Chapter History

The Greater Cleveland Alumnae Chapter (GCAC) has sustained their founders’ passion and commitment to scholarship and public service. This was a seamless effort because the chapter became home to Founder Madree Penn White whose contributions to the legacy of the organization can never be understated and influence to her home chapter continues to resonate.

Greater Cleveland Alumnae Chapter was originally chartered on December 27, 1924 as Omega Chapter at Western Reserve (now Case Western Reserve University). The Omega chapter was retired after a change to alumnae status and later chartered as the Greater Cleveland Alumnae Chapter in 1976. Henceforward, GCAC has continued to have a prominent presence in the community and a persistent commitment to public service.

GCAC services and supports the culturally rich and diverse community of Cleveland. There are over 600 members currently in GCAC. We are a chapter dedicated to the vision of our 22 illustrious founders of a sisterhood deeply committed to excellence, guided by scholarship and public service and rooted in Christian principles.

Greater Cleveland Alumnae Charter Members

Hollace P. Agnew
Lavonia M. Alexander
Dolores D. Anderson
Eloise M. Anderson
June Antoine
Yvonne Gertrude Balthrope
Gwendolyn J. Bennett
Gloria Blackmon
Diane Bloodsaw
Loraine Booth
Bessie P. Bradford
Venerine L. Branham
Doris Lamar Brooks
Connella Coulter Brown
Ruby C. Brown
Vivian Bullock
Mildred Taylor Bundy
Mary Calhoun
Jean Murrell Capers
Sharon E. Caster
Irma F. Clayton
Bernice L. Coles
Mary P. Collins
Blanche P. Cooley
Delores J. Cooper
Betty M. Crouther
Thelma (Tonie) Davie
Patricia B. Davis
Katherine M. Dean
Shirley G. Delaine
Fedalma Boyd Drewery
Charlotte T. Durant

Ann M. English
Deborah H. Etheridge
Josephine Feimster
Elizabeth Fergurson
Linda Ann Flourney
Patricia Carter Foster
Ranelle A. Gamble
Enid E. Gay
Eddie May Giles
Wilhemina Delores Goff
Karen J. Harding
Barbara T. Harris
Joretta D. Harris
Ellen Ernestine Ward Hic
Edna W. Holmes
Mattie C. Hopkins
Josephine S. Horn
Anita Isler
Mildred L. Jackson
Martha A. Jewett
Elizabeth S. Johnson
Sandra M. Johnson
Evelyn D. Jones
Evelyn Raglin Jones
Sondra S. Jones
Audrey Walker Kelker
Bobby Lou Kelley
Adelaide G. Kyser
Verna Lanham
Ethel Kay Leatherman
Madelyn R. Lee
Marion S. Lofton

Wilma F. Loritts
Willa M. Lowe
Gloria H. Lowery
Jacola Martin
Gertha Menefee
Dorothy Mercer
Mayme S. Milligan
Lagretta Mills
Phyliss R. Milton
A. Grace Lee Mims
Cavessa Mitchell
Lillian J. Nix
Ann-Marie Ogletree
Selma W. Palmar
Lilyan H. Patty
Tommie Pradd Patty
Sybil R. Penn
Jeanette F. Potts
Arlene T. Prevost
Carolyn A. Prewitt
Ruth E. Price
Vera Plaxico Prince
Etta Redd
Helen S. Reed
Lois Richardson
Delores A. Ridenour
Gloria L. Ridenour
Beverly H. Riley
Charlene Rivera
Louise Roseboro
Catherine S. Rucker
Bernice Ruffin

Anna L. Scott
Barbara Bobo Shakoor
Billie Shaw
Norma B. Singleton
Amelia Joyce Smith
Fontella Y. Smith
Mildred E. Smith
M. Sandra Snorton
Carolyn E. Speed
Evelyn P. Stampler
Mary J. Stokes
Darnell L. Stubblefield
Esther S. Sumners
Dovie D. Sweet
Mildred C. Talbot
Alice M. Tiggett
Tura E. Tomlin
Gloria Taylor Towers
Doris Pitts Walker
Christine Walsh
Bernice W. Ware
Vivian L. Weaver
Grace White-Ware
Emma Stewart Williams
Lydia H. Williams
Helen F. Willis
Earnestine Wilson
Stephanie M. Wood
Joyce L. Young