Do we decorate our trees with our organization’s ornaments? Of course we do!
Lu Ann Riegl Daniel’s collection of official Tri Delta ornaments
Caitlin Mae’s Tri Sigma tree
Lambda Chi Alpha Ornaments
One of Susan Norman’s Delta Zeta ornaments
Nann Blaine Hilyard’s Alpha Gamma Delta ornaments
Raggedy Ann Hannah, courtesy of Staige Davis Hodges
Heather Wilson Miller’s Pi Phi tree
Bonnie Myshrall’s ornaments
Franci Rocco Bayes’ Zeta Tau Alpha tree. The topper is a crown.
Chi Omega
Heather Wilson Miller’s Pi Phi angel ornament
Ellen Wenzel’s squirrel tree
Karen Gunther’s tree topper made by her mother. The angel has an arrow and a wine and silver blue dress. – Pi Beta Phi
Dana Moreland’s Alpha Omicron Pi ornament
Wanda Barton Yeatts was housemother at the Delta Zeta chapter at the University of Georgia where this was the chapter’s tree.
Wanda Barton Yeatts’ Delta Zeta tree
Leanne Sim Nickel’s Delta Gamma ornaments
Chi Omega
Christopher Radko anchor Santa, c. 1995 – Delta Gamma, courtesy of Staige Davis Hodges
Toni Clark Fletcher, Alpha Delta Pi
Toni Clark Fletcher, Alpha Delta Pi
Bonnie Myshrall’s ornaments
Toni Clark Fletcher, Alpha Delta Pi
Delta Gamma ornament – moon with Hannah fishing with an anchor. Custom made by J. Brandt, courtesy of Staige Davis Hodges
Beverly Hatcher’s ornament from her Alpha Omicron Pi chapter at the University of Toledo. She also has lots of panda and rose ornaments.
Anchor purchased at a Delta Gamma Convention, courtesy of Staige Davis Hodges
Chi Omega
Dana L. Moreland’s Alpha Omicron Pi tree
Alpha Gamma Delta
Caroline Cardwell’s Chi Omega tree
Modern day glass anchor, from a Delta Gamma ornament exchange, reverses to clipper ship, c. 2003, courtesy of Staige Davis Hodges
Cotton batting anchor ornament, c. 1895 – Delta Gamma, courtesy of Staige Davis Hodges
Delta Gamma, courtesy of Staige Davis Hodges
Chi Omega
Football Dresden candy container signed by players from Albion College in Michigan (1921-24) and also by their girlfriends, all of whom were Delta Gammas from Zeta Chapter-Albion. Tag attached has embossed Greek Delta Gamma letters. It has been sent to the Delta Gamma Archives, courtesy of Staige Davis Hodges
Pi Beta Phi
Chi Omega
Tara Wheeler Prather’s squirrel tree
Ceramic anchor commemorating a year as a Delta Gamma Field Consultant (CDC), courtesy of Staige Davis Hodges
Chi Omega
Blown glass anchor, c. 1910-20 – Delta Gamma, courtesy of Staige Davis Hodges
Chi Omega
Hand painted ivorine anchor, c. 1900 – Delta Gamma, courtesy of Staige Davis Hodges
Chi Omega
Delta Gamma, courtesy of Staige Davis Hodges
Chi Omega
An angel given to Fran Becque by Evelyn Peters Kyle, early 1990s – Pi Beta Phi
Margaret Furlong anchor angel – Delta Gamma, courtesy of Staige Davis Hodges
Chi Omega
Delta Gamma, courtesy of Staige Davis Hodges
“This angel was given to me by my Grandmother as a child. She had the ornaments made for her granddaughters ( all who later followed her footsteps and joined Pi Phi) she is joined by other angels collected over the years on my angel tree.” Annemarie Long Wilson
Elisabeth Long Young’s angel ornament from her Grandmother Long (a charter member of the University of Louisville chapter).
Cotton batting anchor, c. 1890 – Delta Gamma, courtesy of Staige Davis Hodges
Delta Gamma, courtesy of Staige Davis Hodges
Hannah and her anchor – Delta Gamma, courtesy of Staige Davis Hodges
Delta Gamma, courtesy of Staige Davis Hodges
Anchor ornament – c.1860 – Delta Gamma, courtesy of Staige Davis Hodges
KA Sullivan
KA Sullivan, a gift from a Grand Council member when KA was on Council.
KA Sullivan’s first Theta Phi Alpha ornament
Centennial ornament belonging to KA Sullivan
Alpha Delta Pi ornaments
KA Sullivan
Marla Schroeder’s angel and arrow tree
Sharon Kern Wiechman’s Alpha Omicron Pi tree
Julie Dunn Eichenberg’s Gamma Phi house
Julie Dunn Eichenberg’s Gamma Phi Beta tree
Linda Miller Murphy’s Pi Phi and P.E.O. tree
A sampling of some of the official Phi Mu ornaments offered through the Fraternity. Some dating back to the late 80’s/early 90’s. Two limited edition ornaments were created through a partnership with Radko and remain cherished keepsakes for many of our members.
Kathy Stebleton Schultz‘s Kappa Alpha Theta tree
My thanks to Carolyn McFarland Hunter, Staige Davis Hodges, Keri Smathers Pye, Lisa Tegels, Karen Chevalier, Karen Gunther, Nann Blaine Hilyard, Ellen Wenzel, and Penny Procter, Amy Novara Murphy, Logan Tootel, Sally Belknap, Deb Scarlett, Ronda Doane Deer, Jessica Strange, Shelly Sheehy Troll, Rene Matz Thompson, Annemarie Long Wilson, Bonnie Myshrall, Dana Moreland, Beverly Hatcher, Ellen Wenzel, LuAnn Riegl Daniel, KA Sullivan, Elisabeth Long Young, Tara Wheeler Prather, Sharon Kern Wiechman, John Tilden, Charlie Ball, Caroline Cardwell, Sherri Bledsoe Halford, Nikki Selander Heyd, Kristin Windeshausen Henkenius, Marla Schroeder, Eryn Lynn Hackett Fisher, Linda Miller Murray, Julie Dunn Eichenberg, Lynn Storlien McGraw, Kathy Stebleton Schultz, Jane Horlings, Robin White Fanning, Tori Clark Fletcher, Franci Rocco Bayes, Susan Norman, Heather Wilson Miller, Lisa Gebken Thibault, Karen Ann Yaksich Kurlander, Leanne Sim Nickel, Wanda Barton Yeatts, Ginger Hicks Smith, Kelly Brest van Kampen, Caitlin Mae, Lu Ann Riegl Daniel
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I was the last person anyone would have suspected of joining a sorority in college. I am sure I would have agreed with them, too.
When I made my way to Syracuse University, I saw the houses with the Greek letters that edged Walnut Park, and wished I could tour them. My roommate suggested I sign up for rush (as it was then called, today it’s known as recruitment) and go through the house tour round and then drop out of rush. It sounded like a plan. I didn’t realize that I would end up feeling at home at one of the chapters. And that I would become a member.
In this blog I will share the history of GLOs and other topics. I wrote a dissertation on “Coeducation and the History of Women’s Fraternities 1867-1902.″ It chronicles the growth of the system and the birth of the National Panhellenic Conference.
My Master’s thesis details the history of the fraternity system at Southern Illinois University Carbondale from 1948-1960. The dates are significant ones and the thesis is available on the top menu.
I have done research at the Student Life Archives and have written several histories of University of Illinois fraternity chapters for the Society for the Preservation of Greek Housing.