Category Archives: Cornell University

Regine Freund Cohane, Sigma Delta Tau, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2021

On March 25, 1917, seven female Cornell University students who were Jewish founded Sigma Delta Tau. Its founders are Dora Bloom (Turteltaub), Inez Dane Ross, Amy Apfel (Tishman), Regene Freund (Cohane), Marian Gerber (Greenberg), Lenore Blanche Rubinow, and Grace Srenco … Continue reading

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Esther Mosher Schneider, Sigma Kappa, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2021

Esther Mosher (Schneider), born in 1906, lived in Auburn, New York, her entire life, except for her time in college. She graduated from Cornell University in 1928 where she was a member of the Alpha Zeta Chapter of Sigma Kappa. … Continue reading

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Dorothy Allison Carlin, Delta Delta Delta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2021

Dorothy Allison (Carlin) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 25, 1898. She graduated from the city’s School of Industrial Arts and applied to the University of Pennsylvania’s school of engineering. However, her family said she was denied admission because … Continue reading

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Katherine Van Winkle Palmer, Ph.D., Alpha Delta Pi, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020

Katherine Van Winkle Palmer grew up in Oakville, Washington. She was the only female member of her high school graduating class who went to college. At the University of Washington, she became a member of the Alpha Theta chapter of … Continue reading

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Jacquie E. Hirsch, Sigma Delta Tau, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2019

Jacquie Hirsch joined Sigma Delta Tau at SUNY Geneseo. She was a gymnast, diver and dancer. An Early Childhood Education major, she finished her coursework during the spring 2007 semester. Two months of student teaching that fall was all that … Continue reading

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Julia Warner Snow, Kappa Alpha Theta, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2019

Julia Warner Snow joined Kappa Alpha Theta while she was undergraduate student at Cornell University. Sigma Xi was founded at Cornell University in 1886. In 1888, Snow along with her fellow Theta, entomologist Anna Botsford Comstock, and a few other … Continue reading

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Mary Donlon, Alpha Omicron Pi, #NotableSororityWomen #WHM2019

Mary Donlon (Alger) joined Alpha Omicron Pi at Cornell University. She spent one year doing general classes and the following three as a law student, when Cornell’s law school only required one year of college study to enroll as a … Continue reading

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Dr. Joyce Brothers, Sigma Delta Tau, #WHM2018, #notablesororitywomen

March 25, 1917 is the date on which seven female Cornell University students founded Sigma Delta Tau. Their organization was originally called Sigma Delta Phi, but when the group discovered the name belonged to another Greek-letter organization they changed the … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday, Alpha Phi Alpha!

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated, was founded at Cornell University on December 4, 1906. It is the oldest of the Black Greek-letter organizations (BGLOs) which form the National PanHellenic Council (NPHC). The seven founders, the “Jewels” of Alpha Phi Alpha, … Continue reading

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#WHM – Helen Johnston, M.D., Delta Zeta

Dr. Helen Johnston was born on February 5, 1891 Columbus City, Iowa. She was educated at Drake University and the University of Iowa. In 1919, she earned her medical degree from Cornell University. After medical school, she took some addition training in … Continue reading

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