Eta Chi was installed on November 25, 1989, at the Domaine Saint-Laurent in Compton, Quebec. The following officers and representatives formed the installation team: International President Sally McCall Grant (Gamma-DePauw); Vice-President Alumnae Mary Berkmoes Carroll (Delta Omega-Minnesota State Moorhead); New Chapter Supervisor Laura Malley-Schmitt (Zeta Phi-MIT); Coordinator of Extension Ruth Gallagher Nelson (Delta Epsilon-Iowa); District Alumnae Coordinator Alice Molitor King (Pi-North Dakota); District Governor Peg DeChant Thornburg (Beta Omega-Kent State); Toronto Alumnae Chapter representative Mary Bolton Armstrong (Xi-Toronto), and Xi chapter president Kathy Mitanidis.
The initiation ceremonies were completed in the morning, and the reception followed in the afternoon. A host of well-wishers was in attendance, as many parents traveled from across Canada for the event.
Alice King opened the program with welcoming remarks in both English and French, and Dr. Andrew Johnson, professor of political science, spoke on behalf of the university. The traditional presentation of installation gifts followed.
On behalf of the Alpha Phi Foundation, Ruth Gallagher Nelson (Delta Epsilon-Iowa) presented the sapphire scholarship badge to the chapter and a check for $1,000 to the Sherbrooke Hospital Foundation.
Mary Armstrong (Xi-Toronto), on behalf of herself, her mother, Elda McFarland Bolton (Xi-Toronto) and four other Alpha Phi relatives presented the president's turquoise Lazy Phi badge to Eta Chi first president, Andrea Cleghorn. Mrs Armstrong is the mother of one of the charter members, Daphne Armstrong. Kathy Mitanidis presented a gift of candlestick holders from the Toronto Alumnae Chapter. Sigma Chi presented an antique wooden chest which was still in use in 2008. The traditional welcome dollars were presented by Mary Carroll. On behalf of the International Executive Board, Sally Grant presented the charter to all three women who had served as president of the group since the local's inception: Jennifer Sam Straighton, Erica Lynne Bridgeman and Andrea Cleghorn.
The program closed with an original addition to the installation program. The newly initiated collegians presented a moving slide show depicting the remarkable story of Eta Chi’s development as a sisterhood.
• The Fraternity continued its groundbreaking extension with the chartering of Eta Chi chapter at Bishop’s University in Lennoxville, Quebec, Canada. Alpha Phi was the first NPC group to establish at Bishop’s and Eta Chi was Alpha Phi’s first chapter in the province of Quebec. The Eta Chi chartering marked the first new Alpha Phi chapter in Canada in 60 years.
• Eta Chi chapter evolved from a local sorority, Zeta Gamma, which was founded in Bishop’s in 1986. The 22 founding members of the local organization placed a strong emphasis on philanthropy and chapter operations programming in order to attract NPC groups. The local group successfully petitioned Alpha Phi in the spring of 1989, and as a new chapter in the fall, progressed quickly toward installation goals with the assistance of Field Consultant Cara Ann Rennie (Beta Upsilon-Oregon State).
• Lauren Cherry Doherty – 2008 Michaelanean Award Winner
• Cindy Auger – 2018 Michaelanean Award Winner
• Kristen Cheng - 2018 Constellation Award Winner
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