Second Pi Beta
Phi lodge was dedicated in 1968, now the Phi Mu lodge.
Photo, October 2006.
From the March 1, 1985
issue of the Albion College
Pleiad:
After 27
years as a member of the Greek System, the Phi Beta Phi
sorority will permanently close its doors at
semester’s end.
In announcing the decision to relinquish its charter to the
college community, which appears on page two, the Pi
Phi’s cite small membership and the inability to
manage after the year’s end, as seven of the 13
active members will graduate.
The Michigan Delta chapter of Pi Beta Phi, started in 1958,
relinquished its chapter once before in the spring of 1974,
according to Janis Coates, dean of students.
The following fall, the chapter was re-established, with
the national sorority taking a great interest in keeping an
Albion chapter due to a commitment to the college, its
students and a financial commitment for the six year-old
lodge, Coates said.
Since that time, there has been a “10 year
struggle” to maintain a consistent level of
membership, Coasts said, although there has been “a
great deal of support from the Pi Beta Phi national
organization and local Panhellenic
Council.”
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