Delta Gamma - Ohio State University

AlwAys Anchored PAge 4 ALUMNA SERVES JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL AS FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT D r. Redonda Miller '87 was recently named president of Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. She is the first female president in the institution's 127-year history. Redonda worked her way up during a 20-year career at the hospital and has become one of a small number of women across the country to head a hospital. Both of her sisters, Tristan Miller Koenig '88 and Natosha Miller Eskander '91, are also alumnae of Epsilon Chapter. The sisters grew up in Wheelersburg, Ohio, along the Ohio River in Scioto County. If you have not taken the opportunity to give toward our effort to renovate the chapter house, please consider making a gift in honor of Dr. Miller. If you already have given, consider giving to this honorary gift too. Any contribution, no matter the size, will be greatly appreciated. emily BrinkmAn knAPP '03 reminisces on UnforgettABle memories At DG T he Ohio State University and Delta Gamma hold a special place in our hearts, and during a balmy, hot weekend in July we got to share a little bit of the old DG house and our story with our daughters. Before "the Deeg" gets a full makeover, we had the pleasure of taking a tour of the house and reminiscing about the day my husband, Randy, and I got engaged. He asked me to marry him at the house where we met on the corner of Waldeck and Lane Avenue. We now have two dogs named Lane and Waldeck. After our engagement, we had a romantic, spur-of-the-moment party under the flowering branches of the large magnolia tree on the sun deck of the DG house. The party was complete with good friends, chocolate-covered strawberries, and some classy Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin blasting from a third-floor bedroom for us. Our engagement was May 6, 2003, and when I recall the day, I envision this scene and the joy I felt surrounded by friends and my sweetie under these flowering branches. I was sad to hear the tree is going to go, but the magnolia, DG, OSU, and our dearest friends still hold a place in our hearts. We took a branch home with us and we treasure being able to share this story with our two girls (future DGs?). Also taking the tour with us was Ally Gerber Irving '03, who is a former chapter president. Thank you, Leslie Smith '75 and Dena Barry Logan '76, for making our walk down memory lane possible. The vision for our new and improved DG house is amazing and I can't wait to see the lovely changes to come. LITB, Emily Brinkman Knapp '03 Excerpts of the Christmas Founding of Delta Gamma By Anna Boyd Ellington, Eva Webb Dodd, and Mary Comfort Leonard from "The Shield" of Delta Gamma I n 1873, when a young woman ventured away to school, she virtually became an exile from her family. The town of Kosciusko was 16 miles from the nearest railroad junction, leaving stage or private carriage as the only travel options for Anna, Eva, and Mary. In seasons of bad weather, it was best not to attempt such a trip. Carrie Ellington Green, Mississippi '44, one of Anna's four daughters, notes that she remembers her mother's story this way, "…In order to make up lost school time, only two days were allowed for the Christmas holiday. Our three girls remained at school and Christmas morning found them homesick. After exchanging gifts, they made plans for a club that they had frequently thought of launching. A young male cousin, who was a student at the University of Mississippi, was a member of a Greek letter fraternity. A definite plan was made and a name was decided upon. Anna, with the help of the other two, wrote the first Constitution and bylaws of Delta Gamma. The first initiation was January 2, 1874. Soon after, plans were made for a pin. They went to a local jeweler and had a pin made—the letter 'H,' which stood for hope, for they hoped great results and were not disappointed." Mary recalled, "We received no help from anyone, only borrowing a Greek grammar book to find the Greek initial letters for our name." And they tried hard to live by the motto of those initials, "Do Good."

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