Phi Gamma Delta was founded on May 1, 1848. John Templeton McCarty, Samuel Beatty Wilson, James Elliott, Daniel Webster Crofts, Ellis Bailey Gregg and Naaman Fletcher – the Immortal Six – were students at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, when they founded … The post Phi Gamma Delta Sires and Sons appeared first on Fraternity History & More ..read more

Today is the date upon which Pi Beta Phi was founded. Twelve young women who were attending Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois, established it on April 28, 1867.  Monmouth College opened on September 3, 1856, and was incorporated about six … The post The First Women’s Fraternity Based Upon the Men’s Fraternity Model appeared first on Fraternity History & More ..read more

This past weekend, I  had the opportunity to attend a P.E.O. event in the Chicago area. It was the Q Suburban Round Table luncheon. The name of the group comes from the railroad line, the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy suburban … The post A Saturday Afternoon with Edith Head, Delta Zeta appeared first on Fraternity History & More ..read more

It’s hard to remember a time when there wasn’t a 24-hour news cycle. Three Stetson University students were killed in an avalanche in Innsbruck, Austria on January 17, 1979. Save for two articles that were distributed by the Associated Press, … The post A 1979 Avalanche Remembered appeared first on Fraternity History & More ..read more

On April 11, 1924, one of the most unique events took place at the White House. It did not involve the President, a Phi Gamma Delta from Amherst College, and he was not a part of the festivities. It was … The post 100 Years Ago at the White House – Grace Coolidge Entertains Her Pi Beta Phi Sisters appeared first on Fraternity History & More ..read more

Irene Simpson Van Brunt attended Wellesley College in Massachusetts but graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. There she became a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma. She married Winslow M. Van Brunt, Jr., a Phi Kappa Psi, who also graduated from … The post Irene Simpson Van Brunt, P.E.O. (and Kappa Kappa Gamma), #NoteableSororityWomen, #WHM2024 appeared first on Fraternity History & More ..read more

Charlotte Herman Kerr, M.D., was born on May 25, 1920, in Champaign, Illinois. Her father worked for printing service at the University of Illinois. That may have entered into her college choice. At Illinois, she became a member of Pi … The post Charlotte Herman Kerr, M.D., Pi Beta Phi, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024 appeared first on Fraternity History & More ..read more

Beverly Danielle Boston was born in Baltimore, Maryland on April 28, 1939. In 1957, she graduated from Frederick Douglass High School. While in high school, she met the man who would become her husband, Frank Dobson Boston, Jr. She enrolled … The post Beverly Danielle Boston, Delta Sigma Theta, #WHM2024 appeared first on Fraternity History & More ..read more

Isabel Kline Rock grew up in Jersey City, New Jersey. She enrolled at Goucher College where she followed in her sister’s footsteps. Her older sister was a Gamma Phi Beta at Goucher and the biological sisters became sorority sisters. In … The post Isabel Kline Rock, Gamma Phi Beta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024 appeared first on Fraternity History & More ..read more

Margaret Sawyer grew up in Tuscola, Illinois. She was initiated into Kappa Alpha Theta in 1914 as a student at the University of Illinois and was her chapter’s president. She also served the Women’s League in the same capacity and … The post Margaret Sawyer, Kappa Alpha Theta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024 appeared first on Fraternity History & More ..read more