On September 3, 1924, our Beta Delta chapter was born from the Theta Phi Delta group that had formed at the Los Angeles Junior College in 1915 and then transferred to The University of California at Los Angeles. Installed by the Southern California Alumnae Chapter at the home of Mary Ringo Wilkinson (Gamma-DePauw), thirty new Alpha Phis joined the sisterhood at the home of Mary Little Grimm (Gamma-DePauw), with Alice Jordan Heeb (Iota-Wisconsin) assisting. The celebratory banquet was held at the “Mary Louise, and Bertha Bootes Cruzan (Kappa-Stanford) was toastmistress. Jane Bancroft Robinson (Alpha-Syracuse) and Mary Swail Taft (Beta-Northwestern) spoke as well, and Ono I. Hooper shared the toast to the chapter, which reads:
“I offer a toast to the new baby chapter,
And I pray for fulfillment, both now and hereafter;
May she always have wisdom, good fortune and truth,
Fun, fellowship, love and our backing forsooth,
Ambition success and faith in her heart,
Experience, courage, and always a part
In life, which may bring her joys that are sweet.
I offer a toast – the world at her feet!”
Songs included “Alpha Phi Toujours,” “Flowers of Alpha Phi,” We Revel in Song” and “Pledge Me a Toast.” Over one hundred Alpha Phis attended the banquet, and a large formal reception was given at the Women’s University Club in Los Angeles with several in attendance from the university.
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• Nancy Austin - Co-author of A Passion for Excellence and The Assertive Woman
• Janelle Del Carlo – Foundation Board
• Laura Davidson Ellett – NPC Delegate
• Eureka Barnum Forbes - Hawaii State Senator
• Dr. Ellie Guardino - Oncologist
• Gayle Goodman – Foundation Board
• Catherine Hansen Hillard – International Executive Board
• Margie Markson Johnson – Foundation Board
• Constance Purkiss Kelly – Foundation Board
• Susan Riley McGlynn – International Executive Board
• Dorothy Wright Nelson - Senior United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Victoria Riley – International Executive Board
• Sue Dean Stout – International Executive Board
• Helen Fitch Tapfer – International Executive Board; NPC Delegate
• Nancy Salisbury Trillo – Foundation Board
• Alin Hernandez Wall – International Executive Board; Foundation Board
• Constance Purkiss Kelly - 1972 Michaelanean Award Winner
• Eureka Barnum Forbes - 1973 Distinguished Alpha Phi Award
• Dorothy Wright Nelson – 1974 Francis E. Willard Award Winner
• Ruta Bielskis Hagmann – 1980 Michaelanean Award Winner
• Brigid Gray Leventhal - 1984 Ursa Major Award Winner
• Nancy Austin – 1986 Francis E. Willard Award of Achievement Winner
• Michelle Webb – 1998 Lily of the Valley Award Winner
• Nancy Lange Burnett – 2002 Ursa Major Award Winner
• Shelley Bowers Schweitzer – 2004 Michaelanean Award Winner
• Christiane Sentianin – 2004 Michaelanean Award Winner
• Laura Davidson Ellett – 2008 Polaris Award Winner
• Bonnie Lemon – 2008 Michaelanean Award Winner, 2008 Lily of the Valley Award Winner
• Susan Morris Haber - 2010 Polaris Award Winner
• Abby Dorsa Sugg - 2010 Ursa Major Award Winner
• Wendy Deems Sugg – 2010 Ursa Major Award Winner
• Martha Hatem Engle – 2014 Ursa Major Award Winner
• Dr. Ellie Grillo Guardino - 2018 Francis E. Willard Award Winner
• Jennifer Rinella Keup – 2018 Ursa Major Award Winner
Sep 3rd, 1924
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