Chi Omega was founded on April 5, 1895 at the University of Arkansas. Ina May Boles, Jean Vincenheller, Jobelle Holcombe, and Alice Simonds, with guidance from Fayetteville dentist, Dr. Charles Richardson, a Kappa Sigma, created the organization. Dr. Richardson was known as “Sis Doc” to generations of Psi Chapter members (the founding chapter at Arkansas is known as the Psi Chapter) and he is counted as a founder. He crafted Chi Omega’s first badge out of dental gold. I think it’s a safe bet to say that Chi Omega is the only National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) organization to have its first badge crafted out of dental gold.
Original Chi Omega badge crafted in dental gold by “Doc Sis.”
My apologies to my Chi Omega friends. I had another post planned for Founders’ Day, but some nasty bug has me down for the count. Here are links to a few Chi Omega posts.
About “Sis Doc” http://wp.me/p20I1i-1m2
About Chi Omega’s National Achievement Award (written by my friend Lyn Harris) http://wp.me/p20I1i-mw
About Mary Love Collins http://wp.me/p20I1i-7a
About the Greek Theater at the University of Arkansas http://wp.me/p20I1i-JM
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