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| Founded | November 13, 1875 |
| College | DePauw University, formerly Indiana Asbury University |
| Location | Greencastle, IN |
| Homepage | Iota Website |
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DePauw University established in 1837, Greencastle, Indiana
Founded March 13, 1875
3,013 initiates (as of June 2013)
Charter Members:
Ida Anderson, Ada Oliver, Amy Puett, Margaret Purviance, Finetta Victorine Wiggs, and Lillian Wiggs
Some of Chapter’s Outstanding Alumnae:
Fraternity Officers: Margaret Noble Lee, Grand Secretary 1881-1882; Minnetta Theodora Taylor, Editor of the Key 1882-1886; Harriet Moore Thomas, Grand Secretary 1898-1900; Eliza Jean Nelson Penfield, Grand President 1900-1902; Mary Sidelia Starr Donner, Delta Province President 1917-1921; Ann Watts Hostetler, Beta Province Vice President 1925-1929, Beta Province President 1929-1931, Lambda Province President 1929-1931; Jane Ramey Knox, Lambda Province President 1929-1933; Hannah Hunt Stokes, Lambda Province Vice President 1931-1935; Mary Ann Scholl Elliot, Delta Province Vice President 1941-1945; Josephine Torr Kuttler, Zeta Province Vice President 1943-1945; Mary Singleton Wamsley, Theta Province President 1943-1947; Alice Anne Longley Roberts, Field Secretary 1943-1945; Mary Elizabeth Davis Wampler, Graduate Counselor 1946-1947; Frances Shahan Ulen, Delta Province President 1945-1947; Frances Fatout Alexander, Mu Province President 1947-1953, Director of Chapters 1954-1956, Vice President 1958-1962, President 1964-1968; Bernice Read Mayes, Mu Province Vice President 1947-1949; Elizabeth Zimmermann Howard, Epsilon Province Vice President 1951-1953; Rebecca Rhue Dooley, Gamma Province Director of Alumnae 1955-1957; Mary Louise Williams Rapp, Epsilon Province Director of Alumnae 1957-1959; Margaret Haun Groetsch, Zeta Province Director of Chapters 1963-1965; Caryl Gernandes Wilhoite, Graduate Counselor 1965-1966; Jean Wilcox Morris, Alpha Province Director of Alumnae 1965-1967; Linda Buell Corrigan, Graduate Counselor 1974-1975; Sally Milbourne, Graduate Counselor 1975-1976; Carolyn Steele, Zeta Province Director of Chapters 1975-1977
Fraternity Loyalty Award Recipients:
Frances Fatout Alexander, 1970. She was a Mu Province Director of Chapters from 1949-1953. Next, she served as Fraternity chairman of pledge training and then as Director of Chapters from 1954-1958. She became the Fraternity’s Vice President in 1959 and served two terms. She went off Council in 1962 to become Kappa’s National Panhellenic Conference delegate from 1962-1964. She was Fraternity President from 1964-1968. She became the chairman of Fraternity research and Panhellenic alternate delegate in 1968.
Fraternity Alumnae Achievement Award Recipients:
Eliza Jean Nelson Penfield, 1950- Grand President of Kappa. Outstanding record as a platform speaker, parliamentarian, lawyer, and leader in the cause of voting rights for women. She had toured the west with the late Carrie Chapman Catt to work for ratification of the woman’s suffrage amendment. She helped to found the League of Women Voters.
Bertha Fain Tucker, 1954. She has been elected judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County in 1953, the first woman elected to judgeship in Cook County since 1923. She had built a reputation for fearlessness and fairness among the legal profession.
Anne Elder, 1976. She was a talented script writer and received an Emmy Award. She acted at “Second City” in Chicago, was a regular on television’s “Laugh-In.” She produced two Billy Jean King Specials, “Women In Sports”; “Bill Daleys’ Hocus-Pocus”; and an ABC special filmed at Sea World, Cleveland. Anne co-authored the Mitzi Gaynor specials for TV, and was a guest on many TV game shows.
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Contents
The Early Years
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Most of the previous information was excerpted from The History of Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity, 1870-1930 and The History of Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity, 1870-1976. The information that follows has been gleaned from available resources including Chapter History Reports, chapter meeting minutes, letters and comments from chapter members and alumnae, the Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity Archives, and The Key. Each chapter is expected to update its history record annually. Contact Fraternity Headquarters at kkghq@kkg.org with questions.
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Highlights of 2011-2020
From chapter’s History Report: Scholarship, group honors/awards, traditions, special events, changes on campus or within chapter, overall nature of the chapter, chapter goals, challenges and how they were overcome, etc.:
2012
The 2012 spring and fall semesters provided challenges to overcome as Iota chapter. During the spring semester, Iota chapter was put on a refocus letter that made us take a deeper look upon ourselves. As a chapter we had lost track and began to experience many respect issues within and to the house, and because of this, changes needed to be made. To confine to our new expectations, as a chapter, we were no longer allowed to participate in 'flower ins'--a serenading tradition between DePauw fraternity and soroity new member classes. Through this challenge though, we collectively came up with a new plan of action and created a new tradition called "serenades" that emulates the original purpose of the tradition. The University was pleased with our new outlook and the GLC even funded money to Iota chapter to make the upcoming events a success--and if all goes well, the univeristy is planning on implementing these new events for the new member classes at DePauw in the near future.
In Spring of 2013, Iota also held a Social Media Policy discussion, and planned a section of our by-laws regarding online social media expectations for the chapter. These bylaws are likely to be modeled by other Kappa Kappa Gamma chapters. Iota chapter has also become very involed in sustainability and is becoming a model for other greek houses on campus. Along with this, Iota chapter has had a successful year of philanthropy, once again putting on the Kappa Fashion show for Dress for Success, supporting Kappa's national philanthropy Reading is Fundamental, participating in Arts Fest for local children of Greencastle, as well as supporting other philanthropies across campus. Our new chapter coucil, elected in the fall, is dedicated to working through our refocus letter and we will be a stronger chapter because of it.
Fall 2012 brought exciting changes to DePauw's campus. The location change of our school bookstore, which moved from the Union Building on campus to downtown Greencastle, was a novel change for the campus. In addition to the amazing new bookstore, now named Eli's Books, a Starbucks was also established and connects to the bookstore. By providing a great coffee shop and bookstore downtown, it has encouraged students to visit the community of Greencastle more frequently. Along with this, the Anderson Street Project construction was completed, providing a striking new gated entrance to DePauw's campus.
The university has also adopted a new tiger logo. During the fall semester, which was also a celebration of DePauw's 175th anniversary, DePauw President Brian Casey announced many incredible future renovations to the campus, including the Lilly Fitness center, Roy O. West Library, Olin Biological Sciences building and the construction of a new dining hall. In terms of our chapter, the challenges brought upon us have seemed to bring us closer together. We are a chapter filled with incredible, involved, and inspiring women, and together we have been working through hurdles together.