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A Historical Perspective Return to home page upcoming events previous events affiliate schools	BGS | SAN FRANCISCO AREA ALUMNI CHAPTER A Historical Perspective (page 1 of 5) In the spring of 1907, a group of commerce students at the University of Wisconsin received permission from the faculty to organize a commerce honor society, which they called Beta Gamma Sigma. The purpose of the Society was to encourage and reward scholarship and accomplishment in the field of business studies among commerce students at the University. At about the same time, students at the University of Illinois and the University of California felt the need for such an organization on their campuses and respectively organized Delta Kappa Chi (1910) and The Economics Club (1906). In 1913, having become aware of their coexistence and common purpose, representatives of the three societies met at Madison, Wisconsin, to consummate a merger which made Beta Gamma Sigma into a national organization. Action was initiated in 1919 to establish Beta Gamma Sigma as the only scholastic honor society recognized by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) . This organization, which was renamed AACSB-The International Association for Management Education, includes in its membership collegiate schools of business which meet high standards of eligibility required of accredited member institutions with respect to curricula, teaching staff, teaching loads, library and laboratory facitilies. Beta Gamma Sigma amended its constitution in 1921 to restrict the installation of new chapters to collegiate schools of business which are accredited members of AACSB. The year 1933 marked an important milestone in the history of Beta Gamma Sigma. Prior to this time, women were not eligible for membership. Gamma Epsilon Pi, founded at the University of Illinois in 1918, had served as the scholastic honor society for women. During 1933, Gamma Epsilon Pi and Beta Gamma Sigma voted to merge their membership operations. previous next page 1 2 3 4 5
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