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Initiate of Alpha Iota (University of Vermont)
Dr. Condoleezza Rice joined Alpha Chi Omega at the Gamma Delta chapter at the University of Denver. Until her senior year, she was the only African American member of the chapter. She was 19 years old when she graduated cum laude from the university in 1974. She was named Outstanding Senior Woman and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Mortar Board. She earned a master's from the University of Notre Dame and a Ph.D. from the University of Denver’s Graduate School of International Studies. In 1993, she became Stanford University’s first woman provost and served in that position until 1999. In 2001, President George W. Bush appointed her national security advisor. Rice later was named the U.S. Secretary of State, the first black woman to serve in that capacity. A professor, consultant and author, she has won many awards. She is an articulate speaker, accomplished pianist and a football aficionado. She received Alpha Chi Omega's Award of Achievement in 1990.
Chi Chi (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) chapter president Alice Stayduhar Glaser (Lambda, Syracuse University) poses with Chi Chi charter member Irene Wood (Delta, Allegheny College) who sits at a piano.
Two unidentified alumnae and a third woman, possibly a nurse or another alumna, pose with a child using cerebral palsy therapy equipment.
These minutes from the First Grand Council meeting, held in Albion, Michigan, in 1903, include reports from the grand treasurer, Grand President and editor of The Lyre. Of particular note are the precarious financial situation of The Lyre, plans for voting at the 1903 Inter-Sorority Conference, the establishment of alumnae chapters and the decision to revoke the charter of Eta (Bucknell University) chapter due to inactivity.
This form includes information about and a photograph of Mary Louise Blaine (Beta Psi, Louisiana Tech University), an alumna member of the petitioning group at Louisiana Tech University that would become Beta Psi chapter.
This report for the Olive Burnett Clark Alumnae Fund outlines the fund's purpose, budget, publicity, applications and current committee actions. Young specifically declines to name the recipients.
This custom made name tag featured the scarlet and olive colored ribbon, metal coat of arms dangle and attendee insert. This was a typical convention name tag until 1947, when the first appearance of different colored ribbons designating official roles came to be. All attendees of the 1935 Golden Jubilee National Convention would have received and worn proudly these official name tags.
Marcia DeRocco (Alpha Chi, Butler University), a famous sculptor and Award of Achievement winner. The newspaper clipping describes her notable career and loving connection to Alpha Chi Omega Fraternity.
Two photographs and three captions accompany this headline about women who serve as stewardesses and hostesses on airlines.
Margaret Roll Hicks (Psi, The University of Oklahoma) discusses Sarah F. D. Miller (Zeta, New England Conservatory) and her involvement with the Girls Scouts of America and the Quota International Club. The article includes a portrait of Miller.
This article discusses the career of Mary H. Carter (Alpha Epsilon, University of Pennsylvania), who has been named the first female principal of Radnor High School in Wayne, Pennsylvania. The article includes a portrait of Carter.
Alpha Chi Omega members who have recently died are listed by chapter.
This spotlight includes an interview with and photograph of Province Alumnae Chair Jane Bonnell Short (Gamma Chi, Stetson University).