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I dont know of PiPhi ever merging with another major sorority, but I do know of a split that occurred on my campus that involved PiPhi. In 1968, there were over 80 PiPhis in the Knox College chapter of PiPhi which, let me tell you, is HUGE (we have around 46 to date...quota is 50). It has been said that during that year, our chapter pledged a black woman....and nationals didn't approve (she is pictured on the '68 composite). In response, half of the chapter left PiPhi to form a local sorority called Gamma Rho. GR lasted about 4 or 5 yrs on campus (according to alums who were undergrads then). A fraternity on our campus did a similar thing but instead of members breaking away from the Nat'l organization to start a local chapter, the entire chapter broke away from Nat'ls and became local.
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