Presidents Detailed Flashcards
- Creation of the Grand Chapter
- Grand President for the 1st National Convention
- 1st National President
Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander (1919-1923)
1st National President
- “Delta Hymn” written and composed by Big Sisters Alice Dunbar Nelson and Florence Cole Talbert
- New nomenclature system for naming chapters was authorized
- Established Omega Omega as memorial chapter, resulting from the chartering of Omega Chapter at Western Reserve University (revised nomenclature system)
2nd National President
G. Dorothy Pelham Beckley (1923-1926)
2nd National President
“Delta Hymn sang in “G” Minor”
Established Omega Omega as memorial chapter, resulting from the chartering of Omega Chapter at Western Reserve University (revised nomenclature system)
G. Dorothy Pelham Beckley (1923-1926)
2nd National President
- 3rd National President
- Biennial Conventions approved at 9th convention (1927), would began with the 10th convention in 1929
- Issue of exclusiveness was finally addressed
- Enforces the regulation and laws of the serentity
- Abolished duties of the Grand president and Grand VP to allow regions to electo its own regional officers.
Ethel Lamay Calimese (1926-1929)
3rd National President
Abolished duties of the Grand president and Grand VP to allow regions to electo its own regional officers.
Ethel Lamay Calimese (1926-1929)
3rd National President
- Grand Chapter incorporated
- National Pan-Hellenic Council formed (she served as Treasurer)
- “Jubilee Year”, established to reclaim inactive members and encourage them to rededicate themselves to the ideas of the sorority’s
*4th national president
Anna Johnson Julian (1929-1931)
4th National President
Under her presidentcy “Jubilee Year”, established to reclaim inactive members and encourage them to rededicate themselves to the ideas of the sorority’s
Anna Johnson Julian (1929-1931)
4th National President
- Revision of the sorority ritual (1939)
- National library authorized, traveling library in areas of the South where facilities were unavailable to Negroes
- 7th National President
Vivian Osborne Marsh (1935-1939)
7th
- Actively involved in civil rights movement on anti-lynching bill
- 7th National President
Vivian Osborne Marsh (1935-1939)
7th
- First formal Delta Directory published
- National boards as a component of organization structure created
- Central region established (12th National Convention)
- 5th National President
Gladys Byram Shepperd (1931-1933)
5th National President
- National Headquarters established (13th Convention)
- 6th National President
Jeannette Tripplett Jones (1933-1935)
6th National President
- Office of second national vice president created (originally called the office of undergraduate coorfinaor).
- 8th National President
Helen Elsie Austin (1939-1944)
8th
- Focus on voting and equal rights for women and minorities and fair employment practices
- Purchase of war bonds and ambulances
- Emphasized education
- 9th National Preident
Mae Wright Peck Williams (1944-1947)
9th
- Purchase of national Headquarters building
- 1st Executive Director hired (Patricia Roberts Harris)
- Delta Five-Point Project
- 10th National President
Dorothy Irene Height (1947-1956)
10th
- “Burn the Mortgage” on the First National Headquarters
- Membership grew with 247 chapters and 22, 000 members
- 11th National President
Dorothy Penman Harrison (1956-1958)
11th
- The Social Action Commission was established at 27th National Convention in New York City (1963)
- Appointed by president Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon and Ford to serve on commisions
- 12th National President
Jeanne L. Noble (1958-1963)
12th
- Delta Teen Lift was established (1963)
- Delta Research and Educational Foundation [DREF] (1967)
- 13th National President
Geraldine Pittman Woods (1963-1967)
13th
- 1st woman appointed to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights by Lyndon B. Johnson
- Delta Teen Lift Program was restructured- to represent a broader cross section of the general population
- 14th National President
Frankie Muse Freeman Esq. (1967-1971)
14th
- Commissioned the Fortitude sculpture established on campus at Howard University dedicated to the 22 founders (1979) represents courage, hope, wisdom, and strength
16th national president
Thelma T. Daley (1975-1979)
16th
- Established the National Commission on Arts and Letters
- Implemented the Delta Right to Read Project
- 15th National President
Lillian Pierce Benbow (1971-1975)
15th
- Implementation of Capital Fund Drive
- Campaign to Burning the Mortgage on National Headquarters
Mona Humphries Bailey (1979-1983)
17th
- Delta Leadership Academy established
- Publication of the 1st Delta Doctrine (Delta Ritual, Pyramid Syllabus, and Membership Intake Program)
Hortense Golden Canady (1983-1988)
18th
- Launched “Every Delta in the Delta House” DelShare Program
- Designated the 1988-1990 as “The Reclamation Era”
Yvonne Kennedy (1988-1992)
“Kennedy wanted every Delta to reclaim their kin”
- Development corporate goverence documents and corporate management tools for the National Board of Directors of the Sorority
- Appointed Collegiate members to serve on all National Committees/Commissions
- Delta Gems and Delta Academy 2
Louise A. Rice (2004-2008)
23rd
- Known as the “Technology President”, the sorority transitioned to use technology in registration at regional conferences and national convention.
Gwendolyn E. Boyd (2000-2004)
22nd
- Established the Dr. Betty Shabazz Delta Academy,
Marcia L. Fudge (1996-2000)
21st
- Established the partnership between DST and Habitat for Humanity to build 22 affordable homes
- Focused on increasing the number of registered voters through partnership with NAACP
Bertha Maxwell Roddey (1992-1996)
20th
Leader with a servant heart. Educator from Louisiana
Cynthia M.A. Butler-McIntyre
leadership focused on communication, institutional research, operations, and technology
Dr. Paulette C. Walker
Led the transition to virtual programming and opperations across all areas of the Sorotity during an unprecedented pandemic that restricted in-person engagement
Beverly E. Smith
