ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INCORPORATED®
DELTA PHI OMEGA CHAPTER
Serving the Twin Cities Communities since 1948
Delta Phi Omega Chapter
History
Fourteen years after the founding of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® Eta Chapter was established at the University of Minnesota in 1922. After graduation, alumnae wanted to continue their affiliation with the sisterhood and uphold their commitments to the ideals of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®. Consequently, there became a need to establish a graduate chapter in the Twin Cities.
The first and only graduate chapter established in the Twin Cities, Delta Phi Omega Chapter was chartered
April 17-18, 1948 with 12 members and 3 associate members from the Twin Cities community. The Central Regional Director, Lucille Wilkins of Chicago, officiated at the chartering ad its first chapter President was Margaret Young. The chapter immediately began serving the community from supporting health issues to sponsoring public forums on topics of concern to the African American community to awarding scholarships to deserving students pursuing higher education.
Charter Members
Allie Ballenger
Frances Smith Brown
Mary Jane Cyrus
Edna Griffin
Juanita Schuck Harris
Shirlee Harris Thomason
Lillian Howland
Frances Hughes
Rachel James
Hazel Warricks Mann
Beatrice Reed
Jean Riffe
Bella Shelton
Ethel Maxwell Williams
Margaret Young
Chapter Presidents
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Margaret B. Young
Mary Taylor Pyburn
Wilma Allison
Mable Evans Cason
Irece Winans
Beatrice Bailey
Shirley Jumelle -Y- Picokens
Linda Garrett
Rosa Smith
Phyllis Norris Sanders
Beverly Johnson
Virginia Sims
Gloria Marks
Shirley Gordon
Cynthia S. Tyson
Teressa White-Cooper
Andrea Hayden
Peggye Mezile
Gloria Marks
Rubye Walker
Valerie Perkins
Lorraine Griffin Johnson
Lori Jackson
Leshia Lee Dixon
Lisa Tittle
L'Aurelle Johnson
Cherise Vincent
Diane Doolittle
Mary Dedeaux-Swinton
Sharon Dykes
Marsha Henry
1947
1956
1958
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980 – 1981
1982 – 1983
1984
1985 – 1986
1987
1988 – 1989
1990 – 1991
1992 – 1993
1994 – 1997
1997 – 1999
2000 – 2004
2005
2005
2006 - 2007
2007 - 2009
2010
2011
2012 - 2014
2015
2016 - 2017
2018 - 2019
2020 - 2021
2022 - 2023
2024 - Present
