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Indianapolis, Indiana, Alumnae Club

Charter date: 1/1/1906

The History of the Indianapolis, Indiana, Alumnae Club

The club’s first meeting was held in 1904 and the official club charter was signed in 1906. The membership has grown from 27 members to over 2,000 in the Indianapolis area. The earliest recordings of philanthropic efforts took place in 1920, during which the club held events to raise money for the Settlement School.

Philanthropic Service

Current philanthropic programs include the club’s 11th annual Champions Are Readers® (CAR) program with an Indianapolis school, making a yearly large book donation to the Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital and several smaller donations to organizations around the city including schools and after-school programs.

Awards and Club Recognition

  • Alumnae Club Yearbook (1994, 1993, 1991, 1990)
  • Alumnae Yearbook - Honorable Mention (1992, 1991, 1987)
  • Club of Excellence - Region Three (2010)
  • Club of Excellence (2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2007)
  • Co-winner Lambda Province Ideal Club (2001)
  • D.C. Alpha Award - Alumnae Advisory Committee (1998, 1987)
  • Excellence in Communications (2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2009, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2002, 2001, 1995)
  • Excellence in Literacy Initiatives (2015, 2014, 2013, 2012)
  • Excellence in Membership (2010, 2009)
  • Nashville Award (Excellence in Promoting purposes of Pi Beta Phi) –Honorable Mention, (1991)
  • Northern Virginia Community Service Award- Honorable Mention (1989)
  • Top 10 Alumnae Club (1993, 1991, 1990)

Notable Alumnae

  • Barb Weihmuller Angotti, Graduate Fellowship Committee Chairman 1995–97
  • Nancy Glover Carr, Nu Collegiate Province President 2003–05
  • Molly Megagan Cava, Province Coordinator 1984–88
  • Barb Baebler Cecil, Alumnae Province President 1978–82
  • Shirley Gayda Dora, Collegiate Province President 1988–95
  • Elsa Barker Eskew, Committee on Extension 1937–38, Province Vice President 1934–36,
  • Dorothea White Flint, Supervisor of Chapter Accounting 1954–58
  • Barb Anderson Gates, Arrowmont Board of Governors Secretary 1992–93 & 1988–90, Arrowmont Board of Governors Chairman 1990–92, Alumnae Committee for Continuing Education Chair 1987–88, Alumnae Province President 1982–86
  • Virginia Brockett Green, Committee on Settlement School 1952–58, Province Vice President 1948–52
  • Anne Wells Hayes, Alumnae Province President 1992–95
  • Helen Anderson Lewis, Director of Recruitment & Pledging Province President 1946–50
  • Betty Blades Lofton, Pi Beta Phi Foundation President 1997–2000 and 2002–05, Pi Beta Phi Foundation Board 1991–2000 and 2002–05, Grand Vice President of Philanthropies 1991–97, 1st Alternate Delegate to National Panhellenic Conference 1991–93, 2nd Alternate Delegate to National Panhellenic Conference 1989-91, Director of Membership 1987–91, Collegiate Province President 1984–87
  • Barbara Douglas McQuiston, Province Vice President 1958–62
  • Marilyn Weigand Pecsok, Province Coordinator 1989–95
  • Helen Forsyth Raup, Supervisor of Manuals 1965–67, Province President 1962–65
  • Shannon O’Donnell Ross, Collegiate Director of Region Two 2005–2007, Director of Chapter Support Region One 2003–2005, Nu Collegiate Province President 2001–03, Pi Beta Phi Foundation Emma Harper Turner Fund Chairman 2013–present
  • Dee Ann May Scott, Collegiate Province President 1987–88
  • Julie Pratt Simmons, Collegiate Province President 1971–72, Director of College Panhellenics 1972–73, 2nd Alternate Delegate to National Panhellenic Conference 1971–73, National Panhellenic Conference Delegate 1973–76
  • Louise Kelch Vandivier, Emma Harper Turner Memorial Fund Committee 1976–80
  • Mary-Patricia Patter Warneke, Holt House Committee 1967–72
  • Marianne Reid Wild, Grand Vice President 1946–52, Assistant to Grand Vice President 1934–46, Providence Vice President 1931, Grand President 1952–58, National Panhellenic Conference Delegate
  • Elisabeth Long Young, International Risk Officer 2005–2006, Director of Alumnae Communications 2003–05, Assistance Officer 2002–05, Alumnae Province President Lambda and Nu Provinces 2000–03
  • Jill Grossman, Collegiate Province President 1978–80, Alumnae Province President 1976–78, Sharon Smith Pierce, Director of Membership 1975–79, Second Alternate Delegate to National Panhellenic Conference 1973–75, Director of Panhellenic 1973–75
  • Audra Snyder Lindley Bailey, instrumental in bringing the American Field Service program to Indiana
  • Mavilla Rainey Richter, Miss Indiana 1937
  • Jill Mackey Carrel, 2011–2015 Director - Collegiate Region Three
  • Grace Drasic, 2015 Leadership Development Officer
  • Ellen Ferringer, 2007 Financial/Housing Specialist - Collegiate Region Three, 2009 - Financial/Housing Specialist - Collegiate Region Three
  • Ruth DeHass Balfour, namesake of the Balfour Cup; this award, given to the best chapter in the fraternity, was originally called the Ruth DeHass Balfour Memorial Cup. It was given to the fraternity by Lloyd G. Balfour after the death of his wife. They had been married only a few years when she died.