History
One fine October afternoon, in 1933, a group of students of the UP College of Medicine headed by Saturnino Ador-Dionisio '35, Manuel G. Baliwag '35, Manuel M. Ramos '35 and Antonio T. Unchuan '35; all distinguished and the cream of their respective classes; organized and established the MU SIGMA PHI, the first fraternity in the University of the Philippines College of Medicine. Dr. Fernando Calderon, the first Filipino Dean of the UP College of Medicine and the first Filipino Director of the Philippine General Hospital, became the fraternity's first Faculty Adviser.
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