We Would Like To Pay Homage To Our Seven Illustrious Founders

The Most Honorable Mary Lou Allison Gardner Little

Primary Founder, Grand Basileus 1925-1926

Little graduated from Shortridge High School in 1915 and received a diploma from the Indianapolis Normal School in 1918 when she began teaching. She taught in the Los Angeles school system until her retirement in 1967.

The Most Honorable Dorothy Hanley Whiteside

Whiteside graduated from Shortridge High School and entered the Indianapolis Normal School in 1922, when in training as a cadet teacher she met the teachers who became her best friends and Founders of the Sorority. She taught school until retirement in 1951. Rhe returned to teaching in 1959 until her second retirement in 1970.

The Most Honorable Vivian Irene White Marbury

Marbury attended Shortridge High School and the Indianapolis Normal School. She received a B.S from Butler University and a Master's from Columbia University in New York City. She taught in the Indianapolis school system for nine years.

The Most Honorable Nannie Mae Gahn Johnson

Johnson was a product of the Indianapolis Public School System and recieved both B.S and M.S degrees from Butler University. In 1923, she received her first teaching assignment and over the years she was promoted to principal of one of the largest elementary schools in Indianapolis.

The Most Honorable Hattie Mae Annette Dulin Redford

Redford graduated from South Bend Central High School cum laude, from Indiana State Teachers College with a B.S and studied at Western Reserve in Cleveland and Indiana University Extension. She was Grand Epistoleus, Grand Tamiochus, Financial Consultant and received various awards and honors for the sorority.

The Most Honorable Bessie M. Downey Rhoades Martin

Martin was the youngest of six children and attended grade school in Indianapolis. She graduated from the Manual training High School and the City Teachers Normal. Martin taught school for over 25 years.

The Most Honorable Cubena McClure

McClure graduated from Shortridge High School, the Indianapolis City Normal School and attended Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. She was talented in art and helpd to design the Sorority pin. McClure died very young on August 24, 1924.

Thank you for paving the way. You have been the motivation for countless woman who strive for excellence through the motto:

"Greater Service... Greater Progress"

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We are the Lovely Ladies of the Lambda Rho Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc. We appreciate you taking time out of your day to learn more about us.

Here at the University of Florida we pride ourselves in Keeping true to our founders motto Greater Service...Greater Progress.

We have been recognized by our outstanding service to the community. Because of this outstanding service, November 9th was named Sigma Gamma Rho Day by the city of Gainesville.

The Lambda Rho chapter considers sisterhood very important. To this very day we are still the only NPHC sorority at the University of Florida that has never been suspended for hazing. We hold fast to the belief that you cannot elevate a nation by tearing down her citizens.