Greetings from the Chapter President

Renee McClure

Chapter  President

Thank you for visiting the website of the Knoxville Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.  Delta Sigma Theta Sorority is the largest organization of predominately black college-educated women in the world. We boast of some 250,000 members and 950 chapters, which are spread internationally and throughout the United States.

There are  over 100 members in the Knoxville Alumnae Chapter. We can be seen on a daily basis implementing programs relating to public service, scholarship and sisterhood.

Our website has been designed to show that the connection built by our 22 founders in 1913 is indeed, what we are implementing today.  The website provides a quick glance at our Educational thrust:

Career Awareness Motivation Program,(CAMP),

The Dr. Betty Shabazz Delta Academy,

Delta GEMS

These programs are designed to service the young people in the community. It is our hope that the public can discover, through our website, a way we can provide public service through a collaborative effort.

Economic Development, Physical and Mental Health, Political Awareness and Involvement, and International Awareness are the four other thrust our chapter encompass in an effort to build on the past to help our youth focus on the future. We realize that communication has technically shifted from physical to digital, and we must be able to communicate the new technology concepts, not only to our youth, but to our chapter members, as well. Chapter members, therefore, are encouraged and challenged to visit the website to glean information related to schedules of events, announcements, and

opportunities to serve. An abundance of thanks and appreciation go to the technology team for designing and providing frequent updates to our website.

Past Presidents

1.   Ruth Clement Bond             1937-38

2.   Estelle Cary Merrifield          1938-39

3.   Estelle Smith Lennon           1939-41

4.   Lillian Cary Morrow              1941-43

5.   Nora Turner Jackson            1943-49

6.   Charlene Michael                 1949-50

7.   Rowena Hodge                    1950-51

8.   Aileen Maybrey                   1951-52

9.   Estelle Smith Lennon          1952-53

10.  Lillian Cary Morrow             1953-54

11.  Pearl Davis (briefly)             1953-54

12.  Erma Dawkins                       1954-56

13.  Louise Kimbrough                  1956-58

14.  Clara Clarke                           1958-59

15.  Jamesena Gillespie                 1959-61

16.  Ernestine Moore                      1961-63

17.  Lula Cooper Powell                  1963-64

18.  Anna Taylor                            1964-66

19.  JoAnn Melton (relocated)         1966-66

20.  Margaret Jones                       1966-68

21.  Eddie Mae Robinson               1968-70

22.  Dessa E. Blair                        1970-76

23.  Vernell Moore (Gray)           1976-80

24.  Dessa E. Blair                    1980-82

25.  Margaret Houston                1982-84

26.  Patricia Andrews (Thomas)  1984-86

27.  Brenda Upshaw-Reliford       1986-90

28.  Hildrith C. Gillespie             1990-94

29.  Alice L. Greene                  1994-96

30.  Mildred P. Smith                1996-98

31.  Sandra Dennis Cannon       1998-2001

32.  Geraldine J. Taylor              2001-2003

33.   Carolyn Chandler               2003-2008

Knoxville Alumnae Chapter

Knoxville, Tennessee

Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.