Alpha Epsilon Phi
Nickname: Phi
Colors: Green & White
Symbol: Columns of Alpha Epsilon Phi
A= faculty Approval
E= Student Esteen
Phi= Sorority Fidelity
Animal: Giraffe
Flower: Lily of the Valley
Date Founded: October 24, 1909
Founding Chapter: Alpha Chapter, Barnard College, New York, NY
Philanthropy: The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation was founded by Phi alumna Elizabeth Glaser, her sister Susie Zeegen, and a friend. Elizabeth found that she and her children were infected with HIV and later contracted AIDS. She started the pediatric AIDS Foundation in an attempt to educate and raise money specifically for pediatric AIDS. She lost her daughter to AIDS in 1988, and in 1994 after Elizabeth's death, the foundation was renamed in her memory. Every Fall semester our chapter raises money for the Foundation at an event called Pheast with Phis, a late night all-you-can-eat buffet. We invite all our friends and advertise the event around the school in order to get as many people as possible to come to our event. It's a huge undertaking and always turns out to be a great success!
Famous Alumnae: Charlotte Rae ("Facts of Life" actress), Barbara Barrie TV, broadway stage actress, author Ruth Freeman Solomon, nationally syndicated Hollywood columnist Marilyn Beck, Olympic gold medal winner Harriet Beloff, Dinah Shore, "All my children" producer/directos Sherrill Hoffman Grean, Judith Hirschfild the first women to teach math at Harvard, second women astronaut Judith Resnik,supreme court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Nancy Goodman Brinker founder of Susan G. Komen Foundation, Elizabeth Glaser, Stacey Nuvemen (Softball Olympic Gold Medalist), Erica Hill (CNN reporter)
Local Chapter website: www.texasphi.org
National Website: www.aephi.org
National Headquarters:
Alpha Epsilon Phi National Office
11 Lake Avenue Extension, Suite 1A
Danbury, CT 06811