Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women
NOTABLE BETAS
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Pi Phi members who graduated from Simpson College include:
Juli Holmes Willeman, the current Executive Director of Pi Beta
Phi Fraternity
Phylliss Hickman Howlett, Former Assistant Commissioner of the
Big Ten Intercollegiate Conference; served as NCAA Secretary/Treasurer
Rosemary Lane, Actress from the 1930's (deceased)
Eugenia Moore Anderson, the first Woman Ambassador to Denmark and
the First Woman Minister to Bulgaria
Ruth Buxton Sayre, Iowa Women's Hall of Fame
JoAnn Bennett Boltinghouse, '57, children's author
Cheryl Thomas, 2009 Simpson College Commencement Speaker
Iowa Betas recognized by Simpson College as outstanding individuals:
|
Alumni Achievement Award |
| Vera Hollowell Shivers McKee '29 (1964) |
| Blythe Clayton Mitchell '20 (1969) |
| Edith Beall Trowbridge '10 (1970) |
| Helen Wright Grant '18 (1973) |
| Thesle T. Job '12 (1975) |
| Robert J. Flint '41 & Persis George Flint '41 (1978) |
| D. Robert Downing '63 & Ardene Kildal Downing'62 (1980) |
| Genelle Grant Morain '49 (1981) |
| Alice E. Sayre '42 (1982) |
| Phyllis Hickman Howlett '54 (1988) |
| Jane S. Paulsen '83 (1955) |
| Donna Helble '71 (1996) |
| Phyllis Warren Head '51 (1997) |
| Rebecca Bentzinger '77 (1998) |
| Recent (Young) Alumni Achievement Award |
| Susan Mordan-White '91 (1998) |
| Lora D. Duncan '92 (2001) |
| Alumni Loyalty Award |
| Alice Judson Fisher '27 (1989) |
| Phyllis Williams Pemble '38 (1990) |
| Vernon Pooley '50 & Jane Johnson Poooley '52 (1990) |
| Charles Kerr '53 & Roberta Starry Kerr '50 (1996) |
| Wendy Tutt Fenster '61 (1997) |
| Ruth Greenwalt Parsons '35 (2000) |
| John Sayre '57 & Barbara Worth Sayre '57 (2000) |
| Karen Tannatt Lafferty '69 (2004) |
| Debra Moore '81 (2009) |
| Recent (Young) Alumni Loyalty Award |
| Joe Heller '91 & Christy Christenson Heller '91 (1996) |
| Lynn Shull Marasco '89 (1997) |
| Kamie Downing Haynes '92 (1998) |
| Humanitarian Service Award |
| M. Elizabeth Budd Korte '55 (1992) |
| Lynn M. Thomas '77 (1994) |
| Jerri Spalding Fredin '46 (1997) |
| Virginia McCrory Hester '52 (2004) |
| Carrie Miller Hall '58 (2006) |
| Dorothy Hodges Kennett '59 (2009) |
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PBP
International Award Winners and Notable IA Betas serving PBP |
| Initiated 1916: Agnes Wright Stone founded and began The Order of the Golden Arrow that PBP International adopted for its chapters. Agnes is the mother of Phyllis Stone Core, also an IA Beta. |
| 1984: Becky Kendall Koenig; House Manager Award |
| 1987: Eileen Valharticky Larance wrote "Wine Carnation" and in 1991, Iowa Beta took it to Convention in St. Louis and was awarded 2nd place in Pi Beta Phi's song contest, Collegiate Melody. "Wine Carnation is still sung each year at recruitment. |
| 1990: Janine Hjort Reames; Province President |
| 1994: Angela Van Buren Pankoff; Silver Slipper Award for Best Treasurer and served as Traveling Graduate Counselor (IA Beta' s first TGC) |
| 1998: Rebecca Grinager Trefz; Traveling Graduate Counselor |
| 1998: Kristy Schoneboom Houghton; Province President |
Black and
white sketches included in the site were created by Iowa Beta
Alumna, Claudia Cole Meek.
Permission was obtained for the use of
photos and official publications.
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