AKA Great Lakes Region - Former International Presidents
The Great Lakes Region is the home region for six out of twenty-six International Presidents. It is the largest number to date of any region. It is also important to note, all six Former International Presidents served as Great Lakes Regional Directors.
All of the former presidents are held in the highest esteem by our region as well as the international organization.They all possessed special qualities befitting those of outstanding leaders. Eleventh International President, Beulah T. Whitby said it best when she stated’ “Tasks of great magnitude can be achieved best by strong, deep running, disciplined lives, committed to excellence and achievement.”
L. Pearl Mitchell*
Third International President, 1923 - 1925
Initiated into Zeta Chapter, 1916 - Wilberforce University
Member of Alpha Omega Chapter, Cleveland, Ohio
Margaret Davis Bowen*
Ninth International President, 1936 - 1939
Initiated into Omicron Chapter, 1921 - University of Cincinnati
Member of Sigma Omega Chapter, Cincinnati, Ohio
Beulah T. Whitby*
Eleventh International President, 1941-1946
Initiated into Xi Chapter, 1922 - Detroit, Michigan
Member of Alpha Rho Omega Chapter, Detroit, Michigan
Thelma Fife Lovelace*
Thirteenth International President, 1949 - 1953
Initiated into Omicron Chapter, 1934 - University of Cincinnati
Member of Sigma Omega Chapter, Cincinnati, Ohio
Bernice I. Sumlin
Nineteenth International President, 1974 - 1978
Initiated into Zeta Chapter, 1946 - Wilberforce University
Member of Beta Eta Omega Chapter, Dayton, Ohio
Eva L. Evans, Ph.D.
Twenty-fourth International President, 1994 - 1998
Initiated into Xi Chapter, 1954 - Eastern Michigan University
Member of Delta Tau Omega Chapter, Lansing, Michigan
*Deceased
A History of the Great Lakes Region - Every Chapter's History Is Precious 1924 to 2010,
Published and Copyright 2010, Editor-Octavia Walters Cabey