the California State Assembly |
| **In office** December 3, 1990 – November 30, 1996 |
| Preceded by | Elihu Harris |
| Succeeded by | Don Perata |
| Constituency | 13th district (1990–1992) 16th district (1992–1996) |
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| Born | Barbara Jean Tutt  (1946-07-16) July 16, 1946 El Paso, Texas, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | * Carl Lee
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* Clyde Oden ​(m. 2019)​
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| Children | 2 |
| Education | Mills College (BA) University of California, Berkeley (MSW) |
| Website | Campaign website |
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Lee opposing military force against Afghanistan. Recorded September 14, 2001
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**Barbara Jean Lee** (born July 16, 1946) is an American politician who has been the Mayor of Oakland, California since 2025. She was a U.S. representative from California from 1998 to 2025. She is a member of the Democratic Party.

## Career

### 2000s

Lee used to be chair of the Congressional Black Caucus and co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (2005–09). She is a critic of the Iraq War and the only member of Congress to vote against the use of force after the September 11 attacks.

### 2010s

On November 28, 2018, Lee lost an election to become chair of the House Democratic Caucus to New York Representative Hakeem Jeffries. She blamed ageism and sexism for losing.

### 2020s

In January 2023, it was reported that Lee planned to run for the United States Senate seat currently held by Dianne Feinstein in the 2024 special election. In February 2023, she officially announced her candidacy, a week after Feinstein announced her retirement. Lee formally launched her Senate campaign on February 21, 2023. However, she lost the primary election because she was not one of the top two candidates.

## Footnotes
# Connie Conway

| Connie Conway |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 22nd district |
| **In office** June 14, 2022 – January 3, 2023 |
| Preceded by | Devin Nunes |
| Succeeded by | Kevin McCarthy (redistricting) |
| Minority Leader of the California Assembly |
| **In office** December 6, 2010 – November 6, 2014 |
| Preceded by | Martin Garrick |
| Succeeded by | Kristin Olsen |
| Member of the California State Assembly |
| **In office** December 1, 2008 – November 30, 2014 |
| Preceded by | Bill Maze |
| Succeeded by | Devon Mathis |
| Constituency | * 34th district (2008–2012)
* 26th district (2012–2014)
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| Member of the Tulare County Board of Supervisors from the 2nd district |
| **In office** January 9, 2001 – November 18, 2008 |
| Preceded by | Mel Richmond |
| Succeeded by | Pete Vander Poel |
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| Born | Connie Marie Conway  (1950-09-25) September 25, 1950 Bakersfield, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) |
Craig Vejvoda ​(m. 2014)​ |
| Children | 2 |
| Education | * College of the Sequoias
* California State University, Fresno
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| Website | House website |

**Connie Conway** (born September 25, 1950) is an American politician. She was the U.S. representative for California's 22nd congressional district from 2022 to 2023. She was a member of the California State Assembly from 2008 to 2014. She was a member of the board of supervisors for Tulare County from 2000 until 2008. Conway is a member of the Republican Party.
# Judy Chu

| Judy Chu |
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| Official portrait, 2019 |
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| **Incumbent** |
| **Assumed office**  July 14, 2009 |
| Preceded by | Hilda Solis |
| Constituency | 32nd district (2009–2013) 27th district (2013–2023) 28th district (2023–present) |
| Member of the California State Board of Equalization from the 4th district |
| **In office** January 3, 2007 – July 14, 2009 |
| Preceded by | John Chiang |
| Succeeded by | Jerome Horton |
| Member of the California State Assembly from the 49th district |
| **In office** May 21, 2001 – November 30, 2006 |
| Preceded by | Gloria Romero |
| Succeeded by | Mike Eng |
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| Born | Judy May Chu  (1953-07-07) July 7, 1953 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
Mike Eng ​(m. 1978)​ |
| Education | * University of California, Los Angeles (BA)
* Alliant International University (MA, PhD)
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| Website | House website |
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Chu supporting the Respect for Marriage Act. Recorded December 8, 2022
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**Judy May Chu** (born July 7, 1953) is an American politician who became the U.S. representative for California's 28th congressional district.
# Laura Friedman

| Laura Friedman |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 30th district |
| **Incumbent** |
| **Assumed office**  January 3, 2025 |
| Preceded by | Adam Schiff |
| Member of the California Assembly |
| **In office** December 5, 2016 – November 30, 2024 |
| Preceded by | Mike Gatto |
| Succeeded by | Nick Schultz |
| Constituency | 43rd district (2016–2022) 44th district (2022–2024) |
| Mayor of Glendale |
| **In office** April 2011 – April 2012 |
| Preceded by | Ara Najarian |
| Succeeded by | Frank Quintero |
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| Born |  (1966-12-03) December 3, 1966 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Guillaume Lemoine |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | University of Rochester (BA) |

**Laura Syril Friedman** (born December 3, 1966) is an American politician and former movie producer who is the member of the U.S. House of Representatives for California's 30th congressional district since 2025. She is a member of the Democratic Party.

Before, Friedman was a member of the California State Assembly since 2016. Friedman was a member of the Glendale City Council from 2009 to 2016. She was also Mayor of Glendale from 2011 to 2012.

Friedman also helped write the pro-housing bill to stop minimum parking requirements for housing mass transit stations. She is a progressive.

## Other websites

* Official website
* Laura Friedman at ballotpedia.org
* Join California Laura Friedman
# Aurora (mythology)

*The phenomena that can be seen in the atmosphere is at Aurora*
Aurora, by Guercino, 1621-23 (ceiling fresco in the Casino Ludovisi, Rome), a classic example of Baroque illusionistic painting
**Aurora** was the ancient Roman equivalent of Eos. Eos was the ancient Greek goddess of the dawn. *Aurora* is the Latin word for dawn.

Aurora renews herself every morning at dawn and flies across the sky. She announces the morning's arrival. She has a brother and a sister. Her brother is the sun, and her sister is the moon. She also has many husbands and four sons, one for each cardinal direction: North, East, South, and West.

Aurora is comparable to Eos in Greek mythology and to Ushas in Hindu mythology.

One of her lovers was Tithonus. Aurora asked Zeus to grant immortality to Tithonus. However, she failed to ask him for eternal youth. As a result, Tithonus ended up aging eternally.

18th Century painting by Francesco de Mura Aurora, goddess of the morning and Tithonus, Prince of Troy - Aurora e Titone
In Shakespeare's *Romeo and Juliet* (i.i) Montague says of his lovesick son Romeo

*But all so soon as the all-cheering sun*
*Should in the farthest east begin to draw*
*The shady curtains from Aurora's bed,*
*Away from the light steals home my heavy son...*
In the poem "Tithonus" by Lord Alfred Tennyson, Aurora is described as folllows:

*Once more the old mysterious glimmer steals*
*From thy pure brows, and from thy shoulders pure,*
*And bosom beating with a heart renewed.*
*Thy cheek begins to redden through the gloom,*
*Thy sweet eyes brighten slowly close to mine,*
*Ere yet they blind the stars, and the wild team*
*Which love thee, yearning for thy yoke, arise,*
*And shake the darkness from their loosened manes,*
*And beat the twilight into flakes of fire.*
The asteroid 94 Aurora was named after her.

## Other websites

* Aurora in *Encyclopædia Mythica* Archived 2010-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
# Alpha Phi

**Alpha Phi International Women's Fraternity** (**ΑΦ**, also known as **APhi**) is an international sorority that has 175 active chapters around the world. It has more than 270,000 members who have joined since it started.
# Delta Delta Delta

**Delta Delta Delta** (**ΔΔΔ**), also known as **Tri Delta**, is a global women's sorority that started on November 27, 1888, at Boston University. It was founded by Sarah Ida Shaw, Eleanor Dorcas Pond, Isabel Morgan Breed, and Florence Isabelle Stewart. It is part of college Greek life, which also includes fraternities.
# Kappa Sigma

**Kappa Sigma** (**ΚΣ**), commonly known as **Kappa Sig**, is an American college social fraternity founded at the University of Virginia in 1869. Kappa Sigma is one of the five largest international fraternities with currently 318 active chapters and colonies in North America.

Its endowment fund, founded in 1919, has donated more than $5 million to undergrads since 1948. In 2012 alone, the Fraternity's endowment fund raised over $1 million in donations.