Ade , who never married , corresponded regularly with a wide circle of friends and was active in literary , civic , and political organizations . In 1905 he was a cofounder with Edward M. Holloway and John T. McCutcheon of the Indiana Society of Chicago , a literary organization . Ade also served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago in 1908 . Ade was a longtime supporter of Purdue University and Sigma Chi , his college fraternity . He served as national president of Sigma Chi in his later years and as a member of Purdue 's board of trustees from 1909 to 1916 . Ade was also a member of the Purdue Alumni Association . Ade donated funds for construction of Purdue 's Memorial Gymnasium and its Memorial Union Building . In 1922 , Ade and David Edward Ross , another Purdue alumni , bought of land for use as the site of a new football stadium at Purdue 's campus in West Lafayette , Indiana . In addition , Ade and Ross provided financial support construction of the facility , which was formally dedicated on November 22 , 1924 , and named Ross – Ade Stadium in their honor . Ade also led a fund-raising campaign to endow the Sigma Chi mother house at Miami University , where the fraternity was originally established . Ade also authored the '' Sigma Chi Creed '' in 1929 , which is one of the central documents of the fraternity 's philosophies
Republican National Convention
1908 Republican National Convention
George Ade