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The members of Beta Chi (Willamette University) chapter pose with their housemother, Mrs. Stanley (second row, fifth from right), and alumna advisor, Florence Goodridge Makey (Beta Chi, Willamette University) (second row, sixth from left). Each woman is individually identified on the back of the photograph.
Jeannie Patterson Baliles (Beta Pi, Washington College) is the founder and chairman of the Virginia Literary Foundation and served as the chairman of the Virginia Opera. She has served as a trustee on the Virginia Environmental Endowment, the Community Foundation of Central Virginia and the Jenkins Foundation. She has also served on the board of Wolf Trap, the Nature Conservancy, the Jamestown-Yorktown Trust, YMCA, the Historic Richmond Foundation, and on the Board of Trustees of Virginia Union University. She is the former wife of Gerald L. Baliles, the 65th Governor of Virginia, and served as First Lady of Virginia from 1986-90.
Nu (University of Colorado Boulder) chapter members pose together in a line outside. Each woman is individually identified on the back of the photograph.
Fifty-year members pose together at the 1972 National Convention. Each woman is individually identified on the back of the photograph.
A convention paige (in red sash) poses with her chapter sisters during reunion night at the 1980 National Convention.
The members of Beta Chi (Willamette University) chapter pose with their housemother, Mrs. Stanley (second row, fifth from right), and alumna advisor, Florence Goodridge Makey (Beta Chi, Willamette University) (second row, sixth from left). Each woman is individually identified on the back of the photograph.
Members of the National Council pose together at the 1949 National Convention in Pasadena, California. They are (front, left to right) Lyre Editor Ina Bonney (Phi, University of Kansas), National Treasurer Ruth Tewinkel Suppes (Rho, University of Washington), Western Counsellor Mary Frances Hess Peak (Beta Nu, University of Utah), (back, left to right) Central Counsellor Martha Chamberlin Leslie (Theta, University of Michigan), National Secretary Delight Stevens Dodds (Alpha Chi, Butler University), National President Mildred Estabrook Scott (Pi, University of California, Berkeley), National Vice President Vera Arnold Willis (Mu, Simpson College) and Eastern Counsellor Katherine Schafer McDonald (Alpha Omicron, The Ohio State University).
Members of the National Council pose together at the 1955 National Convention in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Three of the women are identified: Susan Newcomer Hollinshead (Beta, Albion College) (second from left), Florence Staiger Lonn (Theta, University of Michigan) (second from right) and Pat Mason Guertler (Beta, Albion College) (far right).
Members of the National Council pose together at Fraternity headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana. Bottom row left to right: Heather Wilson (Eta, Bucknell University), Donna Klinge (Epsilon Kappa, California State University, Fullerton), Julie Burkhard (Beta Sigma, University of Georgia). Top from left to right: Bobbie Larsen (Xi, University of Nebraska-Lincoln), Holiday McKiernan (Alpha, DePauw University), Marsha Grady (Alpha Upsilon, The University of Alabama), Diane Blackwelder (Omicron, Baker University), Donna Chereck (Alpha Phi, The University of Texas at Austin).
Members of the National Council pose together during a meeting at the Stauffer Inn. (Left to right) National Vice President Miriam Decker (Lamba, Syracuse University), Secretary Treasurer Harriet Saunders (Alpha Delta, University of Cincinnati), Alumnae Membership Director Lois Tullis (Nu, University of Colorado), Collegiate Membership Director Marilyn Peterson (Beta Theta, Lawrence University), NPC Delegate Jessie Payne (Upsilon, Millikin University), National President Rosemary Hittle (Alpha Chi, Butler University), Extension Director Valena Burke (Xi, University of Nebraska), National Vice President Jean Wells (Alpha Phi, University of Texas-Austin), Rush Director Jackie Strauss (Alpha Chi, Butler University), Altruistic Director Peg Crawford (Alpha, DePauw University).
Theta Tau (Rutgers University) lifetime members on bid day in front of the chapter house at 4 Union Street.
Official 1988-90 National Council photo, taken at headquarters. Pictured left to right (seated) Melinda Hanraty Dugger (Gamma Epsilon, Oklahoma State University), Ellen Vanden Brink (Alpha, DePauw University), Diane Wilson Blackwelder (Omicron, Baker University). Left to right (standing) Diane Pearson Jonas (Gamma Rho, Texas Tech University), Carol Edmundson Hutcheson (Epsilon Zeta, Auburn University), Judy Evans Anderson (Alpha Lambda, University of Minnesota), Marilyn Eacrett Brainard (Alpha Psi, UCLA), Betty Beard Wall (Psi, The University of Oklahoma) and executive director, Nancy Nitchman Leonard (Alpha Chi, Butler University).
This photo was taken at Kings Beach, Swampscott, Massachusetts, the site of our 1924 National Convention. This convention had a once-in-a-lifetime event when Alpha Tau (University of New Hampshire) chapter was installed!
Bessie Grooms Keenan (Alpha, DePauw University) began studying music as a young child and was an accomplished pianist by the time she entered DePauw. Near the end of her first year there, she strained the muscles of her left hand from over-practice and had to give up the ambition of her life. However, she gave much of her time to help build Alpha Chi Omega. Her daughter, Hannah Keenan, eventually became director of Alpha Chi’s central office, today known as headquarters.
Estelle Leonard (Alpha, DePauw University) entered university hoping to make a living as a musician. Most of her time was spent practicing or studying. She also served as Dean Howe’s secretary for two years. Though she had serious goals and a “dignified appearance,” she was known for playing practical jokes on her colleagues. She graduated in 1891 and had a full career, teaching music, publishing piano compositions and reporting for the local newspaper. Long involved with Alpha Chi Omega, she attended more conventions than any other Founder. She was described in our 1948 History as “distinctly modern in her ideas” and as having “developed independence, decision, and a rather bohemian attitude.”
Martha Carolan Hannegan (Omicron, Baker University) served as National President from 1980-83.
Past National Presidents pose together at the 2008 National Convention. (Left to right) Past National President 2004-08 Donna Smith Chereck (Alpha Phi, The University of Texas at Austin), Past National President 1976-80 Karen Aunan Miley (Alpha Lambda, University of Minnesota), Past National President 2000-04 Julie Cain Burkhard (Beta Sigma, University of Georgia), Past National President 1992-96 Judy Evans Anderson (Alpha Lambda, University of Minnesota), Past National President 1980-83 Martha Hannegan (Omicron, Baker University), Past National President 1988-92 Ellen Little Vanden Brink (Alpha, DePauw University), Past National President 1983-88 D'Alice Coburn Cochran (Alpha Mu, Indiana University), Past National President 1996-2000 Janice Manning Crandall (Omicron, Baker University).
Five unidentified Gamma Upsilon (University of Houston) chapter members perform a line dance during the University of Houston's Frontier Fiesta. The chapter won best overall show and the line dance was hailed one of the top 10 acts.