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[[File:May_Whiting_Westermann.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Eliza Jean Nelson PenfieldMay Cynthia Whiting Westermann]]
'''May Cynthia Whiting Westermann, Sigma Chapter, Nebraska'''
May C. Whiting Westermann is the only Kappa to have served three terms as president, first as Grand President from 1902-1904, and next as its first National President from 1922-1924 and 1924-1926.* Her name is on the charters of eight chapters and on the membership certificates of approximately 3,000 Kappas.
Most notable of all, May Whiting Westermann researched and edited the long-awaited History of Kappa Kappa Gamma Fraternity, 1870-1930, and in a Convention toast in 1932, she famously said, “Buy the History, Read the History, Never Write a History.”
May was a sweet-faced woman with a commanding presence who embodied the ideals of Kappa in courage, mentality, honesty and vision – and she had a head for detail.