1875	Invited Frances E. Willard (a women's suffrage leader) to become the first alumna initiate
1886	Became the first women's fraternity in America to build and occupy its own chapter house
1888	Established the Alpha Pi Quarterly , an award-winning magazine that has been published continuously to the present day
1894	Became the first women's fraternity to use "traveling delegates," now known as Educational Leadership Consultants
1902	Called the inter-sorority meeting that resulted in the formation of the association now known as the National Panhellenic Conference , which then included Pi Beta Phi, Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Delta Gamma, Gamma Phi Beta, and Delta Delta Delta. This was the first intergroup organization on college campuses
1905	Had a member, Frances E. Willard , recognized by the U.S. Congress who placed a statue of her in Statuary Hall in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, the first woman to be so recognized. The pose is typical of her, standing at a lectern with a manuscript in her hand
1906	Became an "International" fraternity when Xi chapter was chartered at the University of Toronto
1922	On the 50th anniversary, accumulated a $50,000 endowment fund
1940	Had a member, Frances E. Willard , portrayed on a U.S. postage stamp
1964	Made 100 commemorative gavels from the cherry and birch stair railing of the first sorority house and presenting them to the collegiate chapters, with the wish that they might serve as a "continuing reminder of Alpha Phi ideals which have stayed so constant over the past years"
1986	Introduced RESPOND: A Forum for Supportive Action, an anti-victimization education program dealing with alcohol abuse, acquaintance rape, eating disorders, suicide, hazing, and harassment
1988	Introduced risk management education to collegians
1990	Introduced a peer education program for AIDS education
1995	Became the first NPC international/national member to have a site on the World Wide Web

 

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