April 23, 1960
WMA was initiated as Gamma Rho Chapter of SAI
Charter Members:
Betty Jones - Song Leader - composed and presented a song to Gamma Rho
Kaye Maples - Social Chairman
Carol Clem - Treasurer
Jean Moore - Vice President
Judy Roberts - President
Betty Ashman - Recording Secretary
Fran Cartier - Corresponding Secretary
Sally Nelson - Sergeant-At-Arms
Phyllis Roberts - Editor
Norma Dean Smith - Chaplain
Janice Clement
Charlotte Key
Jane Mitchell
Sharon Little
Lee Fowler
Diane Meeks
Those initiated into Gamma Rho and immediately became alumni:
Mildred Patterson - Knox County Supervisor of Music
Anna LaForge - City Supervisor of Music
Gladys Harold - Assistant Professor of Fine Arts
Evelyn Miller - Pianist and Accompanist
Roasa Marie DeRobertis - Music Teacher at Farragut High School
Chapter Advisors at the time of Installation:
Mrs. David Van Vactor
Mrs. Erwin Schneider
Mrs. Alfred Blickensderfer
Mrs. Harold Clark
Installation Musicale performed at the University Center Ballroom on Sunday, April 24, 1960.
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