Sigma Chi International Fraternity has selected its recipients for the 2025 Significant Sig Award, which recognizes members who have achieved high levels of professional success in their careers.
Awarded annually since 1935, the Fraternity has honored fewer than 2,500 Sigma Chis with the Significant Sig Award.
Members of the 2025 class will receive their award either at Sigma Chi’s 85th Grand Chapter in Aurora, Colorado, in June 2025 or at a local Fraternity event.
Previous winners include such notable Sigs as country music artist Cole Swindell, GEORGIA SOUTHERN 2005; former late-night talk show host David Letterman, BALL STATE 1969; and former Villanova University men’s basketball coach Jay Wright, BUCKNELL 1983, who coached the university to national championships in 2016 and 2018.
Below is the list of new honorees:
Business, Entrepreneurship, and Industry
- Robert Bartell, ILLINOIS 1993
- Jack Berka, OREGON STATE 1977
- Order of Constantine Sig Thomas Bloomfield, TULSA 1983
- Order of Constantine Sig Kent Bracken, UTAH STATE 1976
- John Christopher, Jr., ALABAMA 1972
- Michael Corliss, PUGET SOUND 1982
- Jason Downing, STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 1992
- David Kiger, ALABAMA 1983
- Dennis Kleidon, ILLINOIS 1966
- Garrett Langley, GEORGIA TECH 2009
- D. Bradley McWilliams, TEXAS-AUSTIN 1965
- Alan Naumann, IOWA STATE 1982
- Paul Tambeau, WILFRID LAURIER 2004
- Craig Ustler, FLORIDA 1991
- George Valaoras, PURDUE 1958
- Roberts Weaver, Jr., EAST TENNESSEE 1973
Engineering, Science, and Medicine
- Dr. Andrew Glassman, MD, MS, NORTHWESTERN 1974
- Rolfe McCoy, WASHINGTON (ST. LOUIS) 1981
- Dr. Emile Nuwaysir, PhD, DELAWARE 1990
- Dr. James O'Brien, MD, RENSSELAER 1985
Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate
- Order of Constantine Edward Davis, CPA, SAN JOSE STATE 1985
- Nelson Gaertner, Jr., SOUTH FLORIDA 1987
- Keith Leibfried, FLORIDA STATE 1967
- Order of Constantine Sig Timothy Szerlong, ILLINOIS WESLEYAN 1974
- Dick Trammel, ARKANSAS 1959
- James Watrous, GEORGIA 1971
Government and Law
- Dan Cogdell, TEXAS-AUSTIN 1979
- Michael McHugh, FLORIDA 1989
- Hon. Victor Person, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 1968
- Jon Pierpont, UTAH 1991
- William Turner, NORTHWESTERN 1959
Military
- Maj. Gen. D. Jason Cothern, CENTRAL FLORIDA 1996
Non-Profit, Religion, and Education
- Christopher Boysen, MEMPHIS 1990
- Dr. Richard Burnette III, PhD, FLORIDA SOUTHERN 1982
- Joseph Clifford, AUBURN 1988
- Scott Downs, SAN DIEGO STATE 1975
- Order of Constantine Sig D. Timothy Sanderson, WESTERN 1985
- William Shafroth, CALIFORNIA-SANTA BARBARA 1979
- Scott Woolery, INDIANA 1972
Other
- Thomas Calloway, NORTH CAROLINA STATE 1970
- John Gorczyca, OHIO STATE 1971
- Rodger Jensen, CAL. STATE-FRESNO 1941
Sports, Entertainment, and Media
- Casey Bloys, NORTHWESTERN 1993
- Tony Bresky, WESTERN ILLINOIS 1998
- Stephen Caric, SAN DIEGO STATE 2000
- Joseph Davis, BELOIT 2010
- William Farmer, KANSAS 1975
- David Fox, Esq., CALIFORNIA-IRVINE 1982
- Archie Kao, GEORGE MASON 1991
- Jay Ladner, SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI 1988
- Benjamin LeSage, BRITISH COLUMBIA-SIMON FRASER 2019
