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About Kay Johnson
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Left to right: Jordan Ferguson Lisher ('04), Honorary Chair Kay Rathbone Johnson ('58), Jackie Johnson ('82), and Hilary Ferguson Postlethwaite ('08)

About our Honorary Chair

The Kansas Alpha Pi Beta Phi 150th Anniversary Honorary Chair was Kay Rathbone Johnson ('58). Kay and her late husband, KU star athlete and Athletics Director Monte Johnson, were tireless supporters and enthusiastic fundraisers for Kansas Alpha's last major renovation project. Kay has been a lifelong supporter of the Kansas Alpha Pi Phi Chapter.

You could say Kay's Kansas Alpha Pi Phi legacy has been a long one. Kay's daughter, Jackie Johnson ('82), is a Kansas Alpha Pi Phi alumna, as are Kay's granddaughters, Jordan Ferguson Lisher ('04) and Hilary Ferguson Postlethwaite ('08). 

Kay got her real angel wings on May 20, 2024 when she passed away in Lawrence. She is missed by her Pi Phi sisters and all who knew her.

Thank you, Kay, for being an example of lifelong membership in Pi Beta Phi and a true Pi Phi angel.

Honorary Chair
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About our Committee

The Kansas Alpha 150th Anniversary Steering Committee met for two years, alternating monthly meetings at both the chapter house and locations in Kansas City. The group represented not only Kansas Association of Pi Beta Phi (House Corporation), but the group also had representatives from AAC and the Pi Phi Educational Foundation. The committee included former Chapter Presidents, current and former alumnae club Presidents, former national fraternity officers, a former Pi Phi Foundation President and both of the Kansas Alpha 125th Anniversary co-chairs. Add to that professional event producers and one recently retired military officer straight from the Pentagon, and you can see why our event was well organized!

Morning meeting of 150th steering committee in Lawrence

150th Anniversary Steering Committee Members

Pam Russell Alexander
Becky Botter, House Director
Kathy Johnson Clancey
Anne Bloomfield Fischer
Joanna Miranda Glaze
Connie Stuart Grimes

Lisa Rinehart Hoffman, Chair
Nan Mossman McConnell

Holly Barnes Milledge
Holly Aripoli Mosher

Kate Blatherwick Pickert
Amy Ball Polen
Jenny Horne Spencer
Annie Thompson
Bridget Gaughan Wagstaff

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