Phi Gamma Nu was founded on at the
Chicago campus of Northwestern University. The founders were Sylvia Pekar Arnold, Elizabeth Conroy Fleming, Marge McInerney Hawes, Mary Chard Nalbach, Helen Vogel Purcell, and Celeste Weyl. Phi Gamma Nu was established as a sorority for women pursuing studies in business. It went national in October 1927 with the addition of the
Beta chapter at Boston University. Its national publication,
The Magazine of Phi Gamma Nu, was first published in October 1930. == Symbols ==