The Gamma Epsilon Philadelphia City chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® was officially chartered on June 24, 1945 by eighteen collegiate women at the University of Pennsylvania. Through the consolidation of the Mu chapter, chartered at Temple University in 1922, and the Psi chapter, chartered in 1925 at the University of Pennsylvania, Gamma Epsilon was formed.

Our chapter encompasses the following universities: Drexel University, La Salle University, Thomas Jefferson University - East Falls Campus, St. Joseph's University, and the University of Pennsylvania.

Our Eighteen Elegant Charter Members

Rebecca Argo Cummings

Eleanor Armstrong Sampson

Leona K. Baylor

Madeline Bennett

Alice Campbell

Marguerite Carter 

Winifred Evans

Louise Gibbons 

Virginia Henderson 

Marilouise Holland James

Ethel Jones Ryder

Margie O. Chambers 

Doris Maul

Araminta Morgan Jones

Roma Quinn Jackson 

Margaret Seamon Wilson

Eva Taylor Kinzer

Carrie Wilson