Alpha Phi - University of Missouri

Omicron Chapter of Alpha Phi 3 Thank You, Alumnae and Friends Your Gifts Transform AF's Home W e thank each of the loyal sisters and friends listed below who have generously given to Omicron's 2014 annual campaign. Your gifts help keep the chapter house up to date and make Alpha Phi competitive at Mizzou. The goal is to renovate the kitchen before this fall, so contributions are still needed to make that happen. All contributions to the 2015 annual campaign will go to making these necessary improvements. The alumnae and friends listed below represent only those who contributed to Omicron in 2014. If an error has been made in recording your gift, we sincerely apologize. If corrections to your record are needed, please contact us at Omicron Chapter of Alpha Phi, P.O. Box 1001, Columbia, Missouri 65205. Michelle Kramer '11 Receives Inaugural Val Lawlor Outstanding Senior Award L ast August, Chapter Advisor Carrie Moreland Reid '01 announced the creation of an annual award named in honor of Val Lawlor '71. The endowed scholarship is managed by Alpha Phi Foundation and jointly funded by the chapter, house corporation, advisory boards, alumnae, and friends. When announced, more than $10,000 had already been raised for the award. Val was greatly surprised and deeply honored. The award honors Val's lifetime of service, loyalty, love, and support for the Omicron Chapter and for representing Omicron in such a positive way at the international level. Val has been a dedicated member, volunteer, and leader for Omicron and Alpha Phi International for more than 40 years. She served on Alpha Phi International's Alumnae Strategy Team Steering Committee and the International Housing Committee. She has served as the Vice President for Extension for Alpha Phi International and as International's National Panhellenic Conference Alternate Delegate. She also served five terms on the Alpha Phi International Executive Board, ending her most recent term last June. Locally, she served as president of Omicron's house corporation and was an integral part of Omicron's revitalization in 1998. Michelle Kramer '11 was named as the first recipient of the Val Lawlor Outstanding Senior Award during Omicron's Red Dress Gala on Saturday, March 14. The St. Louis senior will graduate this May with a degree in hospitality management and plans to begin her career with the Four Seasons Hotel. Chapter members nominated seniors who served the chapter dutifully and loyally during their collegiate years and who plan to maintain their Alpha Phi involvement after graduation. Michelle received nominations from a wide variety of chapter members for her loyalty and constant supportive presence in the chapter. Throughout her collegiate membership, Michelle has been an "unsung hero," always eager to help wherever needed. Thank you, Val, for your dedication and love of Alpha Phi and Omicron! Congratulations, Michelle, on loyally serving Omicron and for being the inaugural recipient of this prestigious award! Michelle Kramer '11, with Val Lawlor '71, was thrilled to be named the first recipient of the annual Val Lawlor Outstanding Senior Award. Sara Ann Hatton Circle ($2,501 to $5,000) Valerie Lawlor '71 Carrie Francke Circle ($1,001 to $2,500) Susan Denning Hinton '60 Loving Cup Circle ($501 to $1,000) Judith Sohns Runk '57 Barbara Taylor Riepl '60 Nancy Manring Holman '80 Sisterhood Circle ($251 to $500) Norma Smith Kaywell '45 Marcia Jones Lane '73 Hand-to-Hand Circle ($101 to $250) Mary Jo Williams Hippe '69 Michele Dunard '73 Debra Sams Jones '73 Lisa Marr Doerr '81 Christine Rittberger '89 Gema Tenorio Simmons '91 Nicole M. Wilson '91 Elizabeth Underwood Drouin '99 Rekindling Circle (Up to $100) Gail Barnes Julie McCartney Kimberly Rawie Molly Statz Sabatino Steve and Linda Speracino Linda Whitaker Gloria Murray Burr '46 Charlotte Karl Walker '47 Frances Hardy Hoxworth '49 Ruby Gattermeir Moss '49 Ann Brady Bouckaert '52 Vera Hills Inskeep '52 Janet Hewitt Dameron '53 Elizabeth Smallfelt '56 Geraldine Davenport '58 Nola Grate McKee '58 Sandra Shaw Bernardi '59 Alice Jones Philpott '59 Georgia Lou Quentin '59 Joan Caulfield '60 Linda Grover Horton '60 Helen Harrold Moody '60 Cheryl Murphy Alyea '61 Elaine Fernandez Litwak '62 Ruth E. Aschmann '63 Reta Stewart Smith '63 Martha Stone Brown '64 Marcia Rankin Walker '64 Jo Ann Redman Wann '64 Jane Stovesand Dunehew '65 Suzanne Kott Randle '65 Darlene McCouch Boucha '66 Laura Blake Hilgendorf '66 Brenda Hill Knox '66 Georgia Sohns Gill '67 Patricia Jones Stevens '67 Bonnie Lawrence Volpp '67 Gayle Horlacher Lashley '68 Lynn Schottel Hudson'69 Elaine Mogelnicki Turski '69 Christine Boing Anthony '71 Janet Greenfield Heck '71 Denise Blankenship Joyce '71 Diane Gaertner '73 Melodie A. Powell '75 Melanie Hedrick '76 Peggy Wrightsman Parolin '76 Judy Anderson Stiles '77 Paula Jones Brown '78 Sandra Aselman Meranda '78 Karen C. Frick '79 Carrie Grass Steere '79 Susan Smith Vogliardo '80 Katie Hendley Wood '80 Renee Dowd Guirguis '81 Elizabeth Bollmann Uphoff '81 Jeanne Connolly Kohlberg '82 Sandra Roe Edds '83 Susan Kunderer Held '87 Betty Bohl Vollmar '87 Laura Lueck Worster '87 Leah Kellems Davis '88 Ann E. Krumm '89 Ashley Munsell Sanders '92 Kerry Wynn Horton '93 Cheryl Beeler Summers '93 Amanda K. Hoffman '06 Kristin Reid '09 In addition, thank you to those alumnae who continue to make payments on their capital campaign pledges to the capital campaign.

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