James L. Hills Memorial Scholarship

ing on both a local and international level. He was a Founding Father of the Alpha-Chi Chapter of Sigma Pi at the University of Maryland and served as the Chapter Sage (President). From 1954 to 1971, Hills held national positions as Field Representative, Executive Assistant and Executive Secretary with the Fraternity. As Executive Secretary, in 1963, he supervised the move of the Sigma Pi Executive Office from Elizabeth, New Jersey to Vincennes, IN. In 1965, Hills also played a role in re-establishing the Fraternity’s mother chapter, Alpha, at Vincennes University after a 55 year hiatus. In the late 1980’s, he was part of a group that was instrumental in the construction of the current chapter house of the Alpha Chapter, as well as raising the funds and building the Sigma Pi Clock Tower, which commemorates the centennial of the Fraternity’s founding. The street behind the chapter house is named in Hills’ honor. In 1992, Hills was given the title of Honorary Grand Sage of Sigma Pi Fraternity, International; an honor bestowed upon only six men in the Fraternity’s 117-year history. He received the Fraternity’s Founders’ Award in 2000, which is the Fraternity’s highest and most prestigious form of recognition. More recently, he served on the boards of the Sigma Pi Educational Foundation and the Sigma Pi Fund. Hills also was a Founding Father of the the Alpha Alumni Association. At the time of his death, he was the President of the Alpha of Sigma Pi House Corporation, a position he held for 16 years.