William Lewis Lockwood

William Lewis Lockwood (October 31, 1836 - August 17, 1867) was one of the founders of Sigma Chi fraternity. He was born in New York City and was admitted to Miami University in Oxford, Ohio at the age of eighteen.
Sigma Chi Involvement
At Miami University, Lockwood began associating with six students who had departed acrimoniously from the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. On June 28, 1855 the seven men founded a new fraternity, which they called "Sigma Phi." The name was changed to "Sigma Chi" a year later, after the theft of important fraternity documents from Lockwood's room.
Lockwood, who became the first treasurer of Sigma Chi, was credited with helping the fraternity survive with his organizational, financial and business skills.
Professional
When the Civil War began in the 1861, Lockwood enlisted in the 48th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment and was commissioned as a First Lieutenant. He was promoted to Captain a year later before being seriously wounded at Fort Wagner and honorably discharged in 1864. Lockwood then traveled to Usquepaug, Rhode Island with his family, where he purchased wool mills and later formed a successful firm called, Lockwood, Alpin and Company.

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