Arizona Flashcards
When was Arizona Cleaver Stemons term as President?
1920-1921, Founder, First Grand Basileus
Second Grand Basileus
Myrtle Tyler Faithful. Founder and Incorporators of the Sorority. 1921-1922
Joanna Houston Ransom
Third Grand Basileus (1922-1923), Incorporator, last president of NHPC (1940-1941), studied aboard at Oxford University, Social worker
Nellie Buchanan
Forth Grand Basileus, first 2yr term, (1923-1925), education
Dr. S. Evelyn Lewis
5th Grand Basileus (1925-1926),
•charter member Delta Alpha Zeta,
•first doctor to serve,
Ruth Tappe Scruggs
6th Grand Basileus,
•four one-year terms (1926-1930), •established structure of OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
Fannie R. Givens
7th Grand Basileus,
•three terms (1930-1933),
•decentralized admin responsibilities group chapters into geographical REGIONS and appointment REGIONAL DIRECTORS
Violette N Anderson
8th Grand Basileus,
•four one-year terms (1933-1937), •honorary membership
•attorney at law
•first black admitted to practice before Supreme Court
•bequeathed Birch Haven
•Phi Lambda Zeta gives out a scholarship. Her Day is 4/15.
Nellie B. Rodgers
9th Grand Basileus,
•Created STATE DIRECTORS
•appointed after death of Violette (1937-1939)
Edith A. Lyons
10th Grand Basileus,
•serves for THREE months (1939-1940), •BOARD OF DIRECTORS
•incorporated Zeta in Illinois,
Blanche Thompson
11th Grand Basileus (1940-1943)
Dr. Lullelia Walker Harrison
12th International GB,
•four terms (1943-1948),
•Amicae Auxiliary,
•Housing Project of 1943,
•Woman of the Uear
Dr. Nancy Bullock McGhee
13th GB, (1948-1954),
•Initiated plans to purchase headquarters, •established chapter in Monrovia, Africa in 1948,
• Formalized the Archon,
• created the melody of the official sorority song.
Dr. Deborah Cannon Partridge Wolfe
14th GB,
•longest serving GB (1954-1965),
•Purchase of national headquarters building,
Mildred Carter Bradham
15th GB,
•Ten-point pgm, (1965-1970),
•past national president of NPHC
Isabel M. Herson
16th GB (1970-1974),
•Storks Nest,
•Basileus Leadership Workshops
Dr. Janice Gantt Kissner
17th GB (1974-1980),
•Bill of Rights for Probates and Pledgers, •first national constitution and budget hearings were held,
•seek corporate and foundation founding,
•HONORARY MEMBERSHIP to film stars,
•first Archonette handbook was published, •held regional conference in Africa.
Dr. Edith V. Francis
18th GB, (1980-1986),
•five point plan,
•published procedural manual,
•chartered chapters in Alaska and Germany, •established Zeta-Sigma Liaison,
•fitst Black female Superintendent of Schools.
Dr Eunice V. Thomas
19th GB, (1986-1092),
•Project ZIP {Zetas Investing in People)
•Zeta Leadership Training Academy,
•Storks Nest Foundation,
•Membership Selection and Intake Process,
•Zeta Infinity Card.
Dr. Barbara West Carpenter
21st IGB, (1996-2002),
•7-point plan,
•National website developed,
•online registration, and financial transactions,
•partnered with National Science Foundation (NSF),,
•NGO status by becoming a member of United Nations
Barbara Crockett Moore,
23rd IGV, (2002-2008),
•Z-HOPE
•first leadership grant,
•ZOL (Zeta Organizational Leadership)
Sheryl Underwood
23rd IGB, (2008-2012),
•Health Justice,
•Zeta Doves,
•Distinguished Pearls,
•Zeta National Choir,
•Step Team,
•Strengthened relationships with health-related nonprofits
Mary Breaux Wright
24th IGB, (2012-2018),
•Electronic payment system,
•ELDERCARE
•National membership selection intake process review and revision.
Valerie Hollingsworth Baker
25th IGB, (2018-2022),
•graduated high school at 14 and college at 18,
,•Atlantic region,
•friends with Founder Fannie Pettie Watts,
•inaugural member of ZOL,
•Zeta News Network,
•Susan B Komen,
• GEICO,
•update to headquarters,
•centennial IGB,
•life member, golden member, diamond member,
•centennial 2020 Visionary.
