Pi Beta Phi - University of Southern California

ENTRE NOUS 2 included new bathrooms, technology upgrades (safety, internet and cable TV wiring), new windows and window treatments, kitchen equipment and outdoor improvements. Safety upgrades included new perimeter walls and electronic gates at the alley. Painting, cleaning and other annual work made the house sparkle in time for recruitment. With a long list of items needing renovation, repair or replacement, Mary enthusiastically encouraged alumnae donations and partnered with companies such as Molly Wood Garden Design and Newport Harbor Shipyard to donate items for landscaping and refinishing. When Pi Phi parents wished to join the effort, Mary coordinated the donation of numerous items. In her role, Mary also oversaw a number of business functions, including long-range planning, the employment of the House Director and other staff, leasing the house to the chapter, insurance, taxes and other responsibilities. Mary graduated magna cum laude from USC with a bachelor's degree in English and international relations, and from the USC School of Law. She spent her entire career at Rutan & Tucker, becoming a partner in real estate law and successfully representing some of the largest landlords in Southern California and Fortune 500 companies. Mary served as president of the Trojan League of Los Angeles and received the Widney Alumni House Award for her volunteerism and leadership. A scholarship recipient herself while at USC, Mary endowed scholarships for other students through Town & Gown and served on its scholarship committee. Mary was preceded in death by her first husband, Kevin Green. A plaque honoring Mary will be placed on a bench outside the chapter house. To read Mary's full obituary, please go to www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/latimes/name/mary-rooney- obituary?id=10386195. Honoring Former CHC President Mary McIllece Green Rooney (Continued from page 1) In 2009, Mary wrote: "I have come to think more about the important role that Pi Phi played in my own life. During my undergraduate years, Pi Phi taught me many lessons. Pi Phi introduced me to individuals whom I value today as my dear friends. Pi Phi also taught me to learn from and to gain an appreciation for individuals from different backgrounds and experiences. I developed leadership skills and had the luxury of living in a new and beautiful home with other women committed to common values and goals.… Young women need, and can clearly benefit from, the opportunity to live in a lovely home environment with other women facing similar challenges who commit to standing by and supporting each other in friendship." If you would like to make a donation to fund future house improvements in memory of Mary, please go to https://contributions. omegafi.com/contributions/product/1479- piphi-ca-gamma. If you read the electronic version of Entre Nous, simply click on the link. At the bottom of the page under the Tribute section, please click on "In memory of " and fill out the requested information. We will publish the names of donors in the next Entre Nous newsletter and provide the information to Mary's family. Arrow ($10,000 to $24,999) Trish Dwyer O'Donnell '57 Entre Nous ($5,000 to $9,999) Stacy Nichols Stone '77 Julie Surrell Tracy '80 Susan Carmichael Bickett '85 Wine & Blue ($2,500 to $4,999) Pi Phi Love ($1,000 to $2,499) Linda Bowen Anderson '61 Cara Reynolds Pottmeyer '61 Betsy Grether Childrey '70 Karen Kuhlman Miller '78 Maureen Kris Halikis '82 Susan Astor Gilchrist '84 Michelle Laub Jacobson '87 Jennifer Stephens Acree '89 Carolyn Choboian Chaikovsky '90 Cookie Shine ($500 to $999) Jill Swedo In memory of Mary McIllece Green Rooney '74 Mary Laird Holman '54 Catherine Glenn Martinet '58 Patricia Crehan Baxter '70 Maribeth Jennison Grigsby '72 Donna Duthie Mays '74 Martha Schreiber McCormick '74 Sharon Frisbie Macdonald '82 Laurie Sewell Cappello '83 Farrah Greenberg Kleiner '84 Karen Georgino Firestone '87 Carolyn Buckner Hurray '89 Erica Johnson '11 Ring Ching Ching ($100 to $499) Martha Strout Tylicki '48 Janet Hart Mitchell '50 Jerra Lynne Tyler Beckhart '54 Margaret ompson Strong '54 Kathleen Willis Craig '61 Lani Cline McKinley '61 Joan Pedersen Anderson '62 Heidi Myers Hanley '72 Melanie MacLeod MacLean '84 Rebecca Yarchover Mace '88 Elizabeth Torres, Illinois Zeta '92 In honor of Shannon Ross Megan Sandy McKay '06 Charlotte Busch '16 e Goldwasser Family Leanna Goldwasser '17 Boom Boom (Up to $99) Margaret Jones '77 THANK YOU, GENEROUS DONORS W e sincerely thank all of our California Gamma donors who have contributed to our annual campaign since the last issue. e donors below made contributions between November 2019 and September 2021. Donors are shown in their lifetime giving categories. We truly appreciate your support!

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