Past National Presidents
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. was founded on January 13, 1913 by 22 collegiate women at Howard University to promote academic excellence and provide assistance to those in need.
SADIE
T. M.
ALEXANDER*
1919 — 1923
DOROTHY
PELHAM
BECKLEY*
1923 — 1926
ETHEL
LAMAY
CALIMESE*
1926 — 1929
ANNA
JOHNSON
JULIAN*
1929 — 1931
GLADYS
BYRAM
SHEPPERD*
1931 — 1933
JEANNETTE
TRIPPLETT
JONES*
1933 — 1935
VIVIAN
OSBORNE
MARSH*
1935 — 1939
HELEN
ELSIE
AUSTIN*
1939 — 1944
MAE WRIGHT
DOWNS PECK
WILLIAMS*
1944 — 1947
DOROTHY
IRENE
HEIGHT*
1947 — 1956
DOROTHY
PENMAN
HARRISON*
1956 — 1958
JEANNE
LAVETA
NOBLE*
1958 — 1963
GERALDINE
PITTMAN
WOODS*
1963 — 1967
FRANKIE
MUSE
FREEMAN*
1967 — 1971
LILLIAN
PIERCE
BENBOW*
1971 — 1975
THELMA
THOMAS
DALEY
1975 — 1979
MONA
HUMPHRIES
BAILEY*
1979 — 1983
HORTENSE
GOLDEN
CANADY*
1983 — 1988
YVONNE
KENNEDY*
1988 — 1992
BERTHA
MAXWELL
RODDEY
1992 — 1996
MARCIA
L.
FUDGE
1996 — 2000
GWENDOLYN
E.
BOYD
2000 — 2004
LOUISE
ALLEN
RICE
2004 — 2008
CYNTHIA
M. A.
BUTLER-MCINTYRE
2008 — 2013
