Chapter History

   On Saturday, March 26, 1983, twenty-five sorors and five honorary members chartered Zeta Tau Sigma Chapter.  It was the largest chapter to ever be chartered in the Northeast Region.  The chartering of the chapter was the idea of Lillie J. VanLandingham who was elected Charter Basileus.

Those charter sorors are:
Ellen Hammond Blue
Allean Coleman Brown
Cleomis Clay Caldwell
Bessie Mae Colding
Eleanor Braxton Crawford
Marian Bianchi DeBerry
Wilma Pitts Delaney
Queen Morgan Faison
Carolyn Ann Bradshaw Francis
Ethel Ivey Goodwine
Joann Wise Grady
Zerita Cee Hadden
Phyllis Houston
Jimmie Colson Jackson
Grace McMullen Littlejohn
Brenda Elaine Makins
Janice Foster Melvin
Debra Ann Perry
Felecia Sheppard Mattox
Linda Marie Simpson
Cammille King Taylor
Almeta Morse Thomas
Lillie J. Van Landingham
Ernestine Pittman Walls
Yvonne Tibbs
The five chartering honorary members are:
Regina Chandler
Bernice Hammond Jackson
Peola Himes McCaskill
Juanita Kennedy Morgan
Barbara Lett Simmons
Zeta Tau Sigma Chapter advises the following undergraduate chapters:
                    
       **   Epsilon Lambda Chapter at Bowie State University
     
       **   Eta Beta Chapter at University of Maryland, College Park

       **   Mu Pi Chapter at Capitol College

       **   Omicron Epsilon Chapter at George Washington University
The chapter has affiliated with many organizations at the local and national levels including the National Council of Negro Women, Phillis Wheatley YWCA, Africare, Prince George's County Black Women's Political Action Forum, and the Pan Hellenic Council.
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