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Beta Sigma Phi International (ΒΣΦ) is an international noncollegiate sorority with 200,000 members. Founded in Abilene, Kansas , in 1931 by Walter W. Ross "for the social, cultural, and civic enrichment of its members", the organization is now present throughout the United States, Canada, and other countries.
Phi Beta Sigma founders: A. Langston Taylor, (first row, center), Leonard F. Morse (first row; third from right) and Charles I. Brown (first row; third from left) with charter members of Phi Beta Sigma; Alpha Chapter in 1914. A. Langston Taylor, Esq. (January 29, 1890 - August 8, 1953) was the first international president of Phi Beta Sigma.
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. ... Also the 42nd president of the United States, Bill Clinton is an honorary member. ... Ross, Lawrence C. (2019).
Taylor Hackford (Beta Sigma) – film director, won Oscar in 1979; George Hamilton IV (Upsilon) – country music singer; Rob Huebel (Delta Omicron) – comedian and actor; Adam Johnson (Epsilon Omega) [citation needed] – writer, 2013 fiction Pulitzer Prize; William Joyce (Beta Lambda) – author, artist, illustrator with Disney/Pixar and others
The council's membership expanded as Alpha Phi Alpha (1931), Phi Beta Sigma (1931), Sigma Gamma Rho (1937), and Iota Phi Theta (1996) later joined. [5] In his book on BGLOs, The Divine Nine: The History of African-American Fraternities and Sororities in America (2001), Lawrence Ross coined the phrase "The Divine Nine" when referring to the ...
Gamma Beta: Pennsylvania State Senate [31] Debra Bowen: Phi Gamma: Secretary of State of California [32] Nellie A. Brown: Iota: botanist, scientific investigator in Plant Pathology at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Bureau of Plant Industry [1] Kathy Castor: Alpha Omega: Congresswoman for Florida's 11th congressional district [1] Nellie ...
Hundreds of federal workers process thousands of retirement applications every month, by hand in a converted former mine.
Carol Morris (Beta Kappa, Drake) – second Miss USA to win the Miss Universe title, in the pageant's fifth edition in 1956 [1] Shelby Ringdahl (Gamma Psi, TCU) – 2013 Miss Missouri winner and 2014 Miss America semifinalist; Tiffany Trump (Beta Eta, University of Pennsylvania) – socialite, law school graduate, daughter of Donald Trump [18]