Edmund Law Rogers Jr.

Edmund Law Rogers, also known by the stage name Leslie Edmunds, (July 1, 1850 – December 19, 1893) was an American stage actor. He was also a founding father of the Kappa Sigma fraternity at the University of Virginia. Early life Rogers was born on July 1, 1850, in Baltimore, Maryland. His parents were Charlotte Matilda Leeds Plater and Edmund Law Rogers, a millionaire. He was a descendant and Calvert family of Mary and of Martha Washington (great-great-great-grandmother) and Elizabeth Parke Custis Law (great-grandmother).The family estate, Druid Hill, today is one of the largest city parks in North America. Rogers attended the James Kinner Academy in Baltimore, where Frank Courtney Nicodemus was one of his classmates. In 1869, Rogers enrolled in the University of Virginia where he studied architecture and became interested in acting. While at the university, Rogers, Nicodemus, and four other students started the Kappa Sigma fraternity. He also designed the fraternity's badge.