History & Past Presidents

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Delta Omicron International Music Fraternity is a professional fraternity in the field of music with collegiate chapters established throughout the United States and abroad. The fraternity was founded in 1909 at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music by three undergraduate students; Hazel Wilson, Lorena Creamer, and Mabel Dunn. Delta Omicron is the only organization of its kind founded by students for students. From 1909 to the present, twenty-seven Delta Omicron national presidents have guided the fraternity to achieve and fulfill its purposes and objectives.

Hazel Wilson Bowsman

1909 - 1910

Alpha

Lorena Creamer McClure

1910 - 1914

Alpha

Edna Silvester

1914 - 1915

Beta

Lorena Creamer McClure

1915 - 1916

Alpha

Bessie Kellogg Williams

1916 - 1917

Beta

Dorothy Swartz Babb

1917 - 1920

Delta

Lenore Harpster Lutz

1917 - 1920

Epsilon

Marcelle Peyrat Roy

1920 - 1924

Zeta

Lorena Creamer McClure

1924 - 1925

Alpha

Margaret Seasholes Riggs

1925 - 1927

Delta

Mae Chenoweth Grannis

1927 - 1931

Alpha

Alma Kelly Wright

1931 - 1937

Alpha

Bessie Covert Stuart

1937 - 1941

Pi

Esther Cox Boberg

1941 - 1947

Nu

Louise Conrath Hoch

1947 - 1950

Lambda

Helen Downie Bishop

1947 - 1950

Beta

Marie Marti

1950 - 1956

Beta

Roxine Beard Petzold

1956 - 1962

Alpha

Helen Downie Bishop

1962 - 1968

Beta

Adelaide L. Collyer

1968 - 1974

Delta Lambda

Kay Calfee Wideman

1974 - 1980

Omicron Gamma

Jo Swindall Holt

1980 - 1987

Delta Omega

Phyllis Iseringhausen Conrad

1987 - 1993

Alpha

Ann Anthony Jones

1993 - 2003

Omicron Kappa

Jonny H. Ramsey

2003 - 2009

Alpha Gamma

Jennifer A. Klafeta

2009 - 2015

Sigma

Kimberly Martin-Boyd

2015 - Present

Omicron Omega