Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc.

Soror Aliene Carrington Ewell was born in Norfolk, Virginia and graduated from Freedmen's Hospital School of Nursing, Washington, DC, in 1922. She pursued her education at the District of Columbia Teacher's College where she received a baccalaureate degree. She also studied at The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, and Columbia University, New York City.

Soror Ewell worked as a staff nurse for the Instructive Visiting Nurses Society and the District of Columbia Public Health Department. In 1957, she became the Executive Director of the Ionia R. Whipper Home, Inc., Washington, DC, where she worked until her retirement in 1967. Soror Ewell conceived the idea of a Nursing Sorority and, along with eleven other dedicated visionaries, founded Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Incorporated. Our Founder, Soror Aliene C. Ewell, was a role model for all of us. Through her efforts and enlightenment, future generations of nurses reap untold benefits.

Soror Ewell died on January 23, 1997. Her funeral was held at Andrew Rankin Chapel on the campus of Howard University and was attended by members of Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc., and many friends throughout the country.