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|Image= [[File:Beta_Alpha.jpg|200px]] | |Image= [[File:Beta_Alpha.jpg|200px]] | ||
|Founded= {{start date and years ago|1890|03|20}} | |Founded= {{start date and years ago|1890|03|20}} | ||
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|Location= Philadelphia, PA | |Location= Philadelphia, PA | ||
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'''Beta Alpha Chapter, University of Pennsylvania''' | '''Beta Alpha Chapter, University of Pennsylvania''' | ||
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− | + | '''Some of Beta Alpha’s Outstanding Alumnae:''' (If you have chapter alumna who have received recognition in any of these three categories, please list them with the date(s) of recognition.) | |
'''Fraternity Council Officers:''' | '''Fraternity Council Officers:''' | ||
+ | Mary Pennington, Grand Treasurer 1900-1902; Rheva Ott Shryock, Grand President 1936-1940; | ||
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'''Fraternity Loyalty Award Recipient''' | '''Fraternity Loyalty Award Recipient''' | ||
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Rheva Ott Shryock, 1968 | Rheva Ott Shryock, 1968 | ||
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'''Fraternity Alumnae Achievement Award Recipients:''' | '''Fraternity Alumnae Achievement Award Recipients:''' | ||
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Mary Geisler Phillips, 1956, author, educator and editor in home economics | Mary Geisler Phillips, 1956, author, educator and editor in home economics | ||
Rheva Ott Shryock, 1962, authored several publications about parliamentary procedure; director of nursery school Duke University; Pennsylvania state director of Planned Parenthood; president of the Association of Alumnae, University of Pennsylvania; awarded the Norwegian Liberation Medal for her work with the Kappa Layette program; Grand President Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity 1936-1940; Fraternity Parliamentarian; Sarah Lee Lippincott, 1966, astronomer; researcher; lecturer; Jane Stokes Wallace, 1966, fashion and advertising director/editor; Candice Bergen, 1992, TV and film actress, left the University of Pennsylvania during her sophomore year and resigned from the Fraternity as an alumna in the early 1990s; Constance McNeely Horner, 1992, assistant to President Bush and director of presidential personnel | Rheva Ott Shryock, 1962, authored several publications about parliamentary procedure; director of nursery school Duke University; Pennsylvania state director of Planned Parenthood; president of the Association of Alumnae, University of Pennsylvania; awarded the Norwegian Liberation Medal for her work with the Kappa Layette program; Grand President Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity 1936-1940; Fraternity Parliamentarian; Sarah Lee Lippincott, 1966, astronomer; researcher; lecturer; Jane Stokes Wallace, 1966, fashion and advertising director/editor; Candice Bergen, 1992, TV and film actress, left the University of Pennsylvania during her sophomore year and resigned from the Fraternity as an alumna in the early 1990s; Constance McNeely Horner, 1992, assistant to President Bush and director of presidential personnel | ||
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University of Pennsylvania’s Alumni Awards of Merit have been given to the following: | University of Pennsylvania’s Alumni Awards of Merit have been given to the following: | ||
− | Doris Bolger, Dorothy Crawford, Helen Keim, Ruth Branning Malloy, Rheva Shryock and Jane Stokes Wallace | + | Doris Bolger, Dorothy Crawford, Helen Keim, Ruth Branning Malloy, Rheva Shryock and Jane Stokes Wallace |
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The almost annual house hunting and the occupation of rooms and apartments ended 1921 with the acquisition of 3323 Walnut Street. | The almost annual house hunting and the occupation of rooms and apartments ended 1921 with the acquisition of 3323 Walnut Street. | ||
− | The house at 3323 Walnut Street was acquired “through the kindness of Mrs. Pope Yeatman, mother of Beta Alpha Georgina Yeatman. (Former city architect, North Carolina conservationist) … Mrs. Yeatman held the mortgage that she cancelled in 1928 … “Words are inadequate to express our appreciation,” wrote the 1930 chapter historian—so Georgina was made a life member of the Philadelphia Alumnae Association! | + | The house at 3323 Walnut Street was acquired “through the kindness of Mrs. Pope Yeatman, mother of Beta Alpha Georgina Yeatman. (Former city architect, North Carolina conservationist) … Mrs. Yeatman held the mortgage that she cancelled in 1928 … “Words are inadequate to express our appreciation,” wrote the 1930 chapter historian—so Georgina was made a life member of the Philadelphia Alumnae Association! |
The Beta Alpha Blues newsletter was born in 1929. Its 25th anniversary was celebrated with a picnic in the Penn Shakespeare garden. TEA CLUB was a tradition in the 1920s with tea taken at the old round TABLE at 3323 Walnut Street, and questions from Ask Me Another, asked and answered. | The Beta Alpha Blues newsletter was born in 1929. Its 25th anniversary was celebrated with a picnic in the Penn Shakespeare garden. TEA CLUB was a tradition in the 1920s with tea taken at the old round TABLE at 3323 Walnut Street, and questions from Ask Me Another, asked and answered. | ||
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==Highlights of the 1930s:== | ==Highlights of the 1930s:== | ||
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“If you were an incoming freshman of the 1970s, would you choose to become a member of a co-ed living arrangement … or would you join a fraternity?” ) Anne Whitman, Kappa Fellow, Dallas, Texas, Alumnae Award, 1973, anthropology) … From Wendy Wick, chapter President (May 1, 1970), an ultimatum: “We expect you to be an active member … if (you are) not … you must formally resign from our Fraternity.” | “If you were an incoming freshman of the 1970s, would you choose to become a member of a co-ed living arrangement … or would you join a fraternity?” ) Anne Whitman, Kappa Fellow, Dallas, Texas, Alumnae Award, 1973, anthropology) … From Wendy Wick, chapter President (May 1, 1970), an ultimatum: “We expect you to be an active member … if (you are) not … you must formally resign from our Fraternity.” | ||
− | A Cellar, a room, rented space at St. Anthony Hall (Delta Psi) and (1974–1975) St. Elmo (Delta Phi) followed the 1970 decision … “I look back … with much greater feeling having been part of the great come-back … such a transition has proved the real strength of our organization … “ (Eleanor Peterkin, 1971). | + | A Cellar, a room, rented space at St. Anthony Hall (Delta Psi) and (1974–1975) St. Elmo (Delta Phi) followed the 1970 decision … “I look back … with much greater feeling having been part of the great come-back … such a transition has proved the real strength of our organization … “ (Eleanor Peterkin, 1971). |
A special award, Beta Province Meeting 1973, “to Beta Alpha for hanging on when it would have been much easier to give up.” … Natalie Huston, President, received award for the chapter. | A special award, Beta Province Meeting 1973, “to Beta Alpha for hanging on when it would have been much easier to give up.” … Natalie Huston, President, received award for the chapter. |