Presidents
Who created grand chapter and was grand president for the 1st national convention
1st National President Dr. Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander (1919-1923)
Who commissioned the sculpture, Fortitude, on Howard University Campus
16th National President Thelma Thomas Daley (1975-1979)
Who was the Social Action Committee established under and was also appointed by Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon & Ford to serve on commissions
12th National President Jeanne Laveta Noble (1958-1963)
Who established the Dr. Betty Shabazz Delta Academy as a signature Delta Program
21st National President Marcia Louise Fudge (1996-2000)
Whose presidency did Delta become actively involved in the civil rights movement
7th National President Vivian Osborne Marsh (1935-1939)
Who established the national commission on Arts & Letters as well as implemented the Delta Right to read project
15th National President Lillian Pierce Benbow (1971-1975)
Whose presidency were biennial conventions approved by delegate vote under? Administrations abolished duties of the Grand President and Grand Vice President to allow regions to elect their own regional directors
3rd National President Ethel Lamay Calimese (1926-1929)
Who launched "Every Delta in the Delta House" Delshate Program; Designed the 1988-1990 biennium as "The Reclamation Era"
19th National President Yvonne Kennedy (1988-1992)
Who created National Boards as components of organizational structure
5th National President Gladys Byram Shepperd (1931-1933)
Who developed corporate governance documents & corporate management trusts for the executive board of the sorority; appointed collegiate members to serve on all national committee/commissions; established gems youth initiative program
23rd National President Louise Allen Rice (2004-2008)
Whose presidency was the National Pan-Hellenic Council formed under & had served as treasurer
4th National President Anna Johnson Julian (1929-1931)
Who establish: Charitable partnerships task force - project 13, Embodi, Impact Day of Service, Collegiate Transition Taskforce (CTT), Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated, Elementary School, Che'rette, Haiti
24th National President Cynthia Marie Antoinette Butler-McIntyre (2008-2013)
Who created the office of undergraduate coordinator (later known as National Second Vice President)
8th National President Helen Elsie Austin (1939-1944)
Who presented the hazing prevention summit; Memorandum of understanding for the American Cancer Society & with the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health & Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of child health and human development
25th National President Dr. Paulette Cecilia Walker (2013-2017)
Who burned (completely paid for) the mortgage on the 1st National Headquarters
11th National President Dorothy Penman Harrison (1956-1958)
Who was the first women appointed to the U.S. Commission on civil rights by President Lyndon B. Johnson
14th National President Frankie Muse Freeman (1967-1971)
Who established Omega Omega as the memorial chapter. Created new nomenclature system for naming chapters
2nd National President Dorothy Pelham Beckley (1923-1926)
Who implemented the Capital Fund Drive and Campaigned to "Burn the Mortgage" on newly expanded National Headquarters
17th Past National President Mona Humphries Bailey (1979-1983)
Whose presidency was the National Headquarters established under
6th National President Jeannette Tripplett Jones (1933-1935)
Who established a partnership with Habitat for Humanity to build 22 affordable homes; Focused on increasing the number of registered voters through partnership with NAACP
20th National President Bertha Maxwell Roddey (1992-1996)
Who created the Delta Five-Point Program (later known as The Five Point Programmatic Thrust) and hired Patricia Roberts Harris as the 1st Executive Director
10th National President Dr. Dorothy Irene Height (1947-1956)
Who established Delta Teen lift & Delta Research and Educational Foundation (1967)
13th National President Geraldine Pittman Woods (1963-1967)
Who created the application of technology for chapter operation, headquarters operations, & efficient communication for chapters and Sorors around the world (conventions & conferences)
22nd National President Gwendolyn Elizabeth Boyd (2000-2004)
Who established the Delta Leadership Academy & published the first Delta Doctrine
18th National President Hortense Golden Canady (1983-1988)
Who focused on voting and equal rights for women and minorities and fair employment practices and emphasized education
9th National President Mae Wright Downs Peck Williams (1944-1947)