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Kate Cross (Shenehon) became Kappa’s third Grand President after holding, in succession, every office of Chi Chapter after her initiation in September 1884. She served as Fraternity Grand Marshal 1886-1888, in charge of planning the Minneapolis Convention of 1888, at which she was elected by a membership most impressed with the arrangements she had made.

Kate, a painter known for poetic language, moved frequently after her marriage to Francis Shenehon in May of 1891. When the couple settled in Minneapolis in 1909, Kate resumed her relationship with Chi Chapter. Neither Tade Hartsuff Kuhns nor Charlotte Barrell Ware had children, but Kate Cross Shenehon had three daughters – all of whom became members of Chi Chapter. Her family also included two Kappa sisters, a Kappa sister-in-law and four Kappa nieces. “As a family we claim to stand high in ‘Kappa Content,’ ” she once wrote, and either syllable of that last word could be emphasized.