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Gamma Kappa Phi Fraternity and Sorority

The Birth of the Organization - The Founding Years

As gathered from verified sources, there were more than 10 student-members who formed the Gentlemen's Club in 1961. These students came mostly from the Liberal Arts department at Divine Word College in Tagbilaran, Bohol. The organization had become a venue for discussions of topics ranging from social concerns, local politics and to issues of national interest. While teaching at the school of law, Atty. Rosemarie Beldia suggested to her younger brother Founder Antonio Beldia 111 that the G-Club transform itself into a fraternity. Brod Tony as he was called, entertained the idea and called for a meeting with the G-Club group. Ten of the members agreed and consequently established the  Gamma Kappa Phi Fraternity . On October 9, 1962, the ten founding members formed the Gamma Kappa Phi Fraternity. It was organized with the objectives of promoting mutual assistance in leadership and scholarship; fostering brotherhood and the spirit of camaraderie among the student body; helping implement the rules and regulations prescribed by the chapter’s school administration; and achieving other goals or such other aims incidental to the objectives of the fraternity. ''' The ten founders whose names always echo in the ears of every Kappan who joined the fraternity and sorority were Brods Vicente Bacquial, Antonio Beldia 111, Florante Cimagala, Alfonso Damalerio, Lauro Dominise, Landelino Maslog, Fernan Maslog, Romulo Racho, Fred Sinajon and Prisco Vinalon '''. Brod Prisco Vinalon who was the last president of the G-Club became the first Grand Noble Master (GNM) of the fraternity.

In 1963, the fraternity recruited its first batch of members totaling 14 neophytes. Among these new recruits who survived in the screening and initiation program were Brods Montano Bacol, Teddy Acero, Danny Cubilo, Eustacio Villas and Segundino Sombrio. In 1964, the fraternity organized the Gamma Kappa Sigma Sorority. It had its own set of officers and constitution and went on to become the fore-bearer of sorority to this day. The sorority had been a partner of the fraternity and its members had always been present when the fraternity engaged in social activities. Sis Marie Antoinette Beldia led it during its early years. In later years, the Gamma Kappa Phi Fraternity and Gamma Kappa Sigma Sorority of Tagbilaran has become the Alpha chapter as the organization expanded to the different regions in the Visayas and Mindanao.