Alpha Omicron Pi was founded on January 2, 1897, at the home of Helen St. Clair (Mullan). She and three of her Barnard College friends, Stella George Stern (Perry), Jessie Wallace Hughan, and Elizabeth Heywood Wyman had pledged themselves to the organization on December 23, 1896. That first pledging ceremony took place in a small rarely used upstairs room in the old Columbia College Library.
Below are links to posts about previous #WHM profiles. I invite you to learn more about these interesting women.
Harriet Cone Greve was an initiate of the University of Tennessee chapter.
Harriet Cone Greve, Alpha Omicron Pi, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2024
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Lucy Somerville Howorth was an initiate of the Randolph-Macon Woman’s College (now Randolph College) chapter.
Lucy Somerville Howorth, Alpha Omicron Pi, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2023
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Wilkie Hughes was an initiate of the Indiana University chapter.
Wilkie Hughes, Alpha Omicron Pi, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2022
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Dorothy Mayo Morris, was an initiate of the University of Maine chapter.
Dorothy Mayo Morris, Alpha Omicron Pi, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHW2021
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Irma Sompayrac Willard was an initiate of the Sophie Newcomb (now Tulane University) chapter.
Irma Sompayrac Willard, Alpha Omicron Pi, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020
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Mary Donlon was an initiate of the Cornell University chapter.
Mary Donlon, Alpha Omicron Pi, #NotableSororityWomen #WHM2019
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Gertrude Falkenhagen (Bonde) was an initiate of the University of Minnesota chapter.
Gertrude Falkenhagen (Bonde), Alpha Omicron Pi, #notablesororitywomen, #WHM2017
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Jessie Wallace Hughan, Ph.D., was a Founder of Alpha Omicron Pi
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Bertha Rembaugh was an initiate of the New York University chapter.
Bertha Rembaugh on Alpha Omicron Pi’s Founders’ Day
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Florence Lucas Sanville was a member of the Barnard University chapter.
Florence Lucas Sanville to Celebrate Alpha Omicron Pi #notablesororitywomen
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Madeleine Zabriskie Doty was an initiate of the New York University chapter.
Madeleine Zabriskie Doty, Alpha Omicron Pi, #NotableSororityWomen, on Founders’ Day
