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This article profiles 100 members considered to be "Distinguished Deltas."
Collection: The Trident Collection
This program from the 1988 Centennial Convention in Boston, Massachusetts, contains messages of welcome, the convention rules, the lyrics to national anthems, schedules for each day of the event, and convention and fraternity directories.
Collection: Tri Delta Archive Collection
This article provides a summary of the 1988 Centennial Convention in Boston, Massachusetts. Several photographs from the event illustrate the article.
Collection: The Trident Collection
This program from "A Night of Memories" at the 1964 Convention in Washington, D.C. includes a schedule of events, a tribute to Founders and other builders of Tri Delta, and a list of living past presidents.
Collection: Tri Delta Archive Collection
Eileen Blain Rudolph, Goucher College, writes about her experiences taking the Tri Delta "Special Trains" to the 1936 and 1948 Conventions in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Banff, Alberta, Canada, respectively.
Collection: The Trident Collection
This program from the banquet of the 1988 Centennial Convention in Boston, Massachusetts, includes a menu and a schedule for the evening.
Collection: Tri Delta Archive Collection
Fraternity leaders sit on the dais during a session of the 1988 Centennial Convention in Boston, Massachusetts. The women are individually identified on the back of the photograph.
Collection: Tri Delta Archive Collection
Collection: The Trident Collection
Dorothy Gaines Roeske, University of Illinois at Urbana, and Frances Gore Wilson, University of Colorado Boulder, speak to Margaret Paddock Haller, Cornell University, during the 1982 Convention in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. Dottie and Frankie describe their own experiences in service to Tri Delta and share memories of other Tri Deltas in leadership, particularly Zoe Gore Perrin, University of Colorado Boulder. They also discuss Tri Delta's philanthropy history, especially the origins of the Service Project Scholarships during World War II.
Collection: Tri Delta Audiovisual Collection
Executive Board members Mary Loomis Stuart, University of Vermont, Florence Spear Grant, University of Minnesota, Mary K. Wise Jensen, Butler University, Mary Louise Bright Miner, University of Missouri, and Ruth McDowell Kinnard, University of Alabama, pose together.
Collection: Tri Delta Archive Collection
Past President Frances Priddy McDonald, University of Missouri, speaks to Gloria Hoffman Snyder, University of Texas, about her recollections of presiding over conventions as president and attending conventions as a child with her mother Bessie Leach Priddy, Adrian College, her memories of early Tri Delta leaders like her mother, Amy Olgen Parmelee, Northwestern University, and R. Louise Fitch, Knox College, and the 1921 Tri Delta Europe Tour. She reflects fondly on her memories of some of the Tri Deltas she served with in leadership, including Ernestine Block Grigsby, University of Colorado Boulder, Florence Spear Grant, University of Minnesota, Gretchen Borland Davies, University of Washington, Dorothy Gaines Roeske, University of Illinois at Urbana, Mary E. Bake, University of Cincinnati, Kathleen Davis Nye, University of Iowa, and Ruth McDowell Kinnard, University of Alabama. Frances also shares her thoughts on the importance of strong chapter leadership and alumnae-collegian relations for chapter development and the importance of Tri Delta friendship, and recalls her experience serving as editor of The Trident.
Collection: Tri Delta Audiovisual Collection
Past Presidents Margaret Haller, Cornell University, Ernestine Grigsby, University of Colorado Boulder, Ruth Kinnard, University of Alabama, and Kathleen Nye, University of Iowa, pose together at the 1974 Convention in Osage Beach, Missouri.
Collection: Tri Delta Archive Collection
Helen Russell Notesteen, University of Minnesota, speaks to Jean Hunt Gaines, University of California, Los Angeles, to share recollections of her time as president and her experiences in service to Tri Delta as Province Deputy and Fraternity Collegiate Secretary. She reflects fondly on Tri Deltas who served with her on the Executive Board, discusses their work to implement changes required by amendments made to the Tri Delta Constitution, and describes her efforts on extension and the improvement of new member education. Helen concludes by discussing her time as adviser for Phi Beta Chapter at the University of Arizona and her efforts to create a library of books by Tri Delta authors.
Collection: Tri Delta Audiovisual Collection
In this speech, Past President Margaret Paddock Haller, Cornell University, discusses the concept of success, both for individuals and the Fraternity. She highlights the accomplishments of a number of individual Tri Deltas and provides examples of success throughout Tri Delta's history. Margaret delivered this speech at the 1984 Convention in Houston, Texas.
Collection: Tri Delta Archive Collection
Kathleen Davis Nye, University of Iowa, speaks to Margaret Paddock Haller, Cornell University, about her Tri Delta career, beginning with her time as traveling secretary from 1943-1945, including a time she traveled on a troop train during World War II, then later serving as fraternity chairman of academic standards, district president of Indiana, and fraternity collegiate vice president before becoming president from 1968-1972. She discusses the expansion of career opportunities for women, shares her recollections of serving under President Susan White Perry, Vanderbilt University, and the decision to close Alpha Upsilon Chapter at Colby College, as well as the Executive Board's reaction to the recruitment of the first African American member by Delta Upsilon Chapter at Ohio Wesleyan University. Kathleen also speaks fondly of the Tri Deltas who served with her on Executive Board during her presidency, discusses the challenges of recruitment, membership selection, and discrimination in the 1960s, recounts the move of the Tri Delta Executive Office to Arlington, Texas, and recalls the 1970 Convention in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Collection: Tri Delta Audiovisual Collection
Fraternity President Ruth Kinnard, University of Alabama, Housing Corporation President Mary Ramsey, Fundraising Chairman Ann Allen, and Loyalty Dinner Chairman Helen Byrd, all University of Oklahoma, pose together during the November 1954 Oklahoma City Alliance Loyalty Dinner.
Collection: Tri Delta Archive Collection
Margaret Paddock Haller, Cornell University, speaks to Virginia Nicholas Provost, College of William & Mary, about her service to Tri Delta as an adviser to Alpha Tau Chapter at Carnegie Mellon University, as district president from 1944-1948, as fraternity director from 1948-1956, as fraternity collegiate vice president from 1956-1958, and president from 1958-1962. She praises the Tri Deltas who served under her on the Executive Board and describes their accomplishments, including overseeing the expansion of the Executive Board following amendments to the Tri Delta Constitution, the trademarking of Tri Delta insignia, and the restoration of the field secretary program. Margaret closes with discussion of the impact of student protests in the 1960s on Tri Delta and her ongoing services to the Fraternity after the end of her term as president, especially as chairman of the Archives Committee.
Collection: Tri Delta Audiovisual Collection
Mary K. Wise Jensen, Butler University, speaks to Claire Brinley Berner, College of William & Mary, about her service to Tri Delta as district president from 1935-1940, fraternity associate director of housing standards from 1940-1944, collegiate secretary from 1944-1948, president from 1948-1952, and historian from 1952-1954. She describes the impact of World War II on Tri Delta, attending the 1940 and 1950 Conventions on Mackinac Island, Michigan, her experiences attending chapter installations, and the creation of the Crescent Fund. Mary praises the efforts of Tri Deltas who served with her on the Executive Board and discusses changes made to alumnae and collegian dues, ritual, and the district chairmen system during her tenure; she closes by sharing recollections of other past presidents, a visit to Alpha Chapter at Boston University, and the Tri Delta Executive Office.
Collection: Tri Delta Audiovisual Collection
Past Presidents pose in their evening gowns during the 1964 Convention in Washington, D.C. In the back, from left to right, are Ruth McDowell Kinnard, University of Alabama, Gretchen Borland Davies, University of Washington, Frances Priddy McDonald, University of Missouri, and Margaret Paddock Haller, Cornell University. In front, from left to right, are Ernestine Block Grigsby, University of Colorado Boulder, Helen Notesteen, University of Minnesota, Zoe Gore Perrin, University of Colorado Boulder, Hortense Imboden Hudson, Baker University, and Mary K. Wise Jensen, Butler University.
Collection: Tri Delta Archive Collection
Former Fraternity Presidents Helen Russell Notesteen, University of Minnesota, Ruth McDowell Kinnard, University of Alabama, and Margaret Paddock Haller, Cornell University, sit together and study a poster entitled "What Makes a Chapter Strong?"
Collection: Tri Delta Museum Collection