Women’s Fraternities at the U-C Berkeley from 1880 – 1902

[crescent&pearls]

^^^ Thanks for sharing! I'm curious, what campuses had 5, 6 or all 7 of the founding NPC orgs prior to the founding of NPC?

"Three Gamma Phi Beta alumnae living 50 miles from Berkeley served as a committee to investigate Tau Delta. On April 29, 1894, the four Gamma Phi Beta alumnae installed the chapter at Berkeley (“History of Eta Chapter,” 1913)."

Today, we so take for granted what enthusiasm these women had for establishing new chapters. It was not exactly like hopping on the freeway or catching a plane and sending out a team of leadership consultants to set up a table or conduct interviews! For a woman to travel 50 miles to Berkeley in 1894 could not have been easy, comfortable or inexpensive and you probably suffered some raised eyebrows from your neighbors and maybe even your husband who wondered what exactly you were doing. Glad they were willing to be risk takers!

[nyapbp]

Exactly! These early members were committed to their organizations and they gave of their time, treasure and talent to help make them grow.

The campuses that had seven chapters - Syracuse, Northwestern, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. The first three had a president in common - Erastus O. Haven, Gamma Phi Beta Founder Frances Haven's father.

Campuses with five or six chapters - UC Berkeley. Goucher College, Boston University, Nebraska, Stanford.

Campuses with four chapters - DePauw, Indiana, Simpson College, Cornell University and Ohio State

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.

[Sciencewoman]

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.

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.