Denver Alumnae Chapter of Gamma Phi Beta

Chapter Awards

Denver Alumnae Chapter of Gamma Phi Beta has been acknowledged many times for its success. The most recent awards include:

• 1968 Philanthropy Award
• 1980 Outstanding Sponsoring Alumnae Chapter
• 1984 Hall of Fame Award
• 1990 Public Relations Award
• 1990 Scrapbook Award
• 1992 Chapter Service Award
• 1992 Pearl Circle of Excellence
• 1993 Diamond Circle of Excellence
• 1994 PACE Award
• 1994 Diamond Circle of Excellence
• 1996 Pollack Award
• 1996 Special Girl Award
• 1998 Diamond Circle of Excellence
• 1998 Alumnae Panhellenic Leadership Award
• 1999 Diamond Circle of Excellence
• 2000 Alumnae Panhellenic Cooperation Award
• 2001 Diamond Circle of Excellence
• 2002 Diamond Circle of Excellence
• 2003 Diamond Circle of Excellence
• 2004 Diamond Circle of Excellence

An alumnae chapter is successful because of the dedication and commitment of its members. The following members of Denver Alumnae Chapter have been acknowledged for their efforts:

GAMMA PHI BETA CARNATION AWARD
Given at Convention to members for outstanding achievement in fields outside the sorority.

• 1984 Jean Joliffe Yancey
• 1998 Helen Ward Pustmueller

GAMMA PHI BETA INTERNATIONAL HONOR ROLL
Given at Convention to recognize members who have developed and created a service for the sorority that has contributed for a period of years toward the fulfillment of the aims of the sorority and to members who have given distinguished service at the International level over a period of years.

• Lindsay Barbee
• Kitty Lee Bishop Clarke
• Louise Robinson Wyatt

GAMMA PHI BETA LOYALTY AWARD
Given on Founders Day to members who have given devoted and constructive service to the sorority at the International level for a minimum of seven years and financial support to International within the last five years.

• Stephanie Hearn
• 2005 Darla Dakin

GAMMA PHI BETA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ROLL
Given on Founders Day to recognize devoted and constructive service at both the local and International level of at least five years internationally and fifteen years locally.

• 1952 Louise Robinson Wyatt
• 1968 Tacy Campbell Fisher
• 1969 Evelyn Davis Joy
• 1975 Helen Maxson Ward Pustmueller
• 1979 Beverly Cummings Adams Howard
• 1983 Jackie Hilger Graves
• 1986 Louise Stegner Steinbruner
• 1988 Cornelia North Wheeler
• 1990 Ginny Harris Hammond
• 1991 Cathy Guthrie Lindauer
• 1994 Rebecca Syverson Young
• 1999 Marjory Mills Shupert
• 2000 Darla Click Dakin
• 2005 Sue Duncan
• 2005 Kitty Sweeney

GAMMA PHI BETA INTERNATIONAL MERIT ROLL
Given on Founders Day to recognize devoted and distinguished service at the local level of at least fifteen years and financial support to International within the last five years.

• 1970 Calvina Morse Vaupel
• 1970 Jackie Hilger Graves
• 1971 Lora Clayton Byerly
• 1971 Sue Schlessman Duncan
• 1972 Evelyn Runnette
• 1972 Mildred Robinson
• 1972 Ann Clapp Scott
• 1972 Dorothy Bell Joyce
• 1973 Elizabeth Mullare Messenger
• 1973 Cathy Guthrie Lindauer
• 1974 Maradith Ensor Wilkins
• 1974 Corinna Fowler Mathews
• 1974 Jane Larson Long
• 1975 Irene Marlow Sellinghausen
• 1975 Pat Thomas Pinney Kelley
• 1976 Nancy Service Davis
• 1976 Jane Bresnahan Halstead
• 1977 Joy Jordan Craven
• 1977 Janice Hoyer Doane
• 1977 Joan Casey Welch
• 1979 Sharon Reisig Green
• 1979 Marilyn Mousel Fitzgerald
• 1980 Doris Peterson Anderson
• 1980 Mary Dreyer
• 1980 Louise Stegner Steinbruner
• 1981 Ann Horner Hall
• 1981 Ann Brasfield Beier
• 1983 Sandra Bonicamp Duncan
• 1983 Virginia Harris Hammond
• 1983 Georgene Hall Renner
• 1983 Sharon Weiss Rittgers
• 1983 Frances Woolverton Tysor
• 1983 Rebecca Syverson Young
• 1986 Betsy Ankeny Lyle
• 1990 Martha Phillips Allbright
• 1990 Peggy Stimmel Hutchinson
• 1991 Dianne Dyatt Hornbrook
• 1991 Liz Crosby Martin
• 1992 Roberta Elmore Coffee
• 1992 Catherine "Kitty" Curtis Sweeney
• 1996 Lynne Barnett
• 1996 Darla Click Dakin
• 1996 Leigh Ann Kudloff
• 1997 J.J. Stoll Kaelin
• 1997 Cheryl Stoner Myhra
• 1998 Linda Luce
• 1999 Truly Hix Callaway
• 2002 Debbie Reicher Nochlin
• 2005 Kay Wilms
• 2005 Lisa Johannsen

GAMMA PHI BETA IIKE AWARD
Given at Founders Day by the Denver Alumnae Chapter's Executive Board to recognize a member who has made outstanding contributions to the group during the previous year.

• 2004 Heather Foote Michaud
• 2005 Jen Tarble Kremer

LOUISE STEINBRUNER AWARD
Created by the Denver Alumnae Chapter in 1994 to honor Louise Steinbruner and given at Founders Day to one member who personifies Love, Labor, Learning, and Loyalty.

• 1994 Dianne Dyatt Hornbrook
• 1995 Betsy Ankeny Lyle
• 1996 Peggy Stimmel Hutchinson
• 1997 Ann Clapp Scott
• 1998 Louise Stegner Steinbruner
• 1999 Leigh Ann Kudloff
• 2000 Kay McFarlin Wilms
• 2001 Lisa Gaskill Johannsen
• 2002 Vonda Lynch Bryant
• 2003 Marilyn Mousel Fitzgerald
• 2004 Helen Ward Pustmueller
• 2005 Roberta Coffee

DENVER AREA PANHELLENIC
WOMAN OF THE YEAR
Awarded at the Annual Panhellenic Awards luncheon, this award, created in 1971, honors a sorority's member who has made significant contributions to her sorority, Panhellenic, and her community. For this award the Greek activities weigh 70%; the community activities weigh 30%.

• 1985 Calvina Morse Vaupel
• 1991 Catherine Guthrie Lindauer
• 1994 Liz Crosby Martin

DENVER AREA PANHELLENIC
ALUMNAE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Awarded at the Annual Panhellenic Awards luncheon, the award, created in 1992, recognizes a woman who is committed to her sorority and her community. For this award the community activities weigh 70% and the Greek activities weigh 30%.

• 1997 Helen Ward Pustmueller
• 1998 Marjory Mills Shupert

DENVER ALUMNAE CHAPTER OF GAMMA PHI BETA
PAST PRESIDENTS
The Denver Alumnae Chapter owes lots of its success to its leadership.
The following women have served as President:

• 1901 Lucia Pattison Young
• 1902 Mary Crary Moore
• 1903 Edith Wallace Porter
• 1904 Grace Evans Shannon
• 1905 Lindsey Barbee
• 1906 Isabelle White
• 1907 Lillian Winifred Wilard
• 1908 Lindsey Barbee
• 1909 Louise Iliff
• 1910 Lucia Pattison Young
• 1911 Mable Brown Holt
• 1912 Lois Miles Jackson
• 1913 Mamie Gallup Howe
• 1914 Kathryn Allen Woodward
• 1915 Jessie Austin Weiner
• 1916 Viola Clymer Smedley
• 1917 Mary Way Puffer and Elizabeth Church Grant
• 1918 Margaret Carmen Selby and Mary Way Puffer
• 1919 Edith Boughton Denious
• 1920 Marie Garrison Whitford
• 1921 Ora Bowman Moore
• 1922 Grace Evans Shannon
• 1923 Elizabeth Church Grant
• 1924 Zena West Henderson
• 1925 Kittie Lee Bishop Clarke
• 1926 Louise Robinson Wyatt
• 1927 Helen Morse Wigginton
• 1928 Gladys East Parsons
• 1929 Edith Garrigues Lavender
• 1930 Chellie Stevens Wright
• 1931 Ethel Toby Williams
• 1932 Jane Butchart Whyman
• 1933 Norma Van Orman Delehanty
• 1934 Gladys East Parsons
• 1935 Lucille Allbright Miles
• 1936 Katherine Culbertson Cook
• 1937 Bernice Espy Hicks
• 1938 Mary Lou Kelly Wyatt
• 1939 Dorothy Thomas Pleasants
• 1940 Bonnie Wade Roberts
• 1941 Mary Dreyer
• 1942 Mildred Robinson
• 1943 Evelyn Runnette
• 1944 Pat Musick Montgomery
• 1945 Mary Kay Brinkhaus
• 1946 Dorothy Thomas Pleasants
• 1947 Elizabeth Mullare Messenger
• 1948 Jean Jolliffe Yancey
• 1949 Jean Jolliffe Yancey and Louise Stegner Steinbruner
• 1950 Patty Bank Cassel
• 1951 Marge Davis
• 1952 Doris Peterson Anderson
• 1953 Jane Bresnaham Halstead
• 1954 Mary Beth Liggett Mason
• 1955 Hope Hanscom Mitchell and Annabelle Casey Simpson
• 1956 Joan Casey Welch
• 1957 Margaret Ann Mayer Christopher
• 1958 Margaret Ann Mayer Christopher
• 1959 Marge Duffy Rentz
• 1960 Marge Duffy Rentz
• 1961 Calvina Morse Vaupel
• 1962 Calvina Morse Vaupel
• 196 3Lora Clayton Byerly
• 1964 Lora Clayton Byerly
• 1965 Margaret Henderson Argenzio
• 1966 Margaret Henderson Argenzio
• 1967 Evelyn Davis Joy
• 1968 Evelyn Davis Joy
• 1969 Maradith Ensor Wilkins
• 1970 Maradith Ensor Wilkins
• 1971 Nancy Egerton Kenry
• 1972 Nancy Egerton Kenry
• 1973 Pat Thomas Pinney Kelley
• 1974 Pat Thomas Pinney Kelley
• 1975 Cathy Guthrie Lindauer
• 1976 Cathy Guthrie Lindauer
• 1977 Sandra Bonicamp Duncan
• 1978 Sandra Bonicamp Duncan
• 1979 Calvina Morse Vaupel and Lora Clayton Byerly
• 1980 Rebecca Syverson Young
• 1981 Helen Gordon Moore
• 1982 Helen Gordon Moore
• 1983 Peggy Stimmel Hutchinson
• 1984 Peggy Stimmel Hutchinson
• 1985 Marilyn Mousel Fitzgerald
• 1986 Marilyn Mousel Fitzgerald
• 1987 Frances Woolverton Tysor
• 1988 Frances Woolverton Tysor
• 1989 Dianne Dyatt Hornbrook and Carol Chapman Sides
• 1990 Dianne Dyatt Hornbrook and Carol Chapman Sides
• 1991 Catherine "Kitty" Curtis Sweeney and Nancy Jane Bock Repka
• 1992 Catherine "Kitty" Curtis Sweeney
• 1993 Leigh Ann Kudloff
• 1994 Leigh Ann Kudloff
• 1995 Kimberly Veitch Hauxhurst
• 1996 Kimberly Veitch Hauxhurst
• 1997 Cindy Hunter McNamara and Lisa Gaskill Johannsen
• 1998 Cindy Hunter McNamara and Lisa Gaskill Johannsen
• 1999 Lisa Gaskill Johannsen
• 2000 Vonda Lynch Bryant
• 2001 Vonda Lynch Bryant
• 2002 Kristen Woods Batcho
• 2003 Kristen Woods Batcho
• 2004 Leigh Ann Kudloff

DENVER AREA PANHELLENIC
PAST PRESIDENTS
The following Gamma Phi Betas have served as president of Denver Area Panhellenic:

• 1910 - 1911 Lindsey Barbee
• 1919 - 1920 Virginia "Kitty" Clarke
• 1930 - 1931 Elsie Morrison
• 1948 - 1949 Marion "Peg" Newell
• 1970 - 1971 Calvina "Cal" Morse Vaupel
• 1988 - 1989 Liz Crosby Martin

denotes deceased members

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