in ten active members. After she graduated the following year, Otilia remained involved in the fraternity and chaired the committee that selected the gift of silver flatware presented to Alpha at the 1941 National Convention. Amelia McSweeney After graduating from the University of Michigan in 1898 as an alumna of Omega Upsilon, Amelia became an important figure in education and civic life in Detroit. This experience in civic life and education was the reason Father Edward A. Kelly approached her to found this new Catholic sorority. Amelia believed strongly in the early need for Panhellenic recognition on campus. On December 12, 1913, on one of Amelia's trips for the sorority, Amelia contracted meningitis that ultimately ended her life, and she succumbed on January 4, 1914. Camilla Sutherland (then Ryan) Camilla was an alumna teacher of Omega Upsilon when she was approached by Bishop Edward Kelly to establish the sorority. Camilla believed that in order for the organization to survive, participants could not separate undergraduate and graduate members. She utilized this belief when setting up the national structure, which is today almost entirely run by alumnae. Camilla, along with her sister, hosted a joint meeting of the Grand Council and the Board of Trustees in 1931 in her family home. Helen Quinlan (then Ryan) Helen graduated from the University of Michigan in 1908 and started teaching mathematics in Detroit. Helen was a prominent Catholic woman in the Cleveland area where she formed the first National Council of Catholic Women. She contributed her Catholic influence and charitable work to the new Theta Phi Alpha fraternity. May C. Ryan As a founding member, May is credited with developing the name, motto, and original coat of arms for Theta Phi Alpha. She was also a member of the Board of Trustees until she died on May 18, 1935. Eva Bauer Everson (then Stroh) Eva Regina Stroh, the other collegiate founder, acquired the furnishings and housing for the original Theta Phi Alpha house in the summer of 1912 as a freshman, along with Otilia Leuchtweis. Before she entered the University, Eva found solace in the St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church, whose namesake became the patroness of the Theta Phi Alpha fraternity. Showing her involvement in Theta Phi Alpha, she named the fraternity as a beneficiary in her will. Symbols Theta Phi Alpha's official colors are blue, gold, and silver. Blue represents the bond between