Alpha Phi - University of Missouri

Always Alpha Phi 6 Omicron Welcomes New Chapter Advisor C arrie Moreland Reid '01 was recently appointed Omicron's chapter advisor, succeeding Liz Underwood Drouin '99, who will continue to spearhead Team Omicron as International Governor. A lifetime Kansas City resident, Carrie was twice elected to the chapter's Executive Board as a collegian and served on the house corporation board while in law school at Mizzou. She has held several advisory roles during the past five years. Carrie married her husband, Shawn, in 2009 and they have a one-eyed dog named Scott, adopted following the Joplin tornado. Her workdays are spent as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in Jackson County, Missouri. She says her job is just like Law & Order, just without the great costume budget! Congratulations, Carrie! You can e-mail her at carrie.mizzouaphi@gmail.com. Dr. Sarah Jane "Sally" Willier Johnson Scholarship Awarded A Mizzou scholarship in memory of Dr. Sarah Jane "Sally" Willier Johnson '61 has been granted to an Omicron undergraduate for the 2013-14 school year. The $1,250 award recognizes academic achievement, student involvement, leadership and career readiness, and is endowed by Sarah Jane's Alpha Gamma Sigma husband, Dr. Bruce Johnson, a loyal Missouri Tiger. Among their three sons is Phil Johnson, a record-making MU quarterback who was injured during the famous "fifth down" game against Colorado in 1990. she held until she lost her battle with breast cancer in 1995—far too young at age 53. Her contributions to countless community and professional groups distinguished her as a talented leader, a skill she also shared as an Alpha Phi volunteer for the Delta Tau Chapter at Louisiana State University. A life-long learner, Sally was a home economics major from Paris, Missouri. She pledged Alpha Phi as a sophomore, together with her hometown friend and roommate, Linda Blades Moot '61. Jayne Gehbauer Kasten '59 recalls Sally was "fun-loving, creative, beautiful inside and out—a great sister." Sally taught in Hannibal, Baton Rouge, and, ultimately, Springfield, Missouri, where she was named a Curriculum Specialist, a position A Among a field of outstanding applicants, Abby Holman '12 was selected to receive this new scholarship earmarked for Omicron members. A native Columbian, Abby is a junior magazine design major with a 3.579 G.P.A., who serves as Alpha Phi's Director of Academics. Abby is a presidential scholar who has consistently been named to the dean's list, but also made time to log more than 800 community service hours during her first two years in college. Alpha Phi is proud to receive this generous new scholarship named in honor of a very special Omicron sister. Thank you to Sally's family and congratulations to Abby, the inaugural recipient of this wonderful award. Omicron Receives Jenkins Bequest $15,000 bequest from the Edward L. Jenkins Remainder Trust was received by Omicron Chapter earlier this summer. The former Phi Delta Theta predeceased his wife, Helen Gibler Montgomery Jenkins '32, who joined the Silent Chapter earlier this year. Their estate distribution has been set aside for capital improvements to the chapter house. At the time of her death, Helen was among the eldest of Omicron's surviving sisters. Engaging and spirited, she remained well-read and animated well into her 90s. She delighted in telling stories about her Alpha Phi college days and loved to share photos of a certain rear window of Omicron's chapter house, which afforded an occasional late date for those intrepid sisters who dared to defy curfew. During her lifetime she was a librarian, magazine writer, and journalist. Her valuable collection of rare books was gifted to Mizzou's Ellis Library through her estate. Omicron Chapter is grateful and extremely honored to receive this generous gift from Helen's family. Have you considered an estate gift to benefit your Alpha Phi chapter? Please contact Val Lawlor '71 at vallaw@aol.com or (214) 321-2757 to learn how you can make a lasting difference for Omicron.

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