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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

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: 2024-2026

President: Michelle Johnson
1st Vice-President: Yalonda Gatson
2nd Vice President: Jeanine Wilson
Recording Secretary: LaKia Jackson
Financial Secretary: Vickie Jones
Assistant Financial Secretary: Trinity Brigham
Treasurer: Alicia Johnson
Assistant Treasurer: Pearline Williams-Brown
Corresponding Secretary: Jontae Brown
Audit Chair: Courtney Thomas
Nominating Committee Chair: Terri Earles
Nominating Committee Member #1: Claudine Johnson
Nominating Committee Member #2: Brandy Smith
Chaplain: Diane Henderson
Parliamentarian: Charina Allen-Beasley
Sergeant-at-arms: Jocelyn Ealim