The plaque at the gravesite reads, "Born October 19, 1872 in New Haven, Conn. Initiated into Sigma Alpha Epsilon at Northwestern University, Nov. 14, 1894. Eminent Supreme Archon of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 1902-1906. YMCA Secretary in France during World War, 1917-1918. Eminent Supreme Recorder and Editor of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Record, 1912-1927. Died Feb. 22, 1927 in Evanston, ILL. Beloved and mourned by the college youth of our country, to whose advancement he devoted his life, his talents, and his love."
William C. Levere, known to all as "Billy," devoted his life to SAE. It became his passion, the obsession of his life. In the era of Levere, the college fraternity became the most powerful and influential undergraduate institution on the campuses of America. Granted, Levere didn't singlehandedly bring fraternities to this position, but he was regarded by all to be the most brilliant and creative fraternity man of his day, if not of all times.
Perhaps Levere's greatest contributions to the fraternity came in his writings. Levere wrote and published many directories, songbook, histories, and other miscellaneous books, including the monumental three-volume History of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. During Levere's run at SAE's helm, the fraternity continued to expand at a good rate- keeping pace with its chief rivals: BQP, FDT, SC, and Phi Gamma Delta. 21 new chapters were formed, including Washington Beta at Washington State in 1915, and four were revived.
When America joined the first World War in 1917, more than 8,000 SAEs responded to the call to arms. Billy Levere was determined to join the thousands of SAEs at the front of the war lines. Although he was 44 years old and overweight, he wanted to be on the front lines, but no service wanted him. He finally found an important YMCA program that helped troops on the front lines, and off he went.
http://archives.library.illinois.edu/slc/stewarthowe/history/levere.php
William C. Levere, known to all as "Billy," devoted his life to SAE. It became his passion, the obsession of his life. In the era of Levere, the college fraternity became the most powerful and influential undergraduate institution on the campuses of America. Granted, Levere didn't singlehandedly bring fraternities to this position, but he was regarded by all to be the most brilliant and creative fraternity man of his day, if not of all times.
Perhaps Levere's greatest contributions to the fraternity came in his writings. Levere wrote and published many directories, songbook, histories, and other miscellaneous books, including the monumental three-volume History of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. During Levere's run at SAE's helm, the fraternity continued to expand at a good rate- keeping pace with its chief rivals: BQP, FDT, SC, and Phi Gamma Delta. 21 new chapters were formed, including Washington Beta at Washington State in 1915, and four were revived.
When America joined the first World War in 1917, more than 8,000 SAEs responded to the call to arms. Billy Levere was determined to join the thousands of SAEs at the front of the war lines. Although he was 44 years old and overweight, he wanted to be on the front lines, but no service wanted him. He finally found an important YMCA program that helped troops on the front lines, and off he went.
http://archives.library.illinois.edu/slc/stewarthowe/history/levere.php
The plaque at the gravesite reads, "Born October 19, 1872 in New Haven, Conn. Initiated into Sigma Alpha Epsilon at Northwestern University, Nov. 14, 1894. Eminent Supreme Archon of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 1902-1906. YMCA Secretary in France during World War, 1917-1918. Eminent Supreme Recorder and Editor of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Record, 1912-1927. Died Feb. 22, 1927 in Evanston, ILL. Beloved and mourned by the college youth of our country, to whose advancement he devoted his life, his talents, and his love."
William C. Levere, known to all as "Billy," devoted his life to SAE. It became his passion, the obsession of his life. In the era of Levere, the college fraternity became the most powerful and influential undergraduate institution on the campuses of America. Granted, Levere didn't singlehandedly bring fraternities to this position, but he was regarded by all to be the most brilliant and creative fraternity man of his day, if not of all times.
Perhaps Levere's greatest contributions to the fraternity came in his writings. Levere wrote and published many directories, songbook, histories, and other miscellaneous books, including the monumental three-volume History of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. During Levere's run at SAE's helm, the fraternity continued to expand at a good rate- keeping pace with its chief rivals: BQP, FDT, SC, and Phi Gamma Delta. 21 new chapters were formed, including Washington Beta at Washington State in 1915, and four were revived.
When America joined the first World War in 1917, more than 8,000 SAEs responded to the call to arms. Billy Levere was determined to join the thousands of SAEs at the front of the war lines. Although he was 44 years old and overweight, he wanted to be on the front lines, but no service wanted him. He finally found an important YMCA program that helped troops on the front lines, and off he went.
http://archives.library.illinois.edu/slc/stewarthowe/history/levere.php
William C. Levere, known to all as "Billy," devoted his life to SAE. It became his passion, the obsession of his life. In the era of Levere, the college fraternity became the most powerful and influential undergraduate institution on the campuses of America. Granted, Levere didn't singlehandedly bring fraternities to this position, but he was regarded by all to be the most brilliant and creative fraternity man of his day, if not of all times.
Perhaps Levere's greatest contributions to the fraternity came in his writings. Levere wrote and published many directories, songbook, histories, and other miscellaneous books, including the monumental three-volume History of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. During Levere's run at SAE's helm, the fraternity continued to expand at a good rate- keeping pace with its chief rivals: BQP, FDT, SC, and Phi Gamma Delta. 21 new chapters were formed, including Washington Beta at Washington State in 1915, and four were revived.
When America joined the first World War in 1917, more than 8,000 SAEs responded to the call to arms. Billy Levere was determined to join the thousands of SAEs at the front of the war lines. Although he was 44 years old and overweight, he wanted to be on the front lines, but no service wanted him. He finally found an important YMCA program that helped troops on the front lines, and off he went.
http://archives.library.illinois.edu/slc/stewarthowe/history/levere.php
