Group image of past national presidents

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.

Image of Sadie T. M. Alexander
SADIE
T. M.
ALEXANDER*
1919 — 1923
Image of Dorothy Pelham Beckley
DOROTHY
PELHAM
BECKLEY*
1923 — 1926
Image of Ethel Lamay Calimese
ETHEL
LAMAY
CALIMESE*
1926 — 1929
Image of Anna Johnson Julian
ANNA
JOHNSON
JULIAN*
1929 — 1931
Image of Gladys Byram Shepperd
GLADYS
BYRAM
SHEPPERD*
1931 — 1933
Image of Jeannette Tripplett Jones
JEANNETTE
TRIPPLETT
JONES*
1933 — 1935
Image of Vivian Osborne Marsh
VIVIAN
OSBORNE
MARSH*
1935 — 1939
Image of Helen Elsie Austin
HELEN
ELSIE
AUSTIN*
1939 — 1944
Image of Mae Wright Downs Peck Williams
MAE WRIGHT
DOWNS PECK
WILLIAMS*
1944 — 1947
Image of Dorothy Irene Height
DOROTHY
IRENE
HEIGHT*
1947 — 1956
Image of Dorothy Penman Harrison
DOROTHY
PENMAN
HARRISON*
1956 — 1958
Image of Jeanne Laveta Noble
JEANNE
LAVETA
NOBLE*
1958 — 1963
Image of Geraldine Pittman Woods
GERALDINE
PITTMAN
WOODS*
1963 — 1967
Image of FRANKIE MUSE FREEMAN
FRANKIE
MUSE
FREEMAN*
1967 — 1971
Image of LILLIAN PIERCE BENBOW
LILLIAN
PIERCE
BENBOW*
1971 — 1975
Image of THELMA THOMAS DALEY
THELMA
THOMAS
DALEY
1975 — 1979
Image of MONA HUMPHRIES BAILEY
MONA
HUMPHRIES
BAILEY*
1979 — 1983
Image of HORTENSE GOLDEN CANADY
HORTENSE
GOLDEN
CANADY*
1983 — 1988
Image of YVONNE KENNEDY
YVONNE
KENNEDY*
1988 — 1992
Image of BERTHA MAXWELL RODDEY
BERTHA
MAXWELL
RODDEY
1992 — 1996
Image of MARCIA FUDGE
MARCIA
L.
FUDGE
1996 — 2000
Image of GWENDOLYN E. BOYD
GWENDOLYN
E.
BOYD
2000 — 2004
Image of LOUISE ALLEN RICE
LOUISE
ALLEN
RICE
2004 — 2008
Image of CYNTHIA M. A. BUTLER-MCINTYRE
CYNTHIA
M. A.
BUTLER-MCINTYRE
2008 — 2013
Image of Dr. Paulette C. Walker
Paulette
C.
Walker
2013 — 2017