Alpha Sigma Phi in the Philippines

There were four separate university fraternities which are using the Greek name Alpha Sigma Phi in the Philippines:

* Gregorio Araneta University Foundation (founded in 1952)
* University of the East, Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center, College of Medicine (1959)
* Central Mindanao University (1959)
* Silliman University (1965)

Alpha Sigma Phi of the Philippines

The chapter at Central Mindanao University, originally used the name "Agricultural Students of the Philippines", with the Greek letters Alpha Sigma Phi as acronym, while the chapter at Silliman University, organized in 1965, used the name Alpha Sigma Phi based on a research from Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities. Both these chapters organized daughter chapters in different schools, and as their membership grew it became inevitable that members learned of each other's existence and origins.

In 1972, the chapter at Silliman University sent invitations to schools nationwide inviting all existing fraternities using the name Alpha Sigma Phi to join them in a National Convention. Of the four original fraternities, only the chapters originating from Silliman University and Central Mindanao University participated in the national convention, and formed what is now known as Alpha Sigma Phi Philippines, Incorporated. After years of communications and exchange visits, the Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity of the USA and Alpha Sigma Phi of the Philippines created the "International Council of Alpha Sigma Phi". Since then, the ties between the Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity of the USA and the Alpha Sigma Phi of the Philippines strengthened.

Over the ensuing years, more than 80 Alpha Sigma Phi chapters have been chartered at universities and colleges in different parts of the country.

Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity of the UERM College of Medicine
The Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity of the UERM College of Medicine was established specifically for the medical students of the medical center. It exists as a purely local medical fraternity with no affiliations or chapters.

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