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Founder; active supporter of Delta from Lynchburg, Virginia. She helped lobby Delta Sigma Theta to participate in the March for Women's Suffrage. In 1936, she received her master's degree at Howard University. By 1938, after years of effort, she witnessed her Raleigh Alumnae chapter, Alpha Zeta Sigma, established in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Gary L. Harrell: Retired Major General. Former Commander of Delta Force from 1998 to 2000. Served as a troop commander during invasion of Panama in 1989 and served as C Squadron Commander during the Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia in October 1993. Paul R. Howe: Delta Force veteran of Operation Just Cause in Panama and Operation Gothic Serpent.
Delta Delta: Retired Detroit Lions All-Pro safety; Pro Football Hall of Fame, 1992 Odell Barry: Beta Xi: Retired wide receiver Denver Broncos; former of mayor Northglenn, Colorado: Reggie Barlow: Jacksonville (FL) Alumni: Retired Jacksonville Jaguars, Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver; Head Coach Virginia State University: Albert Bell ...
Carol Rasco (Delta Delta) – Director of the Domestic Policy Council under President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1996; Jean B. Silver (Alpha Theta) – former member of Washington House of Representatives from 1983 to 1997; Science and medicine. Sara Branham Matthews (Alpha) – senior bacteriologist for the United States Public Health Service
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. ( ΔΣΘ) is a historically African American sorority. The organization was founded by college-educated women dedicated to public service with an emphasis on programs that assist the African American community. Delta Sigma Theta was founded on January 13, 1913 by twenty-two women at Howard University in ...
Early history. In 1893, ten young women at Lombard College in Galesburg, Illinois founded Alpha Xi Delta. They ranged in age from 16 to 26. . The ten founders were: . Cora Bollinger Block (1869–1944) was the first President of Alpha Xi Delta. She went on to be the first Grand President, and a community leader in Davenport, Iowa.; Alice Bartlett Bruner (1878–1966) was an organist who taught ...
After the merger, Sigma Pi made an effort to reach out to Delta Kappa alumni in Wisconsin by colonizing at schools that once had DK chapters or where alumni were nearby. Between 1966 and 1971, five chapters were chartered at Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Wisconsin-Whitewater, Wisconsin-Platteville, and Wisconsin-LaCrosse. [10]
In 1948, Mrs. Carolee Strock Stanard retired as Grand President and part of her keynote address became The Creed of Alpha Delta Pi. In 1960, Alpha Delta Pi's 100th chapter, Delta Omicron, was installed at East Carolina University. In 1979, Alpha Delta Pi adopted Ronald McDonald Houses as the National Philanthropy. In 1983, Alpha Delta Pi ...