Olive McCune was a member of Alpha chapter in the early 1920s. She trained as a teacher and taught in the Cleveland area until she retired in the 1960s. She never married so her love for children was expressed in the elementary school classroom. I was a student in her 2nd grade classroom – and, because Olive and my mother were Delta Zeta sisters, she recruited me from 2nd grade onward!  Miss McCune was a charter member of the Cleveland Alumnae chapter. She promoted Delta Zeta enthusiastically wherever she went. Her loyalty and dedication to Delta Zeta was contagious. She attended many national conventions and was loved by a wide network of Delta Zeta sisters. She lived in my parents’ home after she retired until her death.

-Mella Cooks Davies, Great Lakes Area Alumnae Director

This award was established in 1967 and shall be presented to an alumna member of Delta Zeta in Province V who has made a significant contribution to her sorority through her loyalty, interest, and devotion. Since this is a state award and not a chapter award, you may wish to nominate someone who is not a member of your alumnae chapter, but who you know has fulfilled the qualifications for this award. This may be a person who lives in an area where an organized chapter or club does not currently exist.

Previous Winners
1967 Lucile Crowell Crooks Cleveland Eastside
1968 Mrs. Lybacher Housemother, Theta Chapter, Columbus
1969 Kay Roeder CCD, Zeta Kappa, Ada
1970 Nancy Siebenthaler President Alumnae Chapter, Dayton
1971 Helen Griebling CCD, Gamma Kappa, Kent
1972 Ann Morrow CCD, Gamma Tau, Toledo
1973 Norma Minch Andrisek National Vice President, Berea
1974 Sally Beach Past Province V Director, Berea
1975 Shirlyn Chaffin Treasurer National Foundation, Columbus
1976 Julie Foster PAD Province V, Cleveland Westside
1977 Pat Hogue Province V Treasurer, Cincinnati
1978 Lois Schrank PCD, National Standards Chair, Cleveland Eastside
1979 Linda Hobbs CCD, Theta, Columbus
1980 Barbara Shelton PAD Province V, Findlay
1981 Betty Agler Past National President, Columbus
1982 Cindy Fitzpatrick CCD, Findlay, Findlay
1983 Jo Ann Lefler Dayton Alumna, Dayton
1984 Marcia Earl Humpal CCD, Baldwin Wallace, Berea
1985 Lynnda Wolf Hoefler PCD Province V, Kent
1986 Connie Teaford Wilt Past National Officer, Columbus
1987 Helen Reiman Findlay
1988 Susan Wisehart Little State Reference Chairman, Canton-Massillon
1989 Lois Randolph Nesgoda Past PAD Province V, Cleveland Eastside
1990 Sandra Sebrell Bailey PCD Province V, Kent
1991 Carol Carson Konet Berea
1992 Pam Friesel CCD, Wright State, Dayton
1993 Penny Davis Baker Columbus
1994 Mella Cooks Davies Cleveland Eastside
2006 Judith L. Jacobs Columbus
2007 Carla Arnold Woodcock Cleveland Eastside
2008 Pam Asher Kent

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