AOII Facts

Founding	AOII Facts
AOII in Canada	AOII International

Founded Alpha Omicron Pi Fraternity was founded January 2, 1897 at Barnard College, Columbia University, New York by
Jessie Wallace Hughan	Helen St. Clair Mullan
Stella George Stern Perry	Elizabeth Heywood Wyman

AOII Facts

	*"One motto, one badge, one bond, and singleness of heart!"*
Our jewel is the ruby.	Our flower is the Jacqueminot Rose.
Our colour is cardinal	Our 'unofficial' mascot is the panda bear
Our philanthropy is Arthritis Research & Juvenile Arthritis.

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Our new Headquarters on Dedication Day - April 21st, 2001

Alpha Omicron Pi International Headquarters
5390 Virginia Way
Brentwood, Tennessee 37027 USA
Phone: (615) 370-0920
Fax: (615) 371-9736
Email: aoiihq@alphaomicronpi.org
Website: www.alphaomicronpi.org

AOII in Canada

On September 27th, 1930, Alpha Omicron Pi became an international fraternity with the chartering of Beta Tau chapter at the University of Toronto. Since then, AOII has installed a total of 6 collegiate chapters and 6 alumnae chapters across Canada.

Alumnae Chapters

City	Alumnae President
Calgary Alumnae	Stephanie Savage Leach
London Area Alumnae	Stephanie Theodoropoulos
Montreal Alumnae	Sandra Keymer-Temple
Ottawa Alumnae	MJ Jacobsen
Toronto Area Alumnae	Megan Archer
Vancouver Alumnae	Vicki Dunsford Wong

Collegiate Chapters

University of Toronto - Beta Tau
Installed September 27, 1930

24 Madison Ave,
Toronto, ON M5R 2S1
(416) 922-3646

University of Calgary - Kappa Lambda
Installed November 30, 1985

Box MH13, McEwan Student Centre
University of Calgary
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, AB T2N 1N4
E: alphaomi@ucalgary.ca
http://aoiikappalambda.moonfruit.com/

University of British Columbia -
Beta Kappa
Installed October 17, 1931,
Charter returned, 1985

University of Western Ontario - Iota Chi
Installed October 25th, 1986

222 Broughdale Ave, London ON N6A 2K9
http://www.aoiiwestern.com

McGill University - Kappa Phi
Installed March 25, 1939,
Charter Returned, 1973
Rechartered Nov 11, 1989

http://www.geocities.com/aoii_kappaphi

Carleton University - Gamma Chi
Installed November 21st, 1992

E: aoii_gc@hotmail.com
http://aoiigammachi.tripod.com/05/

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Notable Facts about Canadian Sisters

International President 1979-1981 - Joan Deathe MacCallum, Kappa Phi

Current International Volunteers
Kristy Manchul , Kappa Lambda, Vice-President, Education, AOII Executive Board
Dorothy Breeze, Beta Kappa, Chair, Restructuring Task Force
Marjorie Stevens, Beta Kappa, CND
Shala Schweitzer, Kappa Lambda, CNS
Christine Walters, Iota Chi CDNS
Bryanne Bennett Weston, Kappa Lambda, ANS
Joan Deathe MacCallum, Kappa Phi, International
Historian

Chapter Consultants:
Frances Gotlieb Stephan, Beta Tau 1975-76
Kirsten Eastwood, Beta Tau 1985-86
Diane Furher Taylor, Kappa Lambda 1993-94
Phaedra Burke Van der Meer, Kappa Lambda 1994-95
Teresa Nelson, Kappa Lambda 1998-99
Christine Walters, Iota Chi 1998-99

Perry Award (Outstanding Chapter President of AOII)
Bryanne Bennett Weston, Kappa Lambda, 1996

McCausland Cup (International Award for Outstanding Scholarship)
Beta Tau - 1947, 1957, 1975, 1979, 1985, 1989

Adele K. Hinton Award (Outstanding personal example for AOII)
Joan Deathe MacCallum, Kappa Phi, 1985

AOII International Rose Award Recipients
(Dedicated commitment to AOII)
blue italcized indicates Toronto or BT recipients

Shirley Ann Potter Dempster, Kappa Phi 1957
Honoree Gresty Young Findlay, Beta Kappa 1957
Margaret Gibson, Beta Tau 1957
Mary Isobel Clemes Ensor, Beta Tau 1959
Lenore Valbourg Kinghorn Hetherington, Beta Tau 1959, 61
Elizabeth Bennet McNab, Kappa Phi 1959
Ruth Dorothea Richardson Wardell, Beta Kappa 1961,65
Ada Jean Kirk Brown, Beta Kappa 1963
Mary Catherine Joan Hoare Mahoney, Beta Tau 1963
Elsie Graham Sumner Cuddy, Beta Tau 1969
Joan Deathe MacCallum, Kappa Phi 1971
Karen Agnete Hall Moon, Kappa Phi 1971
Sandra Homfray Keymer Temple, Kappa Phi 1975
Anne Ridsdale Mott, Beta Kappa 1977
Judit Mary Putti Spence, Beta Kappa 1979
Mary Jane Refausse Jacobsen, Beta Tau 1993
Marjorie Stevens, Beta Kappa 1999
Shala Schweitzer, Kappa Lambda 2001
Cathy Bottomley German, Beta Kappa 2003
Dorothy Breeze , Beta Kappa 2005
Kristy Manchul, Kappa Lambda 2005
Morleen Bousfield , Beta Tau 2007

University of Western Ontario - Iota Chi Installed October 25th, 1986

222 Broughdale Ave, London ON N6A 2K9 http://www.aoiiwestern.com

University of Western Ontario - Iota Chi
Installed October 25th, 1986

222 Broughdale Ave, London ON N6A 2K9
http://www.aoiiwestern.com