SORORITY HISTORY
The history of Galveston Alumnae Chapter (GAC) begins with our national founder and native Galvestonian, Jessie McGuire Dent. In 1941, she organized Galveston’s Gamma Delta Chapter. It was a mixed chapter of six members in that some of the women had college degrees while others had a minimum of two years of college. Mixed chapters were eventually discontinued. Galveston Alumnae Chapter, as we know today, was chartered in 1969.
For more information, visit our national website at www.deltasigmatheta.org.
Charter Members of Gamma Delta 1941
Jessie McGuire Dent (National Founder), Faye Irene Boutte Clark, Florence Phelps, Verna Newton-Huff,
Victoria Jones Dezon, Hazel Ruth Boutte Coleman, and Beatrice Roberts Hill
Victoria Jones Dezon, Hazel Ruth Boutte Coleman, and Beatrice Roberts Hill
Members in the photo include: Lucy Jones, Florence Henderson, Maxey Hightower, Victoria Dezon, Alice Antoine, Marguerite Hathaway, Verna Huff, Cornelia Dansby, Eloise Sterling and Jessie McGuire Dent.
Charter Members of Galveston Alumnae Chapter May 17, 1969
Rose Johnson Archie, Rose Marie Bennett, Tommie Davis Boudreaux, Mable Ellis Caldwell, Juliette Parker Chatman, Rose Langham Childs, Izola Fedford Collins, Betty Jean Crum, Joyce Ann Hunter Daniel, Cornelia Kidd Dansby, Ruth Sewell Davis, Lorretta Dotson, Wilina Mitchell Gatson, Thelma Armstrong Hannah, Vander Haynes, Ima Faye Williams, Kay Florence Phelps, and Pearlie Martin Woods.
CURRENT ELECTED OFFICERS: 2022-2024
- President: Wanda Smith
- Vice-President: Yalonda Gatson
- 2nd Vice President: Jeanine Wilson
- Recording Secretary: LaKia Jackson
- Financial Secretary: Alicia Johnson
- Assistant Financial Secretary: Vickie Jones
- Treasurer: Claudine Johnson
- Assistant Treasurer: Pearline Williams-Brown
- Corresponding Secretary: Jontae Brown
- Audit Chair: Joy Rose
- Nominating Committee Chair: Kim Lynch
- Nominating Committee Member #1: Charina Allen-Beasley
- Nominating Committee Member #2: Ade Lawal
- Chaplain: Diane Henderson
- Parliamentarian: Charina Allen-Beasley
- Sergeant-at-arms: Jocelyn Ealim