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Mary Janet Wilson (Alpha, DePauw University) served as national president from 1896-98. She was the first alumna to serve as president of Alpha Chi Omega.
Alumnae (left to right) Mary Storbeck (Mu, Simpson College), Imogene Holster Lamb (Xi, University of Nebraska - Lincoln), Phyllis Carter Conrad (Iota, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) and Phyllis Harris Blumer (Xi, University of Nebraska - Lincoln) pose together at the 1955 National Convention at the Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.
A group of alumnae and their guests gather for the annual Beta Beta (Indianapolis, Indiana) chapter picnic at the home of Florence Thompson Taggart (Alpha, DePauw University).
Founders (left to right) Estelle Leonard (Alpha, DePauw University), Nellie Gamble Childe (Alpha, DePauw University) and Olive Burnett Clark (Alpha, DePauw University) pose with Ruth Orndorff Darragh (Gamma, Northwestern University) at DePauw University on Homecoming Day of the 1935 National Convention.
Members of the National Council pose together at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado. They are (seated) National President Gladys Drach Powers (Nu, University of Colorado Boulder), National Vice President Rosita Hopps Nordwall (Epsilon, University of Southern California), (standing) Western Counsellor Mrs. Matthew H. Scott, National Secretary Mrs. Richard B. Rutledge and Eastern Counsellor Mrs. Perrin G. Smith.
Members of the National Council pose together at the 1953 National Convention in Banff, Alberta, Canada. Seated (left to right) Secretary Rosita Nordwall (Epsilon, University of Southern California), National Vice President Madoline Vallely (Alpha Beta, Purdue University), National President Mildred Estabrook (Pi, University of California-Berkeley), NPC Delegate Gladys Power (Nu, University of Colorado) Treasurer Mary Hess Peak (Beta Nu, University of Utah). Standing (left to right) Western Counselor Burnette Jones (Omega, Washington State University), Central Counselor Isabel Lonn (Pi, University of California-Berkeley), Eastern Counselor Katherine McDonald (Alpha Omicron, The Ohio State University).
Lois Henderson McLachlan (Beta Zeta, Whitman College, center) poses with founders Estelle Leonard (Alpha, DePauw University, left) and Olive Burnett Clark (Alpha, DePauw University) in front of felt-ogram scenes of the founding that she made for the final banquet of the 1951 National Convention in Roanoke, Virginia.
The Founders' Bell Tower was constructed by Alpha Chi Omega as part of DePauw University's new performing arts building in 1976 and dedicated to the memory of the seven founders.
Portrait of 1997-2006 Foundation Trustee Shawn Donnelley (Zeta Psi, Loyola University New Orleans); she founded the Shawn Margaret Donnelley Scholarship Fund.
May Queen Edna Grimm Donohue (Sigma, University of Iowa) and attendants Frances Rock O'Meara (Sigma, University of Iowa) and Margaret White Manuel (Sigma, University of Iowa) ride in Sigma (University of Iowa) chapter's first-prize-winning float in the 1923 Iowa-wa Fete. This photograph was featured on page 244 of the January 1924 issue of The Lyre.
Amy Dubois Rieth (Alpha, DePauw University) was only 15 when she entered DePauw. She studied both voice and pianoforte. She was known as “the little girl with the big voice,” and was selected to sing important roles in school productions. Amy had a quiet and straightforward manner, which belied her fondness for pulling pranks on her Fraternity sisters. Her influence on the Fraternity endured long after she left to teach music in Kansas.
Nellie Gamble Childe (Alpha, DePauw University) studied piano from an early age and, after much deliberation, chose DePauw. She was described variously by her sisters as being gentle, energetic, earnest and friendly, leading a life of “quiet influence for good.” Later in life, she cultivated roses and loved to garden. She said that Alpha Chi Omega had a small beginning, but was built by loyal women with high standards who have achieved “marvelous results.”
Olive Burnett Clark (Alpha, DePauw University) grew up in Greencastle, Indiana before eventually moving to Indianapolis, Indiana. She set the example for grace, civility and dignity that defined the Fraternity.
National Extension Director Valena Harper Burke (Xi, University of Nebraska - Lincoln) poses with Ann Grimes Ezekiel (Epsilon Zeta, Auburn University), Carol Kain Gaines (Epsilon Zeta, Auburn University) and Carolyn Brock Ricketson (Epsilon Zeta, Auburn University) during a charter presentation for Epsilon Zeta (Auburn University) chapter following their installation.
An unidentified alumna initiate, Founding Chapter President Sharon McNeil Thompson (Gamma Psi, Wichita State University), and National Secretary and Extension Director Bernice Abbott Cope (Alpha Chi, Butler University) participate in the Gamma Psi chapter pinning ceremony.
