Gamma Phi Beta - University of Kansas

Mary Belcher Lyon '41 Anna Muhlenbruch Stucker '44 Barbara Felt Welton '46 Charlene Lashbrook Gibbs '48 Mary Stout Mize '48 Margaret Dickinson Schnackenberg '48 Diane Hornaday Hall '50 Doris McConnell Owens '50 Janet Allen Fithian '51 Sue Wright Brownlee '53 Catherine Campbell Dunmire '53 Alberta Johnson McGrath '53 Shirley Samuelson Schell '53 Marilyn Underwood McQuillen '54 Ann Williams Overman '54 Dianne Nothdurft Toalson '54 Dorothy Sorrels Hedrick '55 Virginia Hill Soper '55 Mary Sharon Wells '55 Glenna Richards Wilber '55 Margaret Peach Maupin '56 Dinah Wolters Schuler '57 Betty Hailey Crooker '57 Jean Elson Woods '57 Lou Ann Murray Hansen '58 Marcia Nelson Cassidy '59 Sara Clawson Colt '59 Kathryn Sowder Dittemore '59 Karlene Howell Ferguson '59 Sandra Miller Shutler '59 Sally Ossian Smith '59 Mary McDonnell '62 Madelaine Lafferty Smith '63 Judith Bartlett Clark '64 Dee A. Kowalski Coffeen '64 Bridget O'Leary Piper '64 Linda French Wilson '64 Jan McEwen Davey '65 Mary Schaechtele Lake '65 Barbara Elliott Machin '66 Connie Carney Erickson '67 Jane Gochnauer Goss '67 Jean O'Neil Seaver '67 Dee Burrows Clifford '68 Julia Jardes Estes '69 Jeanne Gorman '69 Susan K. Harper '69 Harriette McCaul '69 Karen Zupko '69 Candace Kowalski Benjamin '70 Anita Zeck Sullivan '70 Gayle Wamser DeBaun '71 Jananne Hewett McLaughlin '71 Claudia Boles Myers '71 Alice Robinson Levy '72 Marcia Neal Rowley '72 Jessica Townsend Teague '72 Martha Pleasant Drake '73 Carol Waler Searcy '73 Sally Ramseyer Beck '74 Nancy Hansen Jones '74 Deborah Reid Mountsier '74 Cindy Schuler Davidson '75 Janet Gorman Hoven '75 Helen Hughes Kloepfer '75 Alison Digges Staniforth '75 Debi Dennis Duckworth '76 Judy Shepherd Hawkins '78 Cindy Emig Penzler '78 Susan Rogers Seidel '79 Natalie Evanson Johnson '80 Julie Weisman Johnson '80 Jill Eddy Hastings '82 Stephanie Hearn '82 Julie Colebank Scott '84 Sara Christensen Wagner '84 Jane E. Heeney '85 Robin C. Beery '86 Lisa Shriver Reitz '86 Carole Dahlsten Stevens '89 Shana Mayor Mahan '93 Ashley Hock Meisinger '94 Erica Miller Blackman '97 Charity Warlick Manley '97 Megan Crocker Wombolt '97 Carrie Ruggles Carmichael '98 Kelle Burmeister Gilmore '98 Alison Reynolds Peak '98 Carolyn Kunz Patterson '99 Emily Swallow '08 G amma Phi Beta was a place for Terrie Webb Huntington '68 to gain leadership skills and create a foundation for a successful career in the Kansas Legislature. Sigma's involvement in philanthropy through Rock Chalk Revue and United Way, along with their affiliation with camping and outdoor activities, seemed worthwhile causes for Terrie. Getting involved with those initiatives allowed Terrie to gain skills she still uses today. "The skills you attain from serving others will be those you can use your entire life, whether at a job or in your volunteer positions. Gamma Phi Beta provided me an opportunity to hone leadership skills. I could use my background in marketing communications to publicize the need for volunteers and dollars for various organizations, and it all started with Gamma Phi." Terrie earned a bachelor's degree in psychology with an emphasis in speech communications and human relations. She served for 10 years in the Kansas House and Senate, where she had the experience of a lifetime working with policy and politics. Since retiring in 2013, she has acquired her real estate license. Gamma Phi Beta remains an important part of Terrie's life as she has served in many areas for the alumnae chapter of the greater Kansas City area, including alumnae chapter president for two years, and at the international level as a province alumnae director and regional alumnae director. These roles again show how Terrie's Gamma Phi-taught leadership skills have helped in all aspects of life. Terrie is also involved with planning the upcoming Sigma Chapter centennial celebration. "I'm happy to have my health and be able to attend. It's such a special sorority. I look forward to visiting with and catching up on news from women who live in the house. I know this reunion will be just as special as the 85th." Terrie and her husband, Jim, a Delta Tau Delta who was a dishwasher and waiter in the Sigma chapter house, live in Fairway, Kansas. They have two children in Denver and San Francisco, two grandchildren, and a black Labrador. Contact Terrie via e-mail at terriehuntington@gmail.com. SIGMA NEWS 2 Thank You, Generous Alumnae, for Donating $100 to Commemorate 100 Years of Sigma Chapter Sigma Chapter Taught Terrie Webb Huntington '68 Invaluable Leadership Skills S ince we announced our Centennial Club in spring 2014, 90 alumnae have shown their enthusiastic support for the centennial year of Sigma Chapter of Gamma Phi Beta with their gifts of $100 or more. We deeply appreciate these contributions of at least one dollar for each year of our historic membership, which will be used toward important chapter house improvements. All women who contribute to the Centennial Club will receive special recognition at our centennial event next April. If an error has been made in recording the amount of your gift, or if we have mistakenly omitted your gift, we sincerely apologize. If a correction is needed, please send it to Sigma Chapter of Gamma Phi Beta, P.O. Box 3796, Lawrence, KS 66049. Sigma Chapter Represented at International Convention G amma Phi collegians Paige Lueker '13, Chloe Coats '13, Ashley Falkner '12, and Katherine Hartley '13, along with Scholarship Advisor Sally Ramseyer Beck '74, represented Sigma Chapter at the 76th Gamma Phi Beta International Convention in Seattle July 9-13. Other Sigma alumnae attending included Anna Starks '06 and Susan Guder Gurwell '91. Our members enjoyed the opportunity to network, learn, and grow as leaders, as well as participate in the business sessions that impact the future of Gamma Phi Beta. They met new sisters and had a great deal of fun celebrating our sisterhood at the many activities and dinners. Chloe Coats '13, Katherine Hartley '13, Ashley Falkner '12, and Paige Lueker '13 at our international convention.

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