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'''Fraternity Officers:'''
Catherine Burnside Piper served as Grand Secretary, 1920-22; F. Marie Leghorn, Registrar, 1922-24; Emily Peirce Sheafe, Editor of The Key, 1926-30; Lora Harvey George, Director of Chapter Organization, 1944-46; Claire Drew Walker, Director of Alumnae, 1956-58; Mary Carolyn Shuford (Johnson), Field Secretary, 1965-1966; Stacy Underwood (Bjarnason), Traveling Consultant, 1991-1992; Kay Smith Larson, Fraternity President, 1988-1992; Rebecca (Becky) Kinney, Traveling Consultant, 2003-2004; Jessica Myers Leadership Consultant, 2006-2007
'''Loyalty Award recipient:'''
Helen Snyder Andres Steiner, 1980
'''Alumnae Achievement Award recipients:'''
Claire Drew Forbes (Walker), 1956, National “Advertising Woman of the Year;” started Santa Barbara, California’s first advertising agency;
Mary Lucas Richardson, 1958, Chief of the Division of Rheumatic Fever, Bureau of Maternal and Child Health for the Pennsylvania Department of Health;
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The wife of the president of the pioneer university of the northwest, the University of Washington, gathered around her a small group of girls from the student body and began to instill in them the ideals of a national fraternity. She was Helen H. Wadsworth Graves, Boston, and, of course, the aims which she was trying to make these girls understand were Kappa aims and ideals.
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The 1970s brought increased involvement in politics, community projects and extra-curricular activities. A dozen members participated in STAY/Neighborhood House Tutors, and one girl was in an educational project, the Renton Intern Program. One chapter member was a Republican Convention delegate, and seven studied abroad in university programs.
Challenges faced by the women of Beta Pi in the early ‘80s were alcohol at fraternity exchanges and women sleeping overnight at fraternities. If a member committed either of these offenses, she was sent to the Standards Committee. In an attempt to change the drinking/party culture at the University and to be an example for the rest of the Greek System, the chapter held the first “dry” exchange in the Greek System to promote socializing without alcohol involvement. These “dry” exchanges have continued and are very popular among the current Greek System chapters.
The chapter goal in 1990 promoted respect and pride toward Beta Pi through positively supporting one another in the chapter and non-chapter events. This was achieved through increasing the philanthropy hours and focused on areas within the chapter that needed improvement. The chapter goal promoted improving Beta Pi through observance of rules, respect for others, their property, Ritual and ourselves.
In October, 2005, Beta Pi celebrated its Centennial. More than 300 Kappas attended a special luncheon at Benaroya Hall in downtown Seattle. Several classes held reunions, the annual Doris Bronson Morril, Mary Maxwell Gates and Fleur-de-Lis awards were presented to deserving alumnae and a video celebrating 100 Years of Beta Pi was shown. Fraternity Director of Alumnae Carol George Sanders, Cal State Northridge attended.