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Mary Flood Hutton (Psi, The University of Oklahoma), Patricia Mullins (Kappa, University of Wisconsin), Shirley Henry Nielsen (Alpha Psi, University of California, Los Angeles), Hillyer Freeland (Psi, The University of Oklahoma) and Adele Fieve Drew (Alpha Lambda, University of Minnesota) pose with an unidentified man during the 1973 Training Leadership Conference in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Alpha Chi Omega officers pose with the table display of gifts received by Delta Tau (Minnesota State University, Mankato) chapter in honor of their installation. They are (from left) District XV Alumnae Chairman Tess Ramsden Sabourin (Alpha Theta, Drake University), National Collegiate Vice President Sue Lindeman (Delta Tau, Minnesota State University, Mankato), National President Rosita Hopps Nordwall (Epsilon, University of Southern California), National Secretary-Treasurer Rosemary Newman Hittle (Alpha Chi, Butler University), National Panhellenic Delegate Jessie Fanyo Payne (Upsilon, Millikin University), National Extension Director Val Harper Burke (Xi, University of Nebraska - Lincoln) and Province XV President Dorothy Filley Schwartzkopf (Xi, University of Nebraska - Lincoln). This photograph was featured on page 4 of the summer 1965 issue of The Lyre.
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.
Technically this was the 9th Convention, but at this point in our history Alpha Chi Omega had not yet established a naming convention for events, therefore the labels differ. This program includes a chapter roll, a list of the Grand Council, a full program of events, banquet menu, banquet toast list, musicale program and the lyrics to several Alpha Chi songs.
This directory lists the names and addresses of Fraternity leaders, including members of the National Council, standing committees, province leaders, alumnae district leaders and alumnae state chairmen. It also lists each collegiate chapter along with its president and alumnae advisor and each alumnae chapter or club with its president and meeting information.
This profile on Nicki Reas Meneley (Alpha Beta, Purdue University), CEO of the Fraternity Executives Association, begins with her time at Purdue University and in Alpha Beta chapter and follows Meneley through her time as a chapter consultant, a member of headquarters staff and executive director of the National Panhellenic Conference to her current position. The article includes several photographs of Meneley.
Diane Wilson Blackwelder (Omicron, Baker University) solicits recommendations for the National Nominating Committee and outlines the qualifications, nomination process and selection process.
This article outlines the nominations process and qualifications for the National Council and includes important dates for nominations as well as the members of the National Nominating Committee.
This article explains the governance model of leadership used by Alpha Chi Omega, a model that many other fraternities and sororities are adopting.
Members of the 2019-20 National Housing Corporation Board. Front row, from left: Molly Muething Ironmonger (Theta Lambda, Clemson University), Cassie Gerhardt (Alpha Pi, University of North Dakota), Donna McGrath Klinge (Epsilon Kappa, California State University-Fullerton). Back row, from left: Danielle Durocher (Iota Pi, Houston Baptist University), Lynne Biggio Herndon (Alpha Upsilon, University of Alabama), Jennifer Crotty (Delta Mu, University of Massachusetts). Not pictured: Alice Snedeker (Epsilon Phi, Georgia Institute of Technology)
2018-20 National Council. From left: Jennifer Daurora (Delta, Allegheny College), Lynne Biggio Herndon (Alpha Upsilon, University of Alabama), Jill Sabatino Lacy (Gamma Mu, Ball State University), Angela Costley Harris (Alpha Beta, Purdue University) - president, Mikelle Holt Brady (Alpha, DePauw University), Jari Askins (Psi, University of Oklahoma)
Founder Bertha Deniston Cunningham compiled 12 scrapbooks that are prat of Alpha Chi Omega's archives collection. This scrapbook includes notes and clippings about many early Alpha Chi Omega leaders, news of the growing Fraternity, reflections on MacDowell and items related to the 1935 Golden Jubilee.
This 2/3-inch badge belonged to National President Gladys Drach Power (Nu, University of Colorado Boulder). The badge is 10-karat gold and features 11 diamonds and 11 pearls set in an alternating pattern. The badge also features a Hera head guard, worn by members of the National Council, that Powers would have been given in 1937 when she joined the National Council as Fraternity treasurer.
James Howe, former dean of the DePauw University School of Music and an instrumental figure in the founding of Alpha Chi Omega, writes to Fraternity President Ethel Mead Van Auken (Lambda, Syracuse University) with an update on his professional work, which Alpha Chi Omega helps to subsidize through an endowment. Howe also expresses wonder at the growth of Alpha Chi Omega, particularly the importance of Beta (Albion College) chapter, for whose installation he provided the funds.
Foundation Board of Trustees Chair Aggie Smith Steiner (Beta Eta, Florida State University, left) and incoming Foundation Board of Trustees Chair Mary Pat Lambke (Beta Epsilon, Michigan State University, right) pose with a Gamma Phi (Lamar University) chapter representative and her chapter's recognition from the Foundation at the 2018 National Convention in Austin, Texas.
Past National President Ruth Miller Winsor (Phi, University of Kansas) receives carnations from the president of Phi (University of Kansas) chapter for attending her 25th national convention.
Iota Omega (Carthage College) Chapter President Deb Stephens (Collard) and Marsha King Grady (Alpha Upsilon, The University of Alabama) open gifts in celebration of the installation of Iota Omega.
Alta Allen Loud (Beta, Albion College) served as National President from 1907-10 and from 1912-19.
Mary Emma Griffith Marshall (Lambda, Syracuse University) served as National Secretary from 1915-25.
Members of the National Council pose together at the 1949 National Convention in Pasadena, California. They are (front, left to right) Lyre Editor Ina Bonney (Phi, University of Kansas), National Treasurer Ruth Tewinkel Suppes (Rho, University of Washington), Western Counsellor Mary Frances Hess Peak (Beta Nu, University of Utah), (back, left to right) Central Counsellor Martha Chamberlin Leslie (Theta, University of Michigan), National Secretary Delight Stevens Dodds (Alpha Chi, Butler University), National President Mildred Estabrook Scott (Pi, University of California, Berkeley), National Vice President Vera Arnold Willis (Mu, Simpson College) and Eastern Counsellor Katherine Schafer McDonald (Alpha Omicron, The Ohio State University).