Gamma Pi Epsilon


Gamma Pi Epsilon (ΓΠΕ) was the women's honor society of Jesuit colleges and universities.

Gamma Pi Epsiolon
ΓΠΕ
Founded1924 (1924)
Marquette University
TypeHonor society
EmphasisScholarship, Loyalty and Service
ScopeJesuit Colleges & Universities
MottoPour Gloise L'Ecole (For the Glory of the School)
Chartered1925 (1925) at Marquette University
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History

When Marquette University went co-ed in 1924, there was a desire for a women's honor society alongside the all-male Alpha Sigma Nu which had been created only 9 years prior.. Gamma Pi Epsilon was approved in 1924 and the first chapter chartered on April 6, 1925[2] at Marquette University.[3] Josephine Newell O’Gorman is considered the founder of Gamma Pi Epsilon.[1] It was open to women of every academic discipline in the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities.

On March 30, 1973, the two societies, Alpha Sigma Nu and Gamma Pi Epsilon merged.[4][5]

Chapters

At the time of the merger in 1973, Gamma Pi Epsilon had chartered 14 chapters:[3]

See also

References

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