AKA Great Lakes Region - Former Regional Directors
Our Leadership Prayer
Let us be
Energized with right
Attitudes and
Devoted to performing work
Efficiently, and lovingly,
Right now and continuously, of
Service to mankind, a
Help to each other
Inspired by our Founders, and
Pleasing in the sight of God. Amen
- Rachel Ashburn Mallory
L. Pearl Mitchell*
1st Great Lakes Regional Director, 1929 - 1930
Initiated into Zeta Chapter, 1916 - Wilberforce University
Member of Alpha Omega Chapter, Cleveland, Ohio
Margaret Davis Bowen*
2nd Great Lakes Regional Director, 1931
Initiated into Omicron Chapter, 1921 - University of Cincinnati
Member of Sigma Omega Chapter, Cincinnati, Ohio
Mattie Dalton Jackson*
3rd Great Lakes Regional DIrector, 1932 - 1934
Initiated into Omicron Chapter - University of Cincinnati
Member of Sigma Omega Chapter, Cincinnati, Ohio
Beulah T. Whitby*
4th Great Lakes Regional Director, 1934 - 1936
Initiated into Xi Chapter, 1922 - Detroit, Michigan
Member of Alpha Rho Omega Chapter, Detroit, Michigan
Wilbretta Pope Johnson*
5th Great Lakes Regional Director, 1937 - 1938
Member of Alpha Omega Chapter, Cleveland, Ohio
Irene A. Graves*
6th Great Lakes Regional Director, 1938 - 1940
Initiated into Xi Chapter, 1928 - Detroit, Michigan
Member of Alpha Rho Omega Chapter, Detroit, Michigan
Juanita Davis Webster*
7th Great Lakes Regional Director, 1941 - 1942
Initiated into Theta Chapter - The Ohio State Univeristy
Member of Alpha Sigma Omega Chapter, Columbus, Ohio
Laura Thelma Fife Lovelace*
8th Great Lakes Regional Director, 1943 - 1946
Initiated into Omicron Chapter, 1934 - University of Cincinnati
Member of Sigma Omega Chapter, Cincinnati, Ohio
Ruth M. Thomas-Hargrave*
9th Great Lakes Regional Director, 1948 - 1950
Initiated into Beta Chapter
Member of Rho Omega Chapter, Wilberforce, Ohio
Fannette B. Norris*
10th Great Lakes Regional Director, 1950 - 1954
Member of Alpha Rho Omega Chapter, Detroit, Michigan
Gwendolyn C. Goldston*
11th Great Lakes Regional Director, 1954 - 1958
Member of Alpha Omicron Omega Chapter, Institute, West Virginia
La Rue Frederick*
12th Great Lakes Regional Director, 1958 - 1962
Initiated into Iota Chapter - University of Pittsburgh
Member of Alpha Alpha Omega Chapter, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Bernice I. Sumlin
13th Great Lakes Regional Director, 1962 - 1966
Initiated into Zeta Chapter, 1946 - Wilberforce University
Member of Beta Eta Omega Chapter, Dayton, Ohio
Thelma C. Hollis*
14th Great Lakes Regional Director, 1966 - 1968
Initiated into Beta Eta Chapter, 1936 - University of Michigan
Member of Alpha Rho Omega Chapter, Detroit, Michigan
Altha C. Brown*
15th Great Lakes Regional Director, 1968 - 1972
Initiated into Zeta Chapter, 1942 - Wilberforce University
Member of Rho Omega Chapter, Wilberforce, Ohio
Eva L. Evans, Ph.D.
16th Great Lakes Regional Director, 1972 - 1974
Initiated into Xi Chapter, 1954 - Eastern Michigan University
Member of Delta Tau Omega Chapter, Lansing, Michigan
Madelyn H. Giddens*
17th Great Lakes Regional Director, 1974 - 1978
Initiated into Alpha Alpha Omega Chapter, 1947
Member of Alpha Alpha Omega Chapter, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Gloria S. Smith, Ph.D.
18th Great Lakes Regional Director, 1978 - 1982
Initiated into Omicron Chapter, 1957 - University of Cincinnati
Member of Delta Tau Omega Chapter, Lansing, Michigan
Bella G. Parker, Ph.D.
19th Great Lakes Regional Director, 1982 - 1986
Initiated into Delta Psi Omega Chapter, 1966
Member of Delta Psi Omega Chapter, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Ann C. Battles
20th Great Lakes Regional Director, 1986 - 1988
Initiated into Alpha Lambda Chapter, 1953 - University of Toledo
Member of Zeta Alpha Omega Chapter, Toledo, Ohio
Emma Lilly Henderson
21st Great Lakes Regional Director, 1988 - 1990
Initiated into Chi Chapter, 1955 - Talladega College
Member of Alpha Sigma Omega Chapter, Columbus, Ohio
Phyllis E. Robinson, Ph.D.
22nd Great Lakes Regional Director, 1990 - 1994
Initiated into Eta Iota Omega Chapter, 1976 - Inkster, Michigan
Member of Eta Iota Omega Chapter, Inkster, Michigan
Patricia Petty-Wilson
23rd Great Lakes Regional Director, 1994 - 1998
Initiated into Nu Chapter, 1964 - West Virginia State College
Member of Beta Beta Omega Chapter, Charleston, West Virginia
Rachel E. Ashburn Mallory
24th Great Lakes Regional Director, 1998 - 2002
Initiated into Theta Chapter, 1972 - The Ohio State University
Member of Alpha Sigma Omega Chapter, Columbus, Ohio
Pamela L. Redden, M.D.
25th Great Lakes Regional Director, 2002 - 2006
Initiated into Alpha Omega Chapter, 1979 - Cleveland, Ohio
Member of Alpha Omega Chapter, Cleveland, Ohio
Schylbea Jean Hopkins
26th Great Lakes Regional Director, 2006 - 2010
Initiated as a Charter Member Delta Phi Chapter, 1965 - Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
Member of Alpha Rho Omega Chapter, Detroit, 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