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MARY LOU ALLISON LITTLE - PRIMARY FOUNDER
DOROTHY HANLEY WHITESIDE
VIVIAN WHITE MARBURY
NANNIE MAE GAHN JOHNSON
HATTIE MAE DULIN REDFORD
BESSIE M. DOWNEY MARTIN
CUBENA McCLURE

Established:
Nov. 12, 1922 at Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana
Classification: Nonprofit service and social organization
Membership: 85,000+
Division: Five Regions: Central, Northeastern, Southeastern, Southwestern, Western
Service Channel: Over 500 chapters in the U.S., Bermuda, the U.S. Virgin Islands,
Germany and Korea
Sorority Flower: The Yellow Tea Rose.
Sorority Mascot: The Poodle.
Sorority Colors: Royal Blue and Gold.
Sorority Call: eee-yip!!!!
Sorority Affiliate Groups:  Philos - Friends of Sigma Gamma Rho.
                                     Rhoers - High School girls.
                     
                            
 International Executive Board:
nternational Grand Basileus:
Joann G. Loveless, Pennsylvania

International First Grand Anti-Basileus
Bonita Herring         

International Second Grand Anti-Basileus
Nina Nunlee

International Grand Grammateus
Chantay P. Canty

International Grand Anti-Grammateus
Tiffany Hightower

International Grand Tamiochus
Barbara L. Eikner         

International Editor-In-Chief of AURORA
Cynthia Horner

International Grand Epistoleus
Jeanine Daugherty         

International Legal Advisor
Karyn Thomas

International Parliamentarian
Frances Jackson, Ph.D., R.N.         

National Philo Coordinator
Dr. Wanda Nelson

National Rhoer Coordinator
Sharrone Usher         

International Programs Coordinator
Brigitte Cook

International Sergeant at Arms
Karen Williams          
Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. was founded on November 12, 1922 by seven dynamic
school teachers. Chartered at Butler University, Sigma Gamma Rho is the only
African-American sorority founded on a predominantly white campus. At a time when
education was difficult for minorities and women to attain, our founders became
educators. These exquisite ladies gave Sigma Gamma Rho the legacy of interest and
emphasis in all phases of education. Sigma Gamma Rho was incorporated into the
National Pan-Hellenic Council in 1929.

Currently there are over 85,000 ladies of  Sigma Gamma Rho in more than 500 chapters
internationally. Since 1922, Sigmas have continually worked to serve their communities
through sisterhood, scholarship, and service. The sorority's national programs focus on
educational, economic, health, and social issues that affect our communities across the
nation and in Africa.

As always, our actions are guided by our belief in "Greater Service, Greater Progress."
SORORITY FACTS
International Headquarters:
1000 Southhill Drive
Suite 200
Cary, NC 27513
1.888.SGR.1922
INTERNATIONAL HISTORY