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Susan Burley Walker

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'''KAPPA’S FIRST ALUMNA, Sue (Susan Burley) Walker (Vincent)'''

[[File:SusanBurleyWalker.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Susan Burley Walker, photographed as a student]]

'''Family:''' Born July 27, 1854, in Cameron, Marshall county, Virginia (now West Virginia). Her family moved to Monmouth in 1862; home was on the corner of Broadway and North C Street. Parents were William Walker, M.D., and Elizabeth Burley.

'''Education:''' Attended Monmouth College 1870-71, most likely as a sub-freshman; only Founder to follow the scientific course of study instead of the classical course.

'''Kappa Record:''' Youngest Founder (age 15 when asked to join in March 1870); the first member added to the group of the original four organizers March 1870; listed as Alpha 5. Unable to sign the charter because her mother was giving a formal dinner party and she was needed at home to help. First Alpha initiation for Martha Louisa Stevenson, held in her home on April 1, 1870.

'''Personal Data:''' Considered “the beauty” of the first Alphas. Married in 1876 Rev. Alvan Stuart Vincent. Had two daughters and one son; remembered for playing “The Kappa Waltz,” written and published by S. H. Price, a member of the Monmouth College Music Department, 1873. First Founder to die: May 2, 1897, age 42; originally buried with her parents in the Monmouth Cemetery. Disinterred November 12, 1912 and reburied in neighboring Glendale Cemetery, where she was joined by her husband in 1916 (privately-held Glendale Cemetery was later annexed by city-owned Monmouth Cemetery). Dates of birth and death on the original family marker are both incorrect, as proven by records (not born June 27, 1855, nor died 5 May 1897). Her current marker only gives her correct date of death.

Rev. and Mrs. Vincent followed a number of church callings, including but perhaps not limited to: Brighton, IA; Spring Hill, IN (Decatur County, classified as a ghost town since 1901); and Paxton, IL. The family returned to Monmouth in September 1896, for the education of their children. Sue was already suffering the effects of cancer, and surgeries which provided no relief from her suffering. A month after her passing, her husband accepted a call to preach at Emporia, KS. He died in 1916 at their daughter's home in Buffalo, NY. He had served as a Captain in Company K of the 50th Regiment of the U.S. Colored Infantry during the American Civil War.

'''Note:''' Fraternity history contains the least information on Sue. Josie Thompson (Brown), who was Anna Willits’s cousin, initiated at Sue Walker’s home (January 1871), also seems to have left college in 1871 and could possibly share the distinction with Sue of being the first Kappa alumna. Monmouth College records show no trace of Josie as a student, but do show that Sue left in 1871. Josie’s obituary states that she married soon after she left college; she married Rev. Isaac Brown in 1872; if 1872 is also the date she left Monmouth, then Sue is indeed the first alumna member. Sue was the only Founder who did not receive her college degree. All Fraternity histories agree that she is the first alumna.

Of the six Founders, only Lou Stevenson was formally initiated into membership. Before that, Anna Willits and then Sue Walker were only asked to join.

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List of Conventions

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|[http://wiki.kkg.org/pages/1871_Convention 1871]
|1
|Convention determined to be a myth
|NA
|NA
|NA
|NA
|NA
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|[http://wiki.kkg.org/pages/1876_Convention 1876]
|2
|October 14-16, 1876
|Iota Chapter
|Greencastle, Indiana
|Home of Ida Anderson Donan
|NA
|Anna Buskirk Hill, Indiana, and Agnes Haskell Noyes, ''Wisconsin''.
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|[http://wiki.kkg.org/pages/1878_Convention 1878]
|3
|October 15-16, 1878
|Epsilon Chapter
|Bloomington, Illinois
|Munsellian Hall, Illinois Wesleyan University
|NA
|Kate McCalla Hight, ''Indiana''
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|[http://wiki.kkg.org/pages/1880_Convention 1880]
|4
|Convention never took place
|Eta Chapter
|Madison, Wisconsin
|NA
|NA
|NA
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|[http://wiki.kkg.org/pages/1881_Convention 1881]
|5
|September 29-30, 1881
|Delta Chapter
|Bloomington, Indiana
|The home of Fannie Allen Palmer, ''Indiana''
|NA
|Lillie Adams Telfer, ''Indiana''
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|[http://wiki.kkg.org/pages/1882_Convention 1882]
|6
|August 30-September 1, 1882
|Eta Chapter
|Madison, Wisconsin
|Unitarian Church
|NA
|[http://wiki.kkg.org/pages/Tade_Hartsuff_Kuhns Tade Hartsuff Kuhns, ''Butler'']
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|[http://wiki.kkg.org/pages/1884_Convention 1884]
|7
|August 27-29, 1884
|Beta Beta Chapter
|Canton, New York
|Memorial Hall, St. Lawrence University
|NA
|[http://wiki.kkg.org/pages/Tade_Hartsuff_Kuhns Tade Hartsuff Kuhns, ''Butler'']
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|[http://wiki.kkg.org/pages/1886_Convention 1886]
|8
|August 6-8, 1886
|Lambda Chapter
|Akron, Ohio
|Delta Tau Delta Hall, Buchtel College
|NA
|[http://wiki.kkg.org/pages/Charlotte_Barrell_Ware Charlotte C. Barrell Ware, ''Boston'']
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|[http://wiki.kkg.org/pages/1888_Convention 1888]
|9
|August 22-24, 1888
|Chi Chapter
|Minneapolis, Minnesota
|Students' Christian Association Building, University of Minnesota
|NA
|[http://wiki.kkg.org/pages/Charlotte_Barrell_Ware Charlotte C. Barrell Ware, ''Boston'']
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|[http://wiki.kkg.org/pages/1890_Convention 1890]
|10
|August 27-29, 1890
|Epsilon Chapter
|Bloomington, Illinois
|Adelphic Hall, Illinois Wesleyan University
|NA
|[http://wiki.kkg.org/pages/Kate_Bird_Cross Kate Bird Cross Shenehon, ''Minnesota'']
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|[http://wiki.kkg.org/pages/1892_Convention 1892]
|11
|August 24
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|[http://wiki.kkg.org/pages/1894_Convention 1894]
|12
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|13
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|[http://wiki.kkg.org/pages/1898_Convention 1898]
|14
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|15
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|21
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|[http://wiki.kkg.org/pages/19014_Convention 1914]
|22
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|[http://wiki.kkg.org/pages/1916_Convention 1916]
|23
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|[http://wiki.kkg.org/pages/1918_Convention 1918]
|Convention omitted because of World War I
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|24
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Loyalty Award Recipients

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The Loyalty Award is the highest and most prestigious honor Kappa Kappa Gamma bestows upon a member. Only one is awarded in a biennium, reserved for an alumna whose many years of dedicated service have enriched the Fraternity, who has inspired members and who is loyal to Fraternity ideals.

Given in memory of Helena Flinn Ege, Pittsburgh, Fraternity President from 1948 to 1952, it was first presented in 1956 by Helen Cornish Hutchinson, Oklahoma, who said, "The beginning of Kappa experience must come in the chapter, continue in alumnae work and close only with life itself. ... If I were to choose one Kappa quality, I think it would be loyalty to the Fraternity, for Kappa loyalty implies the acceptance and execution of Kappa ideals."

Helena Ege exemplified loyalty throughout her life, working to promote and improve the Fraternity until her death August 23, 1956, at the age of 57. She was too ill to attend the Convention at which the Loyalty Award was first dedicated in her honor. Helena served as Director of Alumnae from 1944-1948 and as Fraternity President 1948-1952.

Like Helena, some Loyalty Award recipients have also served as Fraternity President, but many have not, including the first recipient, Marie Bryden Macnaughtan,  – Missouri, who spent many devoted years as a Council officer, Convention Committee transportation chairman and Kappa Magazine Agency chairman. She was the last Grand Registrar to serve the Fraternity, 1930-1934, after which the office was discontinued.

Between 1956 and 2014, 30 Kappas were selected by Council to receive the Loyalty Award; their photographs hang at Fraternity Headquarters.

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!Chapter
!School
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|1956
|Marie Bryden Macnaughtan
|Theta
|Missouri
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|1958
|Elizabeth Bogert Schofield
|Mu
|Butler
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|1960
|Florence Burton Roth
|Chapter
|Michigan
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|1962
|Beatrice Stanton Woodman
|Phi
|Boston
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|1964
|Edith Reese Crabtree
|Chapter
|Wooster
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|1966
|Agnes Guthrie Favrot
|Chapter
|Tulane
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|1968
|Rheva Ott Shryock
|Beta Alpha
|Pennsylvania
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|1970
|Frances Fatout Alexander
|Iota
|DePauw
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|1972
|Mary Turner Whitney
|Beta Rho Deuteron
|Cincinnati
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|1974
|Dr. Miriam Locke
|Gamma Pi
|Alabama
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|1976
|Mary Agnes (Gray) Graham Roberts
|Upsilon
|Northwestern
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|1978
|Pauline Tomlin Beall
|Gamma Chi
|George Washington
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|1980
|Helen Snyder Andres Steiner
|Beta Pi
|Washington
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|1982
|Ruth Hoehle Lane
|Phi
|Boston
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|1984
|Martha Gallaher Cox
|Rho Deuteron
|Ohio Wesleyan
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|1986
|Phyllis Brinton Pyor
|Beta Mu
|Colorado
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|1988
|Jean Hess Wells
|Delta Upsilon
|Georgia
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|1990
|Marjorie Cross Bird
|Beta Mu
|Colorado
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|1992
|Marjorie Matson Converse
|Gamma Delta
|Purdue
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|1994
|Wilma Winberg Johnson
|Delta Nu
|Massachusetts
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|1996
|Gay Chuba Berry
|Delta Alpha
|Penn State
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|1998
|Vera Lewis Marine
|Delta Zeta
|Colorado College
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|2000
|J. Dale Brubeck
|Gamma Kappa
|William and Mary
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|2002
|Lois Catherman Heenehan
|Beta Sigma
|Adelphi
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|2004
|Marilyn Nichols Bullock
|Gamma Alpha
|Kansas State
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|2006
|Susannah Erck Howard
|Epsilon Zeta
|Florida State
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|2008
|Jean Schmidt
|Delta Lambda
|Miami (Ohio)
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|2010
|Julie Martin Mangis
|Gamma Chi
|George Washington
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|2012
|Martha Hay Streibig
|Delta
|Indiana
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|2014
|Linda Price Patton
|Delta Sigma
|Oklahoma State
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|2016
|TBA
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