History (taken from Tau Gamma Phi - Midwest)

The Triskelion Grand Fraternity was organized on October 4, 1968 by four Arts and Sciences students from the University of the Philippines, in the Diliman Campus, Quezon City, Philippines. The fraternity was oroginally named Order of the U.P. Triskelions. The group swelled in ranks and gained it's recognition when the Greek lettered Tau Gamma Phi was adopted. Few years later, chapters from other colleges and universities in the Philippines were established.

The Tau Gamma Phi aims for promoting to achieve the ideals of fraternal brotherhood. The fraternity believes that it must forge it's members to embody qualities of leadership, commitment, persistence, trust, integrity, respect, and vision. This fraternity aims for academic success, personal, career and spiritual growth, active participation in the community through service and social activities. The Tau Gamma Phi is connected to developing a best-in-class brotherhood organization; a student organization that embodies it's own ideals and mission in accordance to fraternity's Tenets and Codes of Conduct.

A member of the Tau Gamma Phi is called a Triskelion.. Triskelion is a "Three Legged Symbol" as shown on the fraternity seal, and it's origin is a mystery. A Triskelion has always lived up to the motto, "it will stand no matter where you throw it," which accompanies it's seal - - - Strength, Free Will, and Brotherhood.

To date, the fraternity has over thousands of active and alumni members all over the Philippines with expatriate chapters in North America and other countries. The Tau Gamma Phi is a well diverse fraternity where memberships mostly come from college of medicine, law, engineering, business, arts, and music.