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The 1985 National Convention was the 100-year celebration for Alpha Chi Omega. The five days were packed with activities, including a special DePauw Day, where attendees packed onto buses in groups and made their way to Greencastle, Indiana, for a tour of campus, a pageant of our founding, a concert by the Founders' Memorial and presentation by National President D'Alice Cochran.
From left: Executive Director Nancy Nitchman Leonard (Alpha Chi, Butler University), Archivist Nancy Cutter Turula (Alpha Mu, Indiana University) and Past National President D'Alice Coburn Cochran (Alpha Mu, Indiana University) pose together at a retirement celebration for Turula.
In 2006, The Alpha Chi Omega Foundation built and dedicated the Founders' Forum on the headquarters property. There were seven pillars on the outside featuring the signature of each Founder. The large sculpture in the center represented the connection of the Founders to the organization.
The chapter consultants pose for their official photo in the Founders Forum located at headquarters. (Standing left to right) Callie Smith (Beta Nu, University of Utah), Olivia Holt (Alpha Kappa, University of Oregon), Taylor Costa (Kappa Lambda, University of San Diego), Elena Grace Smith (Delta Pi, University of Tennessee, Knoxville), Mia Salgado (Alpha Iota, University of Vermont), Kam Khan (Epsilon Lambda, The University of Texas at Arlington), Kendra Swanson (Zeta Pi, Arizona State University), Ellen Tinder (Alpha, DePauw University), Kristen Reynolds (Iota Tau, California State University San Marcos). (Seated left to right) Taylor Tolley (Alpha Omicron, The Ohio State University), Madeleine Blundon (Gamma Rho, Texas Tech University), Kellie Greene (Beta Eta, Florida State University), Ellie Edwards (Zeta Sigma, Missouri State University), Ashlyn Coston (Beta Lambda, University of Arizona), Michelle Critchfield (Omicron, Baker University).
Past National Presidents came to headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana in August 2016. They pose together in the parlor at headquarters. Top left: Marsha King Grady (Alpha Upsilon, The University of Alabama), Donna Smith Chereck (Alpha Phi, The University of Texas at Austin), Diane Wilson Blackwelder (Omicron, Baker University), Julie Cain Burkhard (Beta Sigma, University of Georgia), Angela Costley Harris (Alpha Beta, Purdue University). Bottom left: Karen Aunan Miley (Alpha Lambda, University of Minnesota), Ellen Little Vanden Brink (Alpha, DePauw University), Judy Evans Anderson (Alpha Lambda, University of Minnesota).
Fraternity Executive Director Hannah Keenan (Alpha, DePauw University, center) receives the Good Neighbor Award from Chuckles Chapman and Founder Olive Burnett Clark (Alpha, DePauw University) at the Alpha Chi (Butler University) chapter house.
This program includes a menu, the schedule of events, the words to a number of Alpha Chi songs, and a list of patrons and patronesses.
Marcia DeRocco (Alpha Chi, Butler University), a famous sculptor and Award of Achievement winner. The newspaper clipping describes her notable career and loving connection to Alpha Chi Omega Fraternity.
This article provides a brief description of the 2015 Volunteer Summit and includes a number of photographs from the event.
Seated: Past National President Ellen Vanden Brink (Alpha, DePauw University), Past National President Judy Anderson (Alpha Lambda, University of Minnesota); standing: former Executive Director Nancy Leonard (Alpha Chi, Butler University), former Foundation Chair Carol Hutcheson (Epsilon Zeta, Auburn University)
Alpha Chi Omega leaders at the Pathway Garden groundbreaking ceremony at Alpha Chi Omega headquarters, 5939 Castle Creek Parkway N. Drive, Indianapolis. From left: Holly McKiernan (Alpha, DePauw University), Carol Hutcheson (Epsilon Zeta, Auburn University), Jan Crandall (Omicron, Baker University), Nancy Leonard (Alpha Chi, Butler University)
Five National Presidents celebrated Executive Director Nancy Nitchman Leonard during her retirement event in 1999. From left: Karen Aunan Miley (Alpha Lambda, University of Minnesota), D'Alice Coburn Cochran (Alpha Mu, Indiana University), Ellen Little Vanden Brink (Alpha, DePauw University), Nancy, Martha Carolan Hannegan (Omicron, Baker University), Judy Evans Anderson (Alpha Lambda, University of Minnesota) and Jan Manning Crandall (Omicron, Baker University)
Members of the Kappa Mu chapter (University of Texas at Tyler) attended the 2020 Leadership Academy in Indianapolis.
The 1985 Centennial Convention mug featured the Fraternity seal and the event location (Indianapolis, Indiana).
The Alpha Chi Omega central office moved to its first fraternity-owned property at 3445 Washington Boulevard in 1961. This building served as the fraternity's headquarters until 1974
The Alpha Chi Omega central office moved to its first fraternity-owned property at 3445 Washington Boulevard in 1961. This building, which featured bedrooms for visiting national officers (this one with a carnation theme), served as the fraternity's headquarters until 1974.
The groundbreaking ceremony for the headquarters building at 8733 Founders Road took place on June 3, 1973. Shown here, with unidentified males, are: Executive Secretary Jody Bayer Martindill (Alpha, DePauw University), National Treasurer Mary Flood Hutton (Psi, The University of Oklahoma) and National President Adele Fieve Drew (Alpha Lambda, University of Minnesota).
Fraternity officers, staff and others pose together at the groundbreaking for the national headquarters at 8733 Founders Road in Indianapolis' College Park office park. They include: National Treasurer Mary Flood Hutton (Psi, The University of Oklahoma), Collegiate Finance Coordinator Margaret Kayser Buschmann (Alpha Chi, Butler University), unknown, unknown, National President Adele Fieve Drew (Alpha Lambda, the University of Minnesota), unknown, Executive Secretary Jody Bayer Martindill (Alpha, DePauw University), unknown.
Staff members relax in the break room of the headquarters building at 8733 Founders Road in Indianapolis in the 1970s. From left: Karen Dickerson (Alpha Chi, Butler University, Executive Secretary Nancy Nitchman Leonard (Alpha Chi, Butler University) and Barbara Evans Chevalier (Alpha, DePauw University)
National Presidents Ellen Little VandenBrink (Alpha, DePauw University) and Judy Evans Anderson (Alpha Lambda, the University of Minnesota) break ground for the headquarters building at 5939 Castle Creek Parkway N. Drive in Indianapolis in 1992.