Before Beta Beta Gamma was officially
recognized on the University Campus by SOSA, it was a mixed social group of men
and women with an executive board of five and an active membership of 15. On
March 13, 1947, the group (which at this time was still not a sorority) became
officially recognized by the University as a campus organization with all the
rights and privileges of such an organization accorded it. The membership still
consisted of both men and women and fostered interest in the Korean culture.
The president was Mr. Morris Pang and the advisor was Dr. Edgar
W. Vinacke with an active membership of 22. The coed organization had a
pledge class of eleven.
By July 21, 1947, though the group was still
officially a coed organization, the male members of Beta Beta Gamma had left
the group and organized their own fraternity (Phi Kappa Pi Fraternity). The
women of the group were earnestly trying to establish Beta Beta Gamma as a
sorority and are thus the founding mothers of the sorority.
These
founding mothers are:
On June 2, 1948, Beta Beta Gamma
was officially recognized as a sorority on the University campus by SOSA and
BSA.
From this year until the 1960-1961
school year, the sorority usually took in Korean women. Although there was no
rule stipulating that it was restricted to an only Korean membership, at the
time most of the sororities on campus were comprised of one ethnicity.
Since
1962, Beta Beta Gamma has had a cosmopolitan membership. Through shared
experiences, sisterhood transcends through the years.
