O N
C A M P U S
Collegiate Chapter Reunions GAMMA BETA CELEBRATES 50 YEARS UC/Santa Barbara (ΓB) collegians and alumnae celebrated the 50th anniversary of the chapter in 2000. More than 400 Alpha Phis attended the two-day celebration that included receptions, a brunch at the chapter house and a banquet at Corwin Pavillion, UCSB. Honored during the event were charter members Juanita Gebb Acha, Marilyn Collins Denno, Elaine Strobel Linhoff, Donna Clark Pollard, Peggy Crooks Rose, Ruth Murphy McCurdy and the chapter’s first president, Patricia Cozzens Bowdey. Kudos to Gerry Gray Turner, who coordinated the celebration with committee members Stacy Madden Erskine, Gretchen Stoskopf Falvo, Gala Jung Visalli, Terry Spring Utterback, Patty Dillon Bliss, Liz Keats Hensgen, Evalyn Sciacca Kerman, and Santa Barbara area alumnae Phyllis Webster Dickson (T-Oregon and B∆-UCLA) and Ann Lungren Wunsch (ΓΘ-Colorado College). —Evalyn Sciacca Kerman (ΓB–UC/Santa Barbara)
hours. Program Committee Chair Joyce Walker kept business to a minimum while suggesting several ideas that took hold. The women shared feelings in response to a prompt from Joyce that read, “Let’s face the harsh reality: we are all a tiny bit older than when we first came to know each other. Things have happened to us in life. Perhaps these things are unknown to one’s old(ish) friends. But perhaps they cause so much joy or gratitude that they need to come out and be shared.” Saturday’s dinner included many toasts and a lovely piano accompaniment by Tom Butterweck, a former classmate and husband of Sue Butterweck. How often in life can one seemingly walk back in time? The next reunion (2003) is in Colorado. Alumnae in this class range are invited to attend. –Judy Gifford Lease (∆Γ-Northern Colorado)
MICHIGAN STATE ALUMNAE GATHER TO CELEBRATE Twelve sisters from the Michigan State (BB) class of 1963 reunited in June at the Shoshonie Lodge on Lake Charlevoix in Boyne, Mich. The five-day event was packed with fun, friendship, food and a celebration of how good everyone looks at 59 years young. The group has circulated a yearly newsletter since 1963 and plans a reunion every five years.
NORTHERN COLORADO ALUMNAE REUNITE IN TUCSON Northern Colorado (∆Γ) alumnae from the classes of 1958–1965 held a reunion at the Omni Tucson National Golf Resort in May. Ellie Arroyo Jewell, Doris Winter Blackaby, Chris Benner Romine, Lynne Holleuffer and Sue Priehs Butterweck planned the weekend. Ellie’s kitchen was the catering headquarters; all ate well! More than 20 sisters stayed in Hacienda Casitas apart from the rest of the resort to talk, laugh and enjoy until the wee
Michigan State (BB) class of 1963 reunites for a week at Shoshonie Lodge in Boyne, Mich. Pictured are (back, from left) Betsy Barkwell Mathiesen, Liz Hopkins Jackson, Connie Snider Horn, (middle) Marty Johnson Chapel, Joanne Sandow Draper, Marty Hagen Weber, Sue Stealy Hoffman, (front) Ann Sherwood Bryant, Barb Baldwin Fraboni, Carol Hutchins Cole, Karen Abel Kolschowsky and Marty Cole Lefever.
Northern Colorado (∆Γ) alumnae reunite in Tuscon.
PA G E T W E LV E
ALPHA PHI
Quarterly