Jean Newman
Vice Chair  

JEAN NEWMAN (1993-1995; Zeta Xi), was elected National President at the 1993 National Convention at Purdue University. She was first elected to the National Council in 1989 at Oklahoma State University. During Jean's term, the first Tau Beta Sigma National Chapter Field Representative, Kimberly Trotter, was employed. This position added a new dimension to the National Headquarters and the National Council with a traveling national representative visiting chapters throughout the nation. Project S.O.S. (Save Our Station) was initiated to raise money for much-needed repairs and maintenance of the newlyacquired Stillwater Station. Tau Beta Sigma celebrated its 50th Anniversary with over 700 people in attendance at the 1995 Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma National Convention in Orlando, Florida. Anniversary activities included the commissioning and presentation of a bust of the Founder of Tau Beta Sigma, Wava Banes Henry. The bust is on permanent display at the National Headquarters in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The National Intercollegiate Band premiered A Tuning Piece: Songs of Fall and Winter, by David Maslanka. Dr. James Croft of Florida State University was the NIB conductor. The Wava Banes Turner Award was presented to Julie Ryan Kuhns, National President, 1981-1983. Jean rejoined the Board of Trustees in Jan. 2003, when she was asked to fill a vacany left by the resignation of LeeAnn Weisner. During National Convention in 2003, Jean was elected to her first four year term on the Board of Trustees which will run through 2007. Currently serving as Board Vice-Chair, Jean's major area of responsibility in the Capital Campaign. The capital campaign reaches out to alumni and friends of Tau Beta Sigma to help sustain the programs of the Sorority such as the NIB and the Women in Music Speaker Series. Jean works for a financial services provider as a Regional Director of Operations. Jean resides in southern Orange County, California, outside of Los Angeles.