For decades,on campuses all over the country thousands of young men and women have joined college
organizations and societies. The vast majority of these new pledged members, happy with their choice of fraternity/sorority have enjoyed their weeks or months
of pledge-ship and have been initiated into full membership as a matter of course.
In the generation of the 60's, many young men and women founded or joined fraternities/sororities,
more thoughtful, more deliberate, more inclined to reject the clichés once readily accepted as validators of organizational membership. It was in this generation at the oldest university in the Philippines born one of the largest and oldest Philippine founded Service Fraternity of this time. In the College of Law of the University of Santo Tomas, Manila Philippines, A group of Law scholars decided to
establish an organization of their own exclusive for
law students and submitted themselves to be initiated
as founders. They decided to indulge through hiking initiation started at the University of Santo Tomas,Manila and ended at the University of the Philippines,Baguio City without footwear, no food and bring only water for their resistance and whenever they were hungry they asked food from the dwellings they pass-by
showing their humility and sincerity.
Gamma Epsilon was founded in August 25, 1963 at the College of Law of UST.
After the initiation of the founders they recruited law students in UST and organize the pioneering batch. They brought these ideas to the different colleges and universities all over the Philippines.
However, a motion was raised to accept undergraduate students to the group provided that he/she had acquired 72 units in college. The reason of this is to gradually establish more chapters in the regions and give opportunities to undergraduates who wish to be part of the organization. The Omega Chapter of UP-Los Baños benefited from the motion.
In the late 70's the first chapter of Gamma
Epsilon outside the country was established at the College of Law of Central University of Madrid, Spain.
Next to the opening of the Chapters at the University
of Honolulu, Hawaii and University of Canada, Canada.
Presently there are also chapters chartered at Cholalonkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand, in
Colleges and Universities in California USA and Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia.
Gamma Epsilon was founded in the principles of
leadership loyalty, courage, integrity and courtesy.The Founders are law instructors in UST. Some of them are working in the Supreme Court and other Government agencies.
The National publication of Gamma Epsilon is the "Grand Echelon" published during the early years of the organization.
The Grand Fraternal and Sorority Board is the governing body of Gamma Epsilon.
Gamma Epsilon is registered with the Securities
and Exchange Commission as non stock, non profit, non dividend corporation.