Alpha Chi Omega - Purdue University

Lyre Letter 4 ALPHA BETA CHAPTER HOUSE WISH LIST Help Us Raise the Bar on Campus T hese are the projects that we would like to complete at the Alpha Beta Chapter house in the near future. With your support, we can make them a reality. • Touch-screen TV with accompanying software. • The TV would be placed in the foyer and have many purposes, including displaying current events on campus and at the chapter house, holding all past composite photos, special announcements, historical pictures and much more. • Three round tables and chairs for the library. • One rectangle conference table and chairs for the executive office. • Complete the outdoor patio project. • Permanent outdoor tables and furniture. • Low brick wall outlining the perimeter with a limestone cap for seating. • Outdoor fireplace. THANK YOU, GENEROUS SISTERS W hank you to the following women who have made a gift to the Alpha Beta Centennial—Celebrating Our Past, Securing Our Future campaign since November. Your gifts ensure the legacy you helped build lives on for many years to come. H. Cleon Studebaker Bowers '45 J. Patricia Chenevey Hecht '45 Betty Yeager Hodapp '45 Suzanne Abell Kiely '48 Arnett Fifer '51 Mary Gustin Buxton '55 Elizabeth Arnett Dresser '56 In memory of Marjorie Arnett Wohlford '49 In honor of Mary Carole Witecha Smith '85 Carol Caldwell VanDerMeid '57 Linda Bowlus Carney '58 Christine Morgan Wallace '70 Patricia Edwards Russell '72 In memory of Christy Smith '65 Carol Chapman Harrigan '68 Sharon Robertson Frapwell '74 Bonnie Andrews Hockema '74 In memory of Janet Shearon Armstrong (First Woman) '53 Ann Cherry Baker '73 Mary Elward Ferrell '83 Marybeth Euler Krawczyk '82 Lee Ann Stiglitz Taglienti '85 Lisa Hartman Batts '86 Alba Hensel Forbes '89 In memory of Mary Campbell Isert '32 Hannah Burke '08 Janet Lester Talbert '00 I f you talk to those who knew and loved Janet Shearon Armstrong '53, a common theme emerges: Strong. Loyal. Private. During her time as an Alpha Beta active member, Janet honed her leadership skills as a leader of the Alpha Chi Eight Notes and a member of the Panhellenic Council. She was the sweetheart of Sigma Chi in 1953-54. Janet met her future husband, a Phi Delt and NASA Astronaut Neil Armstrong, at an Alpha Chi Omega party. Many of her Alpha Beta friendships continued throughout her life thanks to being what her son Mark calls, "the queen of reunions." Janet was a master at keeping in touch and stayed connected with not only her Alpha Beta sisters, high school classmates and other friends, but also her kindergarten class. Later she helped form the Keep in Touch (KIT) group of NASA wives to stay connected as they left Houston. Janet was passionate about synchronized swimming and founded and coached the El Lago (Texas) Aquanauts synchronized swimming team while living in Houston. The team competed at the national level and is still thriving today. Janet enjoyed spending time outdoors, particularly the mountains of the west she deeply loved. Life took Janet to California's San Gabriel Mountains near the Edwards Air Force Base; Houston, Texas; Washington, D.C.; Lebanon, Ohio; Deer Valley, Utah; and St. George, Utah. Janet passed away on June 21, 2018, after battling lung cancer. She is survived by her two sons, Rick and Mark, daughter-in-law Wendy, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. As written in her obituary: "Janet received many awards and honors worldwide as a result of her courage and dedication during the American space program of the 1960s. By all that knew her, she will be remembered as a strong, willful woman that always reunited with a warm smile and parted ways with tears. We ask only that you honor her by standing up for that in which you believe." Alpha Beta is proud to call this Real. Strong. Woman. one of our own! First Woman Janet Shearon Armstrong '53 a Real. Strong. Woman.

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