Press enter after choosing selection
Graphic for events post

Media

Legacies Project Oral History: June Bennett

Wed, 01/15/2020 - 10:15am

Mary June Bennett was born in 1922 in Evanston, Illinois. She grew up in Ann Arbor and Birmingham, Michigan during the Prohibition Era. After attending the University of Michigan, she joined the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) and graduated from midshipman’s school at Smith College in 1944. She was photo editor of the U.S. Navy’s All Hands Magazine. She had three children with her first husband, Maxwell Matthews, and after their divorce she married Clyde “Buck” Bennett in 1967. She was a family therapist for 25 years. She passed away in 2016.

June Bennett was interviewed by students from Skyline High School in Ann Arbor in 2008 as part of the Legacies Project.

Delta Gamma Sorority's Pledge Class, February 1969 Photographer: Cecil Lockard

Delta Gamma Sorority's Pledge Class, February 1969 image
Year:
1969
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 16, 1969
Caption:
Delta Gamma Sorority's Pledge Class...They Make A Full House
Copyright
Copyright Protected

Delta Gamma Province Meeting, May 1, 1937

Delta Gamma Province Meeting, May 1, 1937 image
Year:
1937
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 3, 1937
Caption:
ATTENDING DELTA GAMMA PROVINCE MEETING: The guests of honor at the province conference of Delta Gamma sorority, held here Saturday, were chatting between sessions and social events with some of the local group, shown above. From left to right, they are Miss Jane Willoughby of Detroit, general chairman; Mrs. Harry S. Gradle of Highland Park, Ill., national secretary; Mrs. Samuel S. Corl of Grand Rapids, province secretary; Mrs. Nathan S. Potter III of Ann Arbor, Miss Helen Johnson of South Euclid, O., and Mrs. William E. Brown, jr., of Ann Arbor.
Copyright
Copyright Protected

Homecoming Display At the Delta Gamma sorority, 1800 Washtenaw Ave, October 1960 Photographer: Duane Scheel

Homecoming Display At the Delta Gamma sorority, 1800 Washtenaw Ave, October 1960 image
Year:
1960
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, October 22, 1960
Caption:
"Bumpus Fiddles While Minnesota Burns" is the title of the display at Delta Gamma sorority, 1800 Washtenaw Ave. A record number of displays - 75 in all - was built this weekend for the homecoming festivities.
Copyright
Copyright Protected

New Delta Gamma Sorority House at 1800 Washtenaw Ave. Nearly Completed, August 1958 Photographer: Eck Stanger

New Delta Gamma Sorority House at 1800 Washtenaw Ave. Nearly Completed, August 1958 image
Year:
1958
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 2, 1958
Caption:
New Delta Gamma House: Contemporary styling defines the design of the new Delta Gamma sorority at Washtenaw and Cambridge, which is expected by Architects Douglas B. Loree and David W. Osler to be completed in about two weeks. The sorority, which will cost about $330,000 after it is built and furnished, is one of eight sorority and fraternity building projects under way, planned or completed at a total estimated cost of $1,255,000.
Copyright
Copyright Protected

New Delta Gamma Sorority House at 1800 Washtenaw Ave., October 1958 Photographer: Eck Stanger

New Delta Gamma Sorority House at 1800 Washtenaw Ave., October 1958 image
Year:
1958
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 2, 1958
Caption:
New Delta Gamma House: Contemporary styling defines the design of the new Delta Gamma sorority at Washtenaw and Cambridge, which is expected by Architects Douglas B. Loree and David W. Osler to be completed in about two weeks. The sorority, which will cost about $330,000 after it is built and furnished, is one of eight sorority and fraternity building projects under way, planned or completed at a total estimated cost of $1,255,000.
Copyright
Copyright Protected
Subscribe to Delta Gamma Sorority