University of Nebraska

Nebraska Beta

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Our Roots

Michigan Alpha May Miller Lansing attended Hillsdale College but later transferred to the University of Nebraska (UN). Inspired to share Pi Phi sisterhood with women on UN’s campus, she played a key role in establishing the Nebraska Beta Chapter, which was officially installed in 1895 by past Grand President Helen B. Sutliff, Kansas Alpha.

Supporting Sisters’ Dreams

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Notable Chapter Alumnae

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Dr. Gladys Henry Dick

Physician

Historical black and white photo of Gladys Rowena Henry Dick wearing a black shirt in front of a greay background

Dr. Gladys Henry Dick

Physician

Dr. Gladys Henry Dick earned her medical degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and later contracted scarlet fever while working at Children’s Memorial Hospital. After recovering, she took a research position at the University of Chicago, where she studied kidney pathochemistry with H. Gideon Wells and the etiology of scarlet fever with her future husband, George F. Dick.

After marrying, George and Gladys conducted pioneering research that identified the bacterial toxin responsible for scarlet fever and developed the Dick test, a diagnostic skin test used to determine susceptibility to the disease. Their work also led to the development of an antitoxin that significantly reduced scarlet fever mortality rates during the early 20th century.

Gladys was initiated in 1900.

Chapter Awards

2001

Centennial Award

2001

Centennial Award

2001

Centennial Award

2001

Centennial Award

2001

Historian's Vase

2001

Historian's Vase

2001

Nita Hill Stark Award

2001

PBP Scholarship Plaque

2001

Top Ten Chapters

2001

Top Ten Chapters

2001

Top Ten Chapters

2019

Excellence in Alumnae Advisory Committee Service