The San Diego Alumnae Chapter Begins... |
1931 Charter Members |
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State Alumnae Chairmen were appointed at AOII Convention in 1931 to form contacts with alumnae in their states (two year trial period). They were to help create alumnae organizations in all desirable cities to allow members who wished to keep involved in the Fraternity opportunities to do so. The San Diego Alumnae Chapter blossomed from this initiative. At that same Convention AOII chose the Frontier Nursing Service as our first international philanthropy. Mrs. Walter A. English (Lucile Curtis English, Lambda) was the first Sate Alumnae Chairman for Southern California, and as you can see from the list of Chapter Charter Members, she recruited six sisters from Lambda Chapter to form the San Diego Alumnae Chapter. Muriel T. McKinney (Lambda) installed the San Diego Alumnae Chapter June 13, 1931. Wana Keesling Kunzel (Lambda) was the first San Diego Alumnae Chapter President. Meetings in the early years were held the fourth Thursday of the month.
Early philanthropic work for the chapter included making Christmas toys for children at the Neighborhood House, a settlement house assisting immigrants in transitioning into the San Diego Community. The chapter was also immediately active in San Diego Alumnae Panhellenic and hosted Panhellenic luncheons at the El Cortez. 
From To Dragma - Winter 1982
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Marguerite Roberts Ames – Lambda
Enda Lee Coombs Brown – Chi Margaret Coombs Butziine – Beta Phi Dorothy Durham Vera Foote – Iota Jerelyn Haddock Sparks – Kappa Theta Alice Collier Heilman – Lambda Hattie Heller Marsh – Sigma Wana Keesling Kunzel – Lambda Marian Beal Maddox – Lambda Pauline McGill Link Ethel Olsen - Zeta Lily Quinlan – Lambda Lillian Rice – Sigma Katherine Williams Robinson – Pi Delta Frances Lyman Worthington – Lambda Emily Nash Ziegler - Omega |