Ruth Barnes, founder, inspiration, and
guiding spirit of Sigma Delta Pi; we remember with
gratitude and appreciation.

Current and Past Presidents

Name & Affiliation Years of Service
Germán D. Carrillo, Marquette University 1999-present
Mark P. Del Mastro (Acting President), The Citadel 1998-99
Kevin J. O'Connor, Colorado College 1998
John H. LaPrade, Southern Methodist University 1992-98
Richard E. Chandler, University of Southwestern Louisiana* 1978-92
T. Earle Hamilton, Texas Tech University 1972-77
Dolores Brown, University of Arizona 1969-71
T. Earle Hamilton, Texas Tech University 1960-68
Carl A. Tyre, New Mexico State University 1949-59
F. Dewey Amner, Denison University & Kent State University 1942-49
John T. Reid, Stanford University (1938-39) & Duke University (1939-41) 1938-41
Leavitt O. Wright, University of California, Berkeley 1931-37
Luz Alonso, University of California, Berkeley 1930
William Berrien, University of California, Berkeley 1929-30
Isabel Magana, University of California, Berkeley 1928
W. Vernon Smith, University of California, Berkeley 1927-28
Saima Regina Koski, University of California, Berkeley 1926-27
Leavitt O. Wright, University of California, Berkeley 1925-26
Eugene Lueders, University of California, Berkeley 1924-25
Anna McCune, University of California, Berkeley 1923-24
Ferdinand V. Custer, University of California, Berkeley 1922-23
Herberto Sein, University of California, Berkeley 1920-22
Ruth Barnes, University of California, Berkeley 1919-20

*Now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Sigma Delta Pi: A Brief History (1919-1994) by T. Earle Hamilton.
Sigma Delta Pi: A Brief History, Recounting a Decade (1995-2004) by John H. LaPrade and Mark P. Del Mastro.
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