Under the national administration of the Sorority's 9th International President Margaret Davis Bowen and 2nd South Central Regional Director, M. Viola Butler, the Beta Psi Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated® was chartered on May 7, 1938 in Austin, Texas.
The 13 women credited with chartering the Beta Psi Omega chapter are: Alberta J. Armstead, Lillian Burwell Lewis, Mary E. Branch, Eva G. Lyons, Doris Collins, Henrietta Roberts Stevenson, Breta W. Grannum, Mable L. Robinson, Helen Hammond, Dora J. Taylor, Nannie Belle Jenkins, Connie R. Yerwood, and Mary Agnes Yerwood.
The Beta Psi Omega Chapter is poised and prepared to meet the needs of the Greater Austin area through education, health, social service, environmental, and globally impactful initiatives. The Chapter also provides personal and professional sororal guidance to its undergraduate chapters: Beta Kappa at Huston-Tillotson University, Delta Xi at The University of Texas at Austin, and Upsilon Alpha at Southwestern University.
We are proud of the those members of our Chapter who have served in our Sorority on the International Leadership level and in the South Central Region:
CONNIE YERWOOD CONNER*, 4th South Central Regional Director
OLIVE DURDEN BROWN*, 6th South Central Regional Director
JOYA T. HAYES, 26th South Central Regional Director, Former International Graduate Advisors Certification Committee Chairman & Former Southwest Central Texas Cluster Coordinator
BETTY N. JAMES, 8th Executive Director of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®
ROSHANA ADAMSON, International Risk Management Committee Member
SUSAN JOHNSON, International Leadership Development Committee Co-Chairman, Former International Standards Committee Member, Former Educational Advancement Foundation Advisory Committee Member
TASHA PHILPOT, Former International Standards Committee Member
JACQUELYN HAWKINS, Former International Graduate Task Force Committee Chairman & Former South Central Regional Scholarship Committee Member
We are also proud of those members that serve our city, state, and country:
WILHELMINA DELCO, 1st African American elected to Public Office in Austin, 1st African American elected official at-large in Travis County, & Texas State Representative 1974 - 1995
MARY ELIZABETH BRANCH*, 11th President of Tillotson College, 1st Female & 2nd African American President of Tillotson College
AZIE TAYLOR MORTON*, 36th United States Treasurer
ONIE B. CONLEY*, Community Advocate
ADA COLLINS ANDERSON*, Community Advocate, 1st African American Professional at the Texas Employment Commission
BERTHA SADDLER MEANS*, Community Advocate, Lead the Way for Integration of many Austin Educational & Public Facilities, Founding Member of St. James Episcopal Church
DAWNNA DUKES, Texas State Representative 1995 - 2018
DENISE DAVIS, 1st African American to Serve as House Parliamentarian & Special Counsel to the Texas House of Representatives
Our goal to be of “Service to All Mankind” is fulfilled locally, nationally, and internationally.
* Indicates Deceased Member
The 13 women credited with chartering the Beta Psi Omega chapter are: Alberta J. Armstead, Lillian Burwell Lewis, Mary E. Branch, Eva G. Lyons, Doris Collins, Henrietta Roberts Stevenson, Breta W. Grannum, Mable L. Robinson, Helen Hammond, Dora J. Taylor, Nannie Belle Jenkins, Connie R. Yerwood, and Mary Agnes Yerwood.
The Beta Psi Omega Chapter is poised and prepared to meet the needs of the Greater Austin area through education, health, social service, environmental, and globally impactful initiatives. The Chapter also provides personal and professional sororal guidance to its undergraduate chapters: Beta Kappa at Huston-Tillotson University, Delta Xi at The University of Texas at Austin, and Upsilon Alpha at Southwestern University.
We are proud of the those members of our Chapter who have served in our Sorority on the International Leadership level and in the South Central Region:
CONNIE YERWOOD CONNER*, 4th South Central Regional Director
OLIVE DURDEN BROWN*, 6th South Central Regional Director
JOYA T. HAYES, 26th South Central Regional Director, Former International Graduate Advisors Certification Committee Chairman & Former Southwest Central Texas Cluster Coordinator
BETTY N. JAMES, 8th Executive Director of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®
ROSHANA ADAMSON, International Risk Management Committee Member
SUSAN JOHNSON, International Leadership Development Committee Co-Chairman, Former International Standards Committee Member, Former Educational Advancement Foundation Advisory Committee Member
TASHA PHILPOT, Former International Standards Committee Member
JACQUELYN HAWKINS, Former International Graduate Task Force Committee Chairman & Former South Central Regional Scholarship Committee Member
We are also proud of those members that serve our city, state, and country:
WILHELMINA DELCO, 1st African American elected to Public Office in Austin, 1st African American elected official at-large in Travis County, & Texas State Representative 1974 - 1995
MARY ELIZABETH BRANCH*, 11th President of Tillotson College, 1st Female & 2nd African American President of Tillotson College
AZIE TAYLOR MORTON*, 36th United States Treasurer
ONIE B. CONLEY*, Community Advocate
ADA COLLINS ANDERSON*, Community Advocate, 1st African American Professional at the Texas Employment Commission
BERTHA SADDLER MEANS*, Community Advocate, Lead the Way for Integration of many Austin Educational & Public Facilities, Founding Member of St. James Episcopal Church
DAWNNA DUKES, Texas State Representative 1995 - 2018
DENISE DAVIS, 1st African American to Serve as House Parliamentarian & Special Counsel to the Texas House of Representatives
Our goal to be of “Service to All Mankind” is fulfilled locally, nationally, and internationally.
* Indicates Deceased Member