Sigma Xi, The Society of

Sigma Xi, The Society of, founded in 1887 by a group of undergraduate students at Cornell University, has had a Princeton chapter since 1932. There are two classes of membership: full members -- faculty and graduate students who have published results of scientific research; and associate members -- graduate and undergraduate students who have shown promise of marked achievement in scientific research.

Sir Hugh Taylor was national president of Sigma Xi from 1951 until 1953, and editor-in-chief of its publication American Scientist from 1954 to 1969, when its editorial offices were at ~Princeton.

From Alexander Leitch, A Princeton Companion, copyright Princeton University Press (1978).