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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.
The members of Beta Phi (Bowling Green State University) chapter pose with their housemother, Mrs. Grover (front row, center). Each woman is individually identified on the back of the photograph.
A group of fraternity officers and staff pose together at the groundbreaking for the national headquarters at 8733 Founders Road. They are (front) Executive Secretary Jody Bayer Martindill (Alpha, DePauw University), Controller Elinor Waite Howe (Alpha, DePauw University), National President Adele Fieve Drew (Alpha Lambda, University of Minnesota), Archivist Hannah Keenan (Alpha, DePauw University), (back row) National Treasurer Mary Flood Hutton (Psi, The University of Oklahoma), Lyre Editor Dee Gibson, Program Services Coordinator Ki Manning Reinmiller (Psi, The University of Oklahoma) and Collegiate Finance Coordinator Margaret Boschmann. This photograph was featured on page 24 of the Fall 1973 issue of The Lyre.
A group of well-dressed attendees arriving at the Marriott Hotel in Chicago, Illinois, for the 1972 National Convention
Marguerite Graham (Omicron, Baker University) joined the American Red Cross in 1943 and served in Australia and New Guinea. Before leaving for service, she stopped by the Alpha Chi Omega national meeting in Chicago and shared, "I am in for the duration and expect to travel far and wide before I return."
National Inspector Gretchen Gooch Troster (Iota, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, left) and Eastern Province President Helen Wood Barnum (Alpha, DePauw University) pose together in front of the home of Grace Sanderson (Iota, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) in Alliance, Ohio, during the installation weekend of Alpha Eta (University of Mount Union) chapter.
Gamma Mu (Ball State University) chapter members ride on their first-place chariot-themed float during a homecoming parade.
Initiate of Alpha Iota (University of Vermont)
Norma Dowdy Labuda (Delta Phi, Texas A&I University) poses with the Most Improved Scholarship Award won by her chapter at the 1972 National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.