Chapter History
San Diego Alumnae Chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha was organized in 1935 and chartered October 1, 1945. Our past presidents include:
1935 - 1936 Frances Purtell *
1936 - 1937 June Heathcote *
1937 - 1938 Camile Wade *
1938 - 1939 Florence Powell *
1939 - 1940 V. Smurthwaite *
1940 - 1941 Helen Clark *
1941 - 1942 Nancy Alderman
1942 - 1943 Aquilyn Maggio
1943 - 1944 Ada Kuhlken *
1944 - 1945 Margaret Johnson
1945 - 1946 Mary Jean Weir
1946 - 1948 Alice Mitchell
1948 - 1949 Gladys Kirk
1949 - 1950 Marge Tighe
1950 - 1952 Helen Clark *
1952 - 1953 Florence Cotton
1953 - 1954 Phylis Atha
1954 - 1955 Helen Clark *
1955 - 1956 Laura Stiner
1956 - 1957 Rona Wright
1957 - 1958 Doris Stein
1958 - 1959 Irene Broyles
1959 - 1960 Roselyn Easton
1960 - 1961 Betty Comstock
1961 - 1962 V. Smurthwaite *
1962 - 1964 Jane Stein
1964 - 1965 Alice Turner
1965 - 1966 Marion Lindsey
1966 - 1967 Darlene Neff
1967 - 1968 Jean Litchfield
1968 - 1969 Mildred Ogden
1969 - 1970 Merle Warren
1970 - 1972 Emily Colegrove
1972 - 1973 Merle Warren
1973 - 1974 Darlene Neff
1974 - 1975 Betty Miracle/E. Colegrove
1975 - 1977 Winifred Nightingale
1977 - 1979 Leila Nelson/Sharon G-Smith
1979 - 1981 Doris Stein
1981 - 1983 Sharon Glor-Smith
1983 - 1985 Patricia Obendorf
1985 - 1991 Irene Broyles
1991 - 1995 Patty Years
1995 - 1996 Elisabeth Klapmeier
1996 - 1999 Maureen Tavernaro
1999 - 2000 Phyllis Kenney
2000 - 2001 Irene Broyles
2001 - 2003 Elonne Petrin
2003 - 2005 Helen Ransom
2005 - 2007 Michelle Macartney
2007 - 2008 Marjorie Wong
2008 - 2009 Sarah Loveless
2009 - 2012 Heather Warren-Reynolds
2012 - 2014 Lisa Evans
2014 - 2016 Leslie Sachs
2016 - 2017 Liz Klapmeier
2017 - 2018 Leslie Sachs
2018 - 2021Deanna Rothschild
2021 - 2022 Jessica Mosteller
2022- - Lauren Wargin
*Founder