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.
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Josefina Castillo Baltodano
(Delta Psi-Wisconsin/Oshkosh) President of
Marian College in Fond du Lac, Wis. Former
executive vice president for Alliant
International University in
California. Former chair of the national
network executive board for the American
Council on Education’s Office of Women in
Higher Education and national chair of the
U.S. Department of Education’s Ronald E.
McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement
Program. Awarded the Special Congressional
Recognition for Outstanding and Invaluable
Service to the Community, presented by U.S.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi.
Connie Goldsmith
Crittenden (ΒΒ-Michigan
State) Elementary
science teacher. Received Science Teacher of the Year award
(1994), McAuliffe Fellow Award (1995), Impressions 5 Science
Educator of the Year (1995) and Presidential Award for
Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (1998).
Joan Hochschild
(Beta-Northwestern)
Superintendent of
schools in Wilmette, Ill., and Grayslake, Ill.
Valerie Schuck L’Huillier
(ΓΗ-North Texas) Teacher. Listed in the 1995
Who’s Who in American
Education.
Jayne Gebauer Kasten
(Ο-Missouri)
Director of
school/business partnerships for community, career and
technical education. Recipient of Dr. Myra Sadker
Educational Equity Award (1998), Missouri Outstanding
Business Educator Award (1997), Outstanding Community
Educator of Missouri Award (1997) and Delta Pi Epsilon
Distinguished Service Award (1989).
Carolynne Bond Kent
(ΓΛ-Houston) Elementary teacher. Birmingham
Outstanding Panhellenic Woman of the Year (1982).
Listed in Who’s Who in
American Education and
The World of Who’s Who of Women.
Jean Schober Morrell
(ΒΟ-Bowling Green State) University of Northern
Colorado dean of students and vice president of
student affairs. Recipient of UNC Outstanding
Professional Administrative Staff Person of the
Year Award, Susan B. Anthony Award, "9 Who Care"
KBTV Outstanding Volunteer Award and University of
Northern Colorado Outstanding Service
Award.
Patty Holmes Myers
(Chi-Montana)
Chairperson on the Board of Public Education in Montana;
received the Teacher of the Year Award and the Milken Family
Foundation National Educator award in 1998.
Goldie Horton Porter
(Omega-Texas) A
founder of the Texas (Omega) chapter. One of the University
of Texas' earliest female professors. The first woman to
receive a Ph.D. from the University of Texas. Taught at
Texas from 1917 to 1966, when she was given the title of
professor emeritus of mathematics. Member of the American
Association of University Women and a founder of its Texas
chapter. As chairman of a committee on graduate education,
instrumental in the founding of the graduate school at The
University of Texas and aided in the founding of UT's
McDonald Observatory.
Catherine Crutchfield Schifter
(ΓΙ-Texas Tech)
Associate professor, assistant dean, director of academic
technology and faculty fellow for the Teaching Learning
Center in the College of Education at Temple University,
Philadelphia. Carnegie Teaching Scholar (2000-01), Carnegie
Foundation fellow.
Frances E. Willard (Alpha
Lambda-Alumna Initiate)
The first woman represented
among America’s great leaders in Statuary Hall in the United
States Capitol. President of Evanston College for Ladies.
First dean of women at Northwestern University. Helped
organize the Chicago Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
(1874). President and founder of the National Woman’s
Christian Temperance Union (1879). President of the World’s
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (1891). President of the
National Council of Women. National president of Alpha Phi
(1887)
