SIGMA GAMMA RHO SORORITY, INC.
Southwestern Region CHAPTER HISTORY

CHAPTER NAME: Alpha Kappa Sigma
Year Chartered:1944
Location of Charter (city/state): Austin, Texas
Charter Members:
	Johnnie Y. Rice				Annie Scott-Langdon
	Lucille Frazier				Laura Love
	U.V. Christian				Bettye G. Poole			
	Alma Green				Lillie S. Williams			
               Annie Nolan Harris			
	Helen Hodge-Taylor
	Mary James Dotson Johnson

If Undergraduate Chapter:
 	Chapter Name: Alpha Omega-Chartered in 1944 
School: Hutson-Tilloston College
Chapter Name: Mu Upsilon-Chartered in 1992
School: University of Texas at Austin

Basilei & Years Served:
Name: 		Johnnie Y. Rice			              Years:      1944         to:  	1952
Name:	              Annie Nola Harris			Years:      1952        to:	1956
Name:		Hazel H. Dean				Years:      1956	     to:	1960
Name: 		Lillie S. Williams			              Years:      1960	     to: 	1964
Name: 		Roberta Green			              Years:      1964         to:      1968
Name: 		A.J. Williams			              Years       1968         to:      1972
Name:		Mable Steen			              Years:      1972         to       1976
Name: 		Myrtle Ellison			              Years:      1976         to:  	1980
Name: 		Vivian Jamison			              Years:      1980         to       1984
Name: 		Bobbie Kincheon			              Years:      1984         to:  	1986
Name: 		Beulah A. Curry-Jones		              Years:      1986	    to:  	1990
Name: 		Wilretta Collins			              Years:      1990	    to:      1992
Name:                  Dr. Wanda L. Nelson		              Years:      1992	    to: 	1996
Name: 		Patricia H. Hiller			              Years:      1996	    to:	2000
Name:		Mary E. Ashford			              Years:      2000	    to:  	2004
Name:		Georgia L. Johnson		              Years:      2004        to: 	present		
Affiliates:
Philo Club:
Year Formed: 1960
Location (city/state): Austin, Texas
Rhoer Club:	
Year Formed: 1988
Location (city/state): Austin, Texas
Other Pertinent Information:
Alpha Kappa Sigma Alumnae Chapter's major fundraiser is its Biennieal Debutante Ball.  The 32nd Biennial Debutante Ball will held Wednesday, December 28, 2005. Scholarships are presented to three Debutantes biennial from the proceeds of this event.  Alpha Kappa Sigma Alumnae Chapter initiated the
Golden Apple Educator Awards Program to honor outstanding educators in the Austin/Travis County Area in 1998.  
Alpha Kappa Sigma Alumnae Chapter was the recipient of the first and second  Dr. Faith E. Forman's Sisterhood Award.