News Release

Foundation Names 2010 Philanthropist Award Winners
07/21/10

 

The Gamma Phi Beta Foundation Board of Trustees is delighted to honor Mary Frost Frey (Minnesota-Twin Cities) and Jane Piper Gleason (Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) with the 2010 Philanthropist Award for their dedication to serving others through the sharing of time, talent and resources.

 

Mary Frost Frey

Mary serves as co-chair of the Frey Foundation of Minnesota, an organization dedicated to providing disadvantaged men, women and children in the Twin Cities area with tools to become self-sufficient in three areas:

·        Human services
·         Early childhood education
·        Affordable housing
 
In Naples, Florida, Mary is a current advisor and past president for the Christ Child Society, recording secretary for the Fun Time Early Childhood Academy, a member of the Selection Committee for Habitat for Humanity and a board member of Professional Givers Anonymous of Naples, an organization providing resources for the poorest of the poor in the community. 

 

Mary treasures her Gamma Phi Beta friendships and is active in the Naples Alumnae Chapter. We are privileged to offer this tribute to Mary for her service to many philanthropies.

 

Jane Piper Gleason
Jane is a third generation Gamma Phi Beta with two great aunts and a mother, along with a niece and a cousin. Her mother, Marion Piper (Omicron) established a scholarship in honor of her great aunt Irma Latzer Gamble.  

 

A proven philanthropic leader, Jane has worked with a number of organizations, including:
·         Richardson Library at St. Louis Art Museum as a 30-year volunteer
·         Campbell House Museum in St. Louis as a board member and docent for 25-years
·         Eugene Field House and St. Louis Toy Museum as a docent
·         St. Louis Mercantile Library as a board member
·         Tower Grove Park as a commissioner
 

A graduate of Sweet Briar College in Virginia where there were no sororities, Jane became a Gamma Phi Beta alumnae initiate in 1988. She served on the Foundation Board of Regents during the late 1990’s. 

 

The Gamma Phi Beta Foundation is delighted to offer the tribute to Jane for her many philanthropic contributions.