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Pi Sigma Epsilon () is a professional fraternity for students and industry professionals in
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. It was founded in 1952 at
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History

Pi Sigma Epsilon was founded at Georgia State University, then Atlanta Division of the University of Georgia) in the fall of 1951.Pi Sigma Epsilon Home page
/ref> Educator and businessman Lloyd Antle proposed the idea of a professional fraternity for the fields of marketing, sales management, and selling. Antle's concept was advanced by Henry G. Baker and William G. Harris from the college and Lewis F. Gordon, a founder of the Atlanta Sales Executives Club. The first organizational meeting was on . At that meeting, the Pi Sigma Epsilon's purpose was established:
To create a collegiate brotherhood of men who are interested in the advancement of marketing, sales management, and selling as a career and a profession; to promote the study of marketing, sales management, selling and related subjects in colleges and universities; to bring together academically qualified students who express a desire to enter these career fields; to encourage in colleges and universities the establishing of courses preparing men for such careers; to stimulate research and improved methods and techniques in these fields; to install in its members the highest possible ethical standards of the profession.
''Alpha chapter'' was established at the college on June 2, 1952. Pi Sigma Epsilon is a member of the
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. Its headquarters are in
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. The fraternity's publication is the '' Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management''.


Symbols

Pi Sigma Epsilon's colors are amethyst and gold.


Chapters

Pi Sigma Epsilon has chartered 58 chapters.


See also

* Professional fraternities and sororities


References

{{Authority control Student organizations established in 1952 Professional fraternities and sororities in the United States Professional Fraternity Association 1952 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) Sales professional associations