Gamma Beta

Organized March 20, 1937, at McKinney Texas, by Dr. Eula Lee Carter Chapter #74, Area IX, Alpha State, Texas

Mission Statement

The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International promotes professional and personal growth of women educators and excellence in education.

Purposes

To Unite women educators of the world in a genuine spiritual fellowship.

To Honor women who have given or who evidence a potential for distinctie service in any field of education.

To Advance the professional interest and position of women in education.

To Initiate, Endorse, and Support desirable legislation on other suitable endeavors in the interests of education and of women educators.

To Endow scholarships to aid outstanding women educators in pursuing graduate study and to grant fellowships to women educators from other countries.

To Stimulate the personal and professional growth of members and to encourage their participation in appropriate programs of action.

To Inform the members of current economic, social, political, and educational issues so that they may participate effectively in a world society.

2008-2010 Officers

President	Kathy James jamesak77@sbcglobal.net
First Vice President	Linda Puster Linda.Puster@pisd.edu
Second Vice President	Cathy DeLisle richard.delisle@tx.rr.com
Recording Secretary	Dr. Teresa Uland tualand@peoplepc.com
Corresponding Secretary	JoAnn McKown joannmckown@sbcglobal.net
Parliamentarian	Arleta John
Historian	Lynda Moyer ljdm44@yahoo.com
Treasurer	Carol Tatum ctatum@prodigy.net
Past President	Lillian Hughes lhughes44@sbcglobal.net

Gamma Beta Chapter Programs

2009-2010

Date	Place	Time	Program Title	Presenter
Dec. 8th	24 Lago Vista West Wylie, TX	5:00	Supporting Our Troops at Christmas	Arleta John and Kathy James
Jan. 5th	McKinney Performing Arts Center at Historic Collin County Courthouse	5:00	Getting Acquainted with the McKinney Performing Arts Center	Lara Marsh, Events and Ticket Office Manager for the McKinney Performing Arts Center
Feb. 7th	High Point Church of Christ, 3201 N. Central Expwy, McKinney	2:30-4:30	Celebrating 65 Years in Gamma Beta with Minnie Fae Griffin, Chapter Sweetheart	Carole Lowe and Pam McAnnally, Gamma Beta members; Michelle Steven Bernard, Writer/photographer
March 13th	Art and Soul, 4621 W. Park Blvd., Plano, TX	9:00-11:00	Art and Soul	Julie Hart, owner and manager of Art and Soul; Lynda Moyer, Gamma Beta member.
April 6th	Heard-Craig Main House	5:00	Initiation and Happy 73rd Birthday Gamma Beta	Kathy James, President
May 1st	TBA	TBA	Spring Luncheon	Gamma Beta and MuNu
Sept. 11th	TBA	TBA	Area Workshop	Gamma Beta
Oct. 5th	Heard-Craig House	5:00	Back-to-School Fashion Show	Ann Curington, LoEtta Reavis, Loydell Seward, Gamma Beta members

Future Events

Year	Place	Date
2010	81St Alpha State Convention Waco Convention Center Waco, Texas	June 17-19
2010	U.S. Forum National Legislative Seminar Hyatt Regency Crystal City Arlington, Virginia	March 14-17
2010	Seminar in Purposeful Living Hotel Murano Tacoma, Washington	July 15-18
2010	International Convention The Davenport Hotel ad Tower Spokane Convention Center Spokane, Washington	July 20-24
2011	82nd Alpha State Convention McAllen Convention Center McAllen, Texas	June 23-25
2011	Southwest Regional Conference Hyatt Regency Tech Center Where?	June 29-July 2
2012	International Convention Syracuse, New York	July 24-28

Updated 11/20/09 by Lillian Hughes @lhughes44@sbcglobal.net