Significant Sigma Kappas in Humanities

Betty Jo Peacock Hay, Sigma, was president of the National Mental Health Association in 1986. She has received such honors as the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health Award, Women Helping Women Award, Mental Health Association in Texas Honoree, Public Citizen of the Year, and other awards for her contributions to higher education and children's mental health.

	Fay Burnett, Sigma, was the first nutritionist for Weight Watchers International. She wrote their first maintenance plan. Thousands used it as a guide to maintain their normal weight after their proper weight loss.
	Ashley Henderson Huff, Epsilon Epsilon, a First Lieutenant in the United States Army was the first known sorority casualty in the current conflict in Iraq.
	Marilyn York, Theta, worked as Homemaker, Mother and Wife, architect and as an active volunteer in her church as a Sunday School teacher for 44 years. She was a member or leader of many community and philanthropic boards and fundraising positions, including the American Heart Association and the American Cancer Society. For more than four decades, Marilyn York was an active Sigma Kappa alumna. She served as president of the Detroit Area Sigma Kappa Alumnae Association for several terms. From that position she moved on to leadership positions and multiple terms as president of the Detroit Area Panhellenic Society.  Marilyn R. York was a wonderful example of living a long life of the Sigma Kappa values of personal growth, friendship, service and loyalty.
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