The Significant Sig award is one of the Fraternity's highest honors. It recognizes "those alumni members whose achievements in their fields of endeavor have brought honor and prestige to the name of Sigma Chi." The Sigma Chi Fraternity has recognized more than 1,100 brothers since the Significant Sig award's inception at the 1935 Grand Chapter. These are the brothers who call San Diego home.
| Sig | School | Profession |
|---|---|---|
| Hon. Charles G. Abdelnour | San Diego State | San Diego City Clerk |
| Michael J. Aguilar, USMC (Ret.) | Cal. State-Long Beach | Brigadier General USMC - A 31-year military career followed by special civilian assignments involving numerous security agencies. |
| William S. Arnsparger* | Miami (Ohio) | NFL Coach |
| Navid Alipour | California-San Diego | Co-founder and managing partner at Analytics Ventures |
| Gregory Archambeault | San Diego State | ICE director of field operations in San Diego |
| Thomas H. Ault* | San Diego State | Attorney, President & CEO, Lawyers' Mutual Insurance Company |
| Edward W. Blessing | San Diego State | Owner - Blessing Petroleum |
| Drew C. Brees | Purdue | NFL Quarterback |
| Andreas L. Brown* | San Diego State | Owner - Gotham Book Mart |
| Clair W. Burgener* | San Diego State | United States Congress |
| Robert L. Cardenas, USAF (Ret.) | New Mexico | Brigadier General USAF - WWII Bomber Pilot, Chief Air Force Test Pilot on YB-49 Flying Wing, Officer in Charge of Operations on X-1 Supersonic Project |
| Ben Clay | San Diego State | Founded The Clay Company; involved in California politics |
| Jorge Cruise | California-San Diego | Author; fitness trainer |
| Brad W. Dalusio | UCLA | NFL Place-Kicker |
| Gerald Davee | San Diego State | Attorney |
| Robert W. DeBolt* | New Mexico | President and Chief Executive Officer for one of the oldest and most prestigious construction companies in the San Francisco Bay area. |
| Lester Earnest | San Diego State | United States computer scientist |
| Kevin Gelfand | San Diego State | Co-founder and president of Shake Smart |
| Mike Greenberg | Illinois Wesleyan | 68th Grand Consul; Owner of Interior Investments |
| George W. Hauer, Jr. | San Diego State | Owner & Founder of Georges at the Cove Restaurant |
| Dean Hunter | San Diego State | US Air Force pilot; author |
| William C. Johnson Jr. | Kansas | Chairman & CEO, Fingerhut Corp |
| Kenneth D. Jordan | Sam Houston | President - USO |
| Stath Karras | Utah | Executive Director, Burnham Moores Center for Real Estate |
| James B. Kuhn* | San Diego State | |
| Thomas Lang | San Diego State | Owner of Twenty08; Founder of Western Business Centers Inc. |
| Douglas F. Manchester | San Diego State | Real Estate Development - Owner Manchester Resorts |
| Merrill A. McPeak, USAF (Ret.) | San Diego State | USAF Chief of Staff |
| Joseph A. Mize | Kansas | Developer of multiple retail concepts - The Athlete's Foot, Sun Diego Boardshops and Mize Sport |
| Michael A. Morton | San Diego State | Owner - The Brigantine Restaurants |
| Clinton Moses | San Diego State | Famed Air Force pilot |
| Michael I. Neil | San Diego State | Renowned Attorney - Brigadier General USMC |
| Mark Neville | California-San Diego | CEO of Holiday Bowl |
| Michael Olguin | San Diego State | CEO of Havas Formula |
| Robert E. Page | Illinois Wesleyan | Chairman & CEO, San Diego Ranch Coast Newspaper Group |
| Leon W. Parma | San Diego State | Real Estate Developer |
| Mike Patterson | San Diego State | |
| Ralph R. Pesqueira | San Diego State | President of El Indio Shops, Inc. Invented the taquito. |
| David Poole | Syracuse | Real Estate Developer |
| Robert E. Reifschneider | San Diego State | Owner - Manchester Tank & Equipment Co. |
| Martin Reiman | San Diego State | Co-founder and Vice President of Shake Smart |
| Bernie Revak | San Diego State | Superior Court Judge |
| James C. Schmidt* | Illinois Wesleyan | Executive Vice President and Managing Officer of San Diego Federal Savings and Loans (later Great American Bank) |
| Michael Stafford | San Diego State | Vice President of San Diego based radio station, KCBQ AM |
| Pat Suggs | North Georgia | Military |
| Harry L. Summers* | Austin | Real Estate Developer - Rancho Bernardo Inc. |
| Shaun Swartz | Stanford | US Navy Program Manager; Flew for Blue Angels |
| Hon. J. Clifford Wallace | San Diego State | United States Court of Appeals - Ninth Circuit Ninth Circuit (1972-present), Chief Judge (1991-96) |
| Philip Whitacre | San Diego State | Executive Assistant at Ryan Aeronautical Co.; Awarded Navy Veteran |
| Edward A. White | California-Berkely | NFL Lineman |
| Robert S. White | San Diego State | Senior Advisor to California Governors Pete Wilson & Arnold Schwarzenegger |
| * Indicates Brother has passed to Chapter Eternal | ||
San Diego Sigma Chi Honors, Awards & Recognition
In San Diego, we've got a lot to be proud of. Not only is San Diego America's finest city, but we've got some of our fraternity's finest Sigs.