ALPHA IOTA CHAPTER HISTORY

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Alpha Iota Chapter was installed on January 23, 1926, at the North Texas State Teachers College, now the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. The chapter has provided the Society with two presidents, Dr. A. Keith Turkett (B.S.Ed. '51, M.Ed. '52, and Ed.D. '59) and Dr. O. L. Davis, Jr. (B.A., '49 and M.Ed., '50). In 1994, Dr. Davis was elected to membership in the Society's Laureate Chapter of distinguished educators, and in 1999 he was honored as a Distinguished Alumnus of the University of  North Texas. Dr. Turkett was inducted in the inaugural class of the Eleanor Roosevelt Chapter in 2013.

*In 1990, Dr. Ron Wilhelm became Chapter counselor for the Alpha Iota Chapter and in 2011 he received the O.L. Davis, Jr. Counselor of Distinction Award. In 2013, he was inducted into the Society's Eleanor Roosevelt Chapter.

 

The Society recognized Alpha Iota Chapter in 1995 with the Local Chapter Activity Award and in 2005 with the ACE Program Award for Service. In 1997, 2001, 2009, 2011 and 2013 Alpha Iota earned the Society's prestigious recognition of the Achievement for Chapter Excellence (ACE) Award.