DST 1-3
First President of the National Organization: ANS-Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander (1919–23).
ANS-G, the nation's second president. Dorothy Pelham Beckley (1923- 1926)
ANS-Ethel Lamay Calimese was the third president of the nation (1926-1929). Anna Johnson
Julian, ANS's fourth president (1929–1931), 5th National President - ANS-Gladys Bryam
Sheppard (1931-1933)
Jeanne Triplett Jones, ANS's sixth president (from 1933 to 1935), Anna Johnson Julian -
ANS-Offices of Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer bonded
Grand Chapter incorporated under D.C. laws
Pan- Hellenic Council formed
Received first Phi Beta Kappa key ever given to a Negro by UPenn
The creation of the National Pan-Hellenic Council The first African-American to receive a Phi
Beta Kappa key from Penn Established "Jubilee Year"
Associate members - ANS-older members who were influential in their own communities
Ethel Lamay Calimese's approval comes from the ANS-Biennial Conventions (10th Convention,
1929). National Vigilance Committee approved
21-22 - ANS-Madree Penn White, founder Edith Motte Young
Founders 1-5 - ANS-Osceola MacCarthy Adams
Marguerite Young Alexander
Winona Cargile Alexander
Ethel Cuff Black
Bertha Pitts Campbell
Founders 11- 15 - ANS-Olive Claire Jones
Jimmie Bugg Middleton
Minor Pauline Oberdorfer Vashti Turley Murphy
Richardson, Naomi Sewell Founders 16- 20 - ANS-Mamie Reddy Rose
Pearl Eliza Shippen Tom Florence Letcher Ethel Carr Watson
Weaver Wertie Blackwell Founders 6-10 - ANS-Zephyr Chisom Carter
Edna Brown Coleman
Jessie McGuire Dent
Frederica Chase Dodd
Hemmings, Myra Davis G. Dorothy Pelham Beckley - ANS-Use of printed forms for reports,
applications, and other formal Documents
Established Omega Omega as the Memorial Chapter
Delta Sigma Theta Bulletin was published
Adoption of Jabberwock was made (Iota Chapter). Gladys Bryam Sheppard - ANS-Author of
"Mary Church Terrell: Respectable Person"
Creation of the Central Region First formal Delta Directory established
Honorary members - ANS-non-students who were invited into the organization of their
outstanding achievements
First President of the National Organization: ANS-Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander (1919–23).
ANS-G, the nation's second president. Dorothy Pelham Beckley (1923- 1926)
ANS-Ethel Lamay Calimese was the third president of the nation (1926-1929). Anna Johnson
Julian, ANS's fourth president (1929–1931), 5th National President - ANS-Gladys Bryam
Sheppard (1931-1933)
Jeanne Triplett Jones, ANS's sixth president (from 1933 to 1935), Anna Johnson Julian -
ANS-Offices of Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer bonded
Grand Chapter incorporated under D.C. laws
Pan- Hellenic Council formed
Received first Phi Beta Kappa key ever given to a Negro by UPenn
The creation of the National Pan-Hellenic Council The first African-American to receive a Phi
Beta Kappa key from Penn Established "Jubilee Year"
Associate members - ANS-older members who were influential in their own communities
Ethel Lamay Calimese's approval comes from the ANS-Biennial Conventions (10th Convention,
1929). National Vigilance Committee approved
21-22 - ANS-Madree Penn White, founder Edith Motte Young
Founders 1-5 - ANS-Osceola MacCarthy Adams
Marguerite Young Alexander
Winona Cargile Alexander
Ethel Cuff Black
Bertha Pitts Campbell
Founders 11- 15 - ANS-Olive Claire Jones
Jimmie Bugg Middleton
Minor Pauline Oberdorfer Vashti Turley Murphy
Richardson, Naomi Sewell Founders 16- 20 - ANS-Mamie Reddy Rose
Pearl Eliza Shippen Tom Florence Letcher Ethel Carr Watson
Weaver Wertie Blackwell Founders 6-10 - ANS-Zephyr Chisom Carter
Edna Brown Coleman
Jessie McGuire Dent
Frederica Chase Dodd
Hemmings, Myra Davis G. Dorothy Pelham Beckley - ANS-Use of printed forms for reports,
applications, and other formal Documents
Established Omega Omega as the Memorial Chapter
Delta Sigma Theta Bulletin was published
Adoption of Jabberwock was made (Iota Chapter). Gladys Bryam Sheppard - ANS-Author of
"Mary Church Terrell: Respectable Person"
Creation of the Central Region First formal Delta Directory established
Honorary members - ANS-non-students who were invited into the organization of their
outstanding achievements
