Ohio’s sixth collegiate chapter, Delta Upsilon, was installed the weekend of November 20 at Baldwin Wallace.
The events of the weekend began Friday evening with a pre-initiation ceremony performed by the Beta Omega chapter from Kent State University. The evening’s program was planned by Elma Cochran (Beta Omicron-Bowling Green).
The initiation ceremony was performed Saturday morning in the Baldwin Wallace Chapel by Kent State (Beta Omega). Thirty-two collegiate and forty-seven alumnae members were initiated.
The model meeting was held following a luncheon Saturday afternoon. Representatives from Beta Omicron led the meeting in which representatives from Denison (Beta Kappa) and Kent State (Beta Omega) took part.
Saturday’s activities ended with the presentation of the chapter charter by Billie Keeton Turner (Beta Zeta-Idaho), former director of extension; Mary Carr Boyd (Omicron-Missouri), special adviser to the Delta Upsilon chapter, and Irene Rose Moore (Beta Alpha-Illinois), director of programs. The initiation banquet was held following the installation. Normal Humel Gerace (Beta Kappa-Denison), served as toastmistress for the evening, and Irene Rose Moore spoke on “Alpha Phi, My Fraternity.”
The initiates attended church together Sunday and then were honored at a reception for faculty, friends and parents. General chairmen for the weekend were Mrs. Donald Kilb (Iota-Wisconsin) and Jean Bowen (Rho-Ohio State).
The Delta Upsilon chapter of Alpha Phi started out at Baldwin Wallace University in 1870 as the Bettina Literary Society of German Wallace University. In 1896, the organization became the Philomathean Society. In 1914 they became the Phi Lambda Sigma Sorority. This organization became the Alpha Pi Chapter of Beta Sigma Omicron in 1929. When Beta Sigma Omicron became nationally inactive with the NPC in 1964, Alpha Phi took three of its chapters and was initiated as the Delta Upsilon chapter of Alpha Phi by the Beta Omega chapter.
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• Joyce Suntala Keane – 1978 Michaelanean Award Winner
• Kathleen Barber – 1984 Michaelanean Award Winner
• Rosemarie Kaczor Sklenka – 1986 Michaelanean Award Winner
• Eloise Schaefer Tressel – 1988 Michaelanean Award Winner
• Peggy Clary Wanner – 1990 Michaelanean Award Winner
• Lucy Kazarovich – 2004 Michaelanean Award Winner
• Lynn McLaughlin Murray – 2008 Michaelanean Award Winner
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