Alpha Chi Omega - University of Missouri

3 Alpha Chi Omega 75-YEAR ANNIVERSARY Mary Hicks Ratz '40 60-YEAR ANNIVERSARY Nancy Miller Bakker '55 Beverly Brennan Brinlee '55 Jane Lavelle Brown '55 Eleanor Hoover Ferril '55 Ramona Myers Gleitz '55 Betty Gardner Henry '55 Marilyn Lippy Lampson '55 Na Oma Kraus Levy '55 Sharon Jones McKinney '55 Diana Plackmeyer Thomas '55 Kitty Thomas Wilkinson '55 Alice-Ann Weinand Younger '55 50-YEAR ANNIVERSARY Nancy Matteson Aimonette '65 Mary Ann Eggers Beahon '65 Susan Stewart Berkbuegler '65 Nancy Goodman Blanchard '65 Shirley Lake Cage '65 Victoria Holtz Evans '65 Sara Land Hoeppner '65 Gail Goetze Kervatt '65 Angela Russo Kreienheder '65 Vicki Davis Krupp '65 Christina Farmer Neff '65 Jone Randolph Oliver '65 Peggy Robson Olrich '65 Janine Boals Pierson '65 Sharon Ebersole Rose '65 Janel Osborn Salmen '65 Diane Cunningham Sheppard '65 Karen Fisher Smith '65 Barbara Marlow Summers '65 Kerry Cotton Wells '65 Phyllis Schaffner Wisniewski '65 Linda Critchlow Woley '65 Congratulations to 35 Alpha Nu Alumnae Celebrating Milestone Anniversaries in 2015 T his year, 35 alumnae are celebrating the 75-, 60-, and 50-year anniversaries of their initiation into Alpha Chi Omega. All alumnae celebrating anniversaries are contacted by ACW National Headquarters regarding their milestone pin if contact information is available. Those affiliated with an alumnae chapter generally receive their milestone pins via their alumnae chapter. If an alumna is not a member of an alumnae chapter or was not contacted by NH, she can contact Vicky Harrison, archivist/ ritual coordinator at NH, at vharrision@ alphachiomega.org or (317) 579-5050, ext. 234. A lpha Nu always encouraged its members to achieve academically, be leaders in campus activities and give back through community service," said Mary Ann Eggers Beahon '65, as she looks back on 50 years of membership in Alpha Chi Omega. "This guidance set the standard for my life," she adds. Committed to lifelong learning and community service, Mary Ann has served as director of university relations at William Woods University in Fulton, Mo., for the past 17 years. She has actively supported the Delta Chi chapter of Alpha Chi at William Woods for many years. As an undergraduate, Mary Ann was involved when Alpha Nu assisted with the colonization of Delta Chi in 1965. Since then, Delta Chi has won the National Council trophy numerous times. Mary Ann has fond memories of formal dinners, candlelights, fraternity exchanges, attending football games in the chapter's seating block, gooey cinnamon rolls on Friday afternoons and spring break trips with sisters. She has been involved in several alumnae chapters during various moves throughout her career. "I was always welcomed as a sister into each group." Still active with Alpha Nu, Mary Ann was instrumental in raising funds for Alpha Nu's capital campaign by contacting many of the sisters who were initiated in the 1960s. "Many alumnae generously donated to the campaign, several of them making gifts to honor Mother B., the chapter's house director at the time," she notes. A number of these sisters have reconnected on Facebook through the AXO Sisters of the Sixties group. In addition to assisting with the capital campaign, Mary Ann is a new member of the Alpha Nu House Corporation Board. "I hope to help the house corporation board complete the renovations to the chapter house, maintain a safe environment for the undergraduate members and find new ways to enhance the Alpha Chi experience for collegiate sisters," she says. "Giving back to the chapter just feels right at this time. All of us gained so much from our Alpha Chi experience, and I want to make sure future members have the same encouragement and guidance that I received." Fifty Year Member Exemplifies Alpha Chi Ideals Are you an Alpha Nu sister from the sixties? Connect with the sisters from your decade by joing the ACW Sisters of the Sixties Facebook group. Alpha Nu Basketball Reunion Night Alumnae celebrate at the post-game party. Mizzou basketball coach Kim Anderson and Melissa Newman Anderson '74. A lpha Nu alumnae from all eras, along with family members and guests, attended the Mizzou basketball game on February 7 against Texas A&M to support basketball Coach Kim Anderson and his wife, Melissa Newman Anderson '74. The group gathered at the chapter house before the game to reconnect and enjoy a light buffet. Members conducted tours and mingled with alumnae. The group reconvened after the game at Room 38 in downtown Columbia to catch up, share memories and cheer for Coach Anderson and Melissa. "

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