​SIGMA GAMMA RHO SORORITY, INC. 

1943

The Philo Affiliates, friends of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. was organized in

the Galveston-Houston area. Philos began as the Galveston Comrades.

1972

June 9th in Galveston, Texas, under the leadership of Soror Virgie Reynolds,

SW Regional Syntaktes and Soror Vida Taylor, SW Regional Advisor, six Philo

affiliates became united regionally. Philo Emma King, San Antonio, Texas, was

elected as the first Regional President.

1976

National Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority. Inc., grand body approved the creation

and naming on Philos as National Affiliates.

1980

Philos were in attendance of the 38th Boule in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma for the

first time as a National affiliate. Philo Sallie R. Williams, Houston, Texas, was

elected as the first National President.

The group was organized because the Sorority realized that there were women of

the highest caliber living and working in their communities who did not have a

four-year college degree. The Philo affiliate was a way of uniting these women and

having them take part in such activities that would strengthen Sigma Gamma

Rho Sorority, Inc. and improve civic and community conditions as well as

work to help develop and support educational and cultural services

among the sorority’s youth affiliates.