Category Archives: University of Michigan

Bob McGrath, Phi Gamma Delta and Sesame Street Icon

Bob McGrath will live on forever as his character on Sesame Street. Robert Emmett McGrath was his given name and Bob Johnson was the name of the role on Sesame Street. He was the human corralling a cast of Muppet … Continue reading

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Happy Founders’ Day, Theta Phi Alpha!

On August 30, 1912, Theta Phi Alpha was founded at the University of Michigan. Although founded on August 30, Theta Phi Alpha celebrates Founders’ Day on April 30, the Feast Day of St. Catherine of Siena.* St. Catherine is the patroness … Continue reading

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Margot Sherman, Sigma Kappa, #NotableSororityWoman, #WHM2022

Margot Sherman, the professional name of Margaret Sherman Peet, was initiated into the Alpha Mu Chapter of Sigma Kappa at the University of Michigan. She earned a bachelor’s in journalism in 1927 and was the first female to graduate from … Continue reading

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Theta Phi Alpha’s Michigan Roots

Theta Phi Alpha was founded at the University of Michigan on August 30, 1912. However Founders’ Day is celebrated on April 30, it was the feast day of St. Catherine of Siena when the decision was made. (The Catholic Church … Continue reading

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Mary Stewart Howarth, Chi Omega, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2021

Mary Stewart (Howarth) was the first woman in Florida to attend law school and graduate. She was born in DeLand, Florida in 1886. A grandfather was an early settler and land developer. Her father, Isaac Stewart, was an attorney and … Continue reading

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Margaret Sprague Carhart, Ph.D., Delta Gamma, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2021

Margaret Sprague Carhart, Ph.D., was born into an academic family. Her father Henry Smith Carhart, a physicist, taught at Northwestern University from 1872-86 and at the University of Michigan after that. On August 30, 1876, he married Ellen M. Soulé … Continue reading

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Pi Lambda Sigma Merged With Theta Phi Alpha

I came across this article in the October 1952 issue of The Fraternity Month. That summer, at the Theta Phi Alpha convention at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago, Pi Lambda Sigma, another Catholic sorority, merged with Theta Phi Alpha. … Continue reading

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Brig. Gen. Margaret A. Brewer, Zeta Tau Alpha, #NotableSororityWomen, #WHM2020

Margaret Brewer attended the University of Michigan where she became a member of Zeta Tau Alpha. In 1952, she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in geography. Military service wasn’t a usual path for women in 1952. However, she broke tradition … Continue reading

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R.I.P. George Spasyk, a Lambda Chi Alpha Builder

Not all of us can be founders but we can all be builders. We can work on behalf of an organization and make it better. Lambda Chi Alpha just lost one of its best builders with the passing of George … Continue reading

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Happy Founders’ Day 2019, Theta Phi Alpha!

Theta Phi Alpha was founded on August 30, 1912, at the University of Michigan. However, it celebrates Founders’ Day on April 30, the Feast Day of St. Catherine of Siena.* St. Catherine is the sorority’s patroness and her motto, “Nothing … Continue reading

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