Famous Alpha Phis

Alpha Phi is proud of all of our distinguished alumnae. Following is only a sample of Alpha Phis who have distinguished themselves in their careers and state, provincial, national or international communities. If you know a distinguished alumna who should be listed, send her name, affiliation and contact information to quarterly@alphaphi.org.

 

 

Art/Culture

 

Betsy Joyce Kinney (Omega-Texas) Texas Sculpture Association president and a professional Limoges box artist for more than 25 sororities, civic organizations, the states of Mississippi and Tennessee and nonprofit theater groups. (See Winter 1997 Quarterly).

Patricia Blachly Meadows (Omega-Texas) Curator of the Texas Sculpture Garden, owner of Art Connections, former curator of the Dallas Visual Art Center (1986-1998), former exhibition director of the Texas State Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts (1987-1999), co-founder of D'Art Visual Art Center, listed in Who's Who in American Art .

Elizabeth Mackay Ratcliff (Λ-UC/Berkeley) Retired school teacher and originator of the idea for the National Peace Garden in Washington, D.C.

Julee Rosso (ΒΒ-Michigan State) Founded Silver Palate gourmet food shop. Co-author of Silver Palate Cookbook, The New Basics Cookbook, The Silver Palate Good Times Cookbook and Parade magazine column. Co-owner of Wickwood Inn in Saugatuck, Mich., “one of the top 50 small resorts, inns and spas in the US,” according to the Zagat Review.

Kelly Stribling Sutherland (ΓΙ-Texas Tech) Artist. Created four paintings for 1995 Holidays at the White House guide. Creator of 1987, 1995 Neiman Marcus catalog covers and Fall 1988 Quarterly cover. Named 1986 Southwest Illustrator of the Year by Adweek magazine.

Ann Lee Thompson (Γ-DePauw) Artist. Winner of cover contest for The Saturday Evening Post. Created Spring 1986 Quarterly cover.

Gale Martin Waddell (ΒΓ-Colorado) Watercolorist. Past president of New Mexico Watercolor Society, art teacher at continuing education of University of New Mexico, art featured in American Artist magazine.

Beverly Willis (ΒΥ-Oregon State) Co-chair of Rebuild Downtown Our Town (R.DOT), an effort to revitalize Lower Manhattan following Sept. 11, 2001. First female chair of the Federal Construction Council of the National Academy of Science (1973). Founder of Architect.org. Director of the Architecture Research Institute, Inc., New York. First woman president of the American Institute of Architects, California Council (1980). Ms. magazine named her one of the top seven women architects in the nation (1976). Member of the 1976 U.S. delegation to Habitat, the United Nations conference on human settlements.

 

 

Alpha Phi is proud of all of our distinguished alumnae. If you know a distinguished alumna who should be listed, send her name, affiliation and contact information to quarterly@alphaphi.org.

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