Tyler Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Tyler Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
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Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to provide assistance and support through established programs in local communities throughout the world.
Founded on January 13, 1913 by twenty-two collegiate women at Howard University, the Sorority is currently a sisterhood of more than 300,000 predominately Black college educated women. This includes over 1,000 chapters located in the United States, Canada, Japan (Tokyo and Okinawa), Germany, the Virgin Islands, Bermuda, the Bahamas, Jamaica and the Republic of Korea.
CHAPTER HERSTORY
The history of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. commends the spirit and the imagination of the twenty-two college women who founded on beloved sorority on January 13, 1913.
It is with similar spirit and imagination that during the late 30's, dedicated sorors of DST worked laboriously toward the establishment of a chapter to serve the city of Tyler. These sorors were Bessie Davis Randall, Nanette Wheatley Williams, Mildred Jones Baker, Lenora Amos, and Lillian Uggams. In 1940, Martha Hunter joined in the efforts.
During the interim of the Chapter's establishment, Sorors Pearl Robinett and Nona Moffatt were initiated by the Dallas Chapter, and Sorors Lillie Mae Givens, Geneva Smith Taliaferro and others were initiated into the Alpha Iota Chapter of Wiley College.
In 1942, Founder Myra Davis Hemmings conducted the establishment of Gamma Epsilon Chapter (presently Tyler Alumnae) of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Initiated were Effie B. Austin, Harriett Darnell, Katie A. Stewart, and Nora Cecil McDaniel.
The first initial program of Gamma Epsilon was held at the Texas College auditorium, Sunday evening, November 15, 1942, at 6:30 p.m.
Gamma Epsilon, a mixed chapter (undergraduate/graduate), was reorganized in 1946 as Gamma Epsilon Sigma, a graduate chapter. In 1958, it became Tyler Alumnae Chapter.
Gamma Epsilon Charter - November 5, 1942
1946 - Gamma Epsilon Sigma
1958 - Tyler Alumnae
First Officers:
President: Bessie Davis-Randall
Vice President: Mildred Jones-Baker
Secretary: Erlyne J. Johnson
Asst. Secretary: Ruby Dawson
Treasurer: Nona Stein-Moffatt
Sergeant-At-Arms: Marie McIntyre
Reporter: Bernice Smith
Chapter Charter Members:
Lenora Y. Amos
Willie B. Anderson
Effie B. Austin
Dorothy Corruthers
Erlene Crouch
Harriet G. Darnell
Ora Mae Drawhorn
Ida Durham
Lillie Mae Givens
Joyceim P. Goss
Martha B. Hunter
Margaret Jones
Naomi I. Jones
Nora C. McDaniel
Pearl R. Robinett
Florine Rucker
Katie A. Stewart
Geneva Taliaferro
Thiery Toilette
Lillian J. Uggams
Lela Mae White
Nannett W. Williams
Marjorie Wilson
Osceola Macarthy Adams
Marguerite Young Alexander
Winona Cargile Alexander
Ethel Cuff Black
Bertha Pitts Campbell
Zephyr Chisom Carter
Edna Brown Coleman
Jessie Mcguire Dent
Frederica Chase Dodd
Myra Davis Hemmings
Olive C. Jones
Jimmie Bugg Middleton
Pauline Oberdorfer Minor
Vashti Turley Murphy
Naomi Sewell Richardson
Mamie Reddy Rose
Eliza Pearl Shippen
Florence Letcher Toms
Ethel Carr Watson
Wertie Blackwell Weaver
Madree Penn White
Edith Motte Young
Denise Pendleton
Jonique Morris
VaLita Waits
Collette Stec
Marchetta Macon
Carrie Mayfield
Valerie Palmer
Alyce Randle
Vera Moore
Sonya Taylor
Kathy Cannon
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