Alpha Chi Omega - Purdue University

Lyre Letter 2 W e are truly grateful to the 215 alumnae who have contributed $651,014 to Alpha Chi Omega's Alpha Beta Centennial—Celebrating Our Past, Securing Our Future campaign. Your gifts ensure the legacy you helped build lives on for many years to come. Each donor who contributes $2,500 or more will be recognized on a plaque prominently displayed in the chapter house. Donors are listed by initiation year in their appropriate giving levels. Please note that gifts under $1,000 are not listed below. If an error has been made in recording your gift, or your name has been mistakenly omitted, we sincerely apologize. Please contact our campaign coordinator at (785) 843-1661 to make any corrections. THANK YOU, SISTERS, FOR YOUR PLEDGES OF $651,014 Founders' Society ($100,000 and above) Alpha Beta Undergraduate Chapter of Alpha Chi Omega 1885 Society ($75,000 to $99,999) Centennial Society ($50,000 to $74,999) Andrews Family Gift Bonnie House Andrews '38 Deborah Andrews Poelstra '70 Bonnie Andrews Hockema '74 Barbara Schultz Lynch '73 Boilermaker Society ($25,000 to $49,999) Judith Garwood Fecel '65 and husband, D. Craig Fecel Sherry Johnson Hunter '70 Eidam Family Gift JoEllen Breshock Eidam '73 Jennifer Eidam Babiarz '00 Anne Turner Eidam '05 Angela Costley Harris '86 Sisterhood Society ($15,000 to $24,999) Pledge Class of 1963 "Plus" In honor of being the first sisters to live at 851 David Ross Road Gretchen Mueller Bataille '63 Carolyn Wilson Hrach '63 Janice Baters Knaus '63 Gwen Cline Martin '63 Sharon Richards Matthis '63 Leah Petty McConaghy '63 Jane Rasp McGeehan '63 Joan Trindle Stiver '63 Dorothy Garvin Tonjes '63 Elaine Maesso Wedrel '63 Mary Alice Wightman McKane '64 Mary Ann Davis Van Siclen '64 M. Elizabeth Otto Faro '65 Donna Harrington Runyan '65 Red and Green Society ($10,000 to $14,999) James Henderson In memory of Joan Niksch Henderson '45 Sara Busche Cobb '77 Kelsey Walls Kasting '05 Lyre Society ($5,000 to $9,999) Kerwin Dudkowski Family Fund Dorothy Slemmons Rogers '46 Mary Seybold Welch '49 Kroemer Coval Family Gift Barbara Wakefield Kroemer '50 Ellen Kroemer Coval '83 Kellie Coval Valentine '09 Joan Cheesman Kaser '53 Mary Ford '57 In memory of Martha Bolt Graham In honor of Katherine Ford Maye '89 and Sally Watlington '57 Patricia Edwards Russell '72 Lauri Speight Sullivan '74 Virginia "Jinx" Wheeler '74 In honor of all her ACW sisters Jane McGurk Burgess '80 In memory of Beth Crum Geshay '79 Kim Wood Phillips '80 In memory of Beth Crum Geshay '79 Susan Tonjes '82 Karen Shelby Zaderej '82 Anna Weisheit Dietrich '07 Carnation Society ($2,500 to $4,999) Alpha Tau Alpha Alumnae Chapter of Alpha Chi Omega Ricke Family Gift Susie Spengeman Ricke '64 Stephanie Ricke '90 Elizabeth Ricke Marshall '91 Bonnie House Andrews '38 In honor of Melissa Marshall Cowsert '99 Betty Burnett Neff '47 Marilyn House Whitsel '49 In memory of Myrtle Boyer Zollinger '18 In honor of Lorraine Mulhaupt Tack '78, Cheryl Mulhaupt Conti '82, and Kaitlin Conti '08 Barbara Black Doyle '54 In memory of Linda Davis Ayers '54 Sandra R. Fisher '55 In memory of Janet Minch Muller '55 and Patricia Shepherd Broscheid '55 Mary "Lou" Buchanan Larson '55 Capt. Sally Watlington, USN (Ret.) '57 In honor of Mary Harrison Ford '57 and Julia Jackson Palmer '57 Linda Woody Renz '58 In honor of the 1958 Initiated Pledge Class Ann Swihart Butts '61 Barbara Ehrhart Henry '61 Nancy Cameron Holm '62 Martha Boyd Alford '65 Barbara Meredith Gerke '65 In memory of Barbara May Meredith '41 In honor of Holly Gerke Steger Emily Murray Ward '65 Weiler Family Gift Kristen Weiler '65 Kendra Weiler Brinkerhoff '68 Kay Weiler Vanasco '72 Kennis Weiler Jarvis '74 Eckart Family Gift Laurie Kay Eckart '67 Megan Eckart Fahey '96 In memory of Wilma Eviston Kay '36 Susan Beier Fowler '67 Kathleen Daume Postlethwait '67 Mary Lou Moody Poole '69 Catherine Buckley Allen '71 Shari Harmon Ashkar '72 In memory of Nancy Russell Tingley '72 Laura Weismantel Warfield '72 Margaret O'Connell Crow '74 Lisa Griffin Dum '74 In honor of Jane Griffin Klonowski '69 Rebecca Casey Schlecht '75 In honor of Bonnie Andrews Hockema '74, her pledge mom, her good fortune! Deli Atkins Schleiffarth '75 Lori Craig Wanders '76 In Memory of Myrtle Boyer Zollinger 918, from the Mulhaupt Family Dorothy Zollinger Mulhaupt Lorrie Mulhaupt Tack '78 Cheryl Mulhaupt Conti '82 Kaitlin Conti '08 Suzanne Tack Grant, Epsilon Omicron '06 Kelly Bever '82 Julia DeCamp Neff '83 Meredith Lucas Deneau '93 Teri Cummins Flory '99 Betsy Villwock Bowman '01 Campaign Status At-a-Glance As of October 18, 2017 Campaign Goal $1 Million Total Commitments $651,014 Total Contributors 215 Mailable Alumnae 1,400 Add your name to a piece of history by making a donation! For an easier, faster way to give, visit axo.kintera.org/ alphabetacampaign.

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