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Originally Posted by nyapbp
The first three had a president in common - Erastus O. Haven, Gamma Phi Beta Founder Frances Haven's father.
Illinois is missing from this list as it really was a late comer to the game (mid-to late 1890s as I recall), but it made up for it in the homestretch.
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Here's some additional trivia:
The Chancellor E. O. Haven Award is awarded at each convention to the Gamma Phi Beta collegiate chapter with the highest GPA over the past biennium.
Omicron chapter at the University of Illinois (chartered in 1913) was co-founded by Frances E. Haven Moss, whose husband was a professor at Illinois. It is the only Gamma Phi Beta chapter that was founded by one of the original founders. She is also the only founder to have a daughter join Gamma Phi Beta, and as I've previously posted, she has descendents who are current collegiate and alumnae members of the Sorority.