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ΣΓP
33rd Boule

Welcome
to 
Sheraton
Dallas Hotel
Dallas, Texas
August 1-6, 1971

[[image - black & white photograph of Dr. Lorraine Williams]]
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Grand Basileus
Dr. Lorraine Williams
1329 Shepherd St., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20011
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Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority

The history of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority dates from November 1922, when the first Sigma Gamma Rho chapter was organized at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, by seven school teachers. The first 3 years of its existence were confined to organizing. 

In December, 1929, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority was incorporated to provide permanence and a central office to serve all the chapters. More than 180 undergraduate and graduate chapters have since been established throughout the country.

Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc., is a nonprofit, collegiate, social Sorority. Its purpose is expressed in its slogan "Greater Service, Greater Progress." The organization has never employed paid organizers, salesmen, instructors, or advertising.

The national organization is governed by officers and directors elected at a biennial convention. In order to assure efficient administrative practices and to conduct educational conferences, the National Board of Directors established operational levels which include Chapters, Areas (Neighborhoods), Regions, and the administrative headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana; members are thus able to participate in leadership and training sessions beyond the chapter level. Undergraduate chapters are lucky, too, to have the encouragement of National leaders. At the top, the members of the Board of Directors themselves set the pace in providing a healthy climate for the young people to grow in. Closely tied into this is a quintet of enthusiastic Campus Coordinators, one for each Region.