The Beginning
What happened in Spring of 1919?
Birth of a Legacy, Honorable Charles Robert Samuel Taylor approached his girlfriend Triumphant Founder Arizona Cleaver Stemons to discuss the possibility of forming a Sorority
First Basilues of Alpha Chapter
Triumphant Founder Arizona Leedonia Cleaver Stemons
Founding Date and Location
January 9, 1914 on the campus of Howard University in Washington D.C.,
FWDH
Fine Woman Don't Haze
Third Grand Basileus
Past Grand Basileus Joanna Houston Ransom
What happened at Sigma Conclave ?
Honorable Brother A. Langston Taylor was given approval to assist the organization in forming what was to become the sister sorority of Phi Beta Sigma Inc.
Organized both Delta Alpha Zeta and Omicron Beta Chapters
Triumphant Founder Fannie Pettie Watts
Royal Blue and Pure White, Dove, White Carnation
Colors, Symbol and Flower of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Incorporated
Z- HOPE
Zetas Helping Other People Excel
Under my administration Zeta Phi Beta Sorority was Incorporated in the State of Illinois in 1939
Past Grand Basileus Edith A. Lyons
A Minimum of women were needed, who would be the Fifth?
Triumphant Founder Fannie Pettie Watts
Daughter Frances became a charter member of Zeta Beta Zeta Chapter in Flint Michigan
Triumphant Founder Myrtle Lavenia Tyler Faithful
What is the Motto of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Incorporated
"Culture for Service and Service for Humanity"
ZOL
Zeta Organizational Leadership
Under my administration Z- HOPE was implemented
Past International Grand Basileus Barbara Crockett Moore
January 16, 1920
Teacher at Cambridge High School in Cambridge Maryland
Triumphant Founder Viola Tyler Goings
Location of Phi Beta Sigma Incorporated
145 Kennedy Street N.W. Washington D.C. 20011
Z-NEF
Zeta National Education Foundation Inc.
Under my administration the sorority became the first Greek- lettered organization to partner with National Science Foundation with the Human Genome Project
Past International Grand Basileus Dr. Barbara West Carpenter
Five Founders
Triumphant Founder Arizona Leedonia Cleaver Stemons
Triumphant Founder Pearl Anna Neal
Triumphant Founder Viola Tyler Goings
Triumphant Founder Myrtle Tyler Faithful
Triumphant Founder Fannie Pettie Watts
First Black Woman in her state to earn a Master's Degree in Music
Who & What University
Triumphant Founder Peral Anna Neal
Columbia University
Charter and Chapter Member of Gamma Alpha Kappa Zeta who is Married to a Sigma
Zeta Jaquelyn Toles Remmer
NPHC
Date & Location
National Pan- Hellenic Council May 1930 at Howard University in Washing D.C.
I was the first administrator to actively seek corporate and foundation funding for programs. I was the first to offer Honorary Memberships to nationally renowned film start and recording artists.
Past Grand Basileus Dr. Janice Gantt Kissner