FROM THE ARCHIVES

Nell Russell McMahan, Alpha Gamma, was awarded the Wilma Wilson Sharp Award in 1950 for her outstanding professional work in the community and Alpha Sigma Alpha. Nell served as chapter president when the Alpha Gamma Chapter was reinstalled in 1928. After graduation, Nell went on to get her nursing degree and in September 1940, Nell volunteered for the American Hospital in Britain, the first group in World War II to serve in the European theater in a civilian capacity. After the United States entered the war, Nell joined the Army Nurse Corps as 2nd Lieutenant. Later, as Chief Nurse, she assisted in opening up the only American Air Corps Hospital in the European theater.