Kappa Sigma Kappa (ΚΣΚ) is the name of three separate college fraternities, sharing a common history and traditions but disconnected by decades and a break in organizational continuity.

A larger, second incarnation sparked by the memory of the first group at the University of Virginia was formed approximately fifty years after the first merger, leading to the creation of over seventy new chapters.

Kappa Sigma Kappa was founded at Virginia Military Institute on September 28, 1867, by four cadets: On that night, Tutwiler invited the three other cadets to his room where the fraternity was founded.

[1][2][3] The badge was a gold Jerusalem cross in the center of which is a circular black enameled disc displaying the letters of the fraternity.

They then discovered that one of the founders of the original fraternity, Kenneth McDonald, was still alive and living in San Francisco, California.

New chapters were rapidly established, and members of the fraternity felt the need to become better organized on a national level.

It had allowed several chapters on campuses of unaccredited schools, and as a result, Kappa Sigma Kappa was unable to obtain membership in the National Interfraternity Conference (NIC).

As a result of its lack of NIC membership, lack of uniform chapter operations, and lack of a strong national organization and central office, Kappa Sigma Kappa began rapidly losing its chapters in the 1950s as it began to affiliate with other NIC fraternities.

As part of the terms of the merger, the fraternity flower of Theta Xi was changed from the white carnation to the blue iris.

During the late 1970s, the national organization dissolved but the Pennsylvania Alpha chapter remained active until 1992.

While not listed in Baird's Archive (as of July 2022), the Quincy College Gyrfalcon yearbook of 1974 notes re-establishment of ΚΣΚ on that campus that year, occurring post-merger as part of the third iteration of the fraternity.