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Hazel Eckhart (Theta, University of Michigan) served as national secretary from 1925-29.
Founders (left to right) Bertha Deniston Cunningham (Alpha, DePauw University), Estelle Leonard (Alpha, DePauw University), Nellie Gamble Childe (Alpha, DePauw University) and Olive Burnett Clark (Alpha, DePauw University) pose with a birthday cake to celebrate Alpha Chi Omega's 50th birthday at the Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. during the 1935 National Convention. Behind them are National Editor Ted Maltbie Collins (Rho, University of Washington) and National President Ethel Meade Van Auken (Lambda, Syracuse University).
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.