The La Musette Club of
Northeast Missouri State University (now Truman State University) in
Kirksville, Missouri, was established as the Epsilon Pi chapter of Sigma
Alpha Iota on December 6, 1969 with twenty initiates. A musicale and
banquet were held in honor of the occasion in the Student Union
Building. The founding members are Dorothy Jean Bagby, Cynthia Lee
Clark, Olinda Lee Gastler, Gloria Ann Guinn, Rebecca L. Howard, Elna
Beth Jones, Linda Marie Kueny, Kathryn Joan Lehnhoff, Marcia A.
Lushbough, Barbara Jean Martin, Sharon Wells McKie, Anna Norberg, Janet
S. Peterson, Marbis Jane Rinehart, Janet Simmons, Pamela Joan Simpson,
Lynne Wolfe Sloop, Mary Katherine Stevenson, Cheryl Ann Stewart, and
Jane A. Watins.
See a picture of our founders!
On April 25, 1970, Epsilon Pi
initiated its first pledge class. In the past thirty-one years, the
chapter has grown in numbers and in spirit. We currently have over
thirty
active members and a strong tradition of achievement and excellence as
individuals and as a group.
In 1971, 1972, 1996 ,1998 and 2002 the Epsilon Pi chapter was awarded the
National College Chapter Achievement Award.
