| Honored by: | Charles L. Benson |
| Brick location: | C:20 map |
I honor Neala Lawrence Benson with a brick at Carrie Chapman Catt Hall's Plaza of Heroines for her personal, professional, and community accomplishments. The following curriculum vitae lists those achievements. However, no resume can begin to describe my love and admiration for her caring, understanding, and compassionate nature in her role as a wife and mother. Charles L. Benson
NEALA LAWRENCE BENSON
614 Hodge Avenue Ames, Iowa 50010
(515) 232-9322
PRESENT ACTIVITIES: Board of Directors; Ames Kiwanis Club Board of Directors; Iowa State Memorial Union Board of Directors; Octagon Center for the Arts President; Ames Alumnae Panhellenic Treasurer; Red Friars Dance Club Member; Ames Alumnae Chapter; Delta Delta Delta Member Chapter; LN P.E.O. Member; Cynthia 0. Duff Chapter of Questers; Member Beta Tau Delta, local philanthropic organization; Member Ames Chamber of Commerce; Member Gold Club; Keystone Society; Order of the Knoll; Iowa State University donor; recognition organization; Member First United Methodist Church; Member Ames Homebuilders; Auxiliary CoChair; Ames Committee for College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Iowa State University
PAST ACTIVITIES: Delta Delta Delta: President, Vice-President, Secretary - Ames Alumnae Chapter; President - Omega Delta Corporation Board; Alumnae District Officer; all advisory board positions for Omega Delta Chapter ISU; Chair of District Meet Ames International Orchestra Festival Guild: President, Secretary, and chair of many committees; Ames International Orchestra Festival Association: President, President-Elect, Vice President, Board Member chair of many committees; Cynthia 0. Duff Chapter of Questers: President, Vice President; "Antique Wicker" program presenter at State; Day Chapter LN P.E.O.: President Vice President chair of many committees advisor to ISU P.E.O. Group Mary Greeley Medical Center: Interior Design Coordinator Treasurer of Art Committee Mary Greeley Medical Center Foundation: President Board Member Mary Greeley Medical Center Auxiliary: President Vice President Secretary Benefit Ball Chair (1969) Contributions Chair Fantasy of Trees (1993) and chair of many other committees Beta Tau Delta: President Vice President Secretary Cardinal and Gold Fashion Show Chair Story County Council on Aging Building Fund Drive committee Iowa State Memorial Union Development Committee Chair Story County Planning and Zoning Commission member Ames Jayceettes: President Vice President Secretary Red Stocking Revue Chair Ames Kiwanis Club: Social Committee Chair Youth Committee Chair Ames High School Quarterback Club President Roosevelt School PTA Newsletter Editor First United Methodist Church: Circle Leader Finance Committee member Treasurer of FUMC Foundation Sunday School teacher Ames Community Arts Council Board Member
HONORS AND AWARDS: Ernestine Block Grigsby Award honorable mention (for local involvement with fraternity and community) Delta Delta Delta National Fraternity 1994 Ames Women in Business Community Involvement Award 1990 Outstanding Service Award Mary Greeley Medical Center Auxiliary 1988 (one of two people to receive award) Order of Omega National Honor Society Gamma Gamma Greek Honor Society
I honor Neala Lawrence Benson with a brick at Carrie Chapman Catt Hall's Plaza of Heroines for her personal, professional, and community accomplishments. The following curriculum vitae lists those achievements. However, no resume can begin to describe my love and admiration for her caring, understanding, and compassionate nature in her role as a wife and mother. Charles L. Benson
NEALA LAWRENCE BENSON
614 Hodge Avenue Ames, Iowa 50010
(515) 232-9322
PRESENT ACTIVITIES: Board of Directors; Ames Kiwanis Club Board of Directors; Iowa State Memorial Union Board of Directors; Octagon Center for the Arts President; Ames Alumnae Panhellenic Treasurer; Red Friars Dance Club Member; Ames Alumnae Chapter; Delta Delta Delta Member Chapter; LN P.E.O. Member; Cynthia 0. Duff Chapter of Questers; Member Beta Tau Delta, local philanthropic organization; Member Ames Chamber of Commerce; Member Gold Club; Keystone Society; Order of the Knoll; Iowa State University donor; recognition organization; Member First United Methodist Church; Member Ames Homebuilders; Auxiliary CoChair; Ames Committee for College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Iowa State University
PAST ACTIVITIES: Delta Delta Delta: President, Vice-President, Secretary - Ames Alumnae Chapter; President - Omega Delta Corporation Board; Alumnae District Officer; all advisory board positions for Omega Delta Chapter ISU; Chair of District Meet Ames International Orchestra Festival Guild: President, Secretary, and chair of many committees; Ames International Orchestra Festival Association: President, President-Elect, Vice President, Board Member chair of many committees; Cynthia 0. Duff Chapter of Questers: President, Vice President; "Antique Wicker" program presenter at State; Day Chapter LN P.E.O.: President Vice President chair of many committees advisor to ISU P.E.O. Group Mary Greeley Medical Center: Interior Design Coordinator Treasurer of Art Committee; Mary Greeley Medical Center Foundation: President, Board Member; Mary Greeley Medical Center Auxiliary: President, Vice President, Secretary; Benefit Ball Chair (1969); Contributions Chair Fantasy of Trees (1993), and chair of many other committees; Beta Tau Delta: President, Vice President, Secretary; Cardinal and Gold Fashion Show Chair; Story County Council on Aging Building Fund Drive committee; Iowa State Memorial Union Development Committee Chair; Story County Planning and Zoning Commission member; Ames Jayceettes: President, Vice President, Secretary; Red Stocking Revue Chair; Ames Kiwanis Club: Social Committee Chair ,Youth Committee Chair; Ames High School Quarterback Club President; Roosevelt School PTA Newsletter Editor; First United Methodist Church: Circle Leader, Finance Committee member; Treasurer of FUMC Foundation; Sunday School teacher; Ames Community Arts Council Board Member
HONORS AND AWARDS: Ernestine Block Grigsby Award, honorable mention (for local involvement with fraternity and community), Delta Delta Delta National Fraternity 1994; Ames Women in Business Community Involvement Award 1990; Outstanding Service Award Mary Greeley Medical Center Auxiliary 1988 (one of two people to receive award); Order of Omega National Honor Society; Gamma Gamma Greek Honor Society
OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE: 1959-present, Freelance writer; 1987-1988, Editor Ames Golf and Country Club Newsletter; 1976-1981, Owner Ames Civic Newcomer Welcoming Service; 1960-1961, Assistant to Special Event and Fashion Coordinators, Milwaukee Boston Store Milwaukee, Wisconsin; 1959, Family Page Editor Ottumwa Daily Courier Ottumwa, Iowa
EDUCATION: Ottumwa High School, Ottumwa, Iowa 1955 graduate; Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa B.S. Journalism and Mass Communications; minor English 1959.
FAMILY: Parents: Edna Caldwell Lawrence, B.A. Parsons College 1963; Matt Lancaster Lawrence, Iowa State University 1932; Husband: Charles L. Benson B.S.