Description This award shall be given to alumnae who have demonstrated long and faithful service by their continued loyalty to Delta Zeta particularly in their local communities.
History The Achoth Award was passed to Delta Zeta from Phi Omega Pi at the time of our merger in 1946. Phi Omega Pi had originally been named the Achoth Sorority, hence the name of the Achoth Award. The award was presented for the first time at the 1948 National Convention in Swampscott, Massachusetts. It is to be given to alumnae who have served at the local level for a long period of time, fifteen years, at a minimum. It is to honor the unsung heroines of a philanthropy project, a house corporation, a chapter advisory board, for example.
The Achoth Awards are given each to alumnae who have demonstrated by long and faithful service on the local level and their continued loyalty to Delta Zeta. They should have worked in a volunteer capacity a minimum of 15 years after college to be eligible. Previous recipients should not be nominated. Regional and Area Directors, Foundation Trustees and National Council members are not eligible until they return to local service. The alumna could have served on an advisory board, been a CCD, a House Corporation officer, or a longtime worker in an alumnae chapter, an alumnae Panhellenic organization, or any community activity in which she represents Delta Zeta.
The women who win an Achoth are, for the most part, not in place by act of the National Organization – rather they were elected or volunteered for some task-oriented position at the local level. There are those who work for Delta Zeta continuously and those who work in spurts. An Achoth works continuously; and it is not always glamorous.
Want to learn more about the origins of the Achoth Award and our merger with Phi Omega Pi? View the pdf below!
Eligibility Alumnae who have volunteered with Delta Zeta for a minimum of 15 years after graduating college.
Past Recipients 1983
Marylouise Leimgrumber Appleton
Alpha Alpha
Florida
Elsie Kunk Bailey
Alpha Omicrom
Florida
Stella Cash Bell (posthumously)
Phi Beta
Texas
Dorothy Varley Breitweiser
Alpha Chi
California
Marylois Moran Dreiling
Gamma Upsilon
Oklahoma
Fern Ebbert Gipe
Epsilon Omicron
California
Sophia Prisner Griffin
Rho
Colorado
Drusilla Raber Krockenberger
Epsilon Gamma
Missouri
Dorothy Krebs Maledon
Beta Rho
Michigan
Frances Morrow McFarland
Alpha Gamma
Alabama
Althea Aleka Miller
Alpha Iota
California
Frances Grimes Nicol
Mu
California
Evalee Miles Pressly
Alpha Upsilon
Texas
Dorothy Swanson Riehle
Alpha Beta
Illinois
Jean Nelson Stockham
Pi
Oklahoma
Daphne Stout Turk
Alpha Sigma
California
Jean Hoeft Unruh
Alpha Beta
Texas
1985
Belle Calvert Brooks
Alpha Sigma
Florida
Ann Hatchett Cheney
Beta Xi
Alabama
Lois Wagner Coates
Alpha Gamma
Alabama
Lillian Magers Eggers
Alpha
Florida
Luaun Boynton Garnjost
Mu
California
Barbara Bankson Gates
Alpha Iota
California
Norine Richard Hamilton
Beta Sigma
Colorado
Lucille Bolstand May
Alpha Delta
Maryland
Olive Mclauchlan Neelands
Epsilon Sigma
Michigan
Helen Woodruff Nolop
Gamma
Minnesota
Doris Wright Sandoz
Gamma Upsilon
Oklahoma
Laura Jane Biederman Smith
Alpha Gamma
Alabama
Patricia Coleman Spatz
Delta Pi
Colorado
Genevieve Roccos Walter
Epsilon Sigma
Michigan
1987
Carol Hamilton Brill
Omicron Epsilon
Louisiana
Ann Butler Booth
Omicron Epsilon
Texas
Evelyn Adams Costello
Nu
Michigan
Betty Paul Dewitt
Alpha Iota
California
Delores Stein Dyson
Kappa
Washington
Loretta Majewski Gilewicz
Beta Rho
Michigan
Sanda Hart Horton
Beta Kappa
Iowa
Mary Halley Huch
Epsilon Mu
Mississippi
Eveline Mouze Kenney
Mu
California
Kay Utesch Medlin
Gamma Omicron
California
Ruby Gray Purdum
Delta Phi
Oklahoma
Mary Clarie Heath Senn
Theta Beta
Alabama
Evelyn Husband Thornton
Upsilon
Oklahoma
Emma Rossbacher Williams
Iota Delta
Pennsylvania
1989
Louise Parker Bingham
Delta Omicron
Texas
Marjorie Kanouse Fink
Delta Epsilon
Florida
Doris Jansen Gillespie
Kappa
Washington
Barbara E. Gorman
Theta Zeta
Ohio
Shirley Christopher Hebert
Sigma
Louisiana
Phylissa Carlson Howell
Gamma Rho
Ohio
Karen Starner Jacobson
Iota Theta
Pennsylvania
Grace Hester McKnight
Alpha Chi
California
Sandra Menn Miller
Iota Alpha
Texas
Karen Severloh Moffitt
Gamma Omicron
California
Mary Broadleent Platz
Epsilon
Florida
Lois Lee Asher Porter
Alpha Zeta
Maryland
Lorraine Yotka Teyssier
Gamma Delta
Pennsylvania
Dianne C. Veith
Beta Upsilon
Louisiana
Blanche Wilkins
Psi
Indiana
1991
Dottie Harper Branson
Epsilon Eta
Missouri
Lucile Crowell Cooks
Alpha
Ohio
Linda Meents Forsberg
Alpha Alpha
Illinois
Janibeth Haskin Fulghum
Alpha Epsilon
Kansas
Carol Sharpe Harper
Beta Gamma
Kentucky
Nancy Jones Holliman
Alpha Tau
Texas
Roberta Kendall Imes
Alpha
Ohio
Bestsy Bradley Leach
Alpha Iota
California
Barbara Hunt Martin
Alpha Gamma
Alabama
Janice Mawhinney Milstead
Theta Epsilon
Louisiana
Lois Randolph Nesgoda
Gamma
Ohio
1993
Miriam Cole Breese
Delta
Indiana
Almeda Gilkey
Mu
California
Donna Edwards Happ
Delta Alpha
California
Miriam Webster McFarland
Alpha Gamma
Alabama
Ruth Lowell Washburn Sawyer
Delta Xi
California
Helen Hassel Schaller
Delta Chi
California
Diane Zimmerman Sehy
Alpha Alpha
Texas
Marsha Miller Simmons
Epsilon Rho
Iowa
Karen Fellows Soyk
Delta
Washington
JoAnn Hempfling Sparling
Gamma Chi
Indiana
Evelyn Tharp Storm
Beta Gamma
Michigan
Nancy Kishiyama Yokomizo
Epsilon Alpha
Colorado
1996
Elizabeth Andrews Bedke
Beta Zeta
Utah
Ida Marie Carter Nelson
Theta Epsilon
Louisiana
Patricia Maciolek Cole
Theta Gamma
New Hampshire
Rosemary Hlavacek Cooper
Delta Tau
New Jersey
Barbara Bozeman Decker
Alpha Chi
California
Louise Maurer Inlow
Kappa
Washington
Frances Dorsett Lutze
Phi Beta
Michigan
Martha Diehm Ogden
Beta Chi
Ohio
Betty Willard Peer
Alpha
California
Deanna Alleman Pendleton
Alpha Tau
Oklahoma
Frances Sundt Rickard
Phi Beta
Colorado
Donna Sinclair
Gamma Omicron
California
Elizabeth Henry Wright
Delta
Indiana
1998
Ruth Rue Behnke
Alpha Alpha
California
Carol Selway Bertz
Theta
Colorado
Lisa Berferia Blankenship
Epsilon Delta
West Virginia
Mella Cooks Davies
Alpha
Ohio
Diane Gabbert Harris
Omega
California
Barbara Phillippi Lancaster
Alpha Chi
California
Susan Wisehart Little
Alpha
Ohio
Carol Johnson Miskell
Gamma Kappa
Pennsylvania
Charlyn Murray Pittman
Delta
Florida
Marjorie W. Schleher
Alpha Zeta
New York
Patricia Menendez Tector
Epsilon Phi
North Carolina
Joy Schuman Wheeler
Beta Rho
Michigan
Donna Pinon Wise
Delta Pi
Kansas
Carla Arnold Woodcock
Gamma Kappa
Ohio
Carolyn McAndless Woodlig
Epsilon Gamma
Kansas
2000
Betty Greene Byren
Alpha Theta
Alabama
Karen Martin Campbell
Delta Alpha
California
Arlene Dolezal Davy
Rho
Colorado
Judith L. Jacobs
Kappa Psi
Ohio
Sheena George Johnston
Alpha Chi
Florida
Necia White Kelly
Delta Kappa
Louisiana
Catharine Kramer Leake
Delta Delta
Georgia
Patricia Higgins Leech
Alpha
Ohio
Rby L’Herisson
Delta Xi
Colorado
Gloria Goul Macdonald
Beta Kappa
Washington
Glynda Thomas Petersen
Beta Tau
Nebraska
Antoinette Post
Sigma
Texas
Phyllis Berens Ross
Delta Omega
Texas
Lois Danielson Schulenberg
Beta Tau
Nebraska
Gwendolyn McHugh Shick
Zeta Nu
Michigan
Cheryl Hart Smith
Lambda Kappa
Alabama
Jane Spurgeon
Iota Xi
Missouri
Carin Brown Steckler
Kappa
Washington
Patricia Knowles Wells
Gamma Lambda
Arizona
LaRue Black Williams
Lambda Kappa
Alabama
2002
Elva Alden
Alpha Upsilon
Colorado
Juanita Arnold
Alpha Sigma
Florida
Karen Berry
Upsilon
West Virginia
Susan Boone
Zeta Psi
Texas
Karyn Doble Brown
Theta Rho
California
Sara Rosier Bush
Sigma
Louisiana
Laura Elswell Castellow
Kappa
Washington
Alberta Doran Curran
Epsilon Tau
North Carolina
Marion Robinson Fry
Gamma Upsilon
Oklahoma
Lorna Enokian Green
Alpha Beta
Illinios
Lena Greer Hertiage
Viola Higginbotham
Delta Omicron
Oklahoma
Kelly Janousek
Gamma Pi
Michigan
Rosemary Rommell Johnson
Glennie Gregory Jones
Alpha Epsilon
Oklahoma
Alicia Kimble
Delta Alpha
California
Virginia Riley Klieger
Beta Mu
Florida
Barbara Joe Lemke
Nu
California
Shirley Waggoner Mixon
Debra Dantin Musso
Sigma
Louisiana
Linda Nordstrom Nelson
Delta Mu
Colorado
Melinda Love Oldfield
Delta Alpha
California
Kara Kary Barker Price
Iota Pi
West Virginia
Patricia Burgess Webb
Gamma Kappa
Colorado
Ruth Kroeger White
Omicron
Pittsburgh
2004
Karen Hill Ambler
Delta
Indiana
Jane Evans Auld
Gamma Kappa
Ohio
Ann Witte Aviles
Delta Rho
Colorado
Grace Dollahon Bartholet
Epsilon Omega
Minnesota
Priscilla “Pat” Beatty
Gamma Tau
Florida
Gil Persak Beets
Beta Mu
Colorado
Betty Jo Gallon Bellah
Delta Omicron
Oklahoma
Cheryl Bennett BeMent
Gamma Tau
Florida
Pat Garver Boris
Gamma Kappa
Ohio
Karen Baurle Brammer
Epsilon
Indiana
Louise Denny Britt
Kappa Psi
North Carolina
Donna Niemann Brown
Gamma Gamma
Oklahoma
Virginia Schattner Bryan
Theta Epsilon
Louisiana
Susan Wallace Christmas
Delta Alpha
California
Nancy Bach Colman
Epsilon Omega
California
Dee Ann Stephens Connor
Alpha Gamma
Florida
Cheryl Wassink Couch
Theta Nu
Texas
Betty Kolar Craig
Delta Phi
Oklahoma
Lucille Cashman Dey
Beta Alpha
Florida
Robin Griehs Donoho
Iota Omega
Florida
Cathie Lentz Fryer
Iota Upsilon
California
Ellen Watson Gigliotti
Kappa Psi
Pennsylvania
Margaret Notorangelo Greenwald
Iota Xi
Missouri
Paula Harfst
Kappa
Washington
Cindy Brown Helton
Alpha Omicron
Florida
Cindy Johnson Holmes
Delta Alpha
California
Elaine Lee Jeffers
Theta Rho
California
Marydel Rehbein Leiter
Kappa
Washington
Carolyn Swartz Madaus
Delta Phi
Kansas
Paula McKean McQuillen
Gamma Epsilon
Minnesota
Gwyn Orme Mercer
Alpha Sigma
Florida
Charlotte Field Olsen
Beta Kappa
Minnesota
Sylvia Leigh Pardue
Alpha Epsilon
Oklahoma
Virginia Raysor
Beta Delta
Florida
Audrianne Zachara Schneider
Iota Psi
Texas
Joy Cameron Sherman
Delta Omicron
Oklahoma
Nancy John South
Delta Psi
California
Mary Ann Anderson Thigpen
Alpha Gamma
Alabama
Jeanine Petersen Triplett
Beta Gamma
Kentucky
Blanche Rosa Wolf
Beta Kappa
Iowa
Kathleen Dolese Gros
Sigma
Louisiana
2006
Madonna Barwick
Kappa Chi
Ohio
Paula Matena Bradford
Lambda Nu
Alabama
Sheila Johnson Burkett
Iota Xi
Missouri
Mary Suber Camp
Beta Xi
Alabama
Janet McBurney Canterbury
Chi
Missouri
Kathryn Covert Clark
Delta Alpha
California
Cathy Brown Clements
Gamma Kappa
Ohio
Cynthia Brenner Fitzpatrick
Beta Chi
Ohio
Chloe Stairs Forrest
Beta Tau
Washington
Elizabeth Gurklies
Beta Chi
Kansas
Anne Jensen Hussar
Zeta Chi
Kansas
Kari Koester
Alpha Delta
Virginia
Lois VonHusen Lehman
Mu
California
Marjorie Klingensmith Lovewell
Gamma
Georgia
Kerry Jamison Morris
Epsilon Omicron
South Carolina
Bridget Stepnoski Morton
Delta Sigma
Missouri
Susan Smith Nesbit
Lambda Delta
North Carolina
Sandra McAlister Nesbitt
Beta Xi
Alabama
Jennie Bell Oliver
Lambda Kappa
Alabama
Kathy Wenger Palermo
Lambda
Missouri
Debbie Donathon Price
Alpha Tau
Texas
Diane DiOrio Rafle
Iota Delta
Pennsylvania
Caryol McColley Ribble
Psi
Florida
Jane Simmons Riccardi
Gamma Phi
Pennsylvania
Carolyn Barnett Seaman
Delta Eta
Alabama
Charlotte Fields Silversteen
Delta Tau
Pennsylvania
Patricia Howard Thomas
Alpha Gamma
Florida
Anita Moix Tienken
Epsilon Gamma
Missouri
Llwanda “Lou” Knepshield Williams
Theta Delta
Virginia
Lee Ann Martin Witt
Zeta Psi
Arizona
Leigh Wright Wiersig
Lambda Kappa
Alabama
2008
Elizabeth Williams Abel
Lambda Kappa
Alabama
Linda Schaefer Allen
Kappa Beta
Kentucky
Ilah Cline Anderson
Beta Tau
Nebraska
Irene Leslie Bush
Alpha Sigma
Florida
Joanne Reilly Bushey
Kappa
Washington
Suzanne Trimble Cloore
Kappa
Washington
Pamela McClure Cronenwett
Alpha Alpha
Michigan
Helene Johnson Cushenan
Beta Omega
Ohio
Susan Hein Feuerherm
Epsilon Kappa
Minnesota
Marlene Thompson Gilpin
Delta Nu
Michigan
Judy Harwell
Zeta Psi
Texas
Linda Singer Keefe
Epsilon Upsilon
Oklahoma
Nancy Greene Lackey
Alpha Gamma
Alabama
Patricia Mays Lins
Zeta Rho
Florida
Peggy Burnett Moore
Alpha Gamma
Florida
Susan Norman
Zeta
Arizona
Mary Louise DeCasper Shannon
Alpha Sigma
Florida
Doris Wheeler Sisk
Gamma Upsilon
Alabama
Beverly Carlson Swanson
Beta Tau
Nebraska
Jane Harrison Telder
Gamma Pi
Michigan
Rita DiLucia Warfield
Kappa Xi
Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Miller Wood
Theta
Ohio
Kenna Howell Worthington
Mu
Texas
2010
Ann Doyle Christmann
Zeta Psi
Texas
Karen Kane Courtney
Gamma Chi
Indiana
Sharan Huffman Grey
Kappa Alpha
Alabama
Marsha Rottstedt Harris
Gamma Xi
Alabama
Linda Cater Heath
Epsilon Beta
Indiana
Meryl Lin McKean
Epsilon Gamma
Kansas
Barbara Pfeifer McVey
Delta Omega
California
Josephine Pendino Mandese
Delta Beta
Florida
Rebecca Robinson Romenesko
Zeta Omicron
California
Ann Pearson Santos
Zeta Chi
Arizona
Ellyn Hartung Sewell
Kappa
Washington
Clara Schnakenberg Smith
Beta Kappa
Georgia
Joan Bunker Swanger
Delta Psi
Florida
Ann Grant Wadsworth
Beta Xi
Alabama
Beverly Howard Williamson
Zeta Zeta
Alabama
2012
Vicki Yvonne Bowman
Iota Upsilon
California
Judith Dallaire Christian
Beta Rho
Michigan
Virginia Gilbert Loftin
Alpha Gamma
Alabama
Joan Dondrea Lowry
Gamma Alpha
Ohio
Kimberly Saari Johnston
Kappa
Washington
Margaret Correll Brown
Epsilon Gamma
Kansas
Carolyn Hill Nelson
Beta Kappa
Missouri1
2014
Tera L. Beermann
Beta Tau
Nebraska
Karly K. Burns
Zeta Lambda
Florida
Carol Gist Guilliams
Epsilon Upsilon
Oklahoma
Sandy Shaddix Hall
Iota Upsilon
California
Andrea Ridenour Kusta
Theta
Ohio
Susan Cassidy McArthur
Kappa
Washington
Elizabeth (Betty) Barbieri McClellan
Gamma Delta
California
Karen Woods Miron
Zeta Nu
Michigan
Jennifer Bogen Morrison
Theta
Ohio
Cyndi Haugeland Munch
Beta Iota
Texas
Margaret A. Purcell
Alpha Gamma
Alabama
Analee Kredel-Speer
Delta Chi
California
Julie Swinhart Weller
Xi Omicron
California
2016
Jamie Bero
Epsilon Theta
West Virginia
Kelly Wright-Gonos
Gamma Kappa
Ohio
Jill Marilley
Kappa
Washington
Kari Olson
Kappa
Washington
Kathy Swanger Orchard
Alpha Sigma
Florida
Mary Peterson
Delta Nu
Arizona
Stacey Wheeler Slaughter
Kappa
Colorado
Christine Schlegel Whipp
Delta Alpha
California
2018
Heather Jerden Anderson
Iota Psi
Texas
Erika Hedahl Cottrell
Kappa
Washington
Christie Dale Harmon
Lambda Kappa
Alabama
Sonjia Wicke Leyva
Theta Rho
California
Dr. Elizabeth Mueller
Beta Xi
Alabama
2021
Sandra (Sandy) Sebrell Bailey
Theta
Ohio
Tracy Kingsbury Bank
Omicron Pi
Virginia
Christina (Chrissy) Berry
Kappa
Washington
Jessica Blevins
Delta
Ohio
Jaylene Phelps-Braxton
Xi Theta
South Carolina
Diana Fergusson
Kappa
Washington
Lynnda Wolf Hoefler
Gamma Kappa
Ohio
Andrea (Andi) Cooper Howard
Xi Nu
Texas
Karen Hansen Lange (posthumously)
Delta Mu
Arizona
Ann Langel
Epsilon Omega
Wisconsin
Victoria Varn Poré
Delta Alpha
California
Miriam (Mim) Starr
Beta Theta
Florida
Jennifer (Jenn) Raabe Walters
Zeta Phi
Pennsylvania
Jamie Metz Winters
Omicron Pi
Maryland
Sonja Nay Wise
Delta
Indiana
2023
Western Illinois University
Western Illinois University
Connie Dicken
Delta
DePauw University
Marlo Dorsey
Xi Phi
University of Missouri/Kansas City
Vicki Frydrych Dukehart
Alpha Theta
University of Kentucky
Carolee Lewis Followill
Alpha Gamma
University of Alabama
Erin Kallus Hasbrouck
Delta Theta
University of Houston
Dalisha Herring
Alpha Gamma
University of Alabama
Andrea Marsala
Gamma Lambda
San Jose State University
Christine Martin
Beta Tau
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Donna Baird Martin
Alpha Gamma
University of Alabama
Peggy Hewing McCarty
Alpha Beta
University of Illinois
Laura McCunn-Jordan
Alpha Rho
Ohio Wesleyan University
Doretta Pugh Osburn
Theta Xi
Glenville State College
Dee Blaisdell Siburt
Gamma Tau
Bowling Green State University
Sheryl Kudy Trick
Epsilon Upsilon
University of Central Oklahoma
Kimberlee Butte Turner
Beta Gamma
University of Louisville
