Delta Sigma Theta Presidents

Dr. Sadie Tanner Mossel Alexander (1919-1923) 1

President when the first National Convention was held

Grand Chapter was authorized

(Gabrielle) Dorothy Pelham Beckley (1923-1926) 2

Established Omega Omega as a memorial chapter

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Ethel Lamay Calimese (1926-1929) 3

Elections of regional directors began

Dr. Anna Johnson Julian (1929-1931) 4

-Grand Chapter incorporated

Gladys Byram Shepperd (1931-1933) 5

-National Boards component of organizational structure created

Dr. Jeanette Triplett Jones (1933-1935) 6

National Headquarter was established

Vivian Osborne Marsh (1935-1939) 7

Delta became actively involved in the civil rights movement

Dr Helen Elsie Austin (1939-1944) 8

Office of National Second Vice President Created

Mae Wright Downs Allen Peck Williams (1944-1947) 9

Emphasis was on education; focus was on voting and equal rights for women, employment practices and purchases of war bonds and ambulance

Dorothy Irene Height (1947-1956) 10

Five Point (Project) Programmatic Thrust established

Dorothy Penman Harrison (1956-1958) 11

Dr. Jeanne Laveta Noble (1958-1963) 12

appointed by President Nixon and President Ford, and Johnson to serve on several commissions

Geraldine Pittman Woods (1963-1967) 13

Golden celebration, Delta Teen Lift , organization increased in membership

Frankie Muse Freeman (1967-1971) 14

Appointed to the civil rights commission by President Lyndon B Johnson

Lillian Pierce Benbow (1971-1975) 15

National Commission on Arts and Letters was established

1705, 1707, 1709 New Hampshire Ave acquired for Delta's Headquarters.

Dr. Thelma Thomas Daley (1975-1979) 16

-"Fortitude" commissioned and presented to Howard University as a tribute to the Founders

Mona Humphries Bailey (1979-1983) 17

Capital fund campaign

Hortense Golden Canady (1983-1988) 18

-initiated delta leadership academy (for members)

Dr. Yvonne Kennedy (1988-1992) 19

Theme was "Every Delta in the Delta House"

Dr. Bertha Maxwell Roddey (1992-1996) 20

Formed partnership with Habitat for Humanity to build 22 homes

Marcia Louise Fudge (1996-2000) 21

-established the Dr. Betty Shabazz Delta Academy

Gwendolyn Elizabeth Boyd (2000-2004) 22

Online registration implemented for regional conference and national convention

Dr. Louise Allen Rice (2004-2008) 23

-established Delta GEMS program

Cynthia Marie Antoinette Butler McIntyre (2008-2013) 24

The National Pan-Hellenic Council was formed

Dr. Paulette Camille Walker (2013-2017) 25

Beverly Evans Smith (2017-2021 26

The immediate president from the one that passed.

Cheryl A Hickmon (2021-2022) 27

Transitioned to the Omega Omega Chapter as the First National President to do so while in office.

Elsie Cooke Holmes (2022- Present)

Chair of the Board of Directors