Business Details
50+ Years
experience
Your Trusted Fraternity & Sorority Composite Provider
Fraternal Composite Service has been dedicated to creating high-quality composites for colleges, universities, fraternities, and sororities since 1954. Founded by Raymond F. Gallman, our company pioneered innovations such as color composites and personalized name inclusion, setting industry standards that endure today. Our team combines traditional craftsmanship with modern technology, ensuring each composite is hand-crafted using premium materials and customizable elements like hand-painted crests and athletic logos. We maintain a rigorous quality control process, with multiple inspections by our President and Production Manager, and offer a one-year guarantee on all products.Our commitment to customer satisfaction is reflected in our flexible scheduling, fast turnaround times, and personalized service, which have earned us long-term partnerships with over 10,000 Greek organizations nationwide. We prioritize sustainability through renewable energy, recycling initiatives, and LED lighting while supporting chapters facing budgetary challenges through the Raymond F. Gallman Foundation. Our photographers consistently deliver professional, stress-free experiences, as evidenced by testimonials praising our reliability, adaptability, and exceptional results.
Services
Portrait Photography
Composite Design
Custom Embellishments
Quality Retouching
Licensing Compliance
Details
- Year established: 1954
Highlights and features
- We have over 70 years of specialized experience in Greek organization composites
- Our hand-crafted composites use premium materials with customizable designs
- We guarantee product quality with a 3-step inspection process and repairs
- Our team provides flexible scheduling and adapts to client availability
- We maintain official licensing for all major Greek organization trademarks
What people say
Quick turnaround time
Professional photographers
Flexible scheduling
Beautiful final product
Excellent customer support
Services
Portrait Photography
Our professional photographers capture high-quality portraits for fraternities, sororities, and academic institutions. Each session includes on-site coordination, group organization, and individual attention to ensure optimal results. We accommodate special requests and challenging schedules while maintaining consistent quality standards across all locations.
Composite Design
Hand-crafted composite creation combines traditional artistry with modern technology. Our designers incorporate official Greek organization trademarks, hand-painted embellishments, and personalized elements like crests, banners, and athletic logos. Each design undergoes multiple quality inspections before final approval.
Quality Retouching
Our retouching process ensures flawless final products through digital color correction and background airbrushing. Individual portraits receive meticulous attention to detail, maintaining consistency across all images while preserving natural appearances and group identity.
Licensing Compliance
As an officially licensed provider, we ensure all composites meet trademark requirements for Greek organizations. Our compliance process includes proper usage of insignias, logos, and emblems protected under U.S. trademark laws.
Event Photography
We specialize in capturing bid day events and other Greek organization milestones. Our team coordinates with chapter leadership to document ceremonies, group portraits, and celebratory moments with professional-grade equipment and techniques.
People
Carol Gallman White
President/CEO
Third-generation leader with decades of experience in composite design and Greek organization services. Oversees quality control and company operations while maintaining family commitment to excellence.
Mike Mulloy
Sales Director
Manages client relationships and sales operations with a focus on expanding service offerings while maintaining personalized attention to chapter needs.
Cheryl Mulloy
Customer Service Manager
Coordinates scheduling and client support, ensuring smooth composite production timelines and addressing chapter-specific requirements throughout the process.
Questions
What types of organizations do you serve?
We specialize in composites for fraternities, sororities, academic institutions, and honor societies nationwide.
Are your composites officially licensed?
Yes, we are an official licensed provider for all major Greek organizations and trademark holders.
How long does the composite process take?
Most projects complete within 4-6 weeks, with expedited options available for urgent requests.
Can we customize our composite design?
Yes, we offer hand-painted embellishments including crests, banners, athletic logos, and personalized elements.
What quality guarantees do you provide?
We offer a one-year guarantee on all composites and lifetime protection against manufacturer defects.
Do you accommodate special scheduling needs?
Our team works with your schedule, including rescheduling options and flexible photography arrangements.
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Reviews (6)
Cupp'S. Photo & Video Productions
May 07, 2022
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I've been a photographer/videographer since 2005. I've worked for some awful companies and a couple good companies throughout my career. I've been working for FCS for a year now & I must say it's been an absolute pleasure to work for. Always paid properly, friendly staff, willing to help improve upon mistakes with professionalism and understanding. I am honored and grateful to be apart of this team.
Aaron Hall
Apr 25, 2022
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Absolutely abysmal company. Their customer service and response time is the slowest I've ever had to deal with, their quality control is virtually nonexistent (had to get 4 new proofs until they finally spelled everyone's name right), and then they send you strangely worded emails to try to confuse you into thinking you have a longer contract than you do. We are also now a year behind on composites because our 2019-2020 composite took over 12 months to arrive. Needless to say we will be going with a different company after this contract expires.
Zachary Wharton
Apr 09, 2022
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This is the worst composite company I have yet to work with. We did a composite with them over Covid and not all of the people who were going to be on the composite could make it to the photo session. They informed us that we could have the people who weren't going to be able to make it send in photos of themselves. We were appreciative about this but when we got the proof, none of the people who who sent in photos were on it.
We tried contacting them about this and they said that they never got any of the files even though we submitted the photos to a portal they set up for us. This was already bad enough but when we went with a different composite company this year, they contacted us saying that we were contracted with them and would have to pay for any liquidated damages. Literally the biggest scam I have had to deal with.
We tried contacting them about this and they said that they never got any of the files even though we submitted the photos to a portal they set up for us. This was already bad enough but when we went with a different composite company this year, they contacted us saying that we were contracted with them and would have to pay for any liquidated damages. Literally the biggest scam I have had to deal with.
Abigail Bowman
Feb 13, 2022
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If I could give this company a 0 I would. I have left several voicemails explaining that we will no longer be using their services. They would only contact old officers, when I was willingly leaving messages to give them my information. They rely on us as an organization to basically do everything, but then at the last minute they contacted me letting me know that they were already at my university for a "scheduled" appointment, THAT WE NEVER AGREED UPON. Very unbusinesslike and if you are thinking about signing up with this company, don't waste your time and effort! They are a scam.
Nicholas Chute
Dec 26, 2021
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Critical: Professionalism Pretty awful owner who uses the business as his residence and lays his employees off every year. I probaly could have won a wrongful termination because I mentioned to the son in law that my promised raise never came. Whenever I ask myself how not to run a business or treat employees Raymond is at the top of my list.
Sydney Manske
Nov 06, 2021
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Our sorority will not be renewing our contract due to a variety of reasons, however the top of the list includes not getting responses. Our last composite was photographed last October and we have not yet received our composite, only received proofs after multiple emails to various different emails (they did not let us know which email to even use in order to get a response) and I have not received an update from production in over a month.
We have no idea of the status of our last composite and unfortunately due to the contract we are currently in must stay with this unprofessional, unresponsive company for at least another year. We have paid in full for our last composite and have not received it after a whole year of "production." Still awaiting a response from them, have sent emails to production, scheduling, used the "chat" feature on their website and still nothing.
Other fraternities/sororities at our university that have used this company have already received their composites in September (photographs taken at the same time as us). They too had issues contacting this company.
We have no idea of the status of our last composite and unfortunately due to the contract we are currently in must stay with this unprofessional, unresponsive company for at least another year. We have paid in full for our last composite and have not received it after a whole year of "production." Still awaiting a response from them, have sent emails to production, scheduling, used the "chat" feature on their website and still nothing.
Other fraternities/sororities at our university that have used this company have already received their composites in September (photographs taken at the same time as us). They too had issues contacting this company.