The Phi Beta Kappa grandchildren of a very proud grandmother, Nancy Johns O’Neal. Pictured L-R: Mary (Mimi) deBessonet McIntosh, University of Georgia ’06; Lear deBessonet, University of Virginia ’02; William James Childs, Davidson College ’04; Nancy Johns O’Neal, University of Texas ’46; Barron O’Neal Jr., Baylor University ’10.
Her grandchildren write to us: “Our grandmother is one of the first women in our family to graduate college. She embodies the importance of education and the dignity gained from membership of an organization like Phi Beta Kappa.”