The Phi Beta Chi at The University of Texas at Austin is special. We are the only chapter in existence. There are other Phi Beta Chi organizations around the nation, however these are Lutheran sororities, not part of any professional women's program.

The first meeting was held at a local pizza parlor. The expected attendance was about 25 women, but the founders were surprised when about 125 women ended up coming!

When an organization is first formed it is titled a fraternity. A sorority is formed as a little sister organization to an existing fraternity. Phi Beta Chi is not a little sister organization to a fraternity, so we are a fraternity.

Our crest bears our commitment to Professionalism, Leadership, and Fraternity. Phi Beta Chi was founded in 1973 by Mrs. Francis Dorough Murr. At that time, a group of women tried to join a UT coed business fraternity, Delta Sigma Pi, and were denied membership. At the time, it was an all male organization at UT, and they would not allow girls to join their business fraternity (although they would allow them to become little sisters). Mrs. Murr and these women decided to form their own organization, Phi Beta Chi, to meet the needs of young professional women. In the Spring of 1973, Phi Beta Chi was founded with the help of Dean Kozmetsky and his wife. Today, Phi Beta Chi follows its founders' beliefs in professionalism, leadership, and fraternity.