Founded Wilberforce University Scope national Flower White Carnation | Type Social Colors Blue and White Chapters 4 (defunct) | |
Gamma Phi was a primarily African American fraternity founded in March 1, 1905 at Wilberforce University a Historically black university in the state of Ohio by Gus Williams, Dr. Lackley and Edw. Clark. It is notable as being one of the forerunners in the African American Collegiate Fraternal scene. The colors of Gamma Phi was blue and white with the official flower of the organization being a white carnation. The group was the sole fraternity on campus until the year 1912. Charles F. Potter the fraternity historian stated in the Forcean yearbook of 1923 that the fraternity was for a time merely local. The fraternity grew to at least three chapters, and existed on and off for many years, but the last known documentation of this fraternity occurred in 1947.