History
History of Phi Mu
On January 4, 1852, Mary Ann DuPont Lines, Mary Elizabeth Myrick Daniel and Martha Bibb Hardaway Redding founded an organization called the Philomathean Society at Wesleyan Female College in Macon, Georgia . Wesleyan was the first institution to grant college degrees to women.
For the next two months the Founders were busy gathering additional members, creating a constitution, devising an initiation service and adopting a secret and an open motto. On March 4, 1852, the members announced the formation of their new society, which became the Alpha Chapter of Phi Mu Fraternity. Since that time, March 4 has been observed as Founders' Day.
The Philomathean Society officially became Phi Mu Fraternity on October 4, 1904, and the Wesleyan chapter became the Alpha chapter. By 1925, Phi Mu had 44 collegiate chapters represented at the national convention. Today the Philomathean Society has grown into Phi Mu Fraternity with over 137 chapters nationwide.
Phi Mu at UTSA
The Epsilon Sigma Chapter of Phi Mu was founded at the University of Texas San Antonio in 1999. Fifty-Five founding mothers joined together the sacred bond of Phi Mu to Central Texas and to the diverse city of San Antonio.
