Week 2- Meet the Grands Flashcards
Arizona Cleaver Stemons*
1st Grand Basileus
Served from 1920-1921
Was the driving force behind the organizational effort
Social worker
Myrtle Tyler Faithful*
2nd Grand Basileus
Served from 1921-1922
Career In education
One of the incorporators of the sorority
Joanna Houston Ransom*
3rd Grand Basileus
Served from 1922-1923
One of the incorporators
An instructor at Wilbur Force University
Editor of the 1st Pan-Hellenic Journal
Nellie Buchanan*
4th Grand Basileus, 1923-1925
In education
Member of Alpha Zeta Chapter
Dr. S. Evelyn Lewis*
5th Grand Basileus, 1925-1926
Received bachelor’s degree in 1924, PhD in 1927
Physician in Baltimore, MD
Ruth Tappe Scruggs*
6th Grand Basileus, 1926-1929
Established national structure of officers and directors
Wife of physician
Fannie R. Givens*
7th Grand Basileus, 1930-1933
Decentralized administrative responsibility, grouped chapter into geographical regions (Regional Directors)
Law enforcement officer
Violette N. Anderson*
8th Grand Basileus, 1933-1937
Creator of honorary membership
1st black woman to practice law before the U.S. Supreme Court
Attorney
Bequeathed the Birch Haven
Dies in office
Nellie B. Rogers*
9th Grand Basileus, 1937-1939
Created the office of State Deputy (Associate Regional Director changed to State Director)
Educator in Indianapolis, IN
Edith A. Lyons*
10th Grand Basileus, 1939-1940
Only served for 3 months
Present when the sorority was incorporated in the state of Illinois in 1939
Board of Trustees was created
Served as a principal/superintendent
Blanch Thompson*
11th Grand Basileus, 1940-1943
Involved in music
Dr. Lullelia Walker*
12th Grand Basileus, 1943-1948
1st Zeta member to the American Council of Human Rights
Coordinated an internal reorganization of the sorority
Renewed publication of the Archon
Involved in creation of Amicae auxiliary
Involved in the Housing Project, Woman of the Year, Prevention & Control of Juvenile Delinquency
Dr. Nancy Bullock McGhee*
13th Grand Basileus, 1948-1953
Adopted the melody of the official song
Rezoned regions for expansion
Incorporated workshops for regional/National programs
Established national scholarship grants
English professor at Hampton
Dr. Deborah Cannon Partridge Wolf*
14th Grand, 1954-1965
Served during the purchasing of National Headquarters
Improved communications to chapters
Former Education Chief at Harvard, Columbia, and Princeton
Minister
Mildred Cater Bradham*
15th Grand Basileus, 1965-1970
Initiated 10-pt Program and restructured Boule programs
Educator, Social Worker, Consultant
Isabel M. Herson*
16th Grand Basileus, 1970-1974
Established Stork’s Nest, Basilei Leadership workshops, introduced Night of the Performing Arts
Professor of Education at Southern University
Dr. Janice Gantt Kisner*
17th Grand Basileus, 1974-1980
Expanded Stork’s Nest Program
Offered honorary membership to renowned film stars and recording artists
Archonette handbook was published
Held 1st Regional Conference in Africa
Director of Education
Dr. Edith Francis
18th Grand Basileus, 1980-1986
Initiated 5-pt Plan, revised constitution, bylaws and procedural manual
Chartered chapters in Alaska and Germany
1st African American superintendent for Princeton, Ewing, NJ K-12 school districts
Dr. Eunice S. Thomas
19th Grand Basileus, 1986-1992
Launched Project Z.I.P. (Zetas Investing in People)
National Headquarters was refurbished
Archon was reestablished
Dr. Jylla Moore Foster Tearte
20th Grand Basileus, 1992-1996
Established Zeta Legacy Club
Chartered chapters in Korea
VP/President of IBM
Dr. Barbara Wedt Carpenter
21st Grand Basileus, 1996-2002
Developed National Website
Patterned w/ National Science Foundation
Published Zeta History Book
Chartered chapters in Virgin Islands
Barbara C. Moore*
22nd Grand Basileus, 2002-2008
Implemented Z-HOPE initiative
Created Zeta Organizational Leadership Program
Sheryl P. Underwood
23rd Grand Basileus, 2008-2012
Initiated Health Justice as signature program
Began Zeta Doves program
Established Z-HOPE Health Center in Ghana
Madam Grand Mary Breaux Wright
24th Grand Basileus, 2012-2018
Established Eldercare
Instituted national retreats and training for undergraduates, youth, and Amicae
Appointed centennial chair in 2020
Retired business educator
Dr. Valerie Hollingsworth Baker
25th Grand Basileus, 2018-2022
Centennial Grand
Increased global expansion
Formed strategic partnerships with Dell, Google, Gieco, Micha’s Voice
Dr. Stacie N.C. Grant
Current Basileus
Appointed in 2022
Involved with National Education Fund
Businesswoman
