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Pi Phi's first alumnae chapter was formed in 1882 in Des Moines. An Alumnae Committee was formed at the 1890 convention whose duties "included collecting the names and addresses of alumnae, organizing alumnae clubs and doing general alumnae work." The Alumnae Association provided oversight of all that by officers who focused on the alumnae rather than on the collegiate chapters. In those days there were not any paid staffers or a central office. We still have alumnae clubs and an "alumnae side of the house" as I like to call it, but the alumnae club delegates and active chapter delegates meet in joint session of convention. They are no longer separate entities.
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