Delta Gamma - University of Iowa

Delta Gamma page 5 Jamie Byars Hershiser '77* Sharon Brand Keenan '78 Suzanne Behls Fruendt '80 In honor of the 1979 pledge class 3 musketeers Mardy VanVooren Sackley '80 Laura Mueller Mau '82 Susan Dorner Sullivan '83 Christen Anton Peters '86* In honor of the Tau presidents Jennifer Heinz Ortman '88 Cherilyn Smoron Denisiuk '90 Amy Fagerberg A'Hearn '97* Rachel Thorbjornsen Dougherty '98 Rebekah Gardner Feather '98* Kate Swisher Rosenberger '98 Michelle Norton Bonnema '99 Jennifer Hupe Harris '99 Allison Neswold Henley '00* In honor of the class of 2000 Katy O'Malley '01 In memory of Dorothy Einspar, House Mom Michelle Zerbonia Hebenstreit '02* In honor of the 2002 pledge class Lyndsey Knitter Tipsord '04 In memory of Margot Satow '04 and Melissa Ann Brendes '05 Melissa Anderson '08* Jordan Hoffa '10 1873 Society ($500 to $999) Marie Jeffrey Shreeves '33 Martha Mullan Kennelly '40 Charlotte Penningroth Pence '44 Sally Finkbine Baker '49 Jacqueline Fish Fieseler '50 Sara Sackett Eick '51 Nancy Sweitzer Gunn '51 Mary Hauer Milani '52 Kaye McLarnan Byers '56 In honor of the 1955 and 1956 initiation classes Mary Bush Miller '59 Margaret Ann Ellsworth '61 Linda Mast Bohlen '63 Kathleen Buresh Marmorek '64 Sherri Smith Zastrow '64 Vivian Fabbro Keenan '66 Becky Hohl Senti '67 Jane Cassill Burton '68 Kathleen Moore Ebinger '68† Julie VanOrsdol Hamilton '68† Rebecca Anderson Hastad-Aarestad '69 Kaplan Family Gift Jane Luithly Kaplan '78 Maggie Kaplan '14 Linda Land Lazar '78 Kimberly Kvitle Mitchell '78 Joni Nellis-Beals '78 Sandra Neel Sandrock '78 Katherine Walker Brokaw '79 Donna Baker Kurdmeier '79 In memory of Wendy Wolmutt Blackburn '78 Cathy Jones Sams '80 Kristin Forney Wing '80 Jill Rotter Harper '81 Jane Van Werden Lorentzen '83 Jacqueline Ann Leyes Bergquist, Mu Chapter '84 In honor of the women of Tau Chapter Jill Loeser '87 In memory of Jamie Burd Neidballa '88 Mindy Dlugosch Pucell '94 Kyla Short Bidne '98 EJ Sunstrum Lillwitz '99 Bronwen Wombacher Mosquera '00 Stephanie Crawford Tenconi '00 Kendall Sater Niccum '05* In memory of Melissa Ann Brendes '05 Young Alumnae Society ($250 to $499) Ashley Hammen '03 In honor of Dorothy Einspar, House Mom Jill Rymarz '04 In memory of Margot Satow '04 Kelsey Rasmussen '10* * Contributions made in honor of Tau Chapter presidents. Gifts toward the Tau Chapter president fund will be utilized to name the Presidential Suite in honor of presidents, past and present. † Contributions made in memory of Linda Ackley Bloom '68. Gifts will be utilized to name the study room in her honor. Giving Back Because of Tau Tradition Janice Larson Donahue '45 Shares Why She Values DG "I t was 71 years ago that I chose Delta Gamma. I still remember the warm, friendly attitude of the sisters and the welcoming feeling I got there," shares Janice Larson Donahue '45. Some of her best memories are from her time at Tau Chapter; she made lifelong friends and had experiences that helped her become the person she is today, which is why she gave to the Anchored in Tradition, Securing Our Legacy campaign. "I knew it was time for me to support a group that had helped to shape my life." When Janice was asked to donate to the campaign, a flood of wonderful memories came to her. She recalled the road trip she and several sisters took to National Convention and how during Chapter meetings there weren't enough chairs and many sisters would have to sit on the floor, which motivated her to serve as recording secretary and enjoy a reserved chair. Janice also remembers that as a freshman, her sisters nominated her to represent Delta Gamma as a Homecoming queen candidate. While she did not win, it was still a day that she has remembered her entire life. "My brother, Dr. Erling Larson, then a member of Nu Sigma Nu, needed six dates for a day of Homecoming activities. The men were all Navy officers and freshmen medical students. My DG pledge sisters were thrilled to be asked. That was the day I met my husband, Dr. James Donahue, whom I shared 63 years of marriage with." Janice and James have two daughters, Susan O'Kane and Sharon Kobs, four grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. Janice lives in a retirement home in Peoria, Arizona, where she serves on seven committees, served as welcome chairman, and is the chairman of the council. She is looking forward to her 90th birthday in January 2016.

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