National Presidents

Question 1

Created the office of undergraduate coordinator (later known as the national 2nd vice president) and had a job analysis endorsed by the national project

Answer 1

8th National President Helen Elsie Austin
(1941-1944)

Question 2

Established the omega omega chapter and created a new nomenclature system for naming chapters

Answer 2

2nd national president G Dorothy Pelham Beckley
(1923-1926)

Question 3

Had the biennial convention approved and abolished duties from the grand president so that regions can elect there own RD

Answer 3

3rd national president Ethel Lamay Calimese
(1926-1929)

Question 4

National library project established and actively involved within civil rights with the anti-lynching bill

Answer 4

7th national president Vivian Osborne March
(1935-1939)

Question 5

Established the central region, formed the 1st delta directory, and created the national boards of component of organizational structure

Answer 5

5th national president Gladys Bryan Sheppard
(1931-1933)

Question 6

Established the 1st national headquarters and 1st national handbook

Answer 6

6th national president Jeanette Triplett Jones
(1933-1935)

Question 7

The grand president for the 1st national convention and created the 1st grand chapter

Answer 7

1st National President Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander
(1919-1923)

Question 8

Focused on voting and equal rights for women and minorities and purchased war bonds & ambulances

Answer 8

9th national president Mae Wright Downs Peck Williams
(1944-1947)

Question 9

Which president had the grand chapter incorporated under DC laws and formed the NPHC
(She was the treasurer)

Answer 9

4th national president Anna Johnson Julian
(1929-1931)

Question 10

Established the social action commission and was appointed by presidents LBJ, Nixon and Ford as a role model as she served on national commissions

Answer 10

12th national president Jeanne L. Noble
(1958-1963)

Question 11

Hired the 1st executive director, Patrica Robert’s Harris and developed the five-point project
Purchased the national headquarters

Answer 11

10th national president Dorothy Irene Height
(1947-1956)

Question 12

Burned the national headquarters, 1st delta Christmas party, and 1st delta newsletter

Answer 12

11th national president Dorothy Penman Harrison
(1956-1958)

Question 13

Launched “Every Delta in the Delta House” and designated the 198-90 biennium as “The Reclamation Era”

Answer 13

19th national president Yvonne Kennedy
(1988-1992)

Question 14

Published the 1st delta doctrine and established the delta leadership academy

Answer 14

18th national president Hortense Golden Canady
(1983-1988)

Question 15

Implemented the capital fund drive and campaigned the “Burn the Mortgage” on national headquarters

Answer 15

17th national president Mona Humphries Bailey
(1979-1983)

Question 16

Commissioned the sculpture for lady of fortitude and emphasized establishment of delta life development centers

Answer 16

16th national president Thelma Thomas Daley
(1975-1979)

Question 17

Established the arts & letters commission and implemented “Delta Right to Read” project

Answer 17

15th national president Lillian Pierce Benbow
(1971-1975)

Question 18

Delta teen lift and Delta research and educational foundation, 1967, (DREF)

Answer 18

13th national president Geraldine Pittman Woods
(1963-1967)

Question 19

1st women appointed to the U.S commission on civil rights and was from the central region

Answer 19

14th natinal president Frankie Muse Freeman Esq.
(1967-1971)

Question 20

Established a partnership with habit for humanity to build 22 affordable homes and focus on increasing number for voters through partnership within NAACP

Answer 20

20th national president Bertha Maxwell Roddey
(1992-1996)

Question 21

Established the Dr. Betty Shabazz delta Academy as a signature Delta program

Answer 21

21st national president Marcia L. Fudge
(1996-2000)

Question 22

created the application of technology for chapter operations, headquarters operations, and officially communication for chapters in sorrows around the world and NGO status received by the United Nations

Answer 22

22nd national president Gwendolyn Elizabeth Boyd
(2000-2004)

Question 23

Established Delta GEME, appointed collegiate members to serve on the national committees and commission, and develop corporate government documents incorporate management tools for the national Board of Directors of the sorority

Answer 23

23rd national president Louise Allen Rice
(2004-2008)

Question 24

Established:
-Charitable partnership task force project 13
-EMBODI
-IMPACT days of service
-Collegiate transition task force -Elementary school campus in Ch’etre, Haiti

Answer 24

24th national president Cynthia M.A Butler-Mclntyre
(2008-2013)

Question 25

Presented the hazing provision summit, Memoriam of understanding (MoU) for the American Cancer Society, National institute of health (NIH), National institute of mental health (NIMH), National institute of child health and human development (NICHD)

Answer 25

25th national president Dr. Paulette C. Walker
(2013-2017)

Question 26

Who is the current national president?

Answer 26

28th national Elsie Cooke-Holmes
(2022-present)

Question 27

Commission, the revision of the 13th edition of the sorority ritual

Answer 27

26th national president Beverly Evans Smith
(2017-2021)

Question 28

Made history of the 1st past regional representative to be elected National president and was the first national president to transition to the omega omega chapter while in office.

Answer 28

27th national president Cheryl A. Hickmon
(2021-2022)