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Phi Mu at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Phi Mu was founded on January 4, 1852 – though not publicly announced until March 4, 1852 – originally as a literary society referred to as The Philomathean Society at Wesleyan College by Mary Ann Dupont (Lines), Mary Elizabeth Myrick (Daniel), and Martha Bibb Hardaway (Redding).
This is the list of chapters and colonies of Phi Mu, a National Panhellenic Conference sorority, in order of formation. In some cases a naming convention appears to utilize a first letter indicative of a state or region, thus many Pennsylvania chapter designations begin with "Phi"; however there are some exceptions to this rule where a name was derived from a predecessor local.
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia was founded as the Sinfonia Club by Ossian Everett Mills, the bursar of the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. [5] Mills was profoundly interested in the physical, mental, moral, and spiritual development of the conservatory's students and had a tradition of hosting devotional meetings going back as far as 1886. [8]
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (ΦΜΑ) is an American collegiate social fraternity for men with a special interest in music. [1] The chapter is the basic unit of organization in Phi Mu Alpha. The designation of chapter has been given to at least three different kinds of organization over the history of the fraternity : collegiate, alumni , and ...
Phi Mu, the second oldest secret organization for women, was founded as "The Philomathean Society" in 1852 at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia. New York University's Philomathean Society was founded in 1832. Phillips Academy's Philomathean Society, founded in 1825, is the second oldest high school debate society in the nation.
Shortly after came the Philomathean Society (later Phi Mu) also founded at Wesleyan in March 1852. In 1867, a society called I. C. Sorosis was founded as the nation's first women's fraternity at Monmouth College in Illinois, and later became known as Pi Beta Phi.
Mills was employed by the New England Conservatory of Music. [1] He was promoted to the position of bursar and held that position until his death. [1] [2]He founded the Sinfonia Club (now Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music fraternity) at the conservatory on October 6, 1898, and was elected its treasurer.
Phi Sigma Sigma (ΦΣΣ) founded in 1976. Phi Sigma Sigma was the first national nonsectarian sorority, founded by 10 women at Hunter College, NY in 1913. Their goal was to have membership open to all women of character regardless of background; a sorority committed to sisterhood, excellence in scholarship, and selfless giving.