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in Macon, Georgia. It is the second only to Alpha Delta Pi in age, making it the second
oldest sorority in creation. Martha Hardaway Redding, Mary Myrick Daniel and Mary
Dupont Lines were the three founding sisters of the Philomathean Society. The bond that
they created then still lives today in the heart of every Phi Mu.
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Wesleyan chapter became the Alpha chapter of the new Greek fraternity. By 1925, Phi Mu
had 44 collegiate chapters represented at the national convention. In 1939, Alpha Delta
Theta affiliated with Phi Mu, increasing Phi Mu's size. Today the Philomathean Society
has grown into Phi Mu Fraternity with over 137 chapters nationwide.
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Susan Harling, KI, inspiration for the play and movie Steel Magnolias
Joyce Carol Oates, BZ, author of Blonde: A Novel, We Were the Mulvaneys, and many
other renowned novels
Mary Wickes, ZE, actress, Aunt March in Little Women and Sister Mary Lazarus in
Sister Act
Jerrie Mock, Y, first woman to successfully fly solo around the world
Mary Ellen Weber, Ph.D., DE, astronaut, Space Shuttle Atlantis Mission, May 2000;
Space Shuttle Discovery Mission, July 1995
Tammy Cohen, AL, owner and founder of ERS, a multi-million dollar corporation that
performs employee screening for Fortune 500 Companies
Yvette Sims, AT, president of the National Bar Association
Carol Laise Bunker, GD, U.S. Ambassador to Nepal 1966-1973, first woman director
general of the Foreign Service
Betty Montgomery, DK, currently serving as the first female Attorney General of Ohio
Kathleen D. Morrison, HB, first commanding officer of the Naval Medical Clinic and
Legion of Merit award winner
Melinda Schwegmann, AH, first female Lt. Governor of Louisiana
Elizabeth Weaver, D, currently a Michigan Supreme Court Justice and former chief
justice
Commander Tova Wiley, HA, first woman to hold the rank of Commander in the U.S.
Navy, winner of the Legion of Merit Award
Pat Mitchell, AA, president, PBS
Toria Tolley, BN, VP/consultant, The Psychological Advantage, former CNN weekend
anchor
Gail Barron, AA, winner of the Boston Marathon, 1978. Partner of multi-million dollar
fitness center franchise
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