Lake Oswego-Dunthorpe, Oregon, Alumnae Club

The History of the Lake Oswego-Dunthorpe, Oregon, Alumnae Club

In the past 16 years, the club’s average membership has been 60 alumnae. A few loyal members have retained their membership even after moving away. Since 2000, 11 members have paid their dues in all 16 years, and five of the club’s 16 founders are still dues-paying members. One founder has paid dues every year since 1967 and has served as Alumnae Club President three times. The club’s youngest member is a 2011 initiate and the club’s oldest member was initiated in 1940. The club’s Diamond Arrow member, Patricia Bouchard Sprigg, California Alpha, is still an active member. Two of the club’s members made the largest donations during Pi Phi Giving Day 2016 and 2017. One of the club’s members has served as Timekeeper at the last four Pi Beta Phi conventions (2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017). In looking through the club’s archives, dues were $4 when the club was founded in 1967. The club’s first official newsletter was sent out in October 1973, and the first partially computer-generated newsletter was created in fall 1986 (sections were still printed out, cut and pasted onto graph paper). In 1995, the first fully computer-generated newsletter was created and distributed, and the fall 2000 issue was the club’s first full-color newsletter.

Philanthropic Service

The club hosts Fraternity Day of Service events at elementary schools and women’s shelters. The annual silent auction provides the funds for the club’s donations to local literacy-based groups. Various other organizations are supported on a year-by-year basis.

Lake Oswego-Dunthorpe Alumnae Club co-hosted the 2017 Fraternity Day of Service Signature Event in Portland Metro with the Portland Alumnae Club.

Awards and Club Recognition

• Club of Excellence (2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006)
• Excellence in Communication - Overall (2014, 2012, 2009)
• Excellence in Communication – Regional/Province (2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2001, 2000, 1998)
• Excellence in Membership and Recruitment – Overall (2016)
• Ideal Club - Province  (2004, 2003, 2001, 2000)
• Premier Club (Small Club) - First Runner Up (2014)
• Premier Club (Small Club) - Second Runner Up (2016)
• Top 10 Club - Overall - when there were provinces (2003)

Carolyn Helman Lichtenberg Crest Award

• Mari Lou Psihogios Diamond (2009)

Notable Alumnae

• Mari Lou Psihogios Diamond, Oregon Alpha, Alumnae Province President (1998–2004), Alumnae Membership Specialist (2004–2008), Emma Harper Turner Fund Member (2009–2012) and Emma Harper Turner Fund Chairman (2011–2012), Fraternity Housing Corporation Member (2009–2012)
• Maja Tanaka Berge, Oregon Alpha, Alumnae Regional Membership Specialist (2008), Alumnae Regional Director (2009–2011), co-chair of Fraternity Day of Service Signature Event for Portland Metro (2017)
• Chanel LaChappa Sheragy, California Iota, Alumnae Regional Membership Specialist (2011-2013), Alumnae Regional Director (2013–2015), Co-chair of Fraternity Day of Service Signature Event for Portland Metro (2017)
• Alison Burcham, Oregon Beta, Regional Programming Specialist (2014–2017), Alumnae Regional Director (2017-present)
• Heather Butler Skogen, Oregon Beta, Collegiate Regional Director (2007–2011), Collegiate Regional Specialist

• Carolyn Much Reil, Oregon Gamma, Collegiate Regional Specialist (2016–present)
• Lauren Carrier, California Nu, Collegiate Regional Specialist (2011–2014)
• Lauren Jenkins Smith, Oregon Gamma, Collegiate Regional Specialist (2014–present)
• Helen Yu, Michigan Beta, Collegiate Regional Specialist (2013–2016)
• Kathy Graham Gadler, Illinois Zeta, President of Portland Alumnae Panhellenic (2010–2013)
• Cherie Brambilla Beatty, Oregon Beta, published a children’s book in 2009
• Layne Gray, Oregon Alpha, published a novel in 2015 and was mentioned in the Summer 2016 issue of The Arrow
• Patricia Bouchard Sprigg, California Alpha, published a novel in 2015