DELTA PI EPSILON

Some History of Alpha Delta Chapter
Compiled in 1998 by Dr. George Walters

Father of Business Education: Frederick Nichols. He started teaching business subject in 1899.  For 22 years, he taught in high schools and colleges. In 1922, until 1944, he was Professor of Business Education, Graduate School of Education, Harvard.

As graduate business education flourished in the 1920's and 30's with Nichols at Harvard, and people like Paul Lomas, H.G. Enterline, and Herbert Tonne at New York University and elsewhere, the time was ripe for a graduate honor society. Pi Omega Pi, the undergraduate honor society in business education, was already well established.

DELTA PI EPSILON was founded in 1936 at New York University by Paul Lomax.  The first annual Research Award was givenjust 5 years later in 1941. The DPE RESEARCH FOUNDATION was established in 1977, and one of their first goals was to publish the Memoirs of Frederick Nichols, which was entitled EARLY VIEWS OF BUSINESS EDUCATION, and published in 1979. There have been only five Executive Secretaries of DPE since its founding. Ellis Jones had the longest tenure as executive secretary with 21 years. The current National Executive Secretary is Robert Mitchell. Current National President, Dr. Peter Meggison.

ALPHA DELTA CHAPTER, Chapter number 20 in DPE.

Alpha Delta was installed on August 17, 1957.

The original officers were: President, Anne Mamix; Vice President, Elva Gillett; Recdording Secretary, Audrey Loomis; Corresponding Secretary, Virginia Eckart; Treasurer, John Smith; Historian, Henry Wagner.

The Sponsor was Dr. E. C. McGill, who was Chair of the Business Department at ESU.

The first member to sign the roll book was Joe Beck.

Charter members who are still members of Alpha Delta Chapter were:
Victoria Daily; Anne Mamix; Kenneth Martin; Sylvia Simmons; John Smith; Virginia Eckart; Marjorie Wamser; and Charlina Burroughs

National Council Representatives. The first National Council Representative was Vicky Daily. Others who served a number of years were Keith Wilson, Elaine McDonnell, and Jade Scarlett. Jade has served 13 years and is still the current representative.

For all charter members, see attached sheets.

1970's - DPE and Pi Omega Pi started working together on Business Teacher Conferences in the School of Business.

1975 - First off-campus DPE meeting was held in Wichita. Toured 4th Financial Center, Pizza Hut Headquarters, and had lunch and busmess meeting at Shocker's Club at Wichita State University.

1990 - Ruea Thurston was inducted into the Kansas Teachers Hall of Fame. Dr. Nona Berghaus received University Teacher of the Year from Mountain-Plains BEA.

1993 - Alpha Delta hosted the National Council Meeting in Kansas City, along with the Pittsburgh, Kansas chapter.

1994 - R.B. Russell Award changed to R.B. Rusell/G.K- Walters Award.

1997 - Web page set up for Alpha Delta on the Internet.
Dr. Nancy Groneman, Chair of Business Education at ESU, is serving as President of the National Association of Business Teacher Education.

One of the tremendous strengths of Alpha Delta Chapter has been the consistent loyalty of members throughout this first 40 years. The members have supported the chapter and the School of Business by attending and planning meetings, doing research, attending and presenting at the School of Business, Business Teacher Conferences, accepting student teachers, and the list could go on. Congratulations to Alpha Delta for and outstanding 40 years.

At the installation of ALPHA DELTA CHAPTER, telegrams and letters were received from Delta Pi Epsilon national officers and other busmess education leaders throughout the United States as shown below:

Theodore Woodward Gerald Porter
Ramon Heimerl Dorothy Crunk
Dorothy Veon Earl Dvorak
Peter Agnew H. G. Enterline
John Binnion Irene Place
Vernon Musselman Paul Lomax

The establishment of ALPHA DELTA and strong leadership in the School of Business started a movement of inviting national leaders in business education to come to campus for ALPHA DELTA meetings and business teacher conferences. This also developed a long-term support and loyalty for Alpha Delta and the School of Business from our graduates and business teachers throughout the state. Listed below are the names of national leaders who have been on campus between 1957 and 1998:

Robert Lowry, Merle Wood, Marion Wood, Allein Russon, Helen Green,
Roman Warmke, Ramon Heimerl, John Rowe, Ruth Anderson, Alan Lloyd, Marian Angus, Ellis Jones, Bill Mitchell, Fred Cook, Ralf Thomas, Dorothy Travis, Walter Brower, Floyd Crank, Doris Crank, Lloyd Douglas, Susie Hess, Ray Price, Herbert Jelley, Robert Schultheis, Merle Guthrie, Gordon Culver, Gerald Porter, John Binnion, Joyce Kupsch, Robert Ristau, Charles Hopkins, Wanda Blockhus, Oscar Schutte, Lloyd Bartholomew, Thomas Inman, Pat Moody, Donna Kizzier, Les Dlabay, Heidi Perrault, Peter Meggison

NAMES OF RESEARCH STUDIES completed by Alpha Delta Chapter

Test for Economic and Basic Business Facts, 1961

Basic Business Survival Skills test ( in cooperation with Alpha Mu, NY) 1978

Survey of Entry-level Testing of Employees by Business Firms, 1989

Use of Local Area Networks in Kansas Unified School Districts, 1990

What CEO's Expect of Employees Hired for International Work, 1995

Business Usage of Microcomputers

Proposed?? Elementary Keyboarding, 1998

Recipients of the R. B. Russell Award


1979 Keith Wilson
1980 Jesse Teel
1981 George Houghton
1982 Jade Scarlett
1983 Junita Parker
1984 Elizabeth Voorhees
1985 Carol Duerksen
1986 Ruea Thurston
1987 Shirley Longfellow
1988 Marie Hieger
1989 Gloria Rifenbark
1990 Kathleen Tulley
1991 Phyllis Wenger
1992 Marilyn Hoy and Shirley Antes
1993 Janet Berry
1994 Connie Viebrock and Clarence "Bud" Redman

Recipients of the R. B. Russell/G. K. Walters Award

1995 Dean Day
1996 Jan Bradbury
1997 Margaret Pickering
1998 Chari Sowers
1999 Connie Lindell
2000 Cheryl Thomas
2001 Sandy Keating

Alpha Delta Chapter, Delta Pi Epsilon

Sponsors - 1957 to 1998

1957 E. C. McGill
1958 E. C. McGill
1959 Wayne Baty
1960-1970 Lloyd Edwards and Richard Reicherter
1971-1973 Shirley Slaymaker and Laura McAntee
1974-1977 Laura McAntee and Anita Pitko
1978-1979 Laura McAntee and John Smith
1980 Anita Pitko and George Walters
1981-1985 George Walters and Roger Ellis
1986-1992 George Walters
1993 George Walters and Ruthann Dirks
1994-1998 Ruthann Dirks

ALPHA DELTA CHAPTER PRESIDENTS

1957 Anne Marnix
1958-1959 Elva Gillett
1960 Vicky Daily
1961 Richard Brown
1962 Sylvia Simmons
1963 Waunita Norman
1964 Evelyn Wilson
1965-1966 Ed Eilert
1967-1968 Elaine McDonnell
1969-1970 Delores Moon
1971 Keith Wilson
1972 John Smith
1973 Don Strait
1974 Don Miller
1975 Steve Pammenter
1976-1977 Karen Waner
1978-1979 Jim Evans
1980-1981 Marsha Bayless
1982-1983 Jade Scarlett
1984-1985 Nancy Groneman
1986-1987 Melba Herrick
1988-1989 Margaret Pickering
1990-1991 Ruthann Dirks
1992-1993 Kathleen Tully
1994 Judy Hayes
1995 Dean Day
1996-1997 Dean Day
1998-1999 Connie Lindell
1999-present Sandy Keating

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